Industry AI automation

AI automation for sitework and construction services.

ClearGuide helps sitework, excavation, grading, paving, utility, and heavy-civil contractors clean up the office-cycle work around project systems, PDFs, portals, owner forms, emails, and follow-up.

Workflow-first
Human-reviewed
Works around your stack
Pay app backup17 files
Change orders8 open
Missing waiverNeeds PM follow-up
PM review10 items
The reality

Work still gets stuck before the system of record.

Crews may be productive, but the office cycle can still drag: daily reports, quantities, SOVs, pay apps, retainage, lien waivers, certified payroll, RFIs, submittals, addenda, change-order backup, and AP exceptions all require repeated review.

Messy intake

Requests arrive through email, forms, portals, PDFs, spreadsheets, and notes that need structure before review.

Exception drag

Missing details, stale files, inconsistent fields, and unclear owners slow the work before someone can make a decision.

Review still matters

The goal is not autonomous decisioning. It is cleaner information and better handoffs for the people responsible.

Starter workflows

Start with one queue your team already feels.

The best first automation is narrow enough to trust, visible enough to measure, and useful enough that the team wants to keep using it.

Pay-app backup assembly

Gather SOVs, daily reports, quantities, lien waivers, certified payroll, retainage notes, change support, owner forms, and approval emails.

Find & attach
Change-order backup builder

Summarize RFIs, field notes, photos, quantities, cost notes, force-account details, marked-up drawings, and approval history for review.

Find & attach
Bid intake triage

Organize ITBs, bid emails, due dates, plans/specs, addenda, scope notes, portal requirements, required forms, and go/no-go notes for estimating.

Capture & route
RFI / submittal follow-up

Track open RFIs, submittals, drawings, logs, due dates, overdue replies, and PM/project-engineer follow-up notes from project emails and exports.

Detect & request
AP exception handling

Match vendor invoices, POs, delivery tickets, waivers, job numbers, cost codes, and missing backup before accounting review.

Capture & route
Work with your stack

We work around the systems you already use.

ClearGuide is not trying to replace the operational system of record. We map the workflow around it, reduce manual prep, and keep review points clear.

Examples of systems we design around. ClearGuide is vendor-agnostic and is not claiming a formal partnership with these providers.

What stays human

AI supports the work. People keep the judgment.

ClearGuide keeps final decisions, approvals, professional judgment, and sensitive exceptions in the hands of the responsible team.

Estimating judgment

Kept as a human-owned review point, approval, or responsibility.

Contract decisions

Kept as a human-owned review point, approval, or responsibility.

Safety decisions

Kept as a human-owned review point, approval, or responsibility.

Billing approval

Kept as a human-owned review point, approval, or responsibility.

Project ownership

Kept as a human-owned review point, approval, or responsibility.

FAQ

Direct answers before a pilot starts.

Use these answers to see where AI can help, what should stay human, and how a focused first workflow could be scoped.

Does ClearGuide automate estimating?+

No. Estimating and contract decisions should stay with qualified people. ClearGuide helps prepare and route supporting information.

What is a practical first pilot?+

Pay-app backup, change-order support, bid intake, AP exceptions, compliance document chase, and RFI/submittal follow-up are strong candidates.

Can this work with Procore or Bluebeam?+

Yes, the workflow can be designed around the existing project and document systems.

Why does this matter for margin?+

Office-cycle speed affects billing, change support, rework, and PM/admin time.

Next step

See where AI can reduce the manual work around your sitework & construction services workflow.

ClearGuide can help you map one practical workflow, define the review points, and decide whether a focused AI build is worth it.

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