From sub to surety-ready in 10 weeks.

The accelerator that turns small construction firms into prequal-ready, bondable, GC-ready businesses. Real bid packages. Real pay apps. Real cash forecasts—powered by Breva.

Sponsored by H.J. Russell, Horus Construction, and Barr & Barr Construction for their subs and trade partners.

Fewer pay app kickbacks + faster approvals

WIP + 13-week cash forecasting tied to real jobs

Capital-readiness + financing pathway when eligible (subject to underwriting)

Faster payments

Win rate on bids

Days WTC cycle

See if I qualify — 5 minutes

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Built for progress billing

Real deliverables

Capital-readiness*

Trusted by leading contractors and lenders

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Deliverables

What you leave with

Real outputs you can use immediately in your business

2 GC-ready bid packages

Complete, professional bid packages ready to submit to general contractors.

40% faster approval

Repeatable estimating standards

WBS, assemblies, crew rates—build consistency into every estimate.

2x bid accuracy

Prequalification pack + compliance docs

Get prequalified faster with complete documentation packages.

3-week time savings

WIP + 13-week cash forecast

Tied to real jobs, so you always know where your cash stands.

Live dashboard

Work-to-cash improvement plan

Reduce pay app kickbacks and get paid faster on every project.

-15 days WTC avg

Alumni access + support

90-day runway with continued access to tools, templates, and community.

90-day support

Participants use Breva weekly to accelerate real work

Curriculum

What You'll Master

Real outputs you can use immediately in your business

Advanced 2D takeoff techniques

Work Breakdown Structure development

Production assemblies + accurate crew rates

Bid / no-bid decision frameworks

Leveling matrix + scope gap elimination

Complete GC prequalification packages

Job costing, WIP schedules, + cash forecasting

Contract negotiation + risk management

Platform

The platform that powers your success

Breva's CFO + Pay-App Autopilot—built to cut Work-to-Cash Days

Ask Bre™

AI-powered CFO support (with live bookkeeper option)

Automated SOV reconciliation

Schedule of Values reconciliation on autopilot

Real-time dashboards

WIP + cash dashboards updated in real-time

Spec Q&A + takeoff

Get assistance with specs and takeoffs

Lien waiver management

Compliance and lien waiver tracking

Bid/no-bid scoring

Trade-aware scoring models for better decisions

Document vault

Centralized vault with complete audit trail

Exception monitoring

Exception-based monitoring and smart alerts

Process

From qualification to graduation

Your 10-week journey to better bids and faster payments

Fit Check (2 minutes)

Quick qualification to see if BuildForward™ is right for you.

Take Fit Check

Apply + quick interview

Submit your application and have a brief conversation with our team.

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10-week build sprint

Workshops + labs with hands-on implementation using Breva.

Graduate with deliverables

Complete the program with real outputs + 90-day alumni runway.

Weekly Rhythm

60-min workshop → 60–90-min lab (Breva) → deliverable → mentor feedback → office hours

Weeks

Live Bid Sprints

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Firms / Cohort

Days Alumni Access

Each week combines hands-on labs with real or archived bid packages. You'll work on actual projects, get expert feedback, and build deliverables you can use immediately in your business.

Financing

Capital-readiness, built in

BuildForward™ includes a capital-readiness track and introductions to aligned partners. Eligible firms may access project-based working capital designed for construction cash cycles—subject to underwriting and availability.

Bridge payroll + materials

Working capital to cover upfront costs while waiting for payment

Project-focused underwriting

Underwriting based on your projects, not just credit scores

Repayment aligned to billing

Payment schedules that match your approved billing cycles

Financing is not guaranteed. Eligibility and terms

Investment

Simple cohort pricing

Choose the option that works best for your team

10 weeks of live workshops + labs

Breva platform access (12+ weeks)

2 team seats (Owner + Estimator/CFO)

2 GC-ready bid packages (worth $2K+ ea)

Capital-readiness track + intros

90-day alumni support runway

Great for GCs/associations/suppliers

Strengthen your network

Support contractor development

Sponsor a seat

Recommended

10-week cohort + labs + office hours

Templates + deliverables

Breva access during cohort + alumni runway

Capital-readiness track (when eligible)

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Better adoption across your team

More perspectives in workshops

Faster implementation

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Partnership

BuildForward Essentials™

The lower-cost way to sponsor. Fund $99/month seats and put your trade partners on the tools in days — no cohort calendar, no integration, no change on your side.

