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  The PDF Takeoff You Remember Doesn't Exist Anymore You already know how to win the bid before you leave the truck. Now the PDF takeoff itself is catching up—three years of updates have turned it into one of PropertyIntel's fastest, most confidence-boosting workflows, from legend to layout to final count. AI Reads the Legend for You: Upload the plan and use PropertyIntel to scan the legend to automatically build your item list, so you can review and adjust it before you ever pick up the measuring tool. Learn more about this tool here. Symbol Recognition Counts While You Watch: Automatic object placement uses symbol recognition to identify and count recurring plan symbols, removing the manual click-counting that used to eat up your time. Dynamic Fill Closes the Gaps: Set Scale, Snap to PDF Lines, and Dynamic Fill work together so areas and shapes populate automatically instead of being traced by hand, one line at a time. See the Dynamic Tools in action below.  Every plan you uplo

  Make room on your agenda for these Ignite highlights The Ignite agenda is live, and we've picked three sessions you won't want to miss. This year’s agenda is packed with sessions designed to give your business an edge: Best in Class 2026: Lessons from Top Performers – Uncover the habits, strategies, and priorities that separate market leaders from the rest, and learn how to close the gap. Turn Planning to Strategic Execution – Keep your team aligned and focused year-round with a cadence that turns annual plans into confident, adaptable execution. Adapting Systems to Prevent Bottlenecks – Scaling your operations to handle growth is a whole new challenge. Get honest, peer-led insights from leaders who’ve successfully navigated it. Explore the full lineup and start planning your days.  

  Technology adoption succeeds when it empowers employees  When introducing new operational technology such as fleet tracking or safety monitoring systems the primary challenge is rarely technical and often times cultural. Employees view new tools as forms of surveillance and resistance builds. Successfully implementing change requires aligning technology with trust, not enforcement.  Key strategies for driving adoption include: Leading by Example: Before deploying monitoring tools across an entire organization, leaders should test the technology in their own vehicles.  Shifting to Gamification: Rather than using data to penalize mistakes, structure the deployment around positive reinforcement and healthy competition. Incentivizing Excellence: Frame the initiative around recognizing and rewarding high performance. People respond far better to encouragement than to fear. How are you incentivizing new technology to employees? 

  Don't wait for the first storm to test your systems Winter weather may feel far off, but the prep work for a successful, profitable snow season starts right now. Managing snow and ice contracts comes with unique operational challenges from unpredictability and rapid scheduling to precise job costing and material tracking. Whether you’re introducing snow removal services for the first time or looking to refine your current workflows, we invite you to join our live session: Intro to Snow in Aspire. What We’ll Cover: Snow Service Setup: How to configure snow & ice services, contracts, and pricing structures in Aspire. Efficient Route & Schedule Planning: Managing dispatching and real-time updates when a storm hits. Accurate Job Costing & Tracking: Capturing labor, time, and material usage to ensure maximum profitability on every push. Register through the link and bring your questions. 📎

  From Landscaping to Diversified Property Services Growing a commercial landscaping business is tough but building one that scales predictably without burning you out requires a completely different playbook. In our latest episode of Toolbox for the Trades, Tony Lisa (CEO of CAM Partner Holdings) joins us to share how he transformed a traditional landscaping operation into a high-growth, diversified property services platform across New England. Most operators hit a wall somewhere between $5M and $10M. Tony breaks down the real strategies for getting past it from expanding your service line to structuring the right partnerships and planning the next stage without losing what's working. What's been your biggest challenge scaling through that range? 📣 Join the discussion and listen to the full episode through the link. 

  Big Cheers to Torrey Pines Landscape Co. on Their Go-Live We are so excited to celebrate the team at Torrey Pines Landscape Co. as they officially go live on Aspire. Transitioning to a new platform takes serious dedication, teamwork, and grit, and this team absolutely crushed their implementation journey. They recently shared some wonderful news about their milestone on LinkedIn: "We made training fun for our team... I know we are going to miss [training], but we are prepared, informed, and killing it on Aspire!" A massive CONGRATULATIONS to the whole team at Torrey Pines Landscape Co. Watching the team feel confident, empowered, and ready to succeed from day one is exactly what makes this community thrive. For all our seasoned Aspire pros out there: What is the single best tip or piece of advice you’d give to Torrey Pines Landscape Co. as they kick off their journey? Drop your wisdom below to help new community members hit the ground running!   

  Doubling Your Business Value Starts With Silent Churn At Lawn & Landscape Technology Conference 2026,  Eli Zevin, GM at Aspire Software, took the stage with Brian Brinkworth to deliver a session titled Predict, Protect, Prosper: Turning Customer Retention into Revenue Growth. If you weren't able to catch it live, here is the core takeaway that had the room taking notes: The average landscape company operates at roughly an 11% churn rate. Cutting it down to 5% can roughly double the value of your business over five years.  The 2 Big Takeaways for Your Operations: Churn is silent, not dramatic. It almost never starts with a fiery cancellation phone call. It shows up subtly: slower email replies, stretched invoice approvals, or a skipped site visit. Focusing on "at-risk" lists can waste your time. The accounts flashing the most obvious warning signs are often low-margin or small. Meanwhile, high-value accounts can look completely fine right up until they drop you. Read the full co

  Exploring the Latest PropertyIntel Features NEW — Map Metadata & Custom Fields on Projects Capture site-specific details condition notes, material specs, zone labels directly on every drawing, line, and placed object during takeoff, and reuse them project after project. Custom Fields, Your Way: Build text, single-select, and multi-select fields that show up right in the properties panel. Bundle & Reuse: Group related fields into a set (like "Tree Care") and apply the whole bundle to a catalog item in one click instead of adding fields one by one. Configure Anywhere: Set custom fields at the catalog level for org-wide standards, or adjust them on the fly inside a project without touching the global template. Reference Photos: Attach photos directly to any item or material on the map so your team can see exactly what's in the field.   NEW — Public API (Early Access) Connect PropertyIntel to the rest of your business. Our new Public API gives Enterprise+ organizations

  AI Automation is Taking the Spotlight The wait is finally over. One big theme this year centers on how the AI conversation in landscaping is moving from What if? to What's working? Several sessions will explore how leading companies are using AI to estimate faster, schedule smarter, improve field operations, and drive measurable results.  Highlights from the agenda include:  AI, Automation, and the Future of Landscape OperationsCut through the noise with a panel of industry trailblazers. Learn which tech tools are delivering actual, measurable ROI versus what’s just hype plus get a practical roadmap to build a tech-driven business. Real-World AI: How Estimators Are Cutting Bid Time in HalfHear directly from peers who’ve tamed the learning curve. Discover how they’re leveraging AI to cut estimation times in half, submit more bids, and win more work in less time. Dive in now and explore the agenda.