The durable wins read the artifacts and environments the firm already produces — drawings, specs, site photos, RFPs, and safety manuals.
Based on the vertical playbooks and operating patterns in AI That Pays for Itself.
The book highlights AI for continuous site documentation, quality compliance, and safety verification.
Safety manuals, specs, standards, and project documents become usable when teams can query them in context.
AI does not need to design the building to pay for itself. It can remove friction from the workflows around the work.
Pick one workflow. Score readiness. Estimate current cost. Write the kill criterion before the pilot starts. If that sounds obvious, good. Obvious is usually what ships.