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GPStimate brings Human-in-the-Loop AI to commercial roof estimating and launches integration with Dataforma
GPStimate, an AI assisted estimating platform built for commercial roofing contractors, has launched its automated takeoff and compliance software. Designed by veteran commercial estimators and roofing business owners, GPStimate replaces spreadsheets, measuring wheels and disconnected tools with AI assistance, aerial takeoffs and automated product documentation. In testing across roughly 100 projects, ...
Contractors are driving the next wave of construction technology
By Heidi J. Ellsworth. Some of roofing's most meaningful technology innovations are being developed by the contractors and industry professionals who understand the challenges firsthand. For decades, roofing contractors have been asked to do more with less. More projects, tighter margins, increasingly complex specifications and persistent labor shortages have put pressure ...
How AI fits into a contractor’s tech stack
By Jesse Sanchez. Contractors can use artificial intelligence to strengthen existing technology, analyze business data and improve productivity while maintaining careful oversight. Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving quickly, but contractors do not need to overhaul their entire technology stack to begin exploring its potential. In this CoatingsTalk webinar hosted by ...
Putting roofing data to work with AI
By Jesse Sanchez. New artificial intelligence tools and an updated home screen are designed to help contractors access information, improve efficiency and strengthen customer relationships. Technology continues to reshape how roofing contractors manage information, communicate with customers and keep projects moving. During this interview on the sound stage at the ...
The next step in roofing data
By Jesse Sanchez. Emerging software capabilities could help contractors turn the information they already collect into faster, more useful answers. What if contractors could quickly ask which roof systems generate the most repairs in a particular region and receive a report built from their own company data? Brian Cook described ...
Where AI Fits Into Your Tech Stack
In this CoatingsTalk™, Megan Ellsworth sits down with a representative from Dataforma to talk about how artificial intelligence is reshaping the way contractors manage their businesses. They explore where AI fits within a contractor's technology stack and how it can support, rather than replace, the systems and people that keep ...
Turning maintenance data into better decisions
By Jesse Sanchez. Connected maintenance and inspection tools can help contractors improve consistency, streamline service workflows and turn field data into stronger business insights. For commercial roofing contractors, managing service and maintenance can involve hundreds of visits, inspections, repairs and customer touch points. Keeping that activity organized is essential not ...
Where AI fits into your tech stack
By Jesse Sanchez. Artificial intelligence is changing the way contractors work, but getting the most from AI starts with understanding where it belongs within the technology and processes businesses already rely on. In an upcoming CoatingsTalk™, on September 9, 2026, at 11 a.m. PT, Megan Ellsworth meets with Mark Zeleznock from ...
Where AI Fits Into Your Tech Stack
In this CoatingsTalk™, Megan Ellsworth sits down with a representative from Dataforma to talk about how artificial intelligence is reshaping the way contractors manage their businesses. They explore where AI fits within a contractor's technology stack and how it can support, rather than replace, the systems and people that keep ...
Turn roofing leads into lasting customer relationships
By Jesse Sanchez. A roofing customer relationship management (CRM) system can help contractors organize leads, strengthen communication and make more informed sales decisions. Generating quality leads is essential for roofing contractors competing in a fast-moving market. While marketing helps attract prospective customers, Dataforma can help roofing companies establish a reliable ...
