We set out to solve the perception problem behind the project roadmap. Not by adding more process — by making sure every partner understands every other partner's world before the first nail is driven. The result? Projects that finish on time, on budget, and with everyone still talking.
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Colorado A/E/C business development
Datum finds Colorado projects early, connects A/E/C firms with the developers and owners behind them, and gives your BD team a system that stays with you.
A few quick questions. About two minutes. No login.
Every project starts with an owner who needs a team, firms that want the work, and BD people trying to connect the two. Datum works with all three.
Architects, engineers, GCs and subcontractors who want a steadier pipeline and better positioning.
BD leads and marketing directors who want a system that works as hard as they do and stays with them.
Planning a project? Tell us what you’re building and where. We introduce Colorado A/E/C firms with real experience in that product type. We make the connection. You run the project.
The same system Bill uses to run his own business development, built for BD professionals and the firms they work for. It works with the AI accounts your team already has.
AI-driven scans of council agendas, planning submittals, capital improvement plans and public notices across Colorado, every day. Projects surface months before an RFP.
For each early project, see whether the GC, architect and civil engineer are named, still open or already locked in.
News, moves and project mentions for the people in your CRM, so every outreach has a reason behind it.
Drag-and-drop pursuits, follow-up dates, tiers you define and relationship notes, built for how A/E/C BD actually works.
Record a meeting and get a structured record: who was there, what came up, a go or no-go read and next actions, plus a draft recap.
A clean, one-format brief for your leadership meeting, pulled straight from your pipeline in minutes.
Follow-up cadences by contact tier. Datum drafts personal emails from your own Outlook or Gmail on schedule, for you to approve or send automatically.
Meetings, coffees and events on your calendar flow into your CRM, matched to the right contacts.
Most BD people lose years of relationships every time they change firms. Contacts sit in a company CRM, and they stay behind when you leave.
On Datum, your contacts and relationship history belong to you. Firms keep their pursuit data. You keep your people.
Get your seatNo sales call to get started. Answer a few questions and we take it from there.
Pick your side, tap through about two minutes of multiple choice, and leave your contact info.
Every submission gets a personal review and a follow-up within one business day.
A platform seat, a retainer, a pursuit check or a project introduction. Only what fits.
On a set of drawings, the datum is the reference point every other measurement starts from.
The quartered circle marks a level on an elevation and a control point on a survey. Business development works the same way. The firms that win are the ones who set their position early, before the design team is picked and before the RFP goes out.
Datum gives you that starting point.
Free guides for small business owners and construction professionals on commercial projects: better communication, staying on budget and schedule, and avoiding the common pitfalls.
Get the guideDatum is Bill Ranshaw's Colorado business development practice for the A/E/C industry, built on years of relationships with developers, brokers, architects and engineers across the Front Range.
The platform behind it came from his own BD system: early-stage project tracking, contact management and research that he now offers to firms and BD leaders directly.
