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Roofer cuts takeoffs from 2-3 hours to 30 minutes and places 10x more bids

New View Roofing · Not stated ·

What they did

Estimators measured takeoffs manually. AI takeoffs now produce the quantities, so the estimator reviews instead of measuring.

Reported results

  • Takeoff time from 2-3 hours to about 30 minutes
  • 10x more bids submitted

Tools

Beam AI

Cost

Not disclosed

Source

Beam AI: https://www.ibeam.ai/case-study/new-view-roofing

Vendor case study (results reported by the vendor). Source checked 2026-10-20. Results are as reported by the source, not independently audited.

Try it yourself: starter prompt

Our suggested prompt for an AI assistant (ChatGPT, Claude, Grok or your phone-agent tool). It is not from the source.

Here are my notes and photos from a site visit for a roofing company: [paste notes]. Using my rate sheet [paste rates], write a clear, friendly quote with line items, what's included, what's not, and a validity date. Flag anything not on the rate sheet for me to price.

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