Nothing to show
You have finished a dozen projects and the only record is photos on a superintendent's phone.
PROJECT STORIES FOR COMMERCIAL BUILDERS, CONTRACTORS AND TRADES
Turn the job you are building now
into the proof that wins your next bid.
You build things that matter. We make sure people see it.
We turn your real projects into proof that closes deals faster, keeps stakeholders confident, and attracts the best tradespeople.
- Win the bids you should be winning
- Shorten the gap between quote and signature
- Keep owners and lenders current without another meeting
- Bring good people to you instead of chasing them
Local crews across Central Ohio. Vetted crews nationwide.
POWERFIELD ENERGY OVERVIEW2 MIN 35 SEC
THE PROOF PROBLEM
Everybody has to
take your word for it.
The people choosing who gets the job. The people paying for it. The tradesperson deciding where to work next. Three different decisions, and not one of them is made by somebody who has seen you work.
The difference is out on your projects. It is in the call your PM made when the drawings were wrong. The problem you found before it became the owner's problem. The work you stood behind after the invoice was paid.
None of that leaves the site. We bring it back, and put it where the decision gets made.
SOUND FAMILIAR?
Common problems we see
Deals stall after the quote
Your estimator sends the number and then waits. There is nothing to send on Thursday that is not a nudge.
Stakeholders in the dark
The owner is in another city reading a written report. He asks the same three questions every month.
Crews you cannot fill
You are short on every job and your careers page has a photo on it you bought from a website.
WHAT YOU GET
One job, three pieces, one link.
01
The project story.
Two to three minutes. The job start to finish, told by the people who did it and the client it was built for. Built for the pre-qual package and the bid presentation. Runs at the trade show booth and on your homepage.
02
The social cuts.
Five verticals, fifteen to forty-five seconds each, captioned and ready to post. Some are moments from the job. Some are your people answering the question every buyer asks before they sign. Enough to post every other week for a quarter, not one clip you ration out.
03
The page.
A written case study at a link that is yours. It covers the project, the problem, what you did and what the client said. Send it or embed it. Attach it to a proposal.
BUILT AROUND YOUR JOB
One day. We handle the rest.
You are running a job, not a production. The process is built to take as little from you as possible.
Up to a full day on site.
We work around the job. Your crew keeps working. We bring cameras, insurance certificates, PPE and releases.
Access and permissions, sorted first.
Whatever the site requires, we handle before anyone shows up. You chase nothing.
Then we do the rest.
We interview, edit, write and build the page. You approve it once, in one place.
First cut in fourteen days. If it is late, you do not pay.The clock pauses while we wait on your approvals.
WHERE IT GOES
Win the bid.
Keep the owner.
Fill the crew.
SALES
Closes deals faster
The committee stops taking your word for it and watches someone who already hired you.
- The project story goes in every pre-qual package
- Your estimator sends the page on Thursday instead of a nudge
- One link answers the question a proposal cannot
OWNERS, LENDERS, BOARDS
Keeps stakeholders confident
The people funding the work see it in their own time, without another meeting.
- A record of what was built and how it went
- One page they can forward instead of forwarding a report
- Dated, current and theirs to share internally
HIRING
Attracts the best tradespeople
Your people by name, on the work they did. That beats a job board every time.
- The story shows real crews doing real work
- The social cut runs on hiring posts
- The page sits on the careers page and does the convincing
IT COMPOUNDS
One link is useful.
Four is a library.
Do this once a quarter and by the end of the year every bid has a comparable project attached, every open role has real crews behind it, and every stakeholder has something current to look at.
Nobody is digging through a folder of phone photos, because there is no reason to.
THE DEADLINE
A finished building is just a building.
The proof is the work, and the work only exists while it is happening. Once the site demobilizes, no version of this can be recovered. Not at any price, not by anyone.
If there is a job running right now that you would want a committee to see, that is the one.
PRICING
One day on site.
Everything you need to win the next bid.
What a national agency charges, and what you get for it.
National agencies charge about the same for an onsite story. Here is what you get for it.
| National agencies | Pillar & Frame | |
|---|---|---|
| Onsite story with written case study | $11,600 to $13,300 average | $12,500, everything below included |
| Who builds it | Filming, editing and writing often split across vendors | One team interviews, edits, writes and builds the page |
| Crew travel | Airfare, lodging and per diem billed on top | None in Central Ohio. Quoted at cost elsewhere |
| Time on site | Half or full day | Up to a full day, every package |
| Social cuts | $1,500 to $5,000 as a separate package | Five, included |
| Edited stills | A second crew member, around $375 an hour on a four hour minimum | 100, included |
| Raw footage | Kept by the production company unless you buy it out | Organized archive, yours |
| Turnaround | Four to six weeks is typical | First cut in 14 days, or it is free |
| Recruiting crew story | Separate project | Included |
Agency figures are published rates and industry norms for comparable onsite work.
