Where contractors stop guessing and start pricing like professionals.
One missed scope item costs more than this. One improved win pays for it 20× over.
This bidding workshop for contractors is built around one question: does it work in the field? Every method here has been tested on live bids with real money on the line.
Every framework here came from real bids. A $2.6M federal submission. $700K+ in awarded trade work. Nothing borrowed from a textbook or a training career. It comes from the field, tested under pressure, with real money on the line.
Every session caps at 10 participants. Not logistics — principle. That is the size where live bid review, direct feedback, and honest conversation are possible. The instructor knows your name and trade before the session starts.
The final module of every session is a live hot seat review of actual participant bids. You bring a real bid. The room reviews it. You get direct critique on scope, pricing, and proposal quality — from someone who bids at that level every week.
If you've been wondering how to bid construction work with less guesswork and more margin, these are the habits that change that — starting with your next bid.
This construction estimating training covers every stage of a winning bid — from reading the documents to pricing the number to writing the proposal that gets you to the table.
Document hierarchy, 20-minute bid triage, scope gap identification, go/no-go framework.
Five-component build-up, burden rate, markup vs. margin math, live steel bid walkthrough.
Three types of scope language, exclusion templates, live scope letter exercise.
14-point sub quote review, scope gap matrix, contingency decisions.
Nine-section proposal anatomy, what GCs read for, self-audit against professional standards.
Live peer review of 2–3 real bids. Direct feedback. Three concrete changes for your next bid.
Arron bids work weekly across structural steel, wood framing, ground-up commercial, and federal markets in Colorado and Texas. The frameworks in The Build-Up were built on real projects — $4.3M+ of active pipeline. Not theory. He runs GritForge Consultants as a preconstruction intelligence firm while simultaneously estimating for Clark Iron Erectors.
Reserve a Seat in His Next Session →If you complete the full workshop and cannot identify three concrete changes you will make to how you bid — a template, a process, a pricing decision — ask for your money back. No hoops. This only works if the content delivers, and that is the standard I hold to.
10 seats maximum. Session confirmed when cohort fills — typically within 7–10 days.
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