ModProjectPro
Low Voltage / Construction
Intelligent quoting tool for low voltage professionals with an expert system that catches missed line items.
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The Problem
Low voltage professionals responsible for door access, fire systems, networking, and camera installations spend hours manually building quotes after site visits. They take photos, scribble notes, and then sit at a desk translating it all into a quote. Items get missed, pricing is inconsistent, and turnaround is slow.
The Approach
The key insight was that project descriptions already contain the information needed to identify missing quote items. Instead of building a complex project management tool first, I focused on the highest value workflow: describe the job → expert system catches what you missed → build the quote.
Intentionally Left Out
Deferred full project management, scheduling, and team coordination to a future phase. The MVP focuses purely on the quote workflow to prove the coaching system value.
The Solution
A full-stack platform where technicians describe their project scope, and an expert system analyzes the description to surface items they may have missed. The system builds an itemized quote that can be reviewed, exported as PDF or DOCX, and emailed directly to clients.
Technical Highlights
Lightweight expert system using rapidfuzz matching and 75+ regex patterns across 6 trade categories — no heavy NLP dependencies
Three-state UI shows items already in quote, added this session, and available suggestions with confidence scores
Dockerized deployment for consistent environments across development and production
The Results
The MVP is live and in use. The expert coaching system catches missed line items that would have been lost revenue on quoted jobs.
“I came in with an idea and Duane delivered everything, branding, logo, and a fully built MVP. Now I have a real product that anchors conversations about scaling into a larger platform.”
Lessons & Takeaways
Expert systems need human confirmation
The coaching system catches items humans miss, but the technician's domain expertise is essential for validation. The sweet spot is coaching with AI, not replacing the technician.
Start with the pain point, not the platform
Resisting the urge to build a full project management suite and focusing on quote generation first meant I could validate the core value proposition quickly.
Mobile first is not optional for field workers
Every design decision had to work on a phone held in one hand on a job site. Desktop was secondary.