Course

AI for Construction

Plans to bid, bid to change order, without losing your evenings.

IntermediateConstruction

0/88 stops · about 2 hours · final quiz · certificate

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Start with

• AI at Work: FoundationsStart from zero and finish with three things you can actually use.

Who this is for

General contractors and project coordinators on residential and light-commercial jobs. Every example follows Luis, a general contractor building residential additions and ADUs in Los Angeles, three jobs running, a project coordinator and fifteen subs.

You will be able to

• Read a plan set and spec once and walk away with the takeoff questions and the RFIs
• Build the bid in Excel from the takeoff with every assumption listed for the client
• Send sub bid requests, compare the quotes and catch the scope gaps
• Write the change order and the client letter the same afternoon
• Keep the schedule and the daily log honest with photos and a two-minute voice note
• Get through permits and inspections with the city portal and a checklist per phase

Stops

1. 1 Plans and specsRead the set and the spec once, and come away with the sheet index, the takeoff questions and the RFIs. Weekly
2. 2 The bidTakeoff to Excel estimate, priced from your own book, with the assumptions page the client actually reads. Weekly
3. 3 Subs and suppliersOne scope sheet per trade, three quotes lined up against it, and the gaps found before you award. Weekly
4. 4 Change ordersA photo and a voice note at 9.40 becomes a priced change order and a client letter before the crew touches it. Daily
5. 5 Schedule and the daily logThe week ahead out of the Buildertrend export, and the day's log out of a voice note on the way off site. Daily
6. 6 Permits and inspectionsA checklist per phase, the portal record read for you, and a correction notice turned into work by trade. Weekly
7. 7 The job ProjectOne Project per job holding the contract, the approved set, the allowances and the rules, so every chat starts knowing the job. Set once
8. 8 Luis's weekThree routines on a timer, the phone as the office, and one change order taken from photo to signed letter. Weekly

Final quiz