Construction · General Contracting · Specialty Subcontractors · Commercial Development
Websites and AI for contractors.
Kingbird builds your website, puts AI to work finding jobs and following up on bids, and trains your team to use it. The contractors who win on margin show up first, and we build the site and systems that get you there. You own the site, the code, and the accounts.
Websites from $2,500. AI Operations Audit $4,500. Staff workshops from $2,500. Bigger builds like a permit discovery engine or operating dashboard are scoped separately.
Live system metrics from a permit discovery engine in production
47s
Median permit-to-lead time
67
Counties wired in production today
6h
Sweep frequency: all day, every day
94
Qualified leads per 1,284 permits scraped
What's costing you jobs right now
- Finding out about jobs after they hit a public bid board, when five competitors already have the relationship
- Manually monitoring county permit portals every week and still missing projects
- Spending time on estimates for projects that are already spoken for or out of budget
- No real-time view of your pipeline, backlog, or which bids are actually moving
- Following up on submitted bids manually with no system behind it
- Outreach to GCs or owners that is generic and gets ignored
Construction is competitive because everyone is fishing the same visible pool. The operators who consistently win on margin are the ones who reach the owner or GC before the pool forms. We build the website and the systems that get you there first.
For bigger needs
Once your website and AI basics are in place, these are the bigger-ticket systems we build for contractors. Every one is custom to your geography, project types, and workflow.
Permit Discovery Engine
Scans government permit databases across your target counties every 6 hours. It turns a raw permit into a qualified lead, with the decision-maker's direct contact, in a median of 47 seconds, and pushes it to your CRM automatically.
- Covers Accela, Socrata, ArcGIS, CloudPermit, Click2Gov, and custom portals
- AI-scored 0 to 100 against your qualification rubric
- Decision-maker enrichment via Apollo on every qualified lead
Operating Dashboard
Real-time view of your bid pipeline, active jobs, subcontractor status, and cash position. Designed for operators running multiple projects simultaneously with no single source of truth.
- Integrates with Procore, Buildertrend, Sage, or your existing stack
- Active bid tracking with stage and close-probability by project
- Cash flow and subcontractor payment status in one view
Outreach Automation
Personalized multi-channel outreach to GCs, developers, and property owners, sequenced and timed to your sales cycle. Replies route to one inbox, sorted by intent.
- Hooks pulled from permit data and LinkedIn activity at send time
- Email, LinkedIn, and voicemail drop sequencing
- CRM integration, every reply logged automatically
What this looks like in practice
Finding the job before the bid board
A roofing subcontractor manually checks three county permit portals every Monday morning. They miss permits filed Tuesday through Friday. A Permit Discovery Engine sweeps all three counties every 6 hours, scores each permit against their project type and value threshold, enriches with the GC's direct contact, and pushes it to their CRM. They call before anyone else knows the job exists.
Qualifying leads before spending estimating time
A specialty concrete contractor receives 40 inbound inquiries per month. Their estimator spends 8 hours pricing jobs that never close because they were never real opportunities. An AI scoring layer filters incoming leads against project size, geography, and timeline criteria before anyone touches them. Estimating time drops by 60%. Revenue per estimate increases.
Pipeline visibility across 12 active bids
A general contractor is running 12 active bids simultaneously. Status lives in emails, spreadsheets, and the PM's memory. An operating dashboard pulls bid stage from their project management software, flags bids with no activity in 7 days, and shows projected close value by month. The owner stops asking the PM for weekly updates.
Common questions from contractors
What does it cost to get started with a website and AI?
A website starts at $2,500. An AI Operations Audit is $4,500 and maps exactly where AI wins you more work and saves you time, and staff training workshops start at $2,500 so your crew and office can actually use the tools. For bigger needs, a permit discovery engine, operating dashboard, or outreach build is scoped separately and most land between $12,000 and $25,000 depending on counties, systems, and CRM. Book a call and we will put a specific number against your markets.
How does the permit discovery engine know which permits match my business?
During setup, we configure a qualification rubric against your criteria: project types, permit categories, geography, minimum value, owner type, and any other filters that matter to you. The AI scores every permit 0 to 100 against that rubric. You see only the ones above your threshold.
Which counties and permitting systems can you wire?
We are live across 67 Florida counties and support Accela, Socrata, ArcGIS, CloudPermit, and Click2Gov. Any county with a permit portal can be wired. The architecture is generic. Moving to a new state is a configuration change, not a rebuild. We assess your target geography during the scoping call.
How long does it take to get permit leads flowing into my CRM?
For counties and permitting systems we already support, deployments typically take 2 to 3 weeks. New geographies or systems take 4 to 6 weeks depending on portal complexity.
Can the outreach automation reference the permit data, like personalizing to the specific project?
Yes. The outreach engine pulls the permit details at send time and uses them in the message. A roofing contractor's first-touch email references the specific address, permit type, and filing date. It does not sound like a mass email because it is not one.
Can you build this for commercial real estate operators, not just contractors?
Yes. CRE operators use the same system to track development activity by neighborhood: new commercial permits, change-of-use filings, demolition permits. The rubric is configured to their criteria instead of a contractor's job types.
Ready to get ahead of the bid board?
Thirty minutes. We will walk through your target markets, permit types, and what a website and AI look like for your operation, then come back with a scoped number. No obligation.