Calls come in, but you're not always available to answer them. With our phone answering service, you won't have to worry about missing any incoming calls from a potential client, or any important calls from a current customer. Build better relationships with your clients and increase customer satisfaction with our construction answering service. We qualify leads, schedule appointments, and log details in your systems.
The AI Receptionist from Smith.ai greets every caller professionally and captures essential project details through structured intake questions. By collecting key information upfront — such as project type, scope of work, timeline, budget range, property location, and specific services needed — the system helps identify and prioritize qualified leads based on your company's expertise and service areas. Our human agents seamlessly step in when callers request to speak with someone directly or have complex inquiries that require detailed information collection and routing to the appropriate contractor or team member.
The AI Receptionist from Smith.ai combines cutting-edge AI technology with optional human support to deliver unmatched call handling capabilities. Unlike competitors who offer basic subscription services, we provide white-glove implementation and ongoing support to ensure your success.
What sets Smith.ai apart:
Make better business decisions with real-time call data, visualized in every Smith.ai client dashboard. Every call summary is enriched with metadata including actions completed, caller disposition, priority, relevance, call recording and transcription, and more. Our AI receptionist technology captures detailed insights while professional agents provide nuanced analysis when needed. See the big picture with historical tables and charts to predict business growth, costs, and ROI with superior accuracy.
While our AI Receptionist with human support delivers exceptional results for most businesses, we understand that some situations require dedicated human coverage. That’s why Smith.ai also offers comprehensive virtual receptionist plans with 100% live, North America-based agents answering your calls 24/7.
Our virtual receptionist plans provide dedicated human agents trained specifically on your business and industry.
Improve customer experiences with 24/7 AI-powered engagement built specifically for your business. Unlike basic AI competitors that offer one-size-fits-all solutions, Smith.ai delivers infinite customization with white-glove implementation tailored to your exact needs and goals.
Here's the thing - an AI receptionist never calls in sick, never takes lunch breaks, and works around the clock. That's huge for construction companies because you never know when someone's going to call about an emergency repair or want to schedule a big project.
Cost-wise, it's a no-brainer. A full-time receptionist costs you around $77,000 a year when you add up salary, benefits, and all that overhead. Our AI Receptionist starts at $292.50 per month - that's less than $3,500 a year. You're saving over $70,000 annually.
But here's what really matters - you never miss calls. Someone calls at 6 AM because their pipe burst? We're there. Weekend inquiry about a kitchen remodel? Handled. The AI captures all the basic info, qualifies the lead, and if things get complicated, it hands off to our human team who knows how to handle whatever comes up.
Your crew can focus on actual construction work instead of answering phones all day.
Simple - the AI never sleeps. It's answering calls at 2 AM just as professionally as it does at 2 PM. Perfect for contractors who are often on job sites and can't always pick up the phone.
When someone calls, the AI handles the basics - what kind of project they need, their budget range, location, timeline. Most calls get resolved right there. But sometimes people want to talk to a real person, or they need help with complex scheduling, or they're ready to put down a deposit. That's when our North America-based receptionists jump in.
These aren't construction experts - they're professional receptionists trained to collect information, handle payments, and manage scheduling. They get all the context from the AI portion of the call, so the customer doesn't have to start over. It feels seamless.
The whole thing works because the AI handles volume and our humans handle the situations that need a personal touch.
We do a lot more than just answer phones. The AI qualifies leads on the spot - asking about project type, budget, timeline, location. No more wasting time on tire-kickers or people outside your service area.
Spam calls get blocked automatically. You know those annoying robocalls about extended car warranties? Gone. Only real potential customers get through.
We integrate with whatever software you're already using - your calendar, customer management system, accounting software. New lead calls? They automatically show up in your CRM with all the details already filled in.
If you work with Spanish-speaking customers, we handle that too. And when someone's ready to book or pay a deposit, our human team can process that over the phone.
The big difference is the setup. We don't just hand you a phone system and walk away. We program everything specifically for your construction business - your service areas, project types, pricing structure, everything.
The numbers are pretty stark. A full-time receptionist runs you about $77,000 per year when you factor in salary, benefits, taxes, office space - all the hidden costs that add up fast.
Our AI Receptionist with human backup starts at $292.50 per month. That's about $3,500 per year. You're saving over $70,000 annually, and you get better coverage because we never take days off or go home early.
Plus, think about productivity. Your in-house person answers phones, but they also get distracted, take breaks, handle other office tasks. Our AI is laser-focused on calls. And when our human team takes over a call, they're not getting pulled into ten other office projects.
That $70,000 you save? That's money you can put toward better equipment, more marketing, or just keep as profit. The ROI is immediate.
We start with a conversation about how your business actually works. What types of projects do you take on? What's your service area? Do you have minimum project sizes? What questions do you always ask new customers?
Then our team programs all of that into the AI. Say you only do residential work over $10,000, or you don't travel more than 30 miles from your shop. The AI learns those rules and follows them every time.
We connect everything to your existing systems - your calendar, your customer database, whatever you're using. And we set up the rules for when calls should go to our human team versus staying with the AI.
The whole process takes a few days, not weeks. We assign you an onboarding specialist who walks you through everything and makes sure it's working exactly how you want it. And if you need changes later? Just tell us. We're partners in this, not just a vendor selling you software.
Most of our competitors just give you a login and say "figure it out." We actually care that it works for your business.