Moasure case study
From Dirt to Data: How Houston's Premier Demolition Experts Build Smarter
Learn how Moasure has transformed how SOSA Construction operates
Related Industries:
Demolition
Construction
General Contracting
Houston, Texas
21-30 Employees
Bubba Sosa
Company Owner
Bubba Sosa
Company Owner
Houston, Texas
21-30 Employees
Moasure’s impact at a glance:
Measurement time saved:
>80%
Favorite feature:
Volume
Moasure user since:
2023
About SOSA Construction
When George Sosa, better known as Bubba, walks onto a construction site, he carries decades of experience – now, he’s also armed with one powerful tool that’s completely changed the way he works.
Heading up SOSA Construction in Houston, Texas, Bubba leads a team of 25 at handling demolition, site preparation, utilities and paving on projects ranging from single-home lots to multi-unit developments. For decades, getting precise measurements meant extra manpower, lost time and a fair amount of guesswork. But discovering Moasure gave Bubba the freedom to measure alone, capture complex volumes, and bid for projects with confidence, all while saving time and money.
The Challenge
Getting Accurate Measurements Without Slowing Progress
Bubba has spent years calculating volumes and surface areas for his work in dirt, paving, and site preparation. From geometric approximations and formulas, to walking with a wheel and counting truckloads or buckets, it was always a very slow and manpower-intensive process.
“The way I work is, you know, a lot of my pad work, my dirt work, I’m always calculating dirt all the time.”
Managing a busy team meant Bubba was often measuring alone, rather than taking people away from busy job sites. Relying on wheels or tape measures created challenges in both accuracy and efficiency:
“We have 25 employees, but when I’m going around checking my sites, I’m by myself. To have somebody holding a long ruler, I don’t really trust the wheels for an accurate measurement. For me to pull them off just to go hold the dumb side of a ruler, it’s not nice. We don’t want to stop progress. We want to keep things moving.”
Roping in team members to help measure would cost the company money and hold up jobs, but without reliable, accurate measurements, bidding and estimating carried significant risks for Bubba’s bottom line.
“It’s a big time saver, a big life saver for me.”
The Solution
Discovering a Tool That Saves Time and Manpower
Scrolling social media, Bubba discovered Moasure – a first-of-its-kind digital measuring tool unlike anything he'd ever seen before, and it instantly caught his interest. Instant, accurate site diagrams? Works without GPS, Wi-Fi, line of sight, or cell signal? Onsite exporting? Bubba thought it was too good to be true, but really wanted to test it out:
“I told my wife, ‘I gotta have this.’ And so, after going back and forth about it, we were sitting there talking about it, I said, ‘Well, I’m just going to do it and she’ll like it later on.’”
After nearly two years of consideration, Bubba made the leap to motion-based measuring. The result? He experienced a surprisingly easy learning curve:
“It was very simple to get started. Obviously now I’m figuring out there’s more things that I could actually do with it. So that’s taken a little learning curve. But it was very simple to start using.”
Today, he measures sites alone, with no need for additional crew. This huge resource saving means that not only are all hands on deck, moving things forward at ongoing projects, but Bubba can carry out more bids in the same amount of time, seamlessly lining up future projects for the team to tackle.
“All I do is I grab my bag, I make sure it’s charged before I get out, but you know as soon as I get there I’m in and out within 10 minutes and off to the next one.”
Exporting Measurements for Professional Proposals
Moasure also integrates into Bubba’s workflow for polished proposals, with its extensive export options offering the ability to create a ready-made to-scale PDF, complete with the SOSA Construction logo. This not only saves him a lot of time manually transposing measurement data, but also provides a ready-to-go professional-looking, branded document in a few taps, that can be shared directly with customers.
"Me as a business owner, what I do when I’m giving my proposals – I will take pictures, like I’m gonna present a demo demolition project. I’m gonna go to that demolition project, I’m gonna take pictures of everything, I’m gonna measure it with my tool and show the actual square footage of what I’m gonna be doing. And I PDF file export, send it over to the email and that’s also captured and put in the email along with the bid."
