Governed AI you can trust to run the job
Governed AI means every AI output is independently audited before you ever see it. CMDBLD verifies estimates, change orders, and field pricing to a 95%+ threshold, holds anything that can’t pass — with one automatic rework — and calibrates to your own plans and your own actuals. Not a chatbot bolted on; AI held to a standard.
The independent-audit gate
Every AI output — estimates, change orders, field pricing — is scored by an independent AI auditor before it reaches you. It has to clear a 95%+ threshold. If it can’t, it’s held and sent back for one automatic rework; anything that still fails is withheld rather than passed off as correct.
Verified on-plan takeoff
CMDBLD reads your drawings and calibrates to the plan scale, so quantities come straight off the documents at the right scale. Takeoff stays grounded in the actual set instead of a rough guess.
Closed-loop cost learning
Pricing calibrates against your own historical actuals. As real numbers come back from completed work, estimates track how your business actually builds — not a generic average.
Why it means AI you can trust
On a real job, a wrong number turns into a lost bid or a blown margin. Governance is what makes the difference: the AI is not allowed to hand you an unverified answer. It is audited by an independent checker, held when it isn’t sure, and grounded in your plans and your history — so the estimate on your screen is one you can put your name on.
The agents
A growing suite of governed AI agents draft the work and hand it to you to approve — each held to the same 95% independent-audit standard.
Long-Lead / Procurement Agent
Surfaces long-lead items with an order-by date tied to the schedule, so nothing stalls the job
Daily Report Compiler
Assembles the daily log from time punches, photos, weather and deliveries for the super to approve
Submittal Agent
Builds the submittal log, tracks approvals and ball-in-court, and flags overdue items
Proposal Follow-up Agent
Auto-nudges at day 3 / 7 / 14 and flags "viewed but not signed"
Retainage Release Agent
Tracks retention held and owed, and drafts release requests at the right milestones
Invoice 3-Way Match Agent
Matches invoice ↔ PO and flags discrepancies before you approve (3-way adds a receiving record)
Certified Payroll (WH-347) Agent
Assembles the weekly WH-347 per project from employees + the wage determination, with a printable Statement of Compliance
Weekly Owner Digest
One rollup: cash position, at-risk jobs, approvals waiting on you, and wins
Cash-Flow Forecast Agent
Projects an 8–13 week weekly cash runway and flags the week you could dip below zero
Schedule Delay / Notice-of-Delay Agent
Computes the delay and driving activities and drafts a grounded Notice of Delay for sign-off — in each project’s Schedule tab
Change-Order Pricing Agent
Prices the scope delta by CSI division with your OH&P, adds a time impact, and drafts a COR that flows into approval → auto-invoice
Subcontract & MSA Review Agent
Reconciles it against your bid, flags onerous terms by severity, gives a sign / negotiate / reject call, and drafts amendment language
Estimating Agent
Reads the full sheet set, extracts an itemized CSI estimate + material takeoff with computed quantities, checks the design against the governing building code, and flags items to verify
PMO Agent
Checks PMBOK deliverables, flags out-of-order work and missed inspection hold-points, and drafts the escalation up the chain for approval
Job Costing Agent
Alerts the PM and owner, forecasts end-of-job margin from committed + actual costs, and flags cash-flow risk before it compounds
Field Change Agent
Prices the change against the published scope of work and drafts a change order for the PM to review — so field changes get billed, not absorbed
A/R Collections Agent
Sweeps overdue invoices, drafts a tiered reminder per invoice (friendly → firm → final notice) grounded in the real balance and pay link, and sends only the ones you approve
Insurance / COI Compliance Agent
Flags every lapsed or expiring certificate of insurance and drafts the renewal request so no sub works uninsured — you approve before it sends
Lead Response Agent
Scores each lead and drafts an instant first-touch reply (or a re-engagement note) with a suggested next step — no invented prices or promises, sent on your approval
Lien / Preliminary-Notice Agent
Computes each project’s prelim-notice deadline from its state and start date, flags at-risk/overdue jobs, and drafts the notice for your attorney to review and file
Permit & Inspection Agent
Flags every permit and inspection at risk and drafts the next action — renewal, jurisdiction follow-up, readiness check, or re-inspection
Punch List & Closeout Agent
Rolls up open/overdue punch items by project and drafts a closeout push so jobs get punched out and closed on time
Warranty / Callback Triage Agent
Classifies each as likely warranty, likely billable, or needs-info, recommends who should handle it, and drafts a careful client response — no coverage guarantees
