
Residential and
Commercial Construction
Using AI to guess your estimates is a shortcut that skips the real skill and judgment it takes to run a construction business. Chief-Estimator is different, just give it your basic measurements, and it does the necessary inputs, and it calculates quality, labor, material cost, contingency, overhead and profit. You only need to supply your material specifications.

Residentials and
Commercial Construction
Using AI to guess your estimates is a shortcut that skips the real skill and judgment it takes to run a construction business. Chief-Estimator is different, just give it your basic measurements, and it does the necessary inputs, and it calculates quality, labor, material cost, contingency, overhead and profit. You only need to supply your material specifications.
About Us
GWJ Industrial Supplies and Construction, LLC is a New Orleans-based construction company with over 40 years of architectural design and construction experience. As a licensed contractor, engineering associate, and accounting professional, the company serves residential and light commercial clients across the Gulf Coast. In December 2024, GWJ launched Chief-Estimator, a line of six professional Excel estimating and financial management workbooks built from four decades of real job site experience.
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Residential and
Commercial Construction
Real estimating takes real time, experience, not AI guesswork. Chief-Estimator turns your basic measurements into accurate costs using genuine contractor pricing logic built by contractors, for contractors who know the business.
