Know your number before you start
Join turns your own completed projects into a conceptual estimate in minutes. It's a private sandbox where you shape a new build from what your projects actually cost, build cost confidence as the design evolves, and meet your GC already knowing where the market should land.
The owner and GC playbook, straight from the source.
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We have dozens of similar projects across our system, and Join finally gives us a way to use that history. If someone says, ‘We need a 36-bed med-surg unit,’ I can instantly pull up three comparable projects, adjust the square footage and dates, and produce a reliable estimate in minutes. That’s the beauty of Join — it turns our past work into actionable data.
Your most reliable cost data is your own
Most owners don't get a real cost picture until late in the process, when the options have already narrowed. Benchmarking flips that: pull your own history and know what a project should cost from the very start, while the design can still change.
A defensible number in minutes
Pull your comparable projects, adjust for market and timing, and build a directional budget in minutes, so you can see whether a project pencils out before you commit.
Shape it in your sandbox
Evaluate different packages, compare incoming GC bids against historicals, and hold contingency where you want it, all before anything is locked in.
Come to the table informed
Walk into design and GC conversations already knowing where the market should land, and weigh incoming estimates against a number grounded in your own history.
From your own history to a confident number
Sketch a new build from projects you've already done
Pull your comparable completed projects side by side and let their real costs shape a conceptual estimate, in minutes.
Model your options in a space that's yours
Hold alternates, allowances, and GC bids in your own scenarios, separate from the live project, and run “what-if” comparisons that balance cost, design, and end-user value, without rework or duplicate estimates.
From boardroom doubt to "sign it today"
[Our new CEO wouldn't sign a $200M contract without proof there was no cost exposure left.] I said, "Give me 30 seconds," and showed her how we've achieved cost certainty and beyond. Twenty minutes in, she said, "I'm blown away. I'm done. We're signing this today."
“That gives me the ability to create a directional budget in seconds.”
“If we’re far higher or lower than the benchmark, it’s an alarm. We go and do more scrutiny.”
“We're able to generate an estimate in 10-15 minutes, when before it would have been a couple hours.”
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Michigan State University · Engineering & Digital Innovation Center
“Being able to track cost and potential budget impacts related to design decisions greatly enhances my ability to present information to my stakeholders. This allows for real-time, efficient decision-making. I find Join invaluable.”
The engine runs on your own data and gets sharper with every build
Benchmarking isn't an industry average handed to you. It's your own history, working for you. Here's what that depth looks like in practice.
Parkway Construction & Architecture · National design-build firm · ENR Top 400 (#219)
A proprietary cost library that gets sharper with every build — not a generic industry index.
Before Join, one VP spent three weeks recreating a single estimate from scratch because the cost history lived in spreadsheets and people's heads. With Benchmarking, that history is instantly searchable.
With Join Benchmarking, we can repurpose company expertise — data, best practices, standards, lessons learned — in a way that's visible and valuable.
Ready to lead with your own data?
Talk to our team about bringing Join to your next project.
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