A widely adopted estimation platform used by major infrastructure owners, contractors, and consultants across Australia, the UK, and New Zealand, partnered with IT IDOL Technologies to modernize its core architecture ahead of a major product release.
Although the platform was powerful, it faced limitations from legacy table structures, intertwined business logic, and increasingly complex calculation workflows.
IT IDOL Technologies rebuilt foundational database models, engineered modular ASP.NET Core APIs, optimized multi-library calculation pipelines, and strengthened frontend–backend communication through React.
The result: a stable, scalable, future-ready platform engineered to support the next decade of product innovation.
This enterprise estimation solution is trusted across infrastructure, construction, engineering services, transportation, utilities, and government procurement. Its core purpose is to help teams estimate faster, improve decision-making, enhance sustainability outcomes, and manage project costs efficiently.
However, like many fast-growing enterprise products, the platform reached a point where rapid feature expansion was outpacing what its foundational architecture could support.
The leadership team identified a turning point:
To unlock the next wave of innovation, the system needed a more modern foundation, one that offered scalability, maintainability, and the flexibility required for long-term growth.
Ahead of a major version release, the company partnered with IT IDOL Technologies to modernize its backend, optimize APIs, redesign data structures, and strengthen calculation workflows without disrupting active users across global markets.
The platform was robust, but modernization required addressing several deep-rooted architectural bottlenecks.
Early-generation schemas weren’t designed for the broad industry scenarios the platform now supports. Enhancements often required workarounds, slowing development cycles.
As the product grew, many business rules became interdependent. This made enhancements riskier and more time-consuming, as changes could create ripple effects across modules.
The platform’s calculation engine draws from multiple libraries with complex formulas, rules, conditions, and dependencies. Over time, this led to performance challenges and increased complexity in maintenance.
To maintain its leadership across the AU, UK, and NZ markets, the platform needed modernization without compromising live production environments.
This is where IT IDOL Technologies stepped in.
Rather than diving directly into development, IT IDOL Technologies began by analyzing how the platform functioned in real-world use. This included:
Through collaborative workshops with the product and architecture teams, IT IDOL Technologies designed a modernization roadmap rooted in one key philosophy:
Rebuild the foundation so innovation can scale faster, not slow down.
A major milestone of the project was reconstructing the backend to be modular, maintainable, and performance-optimized.
IT IDOL Technologies rebuilt and expanded the API layer using ASP.NET Core, enabling:
The outcome was a modern backend architecture designed for long-term growth.
The database layer underwent one of the most significant transformations.
IT IDOL Technologies optimized the data architecture by:
The result was a scalable, maintainable, and high-performance schema built for enterprise demands.
In estimation platforms, precision and speed are everything.
The existing calculation engine worked, but had become tightly intertwined as new industries and workflows were added. IT IDOL Technologies reengineered the logic pipeline to:
The new architecture is cleaner, faster, and built for continuous enhancement.
While the platform didn’t require a full UI redesign, improved communication between the React frontend and the upgraded .NET Core backend was essential.
IT IDOL Technologies enhanced:
This resulted in a noticeably faster and more responsive user experience, aligned with backend improvements.
A modern, enterprise-ready toolkit powered the transformation:
With IT IDOL Technologies leading the modernization, the platform achieved several strategic advances:
Built to support global expansion and frequent product updates.
Teams can now add capabilities without structural constraints.
Ready for new integrations, modules, and performance loads.
Resulting in predictable performance and reduced technical debt.
Designed to handle complex, multi-layered industry logic.
Positioning the platform for innovation across regions and industries.
The modernization not only removed existing limitations, it expanded what the platform can deliver to its global user base.
1. Why is ASP.NET Core ideal for enterprise modernization?
It provides high performance, modular design, cloud-readiness, and powerful dependency injection, perfect for scalable, API-first applications.
2. How does Entity Framework support database restructuring?
It simplifies schema changes, enforces data consistency, reduces query complexity, and helps teams evolve models safely.
3. What advantages does React bring to enterprise-grade software?
React’s component-driven architecture and predictable state management make it ideal for dynamic, data-heavy user interfaces.
4. Why prioritize API-first architecture?
It ensures modularity, faster integrations, easier scaling, and independent evolution of frontend and backend layers.
5. How can multi-library calculation logic be optimized?
By decoupling rule sets, creating layered execution pipelines, and caching repeatable logic to improve performance.
6. What challenges arise when modernizing legacy databases?
Common hurdles include tightly coupled schemas, inconsistent indexing, and high interdependencies that slow development.
7. How does a modular backend improve maintainability?
It isolates features, reduces regressions, and makes long-term updates faster and safer.
8. What tools support large-scale modernization projects?
Jira, GitHub, DBeaver, and Visual Studio streamline planning, versioning, data modeling, and development.
9. How does React communicate effectively with .NET Core APIs?
Through REST endpoints that enable reactive UI updates, clean state flows, and efficient data handling.
10. What defines a future-ready enterprise architecture?
Modularity, scalability, cloud alignment, API-led design, and clean, adaptable data structures.
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Parth Inamdar is a Content Writer at IT IDOL Technologies, specializing in AI, ML, data engineering, and digital product development. With 5+ years in tech content, he turns complex systems into clear, actionable insights. At IT IDOL, he also contributes to content strategy—aligning narratives with business goals and emerging trends. Off the clock, he enjoys exploring prompt engineering and systems design.
