AI generated proposals for residential construction projects

Scout Out helps residential contractors estimate jobs faster and submit clearer, more competitive proposals. Today, every contractor bidding a residential remodel or rebuild has to manually interpret plans, calculate material and labor quantities, and assemble a proposal from scratch. The process is slow, inconsistent, and expensive — and small differences in scope often decide who wins the job. ScoutOut automates this workflow. We use computer vision trained on residential building plans to generate structured material and labor takeoffs, which contractors can review, customize, price, and turn into professional proposals. Instead of starting from zero on every bid, contractors start with a standardized, high-quality estimate they can trust. The result: contractors bid faster, price more consistently, and submit clearer proposals — helping them win more residential remodeling and contracting jobs with less overhead. We’re starting in Los Angeles, working closely with residential contractors on remodels and post-fire rebuilds following the Palisades and Eaton fires.

Scout Out: Find residential construction jobs and bid faster

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Hey everyone 👋
I’m Nolan, founder of Scout Out.

TL;DR

Residential contractors miss out on jobs because new projects are hard to find and estimating takes too long to do between active builds.

Scout Out lets contractors find recently approved building plans and generate AI-powered quotes instantly.

Ask: If you know residential contractors, remodelers, or builders who’d benefit from finding jobs earlier and quoting faster, we’d love an intro.

👉 Contact us at: nolan@scoutout.ai

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🕺The Team

Nolan (Founder & CEO) – triple majored in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Astrophysics, and Business Administration through UC Berkeley’s M.E.T. program, graduating in three years. He previously worked as a software development engineer at Amazon and ran a software consultancy he scaled to $250k in revenue. As a fourth-generation member of a family construction business, Nolan saw firsthand how difficult it is for contractors to consistently find new work — and how little time they have to sit down and bid on projects while managing active jobs. ScoutOut was built to solve that problem.

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❌ The Problem

Residential construction depends on early visibility and fast response — two things contractors rarely have.

New projects are hard to find: Recently approved residential builds are scattered across city systems and difficult to monitor consistently.
Speed decides who wins (and forces bad bids): Homeowners often speak with the first few contractors who respond. To compete, contractors rush estimates — sending incomplete or inaccurate bids that lead to lost jobs, scope gaps, or margin blowups later.
Estimating doesn’t fit real life: Creating a proper bid means reviewing plans, scoping labor and materials, and assembling a proposal — work that’s hard to do while managing active builds.

The result: Contractors either miss good opportunities entirely or win jobs with poorly scoped bids they didn’t have time to do correctly.

Most contractors still rely on word of mouth, referrals, or manual outreach — not because it’s effective, but because there’s no system designed to surface projects early and make fast, accurate bidding possible.

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