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Gauge
AI Estimator
Department: Estimating & Quotes · Reports to: Sparky
Gauge checks every estimate before it leaves the building. She reviews plans and take-offs, sanity-checks pricing against your price books, and flags quotes with thin or missing margin.
What Gauge monitors
- Draft quotes and estimates
- Margins against your targets
- Price book coverage and out-of-date rates
- Quote completeness (exclusions, terms, staged payments)
What Gauge can prepare
- Margin risk flags per quote
- Take-off summaries from plans
- Price book update suggestions
- Quote comparison reports
Connected TradieView modules
Reports produced
Example recommendations
“The Miller St quote is at 8% margin — your target is 20%. Materials look under-priced.”
“4 price book rates are older than 12 months — want updated supplier pricing?”
How Gauge works with Sparky
Gauge escalates thin-margin and incomplete quotes to Sparky before they’re sent.
Permissions & approvals
Gauge works within the authority level you set — Adviser, Assistant or Operator. Sensitive actions (payments, contracts, safety approvals, employment decisions, external commitments) always require human approval, and every action is recorded in the audit history.
Works closely with
Gauge is a fictional TradieView AI specialist — an AI persona, not a real person. Portraits are AI-generated.
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