Feeling stuck behind spreadsheets? Learn how to turn your data skills into a superpower by bridging the gap between raw numbers and real-world job sites.

The most profitable contractors are the ones who 'build it twice'—once in the data and once on the ground. If you can spot a clash in the data before a single person picks up a tool, you’ve just saved the company six figures.
I’m an estimator at Kiewit Building Group. I don’t have much industry knowledge I do know data A lot of my role has been compiling data but I just don’t know enough about the industry to be helpful


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Lena: You know, Miles, I was thinking about our friend at Kiewit Building Group. They are a total wizard with data compilation, but they feel like they’re hitting a wall because they don’t "know the industry" yet. It’s that classic feeling of having all the pieces of the puzzle but not being sure what the final picture is supposed to look like.
Miles: I totally get that. But here’s the thing—being data-first is actually a massive "hidden growth engine" in construction right now. Think about InEight, which Kiewit actually launched as a subsidiary about twelve years ago. It was built on the idea that data is a competitive advantage.
Lena: Right! And it’s fascinating that the roots of their estimating software go all the way back to 1989 with a company called Hard Dollar.
Miles: Exactly. So, if you’re an estimator who already speaks "data," you’re actually ahead of the curve. Let’s explore how you can bridge that gap between the spreadsheets and the job site.