An estimation consultant to help you pitch effectively.
I'm a fabrication consultant you bring on before an idea goes to the client, so you get a real, defensible number without emailing three burnt out fab shops for a free rough estimate.
How agencies usually get a number, and why it doesn't work.
Before a concept goes to the client, someone needs a rough cost. Most agencies get that number the hard way.
- Email two or three fab shops asking for a "quick budgetary number"
- Wait days or weeks, unpaid work at the bottom of their queue
- Get back three numbers that don't agree, built on three different assumptions
- Burn goodwill with vendors who just did free work for a job they may never win
- Pitch a number nobody actually stands behind
- Send me the concept, that's the only step
- You're a paying client, so you're the priority, not an afterthought
- One consistent number, from one source, built the same way every time
- Fab shops only hear from you when it's a real, paid bid — so they take it seriously
- Pitch a number you can actually defend
Three steps. That's the whole process.
Send the concept
Before it goes anywhere near the client, a sketch, a deck, a reference image. Whatever you've got.
I price it
I estimate it myself as a paid engagement, no vendors, no free quotes, no waiting on three shops to reply.
You pitch with confidence
One real number, back in days. When it's time to actually build, you go to a fab shop once, with a scope they can quote seriously.
Two ways to work together.
Both are paid engagements, because a real number, built by someone with no stake in the fabrication bid, is worth paying for.
For agencies pitching occasionally, a consultant on retainer without the free quote runaround.
- 2 brand activation estimates per month
- 1 call per month to brainstorm or talk feasibility
- No fab shops contacted, no free quotes needed
- Good for agencies pitching a couple of builds a month
For agencies pitching regularly, more estimates, more calls, one consultant across all of it.
- 4 brand activation estimates per month
- 3 calls per month to brainstorm or talk feasibility
- Detailed takeoffs & labor models when you need them
- Scope-of-work drafting for whichever shop you pick
- Priority turnaround & a direct line
Every engagement is paid upfront and scoped per month, you'll always know exactly what's included before you commit.
Tell me about the concept.
Send a few details and I'll come back with availability and a path forward, usually within one business day.
Before you reach out.
You can, but it's unpaid work you're asking a busy shop to do for a job they might not even win, so it lands at the bottom of their queue and takes a while to come back. And because each shop assumes different things, the numbers rarely agree. Paying one consultant gets you one fast, consistent number, and keeps your vendor relationships in good standing for when you actually need them to bid for real.
No. This is strictly a paid estimating consultancy. I never fabricate, and I have no financial relationship with any fab shop, which is exactly why the number I give you is one you can trust.
Two brand activation estimates and one call a month to brainstorm or talk through feasibility. Each estimate is a rough order of magnitude (ROM), a real cost range you can put in a client deck, plus a straight answer on whether the concept is feasible as designed.
Once two estimates and one call a month isn't enough. The Growth Retainer doubles that to four brand activation estimates and three calls a month, plus the detailed takeoffs and scope of work drafting you need once a concept is approved and ready to actually go to a fab shop.
Yes, on the Growth Retainer, I'll draft the scope of work so whichever shop you approach is quoting the same real job, instead of guessing at what's included.
Extra estimates or calls beyond your plan are billed as one off add ons, or you can upgrade tiers at your next monthly renewal, whichever makes more sense for how busy your pipeline is that month.
Scenic fabrication, experiential activations, broadcast environments, themed environments, brand activations, and exhibit design, anything an agency needs a real number for before it reaches a client.