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Construction, organized for AI
Every contractor deserves a path forward with AI
Scelta × AGC of Michigan
The biggest shift in a generation
A few years ago no contractor had AI. Today every one of them does.
I don't even know how to start.
The first thing we hear from owners, in every state we work in.
What will it do with my data?
Fear is what stops people, not cost. So most companies try nothing, or everyone tries something on their own.
Our mission
Scelta helps contractors and real estate developers get organized first, then gives every person on their team the AI Skills to do their best work.
75+companies served
200+members in our private AI group
672attendees taught in focus groups
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.
The mistake most contractors are making
Contractors love tools. So they treat AI like a tool.
GC one · faster tool
Nail guns for the whole crew
Same job, same way, a little faster.
Frame the houseabout 12 days
GC two · new system
Prefabricated wall system
Walls arrive on site. A different way to play the game.
Frame the house3 days
The opportunity isn't a faster tool. It's a new system.
Why we start before the AI
Automating a company that isn't organized just speeds up chaos.
So we organize first, then build the AI Skills.
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 · FridaysTakeoff summaryskill · v3
OperationsLead: Marco
ProcoreDaily logs · every dayDaily log writerskill · v2
FinanceLead: Priya
QuickBooksPayroll · 1st & 15thPayroll prepskill · v4
HR & SafetyLead: open
ExcelOnboarding · each hireSite 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
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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
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
From the Scelta Lab
"Can AI read my drawings?" Soon, properly.
We're connecting AI directly to CAD, so takeoffs come from the architect's real geometry instead of a flattened PDF.
Today
Reading PDFs and images
Flattened pages. It works to a point, then you're checking everything.
Early 2027
Reading the CAD model itself
Vectors, layers and dimensions, the same information the architect works from.
How we could reach your members
Pick what fits your calendar
Breakout workshop
Hands-on. Members map their own company and leave with an AI governance roadmap.
At your conference
Statewide webinar
Reaches members everywhere in the state, with no travel.
Education series
Technology committee
A regular voice on what's working and what's coming.
Committee seat
National stage
Once we've proven it locally, a joint submission to the national conference.
National affiliate
Member resources
How-to-start guides and the AI governance roadmap on scelta.ca.
Anytime
Thank you
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