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Site Visit Reporting
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Site Visit Reporting Finish your site visit report before you leave site Capture everything once. Generate a structured, client-ready Word report automatically. See it in action Where site visits fall apart Information is scattered Photos on your phone. Notes on paper. Voice memos you forget to replay. Context gets lost Back at your desk,…
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How to start using AI in your business (without burning money or time)
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Everyone’s talking about AI like it’s the second coming of Excel. But when you run a business, especially in construction, engineering, or architecture, the question isn’t “What’s possible?” It’s “What’s actually useful?” Here’s the practical, field-tested advice you need: Don’t start with AI, start with problems.Make a list of the tasks your team hates…
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How to Know What to Automate (and What Not To)
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Automation isn’t about replacing people, it’s about freeing them from the grind.The challenge is knowing what’s actually worth automating, because not everything should be. Here’s a short, practical guide to help you spot what can (and should) be automated or digitised – and how to work out if it’s worth the effort. 1) Map…
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SmartRegister
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Turn your Excel risk register into a live, visual project tracker – in minutes. For engineers, project managers, and consultants who are tired of buried spreadsheets. SmartRegister converts your existing risk register into an interactive, structured dashboard – built for the way AEC teams actually work. Import your Excel risk log instantly – no setup…
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My system to create value through automation
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Most engineering and construction teams want to be more efficient.They want fewer emails, less admin, and fewer “Hey, where’s that file?” moments. So they try new tools.Someone says, “We should automate this.”Then they install a plugin, set up an AI account… and nothing changes. Why?Because automation isn’t about adding tools.It’s about fixing the system…
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AI Desk Study Report Generator
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Desk Study Reports have traditionally been a long, manual process: gather background data, pull maps, describe geology, add observations, draft conclusions, and finally write client recommendations. Each step takes time – often 3-5 hours per report, multiplied across dozens of reports per year. Turns a selection of the site on a map to BGS…
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Automated Digital Signing for Engineering Drawings
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Client Context A mid-sized engineering consultancy needed to issue digitally signed PDFs for government and private sector projects. Signing wasn’t just a stamp – it required encrypted, certificate-backed signatures to prove authenticity and prevent tampering. The process was eating up time, distracting staff, and delaying submissions. The Challenge The Solution I built a secure…
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Automated QA Checks for Drawings & Documents
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Client Context A major engineering consultancy I worked at struggled with drawing submissions. Their engineers spent late nights preparing technical details, only to have drawings rejected by clients for small administrative errors: wrong revision numbers, incorrect dates, or mismatched file names. Document controllers were tied up in repetitive checks, often becoming bottlenecks. The Challenge…
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Hazard Management & 3D Risk Visualisation
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Client Context Working with contractors on large infrastructure projects in the UK and Australia, the client needed a better way to manage health, safety, environmental and security risks. Traditional spreadsheets weren’t cutting it – too slow, too siloed, too easy to miss things. The Challenge The Solution I built an app that visualises an…
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AEC Drawing Management Automation: Reci Engineering Case Study
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Summary When I first encountered the everyday frustrations of managing thousands of evolving project drawings, I knew that efficiency wasn’t a luxury – it was a necessity. Partnering with Reci Engineering, a dedicated 20-person structural firm, I crafted a custom Python automation solution that now saves them over 104 admin hours per year. This…