See the health of your bench

A quarterly briefing on Breva Score™ trends, Work-to-Cash Days™, and bid-readiness turns subcontractor finances from a blind spot into something you can manage.

Start at $99 a seat, not $6,500 a firm

Cohorts start at 15 firms — $1,485/month — and work best at 20, about $1,980/month. Less than one bookkeeper's salary, spread across your whole bench.

Live in days, running continuously

Bookkeeping, 13-week cash forecasting, AIA-ready pay apps, and estimating support — active immediately, not on a class schedule.

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Fit Check

Is this for you?

BuildForward™ is designed for specific types of contractors

Great fit

Progress billing / pay apps + retainage

30–90 day cash cycles + fronting labor/materials

Wants repeatable estimating + cleaner billing packets

Ready to implement (owner + estimator/finance involved)

Not a fit (yet)

Progress billing / pay apps + retainage

Not ready to change workflows

Looking for "just content" (this is implementation)

Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Your strongest subs are one system away from being bondable.

Sponsor a cohort and graduate prequal-ready trade partners into your supply chain. Thirty minutes on seat economics, candidate selection, and what graduates look like coming out.

Sponsor a Cohort

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BuildForward™ Accelerator

From sub to surety-ready in 10 weeks.

The accelerator that turns small construction firms into prequal-ready, bondable, GC-ready businesses. Real bid packages. Real pay apps. Real cash forecasts — powered by Breva.

Sponsored by H.J. Russell, Horus Construction, and Barr & Barr Construction for their subs and trade partners.

Join an Info Session

Talk to Admissions

Fewer pay app kickbacks + faster approvals

WIP + 13-week cash forecasting tied to real jobs

Capital-readiness + financing pathway when eligible (subject to underwriting)

40%

Faster payments

Win rate on bids

-15 days

WTC cycle

Deliverables

What you walk away with.

2 GC-ready bid packages

Repeatable estimating standards (WBS, assemblies, crew rates)

Prequalification pack + compliance docs

WIP + 13-week cash forecast tied to real jobs

Work-to-cash improvement plan

Alumni access + support (90-day runway)

Curriculum

Advanced 2D takeoff techniques

Work Breakdown Structure development

Production assemblies + accurate crew rates

Bid / no-bid decision frameworks

Leveling matrix + scope gap elimination

Complete GC prequalification packages

Job costing, WIP schedules, + cash forecasting

Contract negotiation + risk management

What we measure

Platform features that make it stick.

Ask Bre™ AI CFO support

Real-time guidance on cash, pay apps, and next moves.

Automated SOV reconciliation

Estimate-to-SOV traceability, no re-keying.

Real-time dashboards

Job health, cash gaps, and pay-app status in one view.

Document vault

COIs, waivers, prequal docs organized by job.

How It Works

From questions to report in three steps.

Answer a few questions

Takes about 5 minutes. No login required.

Receive benchmark report by email

Within 24 hours, with your peer snapshot and top 3 moves.

Optional 15–20 min walkthrough

Book a call if you want us to walk through the report together.

The Process

Four steps to a bondable business.

Fit Check

2 minutes. See if the cohort fits your trade and revenue range.

Apply + quick interview

Short application and a 15-minute conversation.

10-week build sprint

Weekly workshops, labs, and mentor feedback.

Graduate with deliverables

Leave bondable, prequal-ready, and GC-ready.

Frequently Asked Questions

The next pay app you submit could be the one that's approved on the first try.

Book a 20-minute demo. We'll show you how a real contractor uses Breva, end to end, on a job that looks like yours.

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From sub to surety-ready in 10 weeks.

What you leave with

What You'll Master

The platform that powers your success

From qualification to graduation

Capital-readiness, built in

Simple cohort pricing

BuildForward Essentials™

Is this for you?

Frequently Asked Questions

Your strongest subs are one system away from being bondable.

From sub to surety-ready in 10 weeks.

What you walk away with.

Platform features that make it stick.

From questions to report in three steps.

Four steps to a bondable business.

Frequently Asked Questions

Ready to become prequal-ready?

The next pay app you submit could be the one that's approved on the first try.