With Moasure, Bubba has eliminated the need for additional hands on site, and significantly reduced time spent measuring, documenting, and preparing professional-looking bids, all while increasing confidence in his data.
"It gives me the confidence to know the volume is right before I commit to hauling or bids."
The Result
Accuracy and Efficiency in Every Project
By taking his Moasure device to every estimate, Bubba has eliminated costly guesswork from site measurements. On one demolition project, an error from his traditional measuring wheel nearly cost him thousands in incorrect estimates when it underestimated the paving area by over 3,000 sq. ft.
“I was on the site, and it was a demo project. And there was some paving on the site, and the paving had to be removed before construction. So I went out there with my wheel and measured it and I gave the guy an estimate and he was like, ‘No, you’re not right. And I’m going to send it somewhere and we’re going to get it online to see how much it is.’”
Before the client confirmed their own measurements, Bubba double-checked with his Moasure 2 PRO – by applying Moasure's technology to the situation, he captured the paving measurements accurately, giving the client confidence in the quote:
“Before, I was with the wheel and I was wrong. I was short by over 3,000 square feet. Once I had my [Moasure] tool on there, it was complete accuracy. The guy that used his tool and my tool completely pretty much matched up, so it was very accurate.”
Confidence in Volume Calculations
Moasure 2 PRO’s ability to measure volume in minutes without any manual calculations has become a game changer for Bubba, particularly when bidding on hauling and excavation jobs:
“This guy called me up and said, ‘Hey, we got 3,000 cubic yards of material. We need it hauled out. I want you to do it for this price.’ I was like, okay, but I wanted to go and measure it myself.”
When Bubba arrived on site, he found a towering 27-foot pile. He scrambled up the side of it, Moasure STICK in hand, to capture precise measurements – a task that would have traditionally been incredibly tricky, or even impossible:
“It was a big pile, a very big pile. I’m a big guy, and I was measuring around, climbing up and down that hill, people looking at me like I’m crazy, and I come out to it and I say, ‘Man, this is only going to be about 180 loads. It’s not going to be the 300 because we’re using ten-yard tandems.’ Come to find out whenever I finished and I put in my invoice, it was 180 loads. It was perfect. The [Moasure] tool worked out exactly the way it said.”
Moasure's motion-based measuring devices are able to accurately measure the volume of irregular or uneven piles and surfaces, unlike traditional tools that simply round or approximate shapes. This versatility saves time, reduces errors, and gives contractors precise data for bids and project planning.
Significant Time and Cost Savings
Moasure has delivered powerful savings in both time and money, while reducing the stress of running estimates alone.
“I feel that Moasure saves me a whole bunch of time by, you know, me going out there by myself… I’m trying to get projects lined up for my guys, having my foremen concentrate on projects that are existing, and I’m going out there bidding as many as I can, having as much information that I can have by the time I sit down and do my actual proposals. It’s a big time saver, a big life saver for me.”
For Bubba, accuracy is everything:
“Moasure does save me a whole lot of money because I’m a man of my word. Once I get a proposal and I tell you, ‘Hey, I’m gonna do so many loads’, those are the loads I’m gonna do. And if I’m over, my proposal is over. I mean, it’s okay, but if it’s under I also eat it. So, you know, it’s very important to me to have accuracy to go along with my proposal.”
And his advice for other contractors?
“I’d say go ahead and get it. Explain it to your wife or whoever your accountant is later on. It’s gonna be worth it. It would definitely be worth it.”
For Bubba and SOSA Construction, Moasure has become more than just a measuring tool – it’s a game-changer for accuracy, efficiency, and confidence on every project. By allowing him to measure complex sites alone, capture precise volumes, and present professional proposals with visual proof, Moasure helps save time, reduce costly errors, and streamline workflows. As Bubba puts it when describing Moasure in three words it’s a “time saver, [provides] accuracy, and just an easy tool to work with”, making it an essential tool for any contractor who values precision and productivity on the job site.
