Sheet GL-104

AI opportunities for Contractors & Construction

Contracting teams move between tenders, drawings, site records, subcontractors and commercial updates. Each stage produces information that must be checked and passed on.

Building under construction with cranes and active site works
GL-104Main contractors, specialist contractors and housebuilders

Where time gets consumed

The work around the work.

Tender packs and quotations need careful review; live sites generate daily records, queries and quality information. Commercial teams then need reliable information for payment and change.

GL-104 / PROCESS REGISTER

Recognisable work. Different priorities.

These are examples of work worth examining, not a list of processes that should automatically be changed. What matters depends on how your team works today.

01

Pre-construction & estimating

  1. Tender Review
  2. Tender Requirement Extraction
  3. Quantity Take-Off
  4. Estimating
  5. Subcontractor / Bid Comparison
  6. Scope Comparison
02

Project & site delivery

  1. RFI Management
  2. Technical Submittal Review
  3. Site Reporting
  4. Daily Site Diaries
  5. Quality Inspections
  6. Defect / Snagging Management
03

Commercial

  1. Applications for Payment
  2. Variations / Change Control
  3. Cost Reporting
  4. Invoice Checking
04

Information & handover

  1. Document Control
  2. O&M Information
  3. Handover Documentation
  4. Asset Information Compilation
  5. Document Search

The Go Left principle

Don't replace the expertise.
Remove the work surrounding it.

The aim is to make information easier to handle so estimators, site teams and commercial leads can focus on their decisions and responsibilities.

Next step

Find where to start.

Not sure which process to start with?

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Our five-minute Opportunity Assessment helps identify where valuable time is being lost, which processes may be worth investigating and where to start.

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