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AI for construction operations·AU · US · UK · SEA

AI systems for construction operations.

We help construction and infrastructure companies automate documentation, reporting, estimating workflows, and operational processes — using practical AI built around how your business actually runs.

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Overview

Weekly report — M7 Upgrade

Drafted · 2 min ago

Site issue — Trench shoring inspection

Routed to PM · awaiting close-out

RFI 142 — Slab penetrations

Cited from Spec 03 30 00 §3.2

Tender intake — Stage 4 Civil

Scope extracted · 11 trades

Reporting cycle92%
Submittal turnaround68%

Trusted by operators across construction, infrastructure, and utilities

Tier 1 Civil Contractor
National Infrastructure JV
Pipelaying Contractor
Heavy Civil Contractor
National Utilities Contractor
Mid-Market Builder
Specialty Contractor
Government Asset Owner

Client identities held in confidence

The operating reality

Construction operations carry an enormous administrative load.

Most of it is necessary. None of it moves projects forward. AI is the first tool that can absorb meaningful chunks of it without forcing your teams onto another platform.

Reporting takes a full day per project, every week

Engineers and PMs lose 6–10 hours assembling weekly reports from email, scheduling tools, and site notes.

Finding the right document takes hours

Contracts, RFIs, drawings, and submittals are scattered across SharePoint, Procore, Aconex, and email.

Tender review consumes the first week

Senior estimators read documents, extract scope, and chase missing information instead of pricing.

Same data re-keyed across systems

Procore, ERP, and field tools each hold a piece of the truth. Reconciling them is its own job.

Subcontractor follow-up is a full inbox

Coordinating responses, RFIs, and documentation across subs eats project management capacity.

Billing trails site activity by weeks

Progress claims depend on field paperwork being collated and validated before anything moves.

Measurable outcomes

Operational improvements you can put on a board paper.

We instrument the work before, during, and after deployment. ROI is reported the same way you report project performance — with numbers, not adjectives.

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Reduction in weekly reporting time

Across 14 active projects at a Tier 1 civil contractor.

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Faster tender review cycle

Senior estimators start pricing on day two, not day six.

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Avg. document retrieval time

Across 1.4M project documents on a national JV.

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Compression in billing cycle

Field-driven progress claims, validated against scope.

What we do

A focused set of services, built around construction operating reality.

No platform lock-in. No generic AI consulting. Every engagement is grounded in a specific operational outcome and a measurable change in cycle time, cost, or capacity.

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How it works

A reliable AI pipeline that fits the way construction work already moves.

No black box. Every stage is observable, auditable, and integrated with the systems your teams already operate.

  1. Step 01

    Ingest

    Pulls from Procore, Aconex, ERP, SharePoint, email, scheduling, and field tools.

  2. Step 02

    Structure

    Construction-aware extraction across contracts, RFIs, programmes, and site reports.

  3. Step 03

    Reason

    Cited answers, summaries, scope extraction, and exception detection — grounded in your project record.

  4. Step 04

    Approve

    Drafts and decisions are routed into your existing review and approval flows.

  5. Step 05

    Deliver

    Reports, claims, and updates land in the systems your teams already use.

Featured case study·Infrastructure·United Kingdom

Cut document retrieval from hours to seconds across 1.4M project documents

On a multi-billion JV, finding the right clause, RFI, or drawing revision routinely took engineers and commercial managers 1–3 hours per query.

Engineers and commercial teams now ask questions in plain English and get cited answers in seconds. Dispute response time on variations improved significantly.

Operational impact

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Documents indexed across SharePoint and Aconex

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Median document retrieval time

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Variation response cycle time

What clients say

Operational language. Operational outcomes.

Our work tends to speak for itself in the cycle-time and capacity numbers. But the operating reviews afterwards are the part we are proudest of.

They came in talking about our operating model, not their technology. Within ninety days, weekly reporting was a non-event. That had been a recurring board topic for two years.
AU

Operations Director

Tier 1 Civil Contractor

We have spent a lot of money on construction software. This is the first engagement that actually made the existing stack pay off, instead of asking us to buy something new.
UK

Chief Operating Officer

National Infrastructure JV

Our estimators get a clean handover pack on day one of every tender. Senior people now spend their time pricing, not reading PDFs.
US

Head of Estimating

Mid-Market Builder

FAQ

Common questions from operations and executive teams.

Get started

Discuss your operational challenges with our team.

Most first conversations are 30 minutes. We'll share what is and isn't working in similar contracting businesses, and what we'd recommend for yours.