# Generate construction bid estimates with Azure OpenAI: n8n workflow

> Started by someone submitting a form, and works across Gmail, Google Docs, Google Sheets and Slack. It hands the judgement calls to Azure OpenAI.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/generate-construction-bid-estimates-with-azure-openai (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Generate construction bid estimates with Azure OpenAI

Started by someone submitting a form, and works across Gmail, Google Docs, Google Sheets and Slack. It hands the judgement calls to Azure OpenAI. 15 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium Calls a model: Azure OpenAI

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fgenerate-construction-bid-estimates-with-azure-openai)

**15 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**4** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 2 Model 2 Logic 4 Service 7

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

- 1 **Azure OpenAI Chat Model** Lm Chat Azure Open Ai *Model*
- 2 **Form, Upload SOW** Form trigger *Starts it*
- 3 **On Workflow Error** Error trigger *Starts it*
- 4 **🤖 AI Agent – Extract Line Items** Agent *Model*
- 5 **Extract from File** Extract From File *Service*
- 6 **Google Sheets, Rate Lookup1** Google Sheets *Service*
- 7 **Slack – Send Error Alert** Slack *Service*
- 8 **Parse Extracted Data** Code *Logic*
- 9 **Calculate Cost Per Item** Code *Logic*
- 10 **Aggregate All Line Items** Aggregate *Logic*
- 11 **Build Bid Summary** Code *Logic*
- 12 **Google Docs, Create Bid Report** Google Docs *Service*
- 13 **Google Sheets, Log Bid** Google Sheets *Service*
- 14 **Google Docs, Write Report Content** Google Docs *Service*
- 15 **Gmail, Send Estimate to Estimator** Gmail *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** Someone submitting a form
- **Steps:** 15
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Gmail, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Slack
- **Model:** Azure OpenAI

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Gmail, Google Docs, Google Sheets and Slack accounts, and a key for Azure OpenAI. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on someone submitting a form.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls Azure OpenAI. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 15 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 15 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fgenerate-construction-bid-estimates-with-azure-openai)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Gmail](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Gmail#library)[Google Docs](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Docs#library)[Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Sheets#library)[Slack](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Slack#library)

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