Miami, FL
HARDSCAPING / PAVERS ESTIMATING.

## Hardscape Estimating in Miami Moves Fast — Your Bid Process Should Too Miami's hardscape market runs year-round. Pool decks in Coconut Grove, travertine driveways in Coral Gables, permeable paver plazas in Brickell — the work does not slow down between November and March the way it does in northern markets. That means you are quoting more jobs per year than most contractors nationally, and a slow estimating process costs you real money. Estimate.Pro gives you a structured walkthrough, an AI-generated scope of work, and a priced estimate in a median of 8 minutes. You send a professional bid before you leave the driveway. --- ## What Makes Miami Hardscape Estimating Different **Material costs shift with port traffic.** South Florida hardscape suppliers pull heavily from the Port of Miami. Travertine, porcelain pavers, and concrete unit pavers sourced from Turkey, Brazil, and Portugal move through that port. When shipping costs spike — as they did in 2021–2023 — your material line items can change week to week. Estimate.Pro's saved material cost workspace lets you update unit prices once and push the change across every open estimate. **Miami-Dade permitting adds real line items.** Miami-Dade County requires a Right-of-Way permit for any work that touches the public swale, and many residential hardscape projects do. Separate permit fees, NOA (Notice of Acceptance) documentation requirements for paver products, and soil disturbance thresholds all affect your cost structure. Those line items belong in your estimate, not in a post-job conversation with the owner. **ICPI specs matter here.** The Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute's installation guidelines — edge restraints, bedding sand depth, base compaction — are referenced in Miami-Dade inspection checklists. When your scope of work cites ICPI TR-132 base preparation standards, it signals to the GC or homeowner that your bid is not guesswork. Estimate.Pro's AI scope generator references ICPI standards by name in the scope narrative. **Permeable paver demand is growing.** Miami's stormwater management requirements under NPDES Phase II and the city's resilience initiatives push more commercial and municipal clients toward permeable interlocking concrete pavement (PICP). PICP bids carry different labor rates, a separate aggregate sub-base spec, and often a geotextile line item. The estimating structure is not the same as a standard paver install. Estimate.Pro handles the distinction. **Salt air and UV affect material selection notes.** Clients on barrier islands — Miami Beach, Key Biscayne, Fisher Island — want documentation that your specified products carry NOA approval and are rated for high-velocity hurricane zones (HVHZ). Your scope of work should reflect that. An AI-generated scope that mentions HVHZ compliance and product NOA numbers is a selling point on those jobs. --- ## How Estimate.Pro Works for Miami Hardscape Contractors **Walkthrough capture.** Walk the site. Use AR measurement on supported devices — the ONNX-assisted live AR mode measures patio dimensions, driveway width, and step runs in real time. On older phones, photo measurements are captured and flagged as estimates. Either way, you leave with dimensions in the app. **AI scope of work.** The app drafts a scope narrative that covers base preparation, edge restraint type, bedding sand, paver pattern, and joint sand spec. It references ICPI standards where applicable. You review and edit before it goes to the client. **Priced estimate.** Your saved material costs — travertine per SF, polymeric sand per bag, geotextile per SY, base aggregate per ton — apply automatically. Labor rates you have set for your crew populate the labor lines. The estimate is client-ready. **Collect payment.** Pro+ users pay $0 platform fee on Stripe Connect payments. Free tier users pay 3%. At a $12,000 pool deck bid, that difference is $360 per job. --- ## Pricing - **Free forever** — no credit card, no time limit - **Pro** — $39/seat/mo - **Elite** — $79/seat/mo, includes Stripe Connect invoicing and invoice exports - **Crew** — $399/mo flat for the whole company If you run three estimators, Crew costs less than two Elite seats. Miami hardscape companies with separate sales and field staff use Crew to keep everyone on the same numbers. --- ## Built for 25 Trades, Including Yours Estimate.Pro supports 25 trades. Hardscape contractors who also quote irrigation, outdoor lighting, or concrete flatwork can estimate all three in the same platform. One app, one saved cost workspace, one invoice workflow.