AI for construction and engineering firms: which tasks can an agent handle?

Examples of agents we build for construction and engineering firms

Each agent is custom-built on your tools; a few examples:

• The bid watch agent: reads newly published notices every day, keeps the ones that fit your trades and summarizes each bid package on one page.
• The bid submission agent: reads the instructions to bidders, lists the documents to submit and gathers the certificates, references and CVs you already have.
• The specs agent: reuses sections from your specifications on comparable projects and drafts a first version, with each section pointing to its source.
• The takeoff agent: reads the drawings and scope received by email and prepares quantities and line items in your estimating software.
• The site agent on WhatsApp: receives the superintendent's voice notes and photos and turns them into minutes, action items and due dates included.
• The punch list agent: tracks each item from handover to closeout, drafts the reminder to the subcontractor concerned and alerts you before the deadline.
• The field data agent: files measurements, samples and photos sent from the field into the right project folder and flags what is missing.
• The study report agent: drafts the background, site description and method from field notes and your earlier reports.
• The references agent: finds comparable projects by type of structure, owner and contract value, and prepares the reference sheets for a bid.
• The management update agent: prepares a weekly view of open projects, jobs running late and progress billings to invoice.

Can it draft specs or respond to a bid?

New specifications often reuse sections written for other projects. The agent finds the specs from comparable projects, pulls the sections that apply and drafts a first version in Word, with each section pointing back to its source document.

For a bid, you upload the package you received. The agent reads it, lists the documents you need to submit, gathers the ones you already have and drafts the technical proposal from your earlier responses.

Can it build an estimate without starting from scratch?

The request comes in by email, with drawings or a scope description. The agent reads them, finds estimates from similar jobs and prepares a first version: line items, quantities, descriptions, assumptions.

Connected to your estimating software or price library, it uses your unit prices instead of making them up, and flags the items it could not price.

Can it clean up site meeting minutes?

The superintendent sends voice notes and photos from the site, on WhatsApp or by email. The agent turns them into minutes in Word: attendees, items discussed, action items, owners and due dates.

From one meeting to the next, it carries over the open items and drafts reminders to the parties running late.

Can it help write study and inspection reports?

Much of a report repeats from one project to the next: background, site description, method. The agent drafts those parts from the project's notes and field data, and from your earlier reports.

The engineer keeps the measurements, analysis and conclusions. The agent saves them the formatting and the digging through old project folders.

Can it find our project references?

A proposal needs comparable references, and they often sit in another office's or another team's folders. Saména reads your project folders and links every document to the others by client, project, method and team.

You then ask the way you would ask a colleague who had read everything:

• Which school renovation projects have we done?
• Who ran the last job for this owner?
• What report did we deliver on this site?

Where do our drawings and project files go?

Your files stay in SharePoint, OneDrive or Dropbox. Saména reads them in read-only mode, only in the folders you pick, and keeps no copy.

What Saména retains is encrypted with a key unique to your company. Servers are in France, the database is in the European Union. You choose the model: Claude, models from OpenAI, or Mistral if you prefer a French model. It runs in Europe and keeps none of your data. Saména can also run on your own servers or on a dedicated instance.

Where do we start?

Our engineers know AI and they know business processes. They first look at how your firm works, from bid to final report, and tell you where an agent is worth it. Then they build it and connect it to your tools.

It starts with a call. You grant access to your tools in two clicks, with no password to share, and two weeks after the call your first agent is running, in the Saména app, on WhatsApp for field teams if you want, and also from Claude, ChatGPT or Copilot.

A dedicated contact then keeps your agents evolving. There is a one-time setup fee, then a monthly subscription for the whole company, with unlimited users.

Frequently asked

Does Saména already work in engineering?

Yes, Saména already works in environmental engineering. Each agent is built around the way the company using it works.

Do we need to sort our project folders first?

No. Saména reads your documents as they are, where they are. You have nothing to tidy up or reformat.

Can the agent connect to our estimating or project management software?

Yes, that is the point of a custom build: we connect to the tools you already use, estimating and project management software, email and project folders.

Can we start with one office or one team?

Yes. You can start with one department and a first agent, then expand whenever you want.

Does the price depend on the number of users?

No. The subscription covers the whole company with unlimited users, and the amount depends on the agents built for you. We share pricing on the call.