One won bid on a $2M package pays for this many times over.
START HERE
Site Day
$2,500one day, one job
Get it on camera before it is gone.
- Up to a full day on site✓
- Interviews and b-roll✓
- 20–30 edited stills✓
- Your organized raw footage✓
Upgrade to a Project Story within thirty days and the full $2,500 comes off.
Book a discovery callMOST CHOSEN
Project Story
$12,500one finished job
One finished job, turned into everything your estimators, owners and recruiters need.
- Anchor film, 2–3 min✓
- 5 vertical social cuts, captioned✓
- Written case study page✓
- One page PDF for bid packages✓
- Crew story for recruiting✓
- 100 edited photos✓
- Organized raw archive✓
First cut in fourteen days or it is free.
Book a discovery callMULTI-DAY AND LONG BUILDS
Progress Package
From $20,000per build, or from $3,000 a month
Show how fast and how well it went up, while it is going up.
- Multiple capture days across the build✓
- Timelapse running throughout✓
- Drone from the same fixed positions each visit✓
- A “watch it get built” progress film✓
- Update cuts for owners and lenders✓
- The full Project Story at completion✓
Monthly visits bank as credits, so a delayed job is never a wasted month.
Talk about your buildAfter your story: Crew Capture, from $1,250 a month
Your supers film a few clips a week from a shot list we send. We turn them into a monthly owner update and four captioned posts. Nobody from our team on site.
Included in every package
- No travel costs anywhere in Central Ohio
- Site access, permissions and releases handled before the shoot
- Up to a full day on site, working around your job
- Interview direction so nobody has to perform
- Your organized raw footage
- One revision round
- First cut in fourteen days, guaranteed
Need a booth loop, extra interviews or crew spotlight graphics? Ask on the call.
TERMS
The things we guarantee.
First cut in fourteen days or you do not pay.
Fourteen days after we leave the site, the first cut is in your hands. A day late and the project is free and you keep everything. Only that first cut carries a date, and its clock pauses on your approvals.
We work around your job, not the other way around.
Up to a full day on site, on your schedule. We bring our own insurance certificates, PPE and releases, and nobody on your crew gets pulled off the work to stand in front of a camera.
If the footage is not right, we come back on our dime.
If what we got does not hold up, we book another day and cover it. No change order, no mobilization fee.
PRICING FAQ
A few things worth knowing.
Why is the price the same for every client?
Because the deliverables are. Custom scopes are why other vendors take three weeks to send you a proposal. Multi-day builds are the one exception, because the number of visits changes.
Can I upgrade after the shoot?
Yes. We capture everything on the day. Start with a Site Day, and if you upgrade to a Project Story within thirty days, the full $2,500 comes off.
What if the project is confidential?
Then it runs as work for hire. Delivered into your systems and never shown publicly, to named recipients only. Same price.
How long until we see something?
About three weeks. A week to sort access and scheduling, a day on site, then fourteen days to your first cut. That part we guarantee. What follows depends on how fast approvals come back, which is why we do not put a date on it.
What do you need from my client?
Twenty minutes on camera and a release. We handle the ask if you would rather we did.
What if a job slips during a Progress Package?
Nothing is lost. Visits bank as credits, so if a project is delayed or an owner will not sign a release, spend that month on a crew story, a set of quote answer videos, or a Site Day on another job instead.
What do my supers need for Crew Capture?
The phone already in their pocket. We send a short shot list every week built for the stage the job is in, they film a few clips between tasks, and we do the rest. No app to install, no gear, and nobody from our team on site.
Do you work outside Central Ohio?
Yes. Central Ohio work is filmed by our local crew with no travel costs. Elsewhere we send a vetted crew from our network, directed by us, with the same deliverables and the same fourteen day guarantee. Travel is quoted at cost.
Can you cover more than one project in one day?
Yes. Three sites in one day in the same market, with shorter coverage on each. Ask on the call.
What if the weather turns?
We reschedule at no charge and the clock starts from the new date.
What if our approvals take a while?
The clock pauses. The turnaround is our time, not yours. If the owner sits on a release for three weeks, those three weeks are not counted against us, and the guarantee still stands on the rest.
Do we own the footage?
Yes. Your organized raw archive is included in every package.
The hard part
is already done.
You built it. You solved the problems on site. The only thing missing is proof that it happened.
Book a 30-minute discovery callTell us what you are building right now. We will tell you straight whether this is worth doing.