{"id":34650,"date":"2026-03-13T16:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T23:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/ai-project-management-platform-launched-for-sme-contractors\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T16:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T23:31:11","slug":"ai-project-management-platform-launched-for-sme-contractors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/ai-project-management-platform-launched-for-sme-contractors\/","title":{"rendered":"AI project management platform launched for SME contractors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-506578\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Construction AI is aimed at smaller firms who struggle to afford the fees charged by giant software firms.<\/p>\n<p>It has been developed by experienced building director Steve McKenna whose expertise spans quantity surveying, contract administration and construction dispute resolution.<\/p>\n<p>McKenna said: \u201cMost smaller firms still run projects on spreadsheets, WhatsApp groups, and paper filing systems, while their larger competitors pull further ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The platform delivers capabilities previously unavailable to smaller contractors including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Semantic search woven through the platform\u2019s core \u2014 every document, every app-created record, every project item is embedded into the tenant\u2019s own isolated database, enabling AI that genuinely comprehends construction language, drawing references, and specification clauses in context.<\/li>\n<li>Structured AI workflows that generate compliant Risk Assessment and Method Statements and construction programmes in minutes rather than days, following industry-standard methodology.<\/li>\n<li>An industry knowledge base trained on UK construction standards, regulations, CDM requirements, and best practice \u2014 enabling genuinely agentic, sector-specific AI responses grounded in how construction actually works, not generic chatbot answers.<\/li>\n<li>OCR-powered drawing management that can read, extract, and intelligently catalogue construction drawings and specifications automatically.<\/li>\n<li>Every module is underpinned by AI that has been purpose-built for construction \u2014 understanding UK contract structures, CDM regulations, building element classifications, building regulations, and the real workflows that contractors use daily.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>McKenna said: \u201cThe development story is as significant as the platform itself. Every line of code, every database schema, every architectural decision was produced through a working partnership between a domain expert who knows exactly what the industry needs, and an AI capable of turning that knowledge into production-grade software.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe technical architecture reflects patterns that experienced engineers would recognise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Construction AI is offering for a limited time an introductory founding member lifetime license for two seats at \u00a32,000 \u2014 a fraction of enterprise alternatives and deliberately positioned to be accessible to the firms that need it most.<\/p>\n<p>The pricing is only possible because the platform was built through AI collaboration rather than a traditional development process.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-info\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n<div class=\"author-avatar\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/userphoto\/3.jpg\" alt=\"Grant Prior\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"photo\">\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .author-info -->\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2026\/03\/13\/ai-project-management-platform-launched-for-sme-contractors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Construction AI is aimed at smaller firms who struggle to afford the fees charged by giant software firms. 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