The bottleneck
A superintendent emails a photo and a question. It sits. The submittal log is a spreadsheet nobody trusts. The schedule slips for reasons that were already written down.
Industries/Construction
AI agents for construction opsthat keep RFIs and submittals moving.
Jobs stall when RFIs, submittals, and change orders live in inboxes. An agent can classify the document, extract the ask, and stage the next owner.
The first workflow
RFI and submittal intake: read the email or PDF, extract project, question, due date, and attachments, then create a tracked item and a draft assignment for the PM.
How you know it worked
RFI cycle time, submittals sitting unassigned, and hours PMs spend copying email into the log.
Jobs the agent can own first
- RFI intake
- Submittal classification
- Change-order drafting
- Daily report structuring
Questions operators ask
- Does this replace Procore or similar?
- No. It feeds the system of record you already pay for, so the log stays current without retyping.
- Jobsites are messy. Will the agent fail?
- Yes, on incomplete photos and slang-heavy notes. That is why a PM checkpoint exists. The win is a complete queue, not a perfect parser.