Case Study: Inherent Commercial achieves scalable cloud estimating and 3‑hour per‑budget savings with ProEst

How ProEst Helped a Start-Up Get Up to Speed

Inherent Commercial, LLC is an Indianapolis-based general contracting and construction management firm that grew rapidly from a two-person start-up to a 12-person company handling hundreds of estimates a year. Faced with the limits of spreadsheet-based estimating and a need for a scalable, cloud-native preconstruction solution, Inherent Commercial selected ProEst’s web-based estimating and takeoff platform (used alongside Procore) to support its turn-key approach and remote workflows.

ProEst delivered cloud-based estimating, integrated digital takeoffs and a direct connection to Procore, enabling Inherent Commercial to maintain productivity during remote work, streamline budget handoffs, and iteratively refine conceptual estimates with greater accuracy. The ProEst solution—tied to Procore—cut friction in budget setup and saved about 3 hours per budget, helping the company support ~$20M in 2021 revenue and position itself for continued double-digit growth.

Inherent Commercial

Greg Sherwin

Director of Preconstruction