Faster Tenant-Improvement Bids in a Cutthroat TI Market
Rapid full-scope takeoffs let a design-build firm respond to tenant-improvement RFPs in days, winning work competitors couldn't price in time.
About the Client
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Atrium Design-Build
Atrium Design-Build delivers commercial tenant improvements — offices, clinics, and retail buildouts — in a dense urban market where landlords expect fast, complete proposals and award work to whoever responds first with credible numbers.
Client
Coffee
Bloom
Industry
Commercial Interiors / Design-Build
Year
2024
Services
Multi-Trade Tenant Improvement Takeoffs
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We're first to the table now. Full multi-trade numbers in days is what keeps us winning in this market.
Elliot Vance, Principal at Atrium Design-Build
The Challenge
TI work spans nearly every trade in a compressed footprint: demolition, framing and drywall, ceilings, finishes, doors and hardware, plus mechanical, electrical, and plumbing scopes. Pulling a full multi-trade takeoff together fast enough to beat competitors was straining Atrium's small preconstruction team.
Too often they were still measuring while faster firms had already submitted.
30%
increase in TI win rate
3 days
average bid turnaround
8+
trades quantified per package
The Solution
EstimatesPro became Atrium's on-demand takeoff engine, delivering coordinated multi-trade quantities — interior construction, finishes, openings, and MEP rough-in counts — on tight turnarounds keyed to each RFP deadline.
Because every package came back in the same structured format, Atrium could assemble a complete, credible proposal in a fraction of the time it used to take.
Results & Outlook
Atrium's average bid turnaround dropped from over a week to just a few days, letting them respond first on the fast-moving opportunities that define their market. Their TI win rate rose 30% as landlords rewarded their speed and completeness.
Atrium now treats outsourced takeoffs as a core competitive advantage rather than an overflow tool.
End Note
In tenant-improvement work, the fastest credible bid usually wins. Atrium turned takeoff speed into a steady pipeline of awarded projects.
