Engineering and construction firms often waste hours on manual tasks – filing drawings, writing reports, or pulling together bids. The good news: most of these tasks can be automated. Below are examples of digital workflows and apps that I build that can save time, reduce errors, and help your team focus on delivery.
Examples of what’s possible
Reports & Documents
- Site visit reports auto-generated from audio notes or photos.
- End-of-stage RIBA report drafts compiled from emails & PDFs.
- Automated invoice creation & sending from timesheet notes.
- Proposal/bid drafts based on previous bids & success metrics.
- Desk study report automation → faster first drafts.
Admin & File Control
- Auto-file docs/drawings from 4P, Aconex, ACC → with notifications.
- Version control on SharePoint with embedded QA checks.
- Digital “check–approve–publish” workflows with e-signing.
- Incoming info sorted straight from emails into the right discipline.
- Registers (Excel/PDF) updated automatically from new docs.
Knowledge & Technical Libraries
- Searchable repository of technical details auto-tagged for reuse.
- Bid/tender content auto-tagged → easier modular reuse.
- Eurocode knowledge base chatbot for quick checks.
- Previous project knowledge base chatbot → “what did we do last time?” (but across the whole organisation)
Engineering & Drafting Automation
- Modular calculation tools with Eurocode components.
- Peer review tools: highlight changes in calcs/drawings.
- Drawing title block QA vs IDP requirements.
- Error detection in drawings using trained models.
- Prompt-based modelling → quick design variations.
- Auto 3D models from archive drawings.
Marketing & Client Comms
- AI-generated posts/blogs based on project details.
- Automated client handover packs (O&M / as-built).
- Polished reports generated straight from shared emails.