Case Study: Pure Mechanical Group achieves faster, more accurate estimating and accelerated growth with Trimble AutoBid

Pure Mechanical Group Levels Up Its Estimating Process and Accelerates Growth with Trimble AutoBid® Software

Pure Mechanical Group, a growing commercial and industrial HVAC contractor in the Durham Region/Greater Toronto Area and the only unionized mechanical company in Oshawa, struggled with slow, manual estimating. Relying on rulers and printed plans led to underestimated labor hours, lost profitability on larger projects, and a limited quoting capacity that constrained growth.

The company implemented Trimble AutoBid Mechanical and AutoBid SheetMetal—using OnScreen takeoff, automatic fitting generation, a 100,000‑item database and industry labor books—to speed and standardize estimates, improve material purchasing, and compete with larger firms. As a result Pure Mechanical quoted over $1M of work in three weeks (versus a previous 3–6 month timeline), won roughly $285,000 in new projects it otherwise wouldn’t have had time to bid, avoided pandemic layoffs, and increased bidding accuracy and win rates.

Pure Mechanical Group

Jeff Fertile

President and Founder