Ground Truth
Guides and live unit-price data built from 1.6 million+ real Texas bid observations across 250+ counties and every major TxDOT district. Not national averages, not cost books — what contractors in your market actually submitted at public bid openings.
Every figure traces to a real bid submitted at a public opening — not a cost book, not a model. Why you can trust it →
The first public ranking of who actually wins the work — by dollars won, win rate, and momentum. No opinions, no pay-to-play. Search any Texas civil contractor and see exactly where they stand.
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Real average low-bid unit prices from TxDOT statewide letting records — not national benchmarks, not RSMeans, not a cost book. Paving, drainage, earthwork, and roadway structures, each shown with the number of lettings behind it.
Three distinct pricing environments operate inside the Houston market — HPW, the 318 Houston-metro MUDs, and other municipal work. Real MUD unit prices and the structural reasons each agency type bids the same scope differently.
The structural pricing traps MBE and DBE civil contractors fall into, and how real Texas market data — the same data 20-year veteran estimators have memorized — closes the gap from day one. Built for certified firms.
Real bids Texas contractors actually submitted at public bid openings — not national averages, not cost-book estimates. What the data is, how deep it goes, the sample size behind every figure, and why it positions instead of predicts.
Real low-bid unit prices for each TxDOT district, with how each item compares to the statewide median. The same scope bids differently in Houston than in Dallas — here's the data.
Unit-price movers, new lettings, and what contractors are actually bidding — pulled from the same live index that powers Caliche. One email, Mondays. No fluff.
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Every Ground Truth guide is built from the same 1.6 million+ real Texas bid observations that power Caliche's pricing engine. Put them to work on your next bid.
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