Portland, OR
IRRIGATION / SPRINKLER ESTIMATING.

## Irrigation Estimating in Portland Moves Fast — Your Bids Should Too Portland's residential and commercial landscaping market runs hard from late March through October. When a Beaverton HOA or a Lake Oswego property manager calls for a full irrigation install, they want a number fast. If you're still building quotes in spreadsheets or waiting on a supplier to call back with pricing, you're losing bids to contractors who aren't. Estimate.Pro gives Portland irrigation contractors a walkthrough-to-bid workflow that hits a median of 8 minutes from site notes to a sendable proposal. --- ### What Makes Portland Irrigation Work Specific **Water management rules are real here.** Portland Water Bureau enforces seasonal watering schedules and has pushed mandatory water-efficient irrigation standards for commercial retrofits under its Water Management and Conservation Plan. Bids that reference these requirements — ET-based controllers, pressure-regulated heads, zone flow rates — close faster because they show the client you know the code before they ask. **The Willamette Valley soil profile matters.** Compacted clay in low-lying areas and sandy loam in elevated neighborhoods like Forest Heights mean your head spacing, precipitation rates, and run times change block to block. Your estimate needs to reflect actual system design, not a copy-paste zone count. **Oregon plumbing code covers irrigation backflow.** OAR 333-061-0070 requires testable backflow prevention assemblies on any potable water connection to an irrigation system. Every irrigation estimate in Portland needs a backflow preventer line item — and the labor to schedule the required third-party test after installation. **Seasonal window is defined.** Portland averages fewer than 144 dry days per year. The install and service season is compressed. Winning more bids per week during that window directly affects annual revenue. Speed on the estimating side is not a convenience — it's a capacity multiplier. --- ### How Estimate.Pro Works for Irrigation Contractors **Walkthrough capture.** Walk the property with your phone. AR measurement on supported devices uses ONNX-assisted live detection to measure zone areas and head distances. On older devices or photo-based uploads, measurements are clearly flagged as estimates so you know what to verify. **AI scope-of-work generation.** After the walkthrough, the app drafts your scope: zone count, head type and spacing, valve manifold configuration, backflow assembly, controller spec, and any noted grading or sleeve work. You review and edit — you're not locked into anything. **Your material costs, your numbers.** Estimate.Pro pulls from your saved material cost workspace. Your Hunter vs. Rain Bird head pricing, your preferred controller lines, your local supplier rates — all stored, all applied automatically when the scope generates. No generic national pricing that embarrasses you at the job. **Priced estimate in 8 minutes.** That's the median across all trades on the platform. Irrigation scopes — with clearly itemized zones, materials, and labor — hit that target regularly for contractors who've loaded their cost data. --- ### Tiers That Match Where You Are - **Free forever** — no credit card, no time limit. Start building estimates today. - **Pro at $39/seat/month** — full estimating workflow, Stripe Connect payments at 3% platform fee. - **Elite at $79/seat/month** — Stripe Connect at 0% platform fee, invoice exports, advanced workflows. - **Crew at $399/month flat** — covers your whole crew, no per-seat math. For a solo irrigation contractor running 4–6 installs a week during season, the difference between Pro and Free is recovered on the first job that closes because the bid arrived same-day. --- ### Portland-Specific Details Built Into Your Workflow When you generate a scope in Estimate.Pro, you can tag Portland Water Bureau compliance items, include backflow preventer testing as a line item, and note Oregon plumbing code requirements in the client-facing proposal. Clients in Portland — especially commercial — notice when a contractor cites OAR 333-061-0070 correctly. It shortens the approval cycle. The app supports 25 trades. If your crew also handles drainage, hardscape, or outdoor lighting alongside irrigation, your estimators can run those scopes in the same platform without switching tools. --- ### Start Without Risk The free tier is permanent. No card required. Load your material costs, run a test estimate on your next walkthrough, and see what 8 minutes actually looks like on a real Portland job. If it fits your workflow, the paid tiers are there when you need the payment and export features.