AI in Construction
AI in construction. Practical tools built around how the work is done.
AI can take much of the reading, drafting and checking out of development and construction work, so experienced people spend their time on the decisions. We build practical tools for developers, contractors and consultants, and we use them on our own work.
Automating skills
Your best people's know-how, available to the whole team.
Most firms rely on a few senior people who know how to check a programme, review a tender or judge a site. That knowledge sits in their heads and their inboxes, and it does not scale.
We work with those people to set out how they do the task, step by step, and turn it into a tool the wider team can run on real documents. The expert reviews the result instead of starting from a blank page, and the method stays with the business.
- CaptureSit with the person who does the task best and record how they do it.
- BuildTurn the method into a tool that works on your own documents.
- TestRun it on past jobs and compare the output with what the expert found.
- Hand overTrain the team. The expert signs off the output.
What we have built
Tools in use, not slides.
CTS BuildSafe: building safety compliance on one screen
A compliance platform for higher-risk buildings under the Building Safety Act. It holds the golden thread, organises Key Building Information for the Building Safety Regulator, tracks statutory inspections against their legal frequencies, logs safety occurrences and drafts sections of the safety case report from the building's own record, for the user to review.
Planning pack review
A workflow that reads every document in a site's planning pack, from the decision notice and officer's report to consultee letters and the Section 106, and produces a technical review, an outline cost plan and a first residual appraisal. Sales values and land price stay as inputs for the client to confirm.
Residual: know if the deal works
A residential development appraisal platform for developers and land buyers. It runs a quick viability screen that returns pass, investigate or reject with reasons, then a full residual appraisal with cashflow, finance and sensitivity testing, using sales comparables and build-cost benchmarks.
Where it helps
Ideas across the life of a project.
Buying and planning
- Planning pack reviewDecision notices, officer's reports, Section 106 agreements and consultee letters turned into a risk summary in hours.
- Site screeningA list of sites checked against local policy, housing land supply and constraints, with the ones worth a closer look picked out.
- First-pass appraisalsAn outline appraisal from a site address and a proposed mix, ready for an expert to test.
Preconstruction and procurement
- Tender comparisonSeveral contractor bids read side by side, with qualifications, exclusions and scope gaps set out in one table.
- Programme comparisonTwo versions of a programme compared, with a plain summary of what moved, by how much and why it matters.
- First drafts of plansConstruction Management Plans and Project Execution Plans drafted from your templates and the scheme information.
On site
- Progress reportsWeekly reports built from site diaries, photographs and meeting notes.
- Contract noticesEarly warnings and compensation events drafted under NEC from the facts on file.
- Meeting actionsNotes turned into an action log with owners and dates.
- Payment applicationsSubcontractor applications checked against what has been measured and agreed.
Compliance and know-how
- Building safety recordsThe golden thread kept current, with information ready for the Building Safety Regulator.
- Your own procedures, searchableCompany procedures, specifications and lessons learned that staff can ask questions of in plain English.
- Health and safety documentsMethod statements and risk assessments checked against your own checklist before they are approved.
How we work
Start with one task that matters.
- ReviewHalf a day looking at where your team's time goes, ending with a shortlist of tasks worth automating.
- BuildA working tool for one task, usually within about two weeks, tested on your own documents.
- EmbedTraining for the people who will use it, and adjustments as it beds in.
Appointments can stop after the review. Many firms find the shortlist useful on its own.
Safeguards
People stay responsible for the advice.
- A person with the right experience signs off every output before it is relied on.
- We agree with you at the start where your documents are held and which services are used.
- Tools are tested on past jobs before they are used on live ones.
- We describe what a tool does and what it does not, and do not claim more than testing shows.
Common questions
Before you start.
Do we need technical staff?
No. The tools are built to be used by the people who do the work now, within the software they already use where possible.
Will this replace our people?
It changes what they spend time on. The aim is less time reading, copying and drafting, and more time on judgement, clients and site.
Can it work with Microsoft 365, SharePoint or our programming software?
Usually, yes. We look at how your files and systems are set up during the review and build around them.
What does it cost?
The review is a fixed fee. Build work is priced per tool once the task and the documents are clear.