Construction proposal sOFTWARE
Create winning proposals, fast
Build profitable proposals and contracts in minutes, send them out for e-signature, and win more business.
Frustration-free proposals
Manually creating proposals and contracts is time-consuming, inconsistent, and error-prone, especially if your business takes on many different types of projects.
Knowify simplifies the proposal and contract creation process, allowing your team to create and send professional, e-signable documents in just minutes. Auto-generate proposals based on your project budget, or start from scratch. With the flexibility to handle fixed price, cost-plus, and maintenance contracts in one place, your team is well-equipped to win more projects and grow your business.
Choose the right contract for the job
Quickly build accurate proposals for fixed price, cost-plus, recurring maintenance, and AIA-style jobs.
Send and track your proposals
Send legally-binding contracts for e-signature, and see instantly when clients open, review, and sign your proposals.
Track change orders and bill
View your original proposal and contract, track costs & change orders, and handle progress billing against the job once you’ve won it.
Monitor win-rate and improve
See the types of jobs you’re winning or losing over time, and which team members have the highest bid-hit rate.
“With Knowify, we can send clients a professional-looking proposal in minutes without ever visiting the installation site itself. We use the templates we created in Knowify, make any adjustments needed, apply our markup and send everything to the client for them to digitally sign off on.”
Michael Haff
Owner, Castle Electric
Accurate estimates
Build hyper-accurate project estimates based on previous project data, add mark-up, and turn it into a client-facing proposal that wins you new business in just a few clicks.
Flexible contracts
Create contracts for any type of job, including T&M and maintenance contracts. Once you’ve won the job, Knowify automatically adjusts your invoicing style to match the contract.
Complete control
Choose exactly what to show or hide from clients in your proposals. Include company branding, terms and conditions, and add attachments like project plans or photos.
Connected teams
Keep every step of your project workflow streamlined. Track costs & change orders against your initial contract and budget once the job is won, keeping your team connected.
The #1 QuickBooks integration in construction
QuickBooks Online is a powerful accounting tool, but it’s proposals often fall short for trade contractors. Knowify allows you to build proposals based off your project estimates, and gives you a level of control and customizability not available in QuickBooks alone. Knowify syncs both-ways with QuickBooks Online, so once you’ve won the job, you can sync project costs, purchase orders, vendor bills, expenses, labor hours, and much more to achieve a single source of financial truth for your entire team, without any double-entry
Stress-free construction proposals
Ready for an easier way to build and send proposals? Try Knowify free for 14 days.
FAQs
What is a construction proposal?
A construction proposal is a document created by a contractor that’s sent to a potential client with the goal of outlining a project including estimated costs and a project timeline, while also convincing the client that the contractor’s business is the right one to complete the work.
It’s best to think of a proposal as both informative and persuasive. Doing so will guide the information you include in your proposals.
What should you include in a construction proposal?
A typical construction proposal is going to include information like a description of the project, detailed cost estimates, an estimated timeline, and payment terms.
Since a proposal is also a sales document, it should include things like company information, references, and even examples of similar work you’ve done in the past.
It’s important that your proposal appears professional as this can separate you from your competition. You’ll want to ensure it’s formatted correctly, includes contact information, a company logo, and a tagline if you have one.
Lastly, you’ll want to make it easy for your potential clients to receive and sign your proposals. Ideally, your construction management software allows you to create proposals, send them over email, and have your clients e-sign them without having to print the proposal or do any extra work.
What software is used for estimating in construction?
Most construction management software should give contractors the ability to create cost estimates for clients. Knowify allows you to quickly create a budget based on a project’s scope of work that you can markup to cover your overhead and target profit margin. You can then turn this into a professional e-signable proposal in minutes. Knowify includes several proposal templates out-of-the-box. If you don’t see something you like, the team will work with you to create a custom, reusable proposal template free of charge.