Send us a spec. Get back every risk, every missing item, every scope gap. Page numbers, dollar impacts, what to do about it. 24 hours.
You are already paying for spec review. In estimator overtime. In scope gaps that become change orders. In the RFI that should have been caught on page 47. Your senior estimator knows what to look for. But not on every bid, and not on every page. Not with 4 specs on their desk and submittals due Friday.
We read every page. We check it against decades of elevator trade knowledge. Code compliance. Scope traps. The local jurisdiction differences that trip up every job. Modernization, service, new install — we have seen it. A pattern is something your senior estimator knows to look for after 20 years on the job. We wrote it down. Every finding comes back with a page number, a dollar impact, and what to do about it.
Your team gets results by email. No software to learn. No dashboards to check. Just the work, done.
MODERNIZATION
50-Unit Hotel
Findings
129
Reviewed in
20 min
89 pages. Contract traps, equipment lock-in, buried material callouts, scope gaps across 24 critical risk items.
SERVICE
250+ Unit Portfolio
Findings
69
Reviewed in
<15 min
42 pages. Incumbent termination trap, one-way pricing, unlimited replacement liability on equipment back to 1963.
NEW INSTALL
12-Unit Hotel MRL
Findings
47
Reviewed in
<20 min
56 pages. MRL coordination gaps, seismic scope omissions, undefined finish allowances, unpriced HVAC scope.
These examples are from elevator projects.
One spec
Send us a spec from your next bid. Get back every finding with page numbers, dollar impacts, and recommended actions. 24 hours. First one is free.
Every bid
Founding partners get every spec reviewed, every bid cycle. 24-hour turnaround. Direct line to Jacob. Your feedback shapes what we build next. Limited to 15 founding partners.
What this replaces
The 4 to 6 hours your estimator spends reading before they can start pricing. The superintendent pulled off a job site to answer scope questions. The branch manager reviewing the contract one more time. The PM who has to chase down what changed in the latest addendum. That is what you are paying for today, across your entire team, on every bid. Budget this like a team member, not like software. Because that is what it replaces.
Most AI reads words on a page. We understand how elevator contractors actually work. How a spec becomes a bid. How a bulletin changes scope mid-project. How compliance requirements stack up across contract types. How a missed material callout turns a profitable job into a loss.
We started in elevator because that is where we come from. 3rd generation. Estimators buried in specs, institutional knowledge walking out the door, scope gaps hiding in the details.
So we built the library. Every clause, scope trap, and compliance gap that takes 20 years on the job to learn. Code. Where the GC tries to leave you holding scope you did not price. What the local inspector is going to flag. Modernization, service, new install — we have seen it. Not generic checklists. Real trade knowledge from the person who built this.
The average elevator contractor runs on a 6.9% net margin. Best-in-class operators run closer to 12%. On a $5 million book of work, that gap is worth $250,000 a year. One missed clause, one unpriced scope item, one change order that should have been caught on page 47. That is where margin disappears. We catch it before you sign.
Trade intelligence, not just detection. Every finding tells you what we found, why it matters, what it costs, and what to do about it.
We cover your operation from the first spec to the last punch list item.
Pre-Bid Review
Send a spec. Get back every risk, every missing item, every scope gap. Page numbers, dollar impacts, recommended actions. 24 hours.
Take-off Assistant
Quantities, equipment schedules, finish selections. Pulled from the spec and organized for pricing.
Addendum Tracking
Forward a bulletin. Get back exactly what changed, what it costs, and what to do about it.
Contract Review
Compare the bid spec against the awarded contract. Flag what changed between what you priced and what you are now obligated to.
Change Order Tracking
Scope changes documented, priced, and tracked. Nothing falls through the cracks.
Closeout
Punch list, O&M manuals, warranty letters, as-builts. The paperwork that holds up your retainage, handled.
Your best people are wearing too many hats. Your estimator is also your PM. Your PM is also running field ops. Everyone is doing admin work that keeps them from the work that actually grows the business, like being in front of customers and out on job sites.
Right now, your company's knowledge lives in those people's heads. When they leave, it leaves with them. 41% of the construction workforce retires by 2031. Most of that knowledge has never been written down.
Every project you run with us, that changes. The scope traps your senior estimator learned the hard way. The contract language your PM knows to watch for. The compliance gaps that only show up mid-project. All of that stays in your operation instead of walking out the door with the next retirement.
Year one, you get better coverage on every bid and your team gets hours back to spend with customers and in the field. Year three, your operation knows things no single person could carry. The longer we work together, the sharper it gets.
People retire. Knowledge doesn't have to. The longer we work together, the more your operation knows.
Elevator is where we come from. Three generations of it. My grandfather installed elevators for over 30 years. My dad has spent 30 years in the field and operations. He is still a superintendent at TK Elevator. I started my career selling elevator modernization and service contracts at Mitsubishi Electric.
I was the one who had to get through 4 bid RFPs in a week without being able to afford making mistakes. I watched PMs track changes in spreadsheets. The best people at every company I worked with were buried in work that wasn't the work they were hired to do.
After Mitsubishi, I moved into AI and data infrastructure at Redis, dbt Labs, and Vercel. Real-time databases, data pipelines, production AI systems. Trade knowledge and AI depth in one person. That is what Elevator Agents is.
I started with spec review because that is where the money hides. One missed clause on page 47 can wipe out an entire profit margin. Paper, memory, and manual work hold back people who should be in the field, making decisions, running jobs.
We built the library. Every clause, scope trap, and compliance gap that takes 20 years on the job to learn. Why it matters, what it costs, what to do about it. Growing with every project we review.
If you want to see what it looks like on your next bid, send us a spec. First one is free. Or just tell me what is eating your team's time.
Five agents that handle the paperwork and analysis burden across the bid-to-closeout workflow.
Pre-Bid Agent
Reads the spec, returns every risk with page numbers and dollar impact.
Delta Agent
Tracks addenda and bulletins against the original contract. Catches scope changes before the notice window closes.
Change Order Agent
Drafts COs with contractual basis and precedent.
Takeoff Agent
Pulls quantities, equipment counts, and material grades from drawings.
Bid Submittal Agent
Assembles proposals from precedent projects.
We work with elevator contractors one firm at a time. Founding customers get direct founder access and pricing tuned to your bid volume.
Book a discovery call to see if we are a fit.
BOOK A DISCOVERY CALLFull findings report in 24 hours. Page numbers, dollar impacts, recommended actions. On your actual project, not a demo.
Or email jake@elevatoragents.com directly.