Sheet 01 / field operations
The Bid Set and the Permit Set Differed
An estimator compared two drawing packages by uploading them one at a time to a chatbot. The curb had moved. The bid had not.
Active sheets
In progress
01 / field operations
The Bid Set and the Permit Set Differed
02 / back office
The Printed Total Did Not Match the Lines
03 / preconstruction
What the Sub Bid Left Off the Page
04 / people
Fairley Keeps a Person on the Price
05 / suppliers
Procore Paid $845 Million for Eyes
06 / field operations
Nine Percent of the Industry Uses AI Daily
Supplier intelligence
Procore Paid $845 Million for Eyes
Procore bought DroneDeploy the same day it posted GAAP operating profit. The agents could search drawings. They still could not see the dirt.
Desk notes
Field desk
06 / field operations
Nine Percent of the Industry Uses AI Daily
McKinsey put 39 percent of desk work in reach of automation. Nine percent of the industry uses AI daily. The gap is the story.
01 / field operations
The Bid Set and the Permit Set Differed
An estimator compared two drawing packages by uploading them one at a time to a chatbot. The curb had moved. The bid had not.
02 / back office
The Printed Total Did Not Match the Lines
A value-engineering pass cut division totals and left the line items. The model that helped write the list also left #REF! in the workbook.
People / field notes
“Counting tagged fixtures on a vector PDF can work. Measuring areas and lengths usually does not.”Fairley Keeps a Person on the Price
Supplier file / D1
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