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For members of AGC of Michigan

Every contractor deserves a path forward with AI

Thank you to AGC of Michigan for making room for us. Here is the talk and the slides, so you can watch on your own time and share them with your team.

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About the talk

Most owners we meet say the same two things about AI: they don't know how to start, and they don't know what it will do with their data. This short talk walks through how to get your company organized first, so the AI tools actually pay off, and how to roll it out safely.

What you'll take away

Why a faster tool and a new system are not the same thing
How to map your company top down before anyone touches an AI tool
Four questions to answer before you roll AI out to your team

The slides

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Construction, organized for AI

Every contractor deserves a path forward with AI

Scelta AGC of Michigan

Why we do it this way

We built around how contractors actually work

Year 1

Custom project management software

Built to fit how each company works, not a box they had to change to fit.

Advisors said

"This can't scale"

We kept going because we could see the results in our clients' companies.

Today

Clients from year one are still with us

Their companies grew, and their systems grew with them.

Then AI arrived

Organizing companies became scalable

Everything we'd learned in four years can now reach every contractor.

Boots on the Ground. We still meet people in person. It's why I drove here today.

How Scelta organizes a company

We map it top down, then build the AI

1CompanyThe whole business on one screen
2DivisionsYour lines of business
3DepartmentsEach with a named lead
4SoftwareWhat each department runs on
5RoutinesWhat repeats on the 1st, the 15th, every day
6SkillsAI instructions for each routine. They replace the binder of SOPs.

Your company

Plumbing

HVAC

Mechanical

EstimatingLead: Dana

BluebeamBids due · Fridays

Takeoff summaryskill · v3

OperationsLead: Marco

ProcoreDaily logs · every day

Daily log writerskill · v2

FinanceLead: Priya

QuickBooksPayroll · 1st & 15th

Payroll prepskill · v4

HR & SafetyLead: open

ExcelOnboarding · each hire

Site orientationskill · v1

What it looks like for one routine

Twelve manual steps become one.

Today · the monthly job report

Export costs from QuickBooks
Paste into the Excel tracker
Pull hours from timesheets
Check change orders in Procore
Fix the formulas that broke
Chase two PMs for updates
Build the summary table
Copy charts into a document
Write the commentary
Send to the owner for review
Make the edits
Email it to 10 people

→

With a skill

"Run this month's job report."

The skill knows where the data lives, how you want it laid out and who gets it. Your champion reviews it and sends it.

AI governance

Safe AI is a people problem before it's a technology problem

Who has access

Company accounts with the right permissions. No company data on personal accounts.

What data is connected

Each department connects only the sources its routines need.

Who owns each skill

A trained champion in every department keeps skills current and checks the output.

How your team uses it

Clear guidelines and training, so people feel part of the rollout, not replaced by it.

Why this fits AGC of Michigan

It lines up with what you already do for members

Safety

Roll AI out safely

Governance first: permissions, data and accountability, before anyone gets a new tool.

Education

A framework, not a product demo

Members leave with a roadmap they can use whether they ever work with us or not.

Workforce

Upskill the people you have

Every department gets a trained champion. AI supports the team instead of replacing it.

Technology

What's coming next

An early, practical look at tools before members have to make decisions about them.

It's already working

Built for small office teams with big crews

Render ConstructionLondon, Ontario · about 7 in the office, 100 masons in the field

115manual steps removed from day-to-day operations

10–12skills running across estimating, accounting and field operations

100%of foremen and site superintendents onboarded

100+field crew finding drawing pages instantly

Where we're already teaching

ABC Southeastern Michiganongoing
HBA Southeastern Michiganongoing
Great Lakes Design & Construction ExpoFeb 2027
ABC Michigan Safety Tech SummitMay 2027

How we could reach your members

Pick what fits your calendar

60–90 min

Breakout workshop

Hands-on. Members map their own company and leave with an AI governance roadmap.

At your conference

45 min · recorded

Statewide webinar

Reaches members everywhere in the state, with no travel.

Education series

Ongoing

Technology committee

A regular voice on what's working and what's coming.

Committee seat

Next year

National stage

Once we've proven it locally, a joint submission to the national conference.

National affiliate

Free

Member resources

How-to-start guides and the AI governance roadmap on scelta.ca.

Anytime

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Your next step

See where AI fits in your company

In a Discovery Session, we walk through how your company runs today. You leave with a personalized AI governance roadmap, so you know what to organize first and where AI will actually help.

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Every contractor deserves a path forward with AI

Every contractor deserves a path forward with AI

A few years ago no contractor had AI. Today every one of them does.

We built around how contractors actually work

Custom project management software

"This can't scale"

Clients from year one are still with us

Organizing companies became scalable

Contractors love tools. So they treat AI like a tool.

Nail guns for the whole crew

Prefabricated wall system

Automating a company that isn't organized just speeds up chaos.

We map it top down, then build the AI

Twelve manual steps become one.

"Run this month's job report."

Safe AI is a people problem before it's a technology problem

Who has access

What data is connected

Who owns each skill

How your team uses it

It lines up with what you already do for members

Roll AI out safely

A framework, not a product demo

Upskill the people you have

What's coming next

Built for small office teams with big crews

"Can AI read my drawings?" Soon, properly.

Reading PDFs and images

Reading the CAD model itself

Pick what fits your calendar

Breakout workshop

Statewide webinar

Technology committee

National stage

Member resources

What can we do for you?

See where AI fits in your company