Overview

Within two weeks of using Mercator.ai, Sunrise Creek Pumping LLC identified a major $131 million education project opportunity: an early-stage lead the team had “heard about” but couldn’t previously locate or qualify.

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The AI business development platform revealed the project’s name, location, and permitting activity, turning guesswork into a clear, actionable opportunity for the sales team.

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“We actually already knew about the job, but we didn’t know the name of the job or where it was located. After we identified the project, I printed out all these leads and gave them to a salesman and he went out there and said, ‘Man, we’ve got the job. But if I didn’t have this, I wouldn’t have even known it was there.’”

— Justin Humphries, Sunrise Creek Pumping
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About Sunrise Creek Pumping

Sunrise Creek Pumping provides premium concrete pumping equipment and reliable field service to contractors across education, infrastructure, and federal projects in Texas. Known for responsiveness and professionalism, the team is trusted by general contractors who demand precision, speed, and dependability on every pour.

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The Challenge

• Sunrise Creek needed earlier visibility into upcoming commercial and institutional projects.
• Prior sources surfaced too many off-target or completed jobs
• Lacked a centralized way to connect project value, stage, and location to guide business development.
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The Solution

• Generated ~30 new leads within the first week using Mercator.ai’s project search.
• Applied filters for project value ($1M+) and refined searches to exclude irrelevant or outdated opportunities.
• Used Mercator.ai’s document timeline to assess project stage and activity level, distinguishing viable upcoming jobs from completed ones.
• Shared qualified opportunities with the sales team for fast field follow-up.

One of these searches uncovered a $131 million education project where the concrete scope was estimated near 10% of total value. Sunrise Creek Pumping is now tracking the project and preparing to engage at the right stage.
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Why It Matters

Mercator.ai gives its partners like Sunrise Creek Pumping a first-mover advantage: uncovering early signals in the construction cycle long before traditional bid platforms.

With Mercator.ai, Sunrise Creek Pumping can:

• Find high-value projects early in the planning and permitting process.
• Eliminate noise from irrelevant or outdated leads.
• Empower sales teams with verified, actionable intelligence.

By connecting fragmented public data into one platform, Mercator.ai enables Sunrise Creek Pumping to move faster, target smarter, and pursue opportunities with greater confidence.

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Mercator.ai is an AI-powered construction intelligence platform that proactively identifies private, early-stage construction projects by analyzing millions of data points, such as land title transfers, rezoning applications, and permit activity. It acts as a "red string and corkboard" to connect disparate data, enabling contractors and suppliers to discover opportunities months or years before they become public knowledge.