Reach the owner before the bid board does
By the time a project hits the bid board, the relationships are already set. Prowlr watches public permit feeds, design-stage project boards, and federal and state postings, then flags commercial work while it is still in schematic design or design development. You get the owner, the architect of record, and the likely bid timeline early, scored to the contractors and suppliers it fits. Every record traces back to a public source.
Each signal matched to the firms it fits, with a reason.
A raw feed of permits and projects is noise. Prowlr scores every signal against the contractors and suppliers it actually fits, and gives you the reason in plain language, not a black box. A 1.2 million square foot data center entering schematic design scores Cupertino Electric at 94, because the mission-critical electrical package matches its book and is reachable before award. A $90M hospital tower in design development scores Southland Industries at 88 on MEP fit and healthcare track record. A federal courthouse presolicitation scores Clark Construction at 81 on its public-sector profile while the teaming window is still open. You read the verdict, then trace it to the open-data record behind it.
Get on the bid list before there is a bid list.
Most construction intelligence shows up late, the day a project is publicly out for bid and the field is already crowded. Prowlr works the earlier window. It detects a commercial project the moment it moves into design development or schematic design, months ahead of the invitation, and a new commercial permit the moment it hits the city open-data feed with the owner and architect attached and no GC named yet. That is when a contractor or supplier can still influence the electrical, mechanical, or structural scope. Across the engine, about 61 percent of signals surface before the bid invite goes out.
Construction intelligence, answered.
What counts as a design-phase construction lead?
A commercial project detected during schematic design or design development, the stages an architect works through with the owner before construction documents are finished and the job goes out to bid. That is the window where a contractor or supplier can still shape the electrical, mechanical, or structural scope and get on the bid list, instead of fighting for it after the invitation goes out. Prowlr flags the owner, the architect of record, and the likely bid timeline at that stage, with a public source on every record.
Where does Prowlr's construction data come from?
Public sources only. Municipal building permit portals published as open data such as NYC's DOB Permit Issuance and DOB NOW feeds, planning and design-stage project boards in the style of Dodge and ConstructConnect, SAM.gov contract opportunities including sources-sought and presolicitation notices, and state and local bid postings. Firmographics come from ENR's Top 400 Contractors and Top 600 Specialty Contractors rankings. Every record links back to where it was found, so you always know the origin of the signal.
How is Prowlr different from a bid board like Dodge or ConstructConnect?
Bid boards are strongest once a project is actively bidding, when everyone can see it and the relationships are usually already set. Prowlr works the earlier window. It watches design development, schematic-design starts, and new permit filings, then matches each signal to the specific contractors and suppliers it fits, so your business development team acts before the work is publicly out for bid. About 61 percent of the signals surface before the bid invite goes out.
How does Prowlr score a construction target?
Every record carries a numeric score, a plain verdict, the reasons behind it, and a source-chain back to the public filing. A schematic-design data center build, for example, scores Cupertino Electric at 94 because the mission-critical electrical package matches its book and is reachable before award. You read the reason, not just the number, and you can trace it to the open-data record it came from.
Is the construction engine available as an API?
Yes. The same engine that powers this page is callable as a REST API over HTTPS and as a live MCP server, so AI assistants and agents can query it as a native tool and get back records plus the receipts. Drop scored project and contractor targets into your CRM, your preconstruction pipeline, or a back-end job. You own the engine and the records it produces, not a rented feed.
Stop renting your data. Own the construction index.
See the design-stage projects, the scored contractor targets, and the source on every record in the live engine. Then we scope and build the index for your market.