The Result
Significant Time and Cost Savings
Moasure has delivered powerful savings in both time and money for Bubba and his team, while reducing the stress of running estimates alone, and enabling him to take on more bids – and all for a single purchase price, with no monthly subscription fees or upgrade charges.
“I feel that Moasure saves me a whole bunch of time by, you know, me going out there by myself… I’m trying to get projects lined up for my guys, having my foremen concentrate on projects that are existing, and I’m going out there bidding as many as I can, having as much information that I can have by the time I sit down and do my actual proposals. It’s a big time saver, a big life saver for me.”
For Bubba, accuracy is everything, and his Moasure device has consistently provided accurate and reliable results. With a measurement accuracy of ±0.3% on any single linear dimension, Moasure 2 PRO really works well for SOSA Construction. It also gives Bubba extra confidence in being a man of his word, knowing he won't inadvertently shortchange himself, or accidentally overcharge a customer for a job that's smaller than anticipated:
“Moasure does save me a whole lot of money because I’m a man of my word. Once I get a proposal and I tell you, ‘Hey, I’m gonna do so many loads’, those are the loads I’m gonna do. And if I’m over, my proposal is over. I mean, it’s okay, but if it’s under I also eat it. So, you know, it’s very important to me to have accuracy to go along with my proposal.”
Confidence in Volume Calculations
And his advice for other contractors?
“I’d say go ahead and get it. Explain it to your wife or whoever your accountant is later on. It’s gonna be worth it. It would definitely be worth it.”
For Bubba and SOSA Construction, Moasure has become more than just a measuring tool – it’s a game-changer for accuracy, efficiency, and confidence on every project. By allowing him to measure complex sites alone, capture precise volumes, and present professional proposals with visual proof, Moasure helps save time, reduce costly errors, and streamline workflows. As Bubba puts it when describing Moasure in three words it’s a “time saver, [provides] accuracy, and just an easy tool to work with”,
making it an essential tool for any contractor who values precision and productivity on the job site.
“It was a big pile, a very big pile. I’m a big guy, and I was measuring around, climbing up and down that hill, people looking at me like I’m crazy, and I come out to it and I say, ‘Man, this is only going to be about 180 loads. It’s not going to be the 300 because we’re using ten-yard tandems.’ Come to find out whenever I finished and I put in my invoice, it was 180 loads. It was perfect. The [Moasure] tool worked out exactly the way it said.”
Moasure measures volume accurately for irregular or uneven piles and surfaces, unlike traditional tools that simply round or approximate shapes. This versatility saves time, reduces errors, and gives contractors precise data for bids and project planning.
Significant Time and Cost Savings
Moasure has delivered powerful savings in both time and money, while reducing the stress of running estimates alone.
“I feel that Moasure saves me a whole bunch of time by, you know, me going out there by myself… I’m trying to get projects lined up for my guys, having my foremen concentrate on projects that are existing, and I’m going out there bidding as many as I can, having as much information that I can have by the time I sit down and do my actual proposals. It’s a big time saver, a big life saver for me.”
For Bubba, accuracy is everything:
“Moasure does save me a whole lot of money because I’m a man of my word. Once I get a proposal and I tell you, ‘Hey, I’m gonna do so many loads’, those are the loads I’m gonna do. And if I’m over, my proposal is over. I mean, it’s okay, but if it’s under I also eat it. So, you know, it’s very important to me to have accuracy to go along with my proposal.”
And his advice for other contractors?
“I’d say go ahead and get it. Explain it to your wife or whoever your accountant is later on. It’s gonna be worth it. It would definitely be worth it.”
For Bubba and SOSA Construction, Moasure has become more than just a measuring tool – it’s a game-changer for accuracy, efficiency, and confidence on every project. By allowing him to measure complex sites alone, capture precise volumes, and present professional proposals with visual proof, Moasure helps save time, reduce costly errors, and streamline workflows. As Bubba puts it when describing Moasure in three words it’s a “time saver, [provides] accuracy, and just an easy tool to work with”, making it an essential tool for any contractor who values precision and productivity on the job site.
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