Estimating depth first. Everything else serves the number.
Wylie Estimates is construction estimating software for tampa bay general contractors. It does one job deeply: turn a scope into a priced, margin-visible, client-ready bid grounded in current local costs.
Every line priced against current local data
Corroborated local cost base
Live pricing built from current Tampa Bay supplier pricing, verified across at least two independent sources and composed with published labor-hour standards. 31,578 catalog work items stay searchable by description and category while you estimate.
Tampa Bay ZIP modifiers
Estimates localize automatically: Tampa at baseline, St Petersburg and Bradenton about 5% below, Lakeland about 7% below. The same scope prices to its place.
Line grounding status
Every line is GROUND (quantity times a current rate), FLAG (a deliberate lump sum), SWING (a hedged rate), or visibly unmapped. Unpriced scope can never hide inside a confident-looking total.
No-quantity warnings
A grounded line with no quantity silently extends to zero dollars. The app flags every one, on the estimate and on the export, until a real quantity lands.
Bare, +25%, +50% — the decision in the open
Bare is the material-plus-labor floor; bidding it earns exactly nothing. +25% is the expected correct-bid rung. +50% is the strong-margin price for work that deserves it. Every estimate shows all three, with division subtotals and a coverage readout of how much of the number is grounded versus judged.
The ladder is a presentation convention, not a secret formula. Its value is discipline: the margin choice happens deliberately, with the floor on screen, on every single bid.
Documents in, confirmed lines out
Scope document extraction
Upload a plan page, a scope PDF, or a photo. Extracted lines land unmapped, each waiting for a human yes before it can price. Automation drafts; judgment confirms.
Catalog mapping drawer
Map each line to a priced reference with full-text search over the cost data, set the grounding status, and watch the estimate recompute as you work.
Versioned proposals
Freeze an estimate into an immutable, versioned proposal snapshot. Edit the job afterward all you want: a delivered bid document never moves.
Branded bid documents
The client-facing document carries your company identity and Florida license block, one chosen price, scope by division in plain language, allowances and terms, and a signature block. Print it or save to PDF.
Questions contractors ask first
- What cost data does Wylie Estimates use?
- Current, corroborated Tampa Bay costs: local material pricing verified across at least two independent suppliers, composed with published labor-hour standards and current Tampa area wage data, with ZIP-level area modifiers applied to every estimate.
- What are the three markup tiers?
- Every estimate reads at Bare (the material-plus-labor floor, never a bid), +25% (the expected correct-bid rung), and +50% (a strong-margin price). The ladder keeps the margin decision explicit on every job.
- Does the client ever see the internal cost breakdown?
- No. The client receives a separate branded bid document with one chosen price, your business identity and Florida license block, scope by division, and acceptance terms. Bare cost, markup tiers, and line-level rates stay internal.
- Can AI assistants work with Wylie Estimates?
- Wylie is the assistant. Tell it the job in your own words and it reads the scope back as lines, prices each one from the Craftsman book, and leaves anything it could not price open for you to resolve. There is no separate API surface for third-party assistants.