Green Shield Partner Podcast | ArcSite Best Clips

Green Shield believes a homeowner’s time is valuable. By partnering with Michigan-based ArcSite, Green Shield has replaced manual graph paper and erasers with a premier digital design process that works in real-time—even in the field.

The Green Shield Standard:

• Instant Transparency: Instead of waiting days for a quote, our team uses software that generates dead-accurate pricing the moment the drawing is finished. This eliminates guesswork and provides homeowners with "straight talk" on project costs before the appointment ends.
• Smarter Engineering: The digital interface handles complex "time and materials" calculations automatically. This ensures that every beam, post, and board is accounted for with professional precision.
• Efficient Expertise: By saving 30 minutes of manual math per appointment, Green Shield can focus on bridge the gap between a homeowner’s vision and a reliably engineered reality.

Green Shield stands as the trusted authority in deck building by combining real-world experience with smarter technology. Visit the Green Shield website to schedule a professional evaluation and see your custom design come to life on the spot.

Adam: ArcSite's really cool because instead of having to calculate time and materials out in the field, we're able to just draw a deck. It's just that simple. Draw the deck with the dimensions and exactly what the customer wants and you get an accurate price. There's nothing else that I've seen in the marketplace that can offer that. And that's really the reason we're using ArcSite.

Brandon: What problem were you originally trying to solve when you were looking for a tool like ArcSite?

Adam: The thing we were looking to solve is just kind of making our drawing look a little more professional because we were using graph paper. And after you build a couple thousand decks, if you're still using graph paper, I just feel like there was something wrong with that. When we started using ArcSite, we were seeing much better efficiency because there's an undo button, for example, instead of having to get out an eraser. Works pretty good in the rain actually, so if in the light rain you can still use the product and the software, and you can take some quick notes and then get back to your truck. It has a freehand mode where I can actually write dimensions quickly and then I can come back into my truck and draw, in case of bad weather, whereas I'm getting rained on and the paper is starting to fall apart on me. So that's been really cool. Efficiency wise, it's faster. So the second the drawing is done, we have a price and it's dead accurate. So that's huge. Pricing, depending on the size of the job, could take anywhere between ten to thirty minutes. And that's so that's completely cut out. It's really helped our deck designers focus on what they're really trained and supposed to be doing, which is designing a great lifetime deck for the customer.

Brandon: That's really cool because that's one of the best things about ArcSite is that it gives the customer kind of a transparency of being able to see exactly what they're paying for.

Adam: Absolutely. Transparency is key in this business. I think contractors everywhere could learn a lot from being more transparent. ArcSite gives you the ability of looking transparent, being transparent, but also being professional at the same time and fast. A lot of times, construction individuals of any trade really, will come out, they'll measure, and then they'll come back with a price because they're kind of shopping around. With Green Shield, we're not doing that. We're actually able to price in the home right then and there so you can make an informed decision. And that's just been really, really cool. So what benefits do you see ArcSite providing to the homeowners who work with GreenShield using the ArcSite software?

Patrick: Well, I work with a lot of clients and what I immediately saw was a very similar organization. We're a tech company, you're a debt company, but we have the same sort of attitude, right? We're small and growing, growth oriented, and really trying to figure out ways to constantly improve, right? Stupid as it sounds, it's a win win. We're both learning from each other and helping that product grow and helping your business grow.

Adam: So it's pretty unique that somebody in construction working in the field every day under the blazing sun or the freezing cold to be working with more of like a tech company that you would see in like maybe Silicon Valley or something. But the fact that we're both based in Michigan, think is really cool. So we're able to collaborate at such a high level. Just being that we're so close to each other, it's just a match made in heaven.

Patrick: Exactly.

Adam: Which is, it's almost, it's almost like

Patrick: Meant to be.

Adam: It's meant to be. It's meant to be. So it's so cool. I just love it.