AI Automate Tasks Construction
Using AI to automate repetitive and time-consuming construction tasks.
Definition
AI Automation for Construction uses artificial intelligence to automate repetitive, rule-based, and time-consuming tasks in construction workflows. AI can automate document processing, drawing reviews, report generation, data entry, and many other tasks that currently consume significant staff time. Automation frees skilled professionals to focus on high-value work that requires human judgment and creativity.
In Depth
The tasks that consume the most time in construction are not the complex engineering decisions — they are the repetitive information-processing tasks that surround those decisions. Searching for documents, comparing submittals against specifications, formatting RFI responses, updating logs, and routing documents for review. Each task takes minutes, but hundreds of them per week add up to significant professional time spent on work that does not require professional judgment.
AI automation targets these specific tasks. When a submittal arrives, AI classifies it, links it to the specification, performs a preliminary compliance check, and routes it to the reviewer with a pre-analysis. When an RFI comes in, AI searches the project documents for the relevant information and drafts a response with citations. When a revision is issued, AI compares it against the previous version and identifies the changes. Each automation saves 10-30 minutes per instance, and each instance occurs dozens or hundreds of times per project.
The adoption pattern that works best is starting with one workflow, proving the time savings, and expanding. Firms that try to automate everything at once overwhelm their teams with change. Firms that automate their biggest time sink first build momentum and enthusiasm for the next automation.
Examples
Automatically extracting data from submittals into tracking systems
Generating daily reports from site photos and progress data
Processing RFIs and routing them to appropriate reviewers
Nomic Use Cases
See how Nomic applies this in production AEC workflows:
Frequently Asked Questions
AI Automation for Construction uses artificial intelligence to automate repetitive, rule-based, and time-consuming tasks in construction workflows. AI can automate document processing, drawing reviews, report generation, data entry, and many other tasks that currently consume significant staff time. Automation frees skilled professionals to focus on high-value work that requires human judgment and creativity.
Automatically extracting data from submittals into tracking systems. Generating daily reports from site photos and progress data. Processing RFIs and routing them to appropriate reviewers.
Automated Drawing Review: Automatically review drawings against building codes, internal standards, and client requirements. Automated Submittal Review: Let AI do the first-pass review of submittal packages against your drawings and specs. Project Research: Instantly access all project-critical information from a single search interface.