Method statement and RAMS
Word and PDF, with the risk assessment table
Practical AI for construction businesses.
See where AI can give your team hours back, what that time costs you today, and how to test it safely on your own documents.
Start the free checkFree. Two minutes. No email needed.
The check looks at PQQs and bid answers, method statements and RAMS, monthly project reports, cash-flow look-ahead, contracts and EoT letters, meeting minutes, finding old emails, CRM upkeep, close-out packs and snagging, invoices and valuations, bills of quantities and survey reports.
For construction businesses across the UK
- Fit-out and refurbishment contractors
- Main and specialist contractors
- M&E and building services
- Project and cost consultancies
You know AI could help. The hard part is knowing where to start.
Bids, RAMS, monthly reports and contract admin all eat hours, and every firm works differently. Most construction leaders can see the potential but can't tell which jobs AI suits, what it would save or what could go wrong.
In practice, AI earns its keep in the office first. It drafts documents that follow a pattern, checks long ones and finds answers buried in years of email. A competent person still checks and signs everything it produces.
A clear plan for where to start, in two minutes.
Answer four short questions about your firm and the work that fills your team's week. You get a one-page plan to keep.
- The job to start with, and the hours it takes your team now
- What that time costs your business each month
- What to put in place first, from data rules to sign-off
- A four-week trial you can run on your own documents
Where AI helps construction businesses
Every firm is different, but the work that fills an office's week is familiar. These are the most common places to start.
- Bids and pre-construction: PQQs · tender responses · case studies and CVs
- Health and safety: RAMS · method statements · toolbox talks
- Commercial: Monthly valuations · cash-flow forecasts · CVR
- Surveying: Bills of quantities · schedules of condition · reinstatement costs
- Project delivery: Progress reports · meeting actions · programme narratives
- Contracts: Contract reviews · extension-of-time letters · variations
- Handover: O&M manuals · close-out packs · snagging reports
What this looks like in practice
Three examples from construction and interiors businesses. The figures come from the work itself; client names are left out.
Critical-path narrative
A programme management consultancy
3 hours to 5 minutes
The planner's critical-path narrative is now drafted in about five minutes instead of three hours.
Office work audit
An office fit-out contractor
1,900 hours a year
Of office work AI could help with, found across bids, finance reporting and CRM work in an audit, before anything was built.
Finance reconciliation
An interiors business
20 hours a week
Saved by the finance team once its reconciliation was automated.
How to start, safely
Start with one job, measure it honestly and only keep what saves time. No company-wide rollout, no new system on day one.
1. Measure
Time the job as it runs today, so you know exactly what you're comparing against.
2. Prepare
Agree what AI can see, which tools are allowed and who signs off each piece of work.
3. Trial
Run it for four weeks on your own documents. Keep it only if it saves time and the work is as good.
Free templates for the paperwork behind every job
Download in Word, no email needed. Each one shows where AI can do the first draft.
Toolbox talk
One page, with a record of who attended
AI policy for construction firms
Two pages your team can follow from Monday
An example plan
What the check gave a 35-person fit-out firm
Questions leaders ask before they start
Straight answers before you spend a penny.
- Do we need new software?
- Often not. Many firms start with tools they already pay for, such as Microsoft 365. Your plan tells you when something new is worth it.
- Is it safe to put project documents into AI?
- It can be, with the right tools and rules. The check asks where your documents can go and builds the plan around that.
- Will it replace people?
- It takes on the repetitive parts of office work, so your team spends more time on the work that needs them.
- What should AI never do?
- Price work, take contract positions or sign anything. It gathers the facts and your people decide.
- Who checks safety documents?
- A competent person checks every AI draft of a method statement or risk assessment against the site, and signs it.
- What does it cost?
- The check is free. Any work after it is agreed separately.
Guides for construction leaders
Plain answers on AI, bids and site paperwork, checked against HSE and GOV.UK guidance.
How AI is used in construction: ten office jobs it helps with
Guide · 6 minute read
How AI is used in construction: ten office jobs it helps with
Where it drafts, checks and finds, where it doesn't belong yet, and how to start without risk.
PQQs in construction, and how to answer bids faster
Guide · 5 minute read
PQQs in construction, and how to answer bids faster
What public buyers ask for under the Procurement Act 2023, and a library of answers AI can draft from.
See where AI fits in your business.
Two minutes, a one-page plan to keep and no email needed. Any work after it is agreed separately.