How Liberty Pools Uses AI in Construction Data Analytics
Case Study
Liberty Pools, based in South Florida, was named JobTread Connect’s 2025 Pool Builder of the Year. The company builds an average of 140 new pools annually and services more than 700 pools weekly. CEO Lucas Garcia credits JobTread’s pool builder software and the JobTread AI Connector for restructuring operations, accelerating estimates, and giving leadership real-time visibility into every job.
“Winning Pool Builder of the Year was a huge moment for our team.” — Lucas Garcia, CEO, Liberty Pools
From Pool Service to High-Volume Pool Builder
Liberty Pools started in 2015 when founder Claudio Antunes bought 54 pool cleaning accounts and an old Ford Ranger truck. The team got to work cleaning pools and steadily expanding the business.
Around year two, Claudio’s clients began asking for pool renovations. That client interest sparked his curiosity about becoming a pool builder. By year three, he built the first pool for Liberty Pools, and the company has never looked back.
In 2021, Lucas Garcia and his partners Marcelo Garcia and Gustavo Bernardino bought a Liberty Pools franchise to serve the North Palm Beach County region. They spent the next several years building that operation alongside Claudio, and in 2025, they joined together as full owners of Liberty Pools.
Today, Liberty Pools builds an average of 140 new pools each year and services more than 700 pools weekly across its service area.
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How JobTread Pool Builder Software Restructured Their Business
“JobTread has been at the center of restructuring our entire operation,” says Lucas.
JobTread pool construction software transformed how Liberty Pools operates by giving the team financial visibility on every project and bringing a level of organization to the company they didn’t have before. It also changed how the team communicates with clients by centralizing messages, contracts, payments, and updates in one place.
Lucas adds that JobTread gave Liberty Pools the consistency and discipline they have today through the processes the team has built inside the platform.
“We move faster, our team operates from a single source of truth, and we deliver a more professional experience to homeowners from the first estimate all the way through completion.” — Lucas Garcia
Why Pool Builder Software Is Now a Competitive Requirement
The pool industry in South Florida is extremely competitive. Lucas shares that today’s clients expect speed, transparency, and professionalism from the first quote to the final walkthrough.
Job wins come down to the company that can:
Deliver accurate estimates the fastest.
Communicate clearly throughout the build.
Run tight operations behind the scenes.
JobTread speeds up the estimating process and provides the clarity that allows Liberty Pools to compete at a high level in their region. Lucas says JobTread frees up the team to focus on “strategy and customer experience instead of chasing paperwork.”
At Liberty Pools’ volume, organization at every level isn’t a luxury. It’s how the company takes on more jobs without sacrificing quality.
“It’s not optional anymore. It’s the difference between growing and falling behind.” — Lucas Garcia
How Liberty Pools Uses AI in Construction Data Analytics
Before: Hours of manual reporting, spreadsheet wrangling, and waiting on data.
After: Operational answers in seconds.
For Liberty Pools, the JobTread AI Connector turned construction data analytics from a weekly bottleneck into a real-time decision-making tool.
What Is the JobTread AI Connector?
The JobTread AI Connector is an MCP Server that allows users to link their JobTread accounts to AI tools like Claude. Contractors can use Claude to ask questions about jobs, leads, financials, and operations to get instant answers as well as create budgets.
How Lucas Uses AI to Run Liberty Pools
- Real-time leadership dashboards in Power BI. Lucas built a Power BI dashboard through the AI Connector. Leadership now sees live job performance, revenue, and operational metrics instead of waiting on month-end reports.
- Smarter pool builder product catalog. Lucas uses Claude to organize and structure the Liberty Pools product catalog, replacing hours of manual cleanup with AI-driven organization.
- Cleaner construction lead pipeline. Pairing JobTread data with AI keeps the lead pipeline organized and visible, so the Liberty Pools team knows exactly where every opportunity sits.
“The combination of JobTread’s data and AI on top of it has unlocked a level of decision-making speed we didn’t have before.” — Lucas Garcia
Questions that used to require a meeting now get answered before the meeting starts. That is the power of AI in construction: faster answers, sharper decisions, and more time spent building.
Should Pool Builders Switch Software? Lucas’s Honest Advice
Lucas shares that the longer pool builders wait to make the switch to JobTread, the more growth they leave on the table. He understands the hesitation. Switching systems can feel disruptive, and many builders have built workarounds around their current tools, even if those tools are paper and spreadsheets.
But Lucas emphasizes that the cost of staying with the wrong tools is invisible and compounds over time. He has seen jobs lost to faster competitors, margins slip due to estimating errors, and teams burning out from manual work that software should be handling.
Lucas says switching to JobTread was one of the best operational decisions his team made. The platform was built for the industry, the implementation was smoother than expected, and the ROI showed up fast.
His advice for builders on the fence is simple: commit to one full quarter of using it properly. Train the team, move over your active jobs, and trust the process.
“You’ll wonder why you waited so long.” — Lucas Garcia
Inside the 2025 Pool Builder of the Year Win
Winning Pool Builder of the Year meant the world to the Liberty Pools team. It was validation of years of hard work, hundreds of pools built, and a lot of late nights spent refining their processes.
Liberty Pools CEO Lucas Garcia follows every live webinar session by JobTread Founder and CEO Eric Fortenberry and says they’re “incredible.” The sessions consistently provide new insights into what other top builders are doing, what’s working in the industry, and how Liberty Pools can keep improving their product and the experience they deliver to clients.
The recognition itself is meaningful, but being part of a community that’s openly pushing each other to get better is what makes it really special.
FAQ: Pool Builder Software and JobTread
The best pool builder software is one built specifically for the construction industry, not generic project management. JobTread is purpose-built for pool builders, custom home builders, remodelers, and specialty trades, with estimating, budgeting, scheduling, client communication, and AI tools in a single platform.
Yes. Liberty Pools uses JobTread for an average of 140 new pool builds per year alongside servicing more than 700 pools weekly across South Florida.
The JobTread AI Connector is an MCP server that connects JobTread account to AI tools like Claude, so pool builders can ask questions about jobs, leads, financials, and operations and get answers in seconds instead of hours.
Lucas Garcia recommends committing to one full quarter: train the team, move active jobs into the platform, and trust the process. Most builders see ROI inside that first quarter.
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