Working within the staffing industry for awhile and partnering with Specialty Trade Contractors I noticed a lot of them had issues internally that caused bottlenecks and it always wasn't necessarily a labor shortage or talent problem it was an operations problem. I started to uncover that utilizing automation for backlog forecasting and scheduling optimizes resource allocation and enhance projects predictability. If you are a contractor or working with one let me know your thoughts on this?

Here is my attempt at explaining what I see as the role of AI in construction in under 2 minutes Long story short, I see the opportunity as data transformation. Any workflow has: 1. Input data 2. Workflow/data transformation 3. Output Template The way to use AI is not for unconstrained reasoning, but give it the data, workflow and output template it needs to do the task

Last week I did my first bid in ages. I had taken some time off to build the software, so it was good to be back at doing actual estimating. It was an electrical project but the scope was unbelievably confusing. It instantly reminds me what I hate most about estimating. Spending hours going through the drawings, trying to make sense of the scope of works and put it all together. It feels like when bidding, you spend 90% of your time trying to work out what the client actually wants you to price. If you were going to spend $5m+ on a contract, surely you should spend a few hours trying to clearly articulate what you want them to price? But clients never seem to do it properly.... What do you hate most about estimating?

my name is kyle upland am here to help anyone bidding and looking for government contracting to help in consulting and guidelines of all steps and processes of the contract to enable you win and be qualified for the contract. And with a lot of experience of years ago to help people win government contract and help in bidding contract inside and outside usa and other business all over the world

So (please prove me wrong), all estimating software is fundamentally built around 3 core features: 1. Take-off tools. Every business needs one of these, the two main ones are planswift and Bluebeam. I love Bluebeam but a lot of people hate it. Its just he one I'm used to 2. Managing cost/productivity/quantity databases- ie storing labor, plant, material, subcontractor rates 3. Preparing prices - combining quantities with rates etc. For most contractors, all you need is a quantity take off tool and excel. There are trade specific tools, but they often just have more data and are tailored towards trade specific workflows And AI just adds intelligence to this process. Ie can convert bid documents into requirements, or automatically extract quantities from drawings I did a breakdown in this video. If you like + comment it helps the algorithm!