Minneapolis, MN
IRRIGATION / SPRINKLER ESTIMATING.

## Bidding irrigation work in Minneapolis is not like bidding it in Phoenix The Twin Cities ground freezes to 42 inches or deeper in a hard winter. Every sprinkler system you install needs a proper blowout port, a backflow preventer rated for Minnesota temperatures, and lateral lines buried below that frost line. If your bid doesn't account for those specifics, you're either eating cost or losing the job to someone who padded less carefully than you should. Estimate.Pro is built for exactly this kind of regional detail. You walk the property, the AR measurement tools log your zone footprints, and the AI scope engine writes a line-item estimate — valves, heads, poly pipe by diameter and run length, controllers, backflow assemblies — in a single pass. Median time from walkthrough to sendable bid: 8 minutes. --- ## What makes Minneapolis irrigation estimates different **Freeze depth drives material cost.** At a 42-inch frost depth, you're running more linear feet of pipe per zone than a contractor in a warmer climate. That adds up fast on a 10-zone residential job. Estimate.Pro lets you set your standard burial depth in the material workspace so every pipe-run calculation starts from the right number. **Clay soil is the enemy of schedule.** Much of the Minneapolis metro sits on heavy clay. Trenching is slower, backfill compacts differently, and sleeving under driveways takes longer. Your labor rate assumptions need to reflect that. The platform stores your adjusted labor rates per task so you're not manually correcting every bid. **Spring startup and fall winterization are revenue lines, not afterthoughts.** Minneapolis contractors who win maintenance agreements year after year know that a clear, itemized estimate for startup and blowout — not just the install — is what separates them from the guy who quotes a flat number over the phone. Estimate.Pro generates those line items as a separate scope block you can include or strip from any bid. **Backflow compliance is not optional.** Minnesota Statute 103I and Minneapolis Water Works both require testable backflow preventers on any irrigation system connected to potable supply. The scope engine flags this requirement automatically so it never falls off your estimate. --- ## How the estimate gets built 1. **Walkthrough.** Open the app on your phone or tablet. On supported devices, ONNX-assisted live AR measurement captures zone dimensions in real time. On any device, camera and photo measurements give you a labeled estimate you can adjust before locking. 2. **AI scope generation.** The engine reads your zone count, total square footage, head type, pipe size, and local conditions. It writes a full scope of work — materials, labor hours, permit line, backflow assembly — without you typing a paragraph. 3. **Price review.** Your saved material cost workspace holds your supplier pricing for Rainbird, Hunter, and Netafim heads, poly and PVC pipe by diameter, and controller units. Adjust any line before you send. 4. **Send.** The bid goes out as a clean PDF or a client-facing link. Pro and Elite tiers include Stripe Connect for payment collection; Elite adds invoice export for your accounting workflow. Platform fee is 3% on Free, 0% on Pro and above. --- ## Licensing and permit notes for Minneapolis Minnesota requires irrigation contractors who connect to a potable water supply to hold a licensed plumber of record sign off on the backflow preventer installation — or hold a plumbing contractor license themselves. Minneapolis Building Inspections issues irrigation permits separately from general landscape permits. Budget permit fees into every estimate; omitting them is a common margin leak on residential jobs under $5,000. --- ## Pricing - **Free tier** — no credit card, no platform fee on the first projects, full scope engine access - **Pro — $39/seat/month** — saved material workspaces, custom labor rates, 0% Stripe Connect fee - **Elite — $79/seat/month** — everything in Pro plus invoice exports and advanced client workflows - **Crew — $399/month flat** — unlimited seats, built for multi-crew operations running multiple jobs per day If you're running two or three irrigation installs a week through the busy Minneapolis season — May through September — the time saved on estimating alone covers the Pro seat cost inside the first week. --- Estimate.Pro supports 25 trades. Irrigation is one of them, with scope logic built around zone-based design, seasonal service line items, and frost-depth material assumptions. Start free, no credit card required.