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Estimating & Pricebook · Pacific Northwest Trades
Estimate & Pricebook Systems for Contractors in Oregon, Washington & Idaho
Pricing built on your actual labor burden protects your margins before the job starts. Pricing built on gut feel explains the loss after the job ends. We build the system that gets you to the first one.
The problem
What estimate & pricebook systems means for a trades business.
An estimating and pricebook system for a trades business is the structure that translates your actual costs into the prices you charge customers. It starts with accurate labor burden calculations, moves through materials and overhead allocation, and ends in a flat-rate or T&M pricebook that your team uses consistently in the field. We serve HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and roofing contractors across the Pacific Northwest.
The most common failure mode in trades pricing is basing rates on what competitors charge or what used to work. Labor rates change. Benefits costs increase. Fuel costs go up. Without a pricebook that's updated regularly based on real cost data, margin erosion is guaranteed.
Every price in the pricebook reflects current labor burden, overhead, and target margin
Pricing protects margin on every job before the work starts, not after it ends
Technicians quote consistently because the pricing standard is documented and accessible
The pricebook gets updated as costs change so pricing accuracy doesn't erode over time
You can identify which service types carry the best margin and prioritize them in your sales approach
Estimating errors decrease because the pricing structure is built on real cost data rather than approximation
Signals you need this
Who needs this.
HVAC contractors whose flat-rate pricing hasn't been updated since labor costs were materially different
Plumbing businesses where different technicians quote different prices for the same job type
Electrical contractors who can estimate a job but can't tell you confidently which service types are most profitable
Roofing businesses where material cost volatility is regularly eroding the margin that looked fine on the estimate
Any trades owner who gets to year-end and can't explain where the margin went on jobs that should have been profitable
Three or more and there's real money sitting in the gap. Usually it's not one big leak. It's a few small ones that compound every month.
Before and after
Without a real pricebook system vs. With Sentric managing your pricing
What we build
Prices built on your costs, not your gut.
A pricebook with your labor burden in it
Every rate reflects what an hour actually costs you this year, including the parts nobody likes to count.
Consistent estimates from anyone
The same job gets the same price no matter who builds the quote or how busy the week is.
Margin visible before you commit
You see what the job should make at the estimate stage, while you can still walk away.
We build it inside the tools you already pay for. If your field service platform and your accounting software can talk to each other, we make them. If something genuinely has to change, we'll say so and tell you why, but the tool was rarely the problem.
How it works
Three steps. No homework.
Walk one job
Thirty minutes. We take a real job, warts and all, and follow it from the day you sold it to the day the money hit the account. Every place it catches gets written down. You keep what we find whether you ever hire us or not.
Rank the friction
Estimate & Pricebook Systems might not even be your biggest leak. If something else is costing you more, we'll tell you and start there instead.
Build it and run it
We build the fix, train your people on it, and stay on it until it holds. Then we take the next one. Everything we build is documented and yours, whether you keep us for a year or just a month.
Questions
What owners ask us first.
Do you require long-term contracts?
No. Month to month. You stay because the work is delivering.
What cities do you serve?
We serve trades contractors throughout Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. See the full city list below.
How long does implementation take?
Most system builds run 30 to 60 days depending on the state of your current setup. The free audit tells us what we are working with before we scope the build.
Can you work with our existing bookkeeper or CPA?
Yes. Our work is on the operational and technology side. We make sure your financial partners get clean, accurate data to work with.
How is this different from hiring an office manager?
An office manager executes inside whatever systems exist. We build the architecture and manage it so the systems stay current as the business grows.
What trades do you work with?
HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and roofing contractors doing $2M to $8M in annual revenue across Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.
What does the free 30-minute audit cover?
We review your current systems, find where margin or time is leaking, and tell you what it is costing. No pitch and no commitment.
Do you implement or only advise?
We implement and manage. We configure your tools, document your processes, and run the systems ongoing.
Where we work
Estimate & Pricebook Systems across the Northwest.
All work is remote, so location never changes what we can do. These pages cover the market specifics for each city.
Portland, ORSalem, OREugene, ORBend, ORMedford, ORHillsboro, ORGresham, ORCorvallis, ORAlbany, ORGrants Pass, ORRoseburg, ORKlamath Falls, OR
Seattle, WASpokane, WATacoma, WAVancouver, WABellevue, WAKennewick, WAYakima, WABellingham, WAOlympia, WAEverett, WA
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