Construction estimating software for Tampa Bay general contractors

Accurate job estimates built from real Tampa Bay costs — with your margin locked in.

Price any remodel or build from current local material and labor costs, then see profit at Bare, +25%, and +50% markup before you send the bid.

  • Grounded in real local costs — not national averages
  • Margin shown at three tiers on every line
  • Estimate to signed proposal in one pass
Sample estimate · Bungalow kitchen + hall bath refresh
Estimate flow
$23,984 national bare Tampa (zip 336) ±0% $23,984 local bare
Bare
$23,984
material + labor floor — never bid this
Conservative
$29,979
+25% · expected correct-bid rung
Premium
$35,975
+50% · strong-margin price
Coverage
90% grounded+swing
Grounded $21,584Swing $0Flagged $2,400
Reference comparison

Enter a reference amount to see where it lands against the three tiers.

Division subtotals (national bare)
09 Finishes$18,619
06 Wood$2,965
16 Electrical$2,400
15 Mechanical$0
24,783
priced cost rows in the grounded database
31,578
catalog work items across two 2026 costbooks
5
Tampa Bay ZIP areas with local cost modifiers
Real costs, not national averages

Priced from what Tampa Bay work actually costs right now

Every line in an estimate prices against current Craftsman 2026 cost data with ZIP-level Tampa Bay modifiers: Tampa at the national baseline, St Petersburg and Bradenton about 5% below, Lakeland about 7% below. The same scope prices differently in 33602 and 33810, and your bid should know it.

Estimates carry their date. Cost data refreshes on a quarterly cadence, so a bid built today reflects today's material and labor reality instead of last year's memory.

Your margin, made visible

You've already burned your margin before the contract is signed. Unless you can see it.

Most margin is lost at the estimate, not on the job site: a forgotten line here, a memory-priced rate there, and the bid quietly sinks toward cost. Every estimate here reads at three tiers on one screen: Bare, the material-plus-labor floor you never bid; +25%, the expected correct-bid rung; and +50%, the strong-margin price.

The three-tier ladder is a convention any contractor could adopt, and that is the point: it puts the margin decision in the open, on every job, with the floor visible.

Bid fast, in one pass

From scope to a client-ready bid document without double entry

01

Build the scope

List work items line by line, or upload a scope document and confirm the extracted lines. Nothing enters the estimate without a human yes.

02

Ground every line

Price each line against the current local cost data. Unpriced lines stay visibly flagged — an unreviewed line can never hide inside a confident total.

03

Send a bid that looks like you

Freeze the estimate into a versioned proposal: your company name and Florida license on top, one chosen price, clean scope, and terms your client can sign.

Know your profit before you sign.

For the Tampa Bay general contractor who loses margin to guesswork and slow, hand-built estimates, Craft Estimate Pro prices every job from real, current local material and labor costs and shows the exact margin at three markup tiers — Bare, +25%, and +50% — so you bid fast, protect your number, and know your profit before you sign.