Timesheet & Labor Anomaly Agent
Sweeps the last two weeks of punches for missing clock-outs, overtime, long shifts, short meal breaks, and flagged entries, and drafts what to fix first
Bid Leveling Agent
Normalizes every bid to a common scope, flags scope gaps and price outliers, and recommends an award with rationale so you compare apples-to-apples
Past-Client Reactivation Agent
Finds prior clients due for a repeat, seasonal, or maintenance touch and drafts a personalized re-engagement email — no invented projects or prices, sent on your approval
Referral Agent
Identifies your happiest clients and drafts a warm referral ask grounded in their real review — no incentives offered, sent on your approval
Review Response Agent
Drafts a reply matched to the rating — warm for praise, calm and professional for criticism (no admissions or disputes) — for you to approve before it posts
Controller / CMO Agent
Reviews the whole demand engine — first-response SLA, win rate & top loss reason, ad CAC by channel, reputation, and SEO authority — drafts a ranked growth brief, and pulls the lead-response, reactivation, referral and review agents into one weekly marketing-action queue — advice only, audited to 95%
AI Marketer (Ad Autopilot)
Reads real ad spend against CRM outcomes and drafts a budget move per channel (scale / hold / trim / investigate), each grounded in that channel’s cost-per-lead, cost-per-won-job and ROAS — advice only, audited to 95% before you see it
Win / Loss Analysis Agent
Computes win rate, avg won vs lost price, win rate by lead source, and speed-to-send, then drafts an actionable brief on what wins work and where deals leak
RFI Aging Agent
Buckets open RFIs by how long they’ve been outstanding, flags the ones blocking work, and drafts the follow-up to the architect/engineer for you to send
Change-Order Chaser
Finds every CO stuck in the pipeline, computes how long it’s been stuck and the dollars at risk, and drafts the right nudge for each — never touching status or approvals
A/P Payment Timing Agent
Buckets unpaid bills by due date, catches early-pay discounts in the terms, and drafts a pay-now / hold plan to protect cash and capture savings
Controller / CFO Agent
Scans the last 180 days of bank & credit-card feeds, vendor bills and Stripe payouts for recurring/duplicate spend, bank & card fees, missed early-pay discounts, and processing-fee leakage, then drafts a ranked savings brief — advice only, audited to 95% before you see it
Client Status-Update Agent
Computes real % complete from the schedule and latest field log and drafts a friendly client progress update — no invented dates or promises, sent on your approval
Bid / No-Bid Qualifier
Scores each opportunity against your trades, home states, and timeline into pursue / review / pass and drafts a go/no-go rationale so you chase the winnable work
Two-Week Look-Ahead Agent
Pulls the tasks starting, finishing, or overdue in the next 14 days, flags critical-path items, and drafts a field-ready look-ahead for each job
Daily-Log Gap Agent
Finds active projects missing a daily log on any working day in the last two weeks and drafts a reminder — protecting the records you need for delay and dispute claims
AIA Pay-App Drafter
Recomputes the pay-app math (completed & stored, retainage, less-previous, current due) and drafts the transmittal cover — every figure audited to match
Selections Overage Agent
Reads the chosen option’s price against the allowance, computes the exact overage, and drafts a courteous client notice so overages become change orders, not absorbed cost
License & Certification Watch
Flags every credential expiring within 60 days (or already expired) and drafts a renewal reminder — so nobody works a lapsed license or cert
Weekly Toolbox-Talk Agent
Drafts this week’s crew toolbox talk, focused on your recent incident pattern and jobsite weather — grounded in real signals, no fabricated statistics
Document Auto-Filer
Proposes a folder for every unfiled document from a standard construction taxonomy and, on your approval, files them — a reversible one-click cleanup
Frequently asked questions
What is governed AI?
Governed AI is AI whose output is checked by an independent auditor before you ever act on it. Instead of trusting a single model to be right, CMDBLD runs a second, separate verification pass that has to confirm the result to a 95%+ threshold — otherwise the output is held.
How does the independent audit gate work?
After the AI produces an estimate, change order, or field price, an independent AI auditor scores it. If it clears the 95%+ threshold, it goes through. If it doesn’t, it’s held and sent back for one automatic rework. Anything that still can’t pass is withheld rather than shown as if it were correct.
What does "verified on-plan takeoff" mean?
CMDBLD reads your construction plans and calibrates measurements to the drawing scale, so quantities are pulled directly off the plan at the correct scale instead of being guessed. That keeps takeoff quantities grounded in the actual documents.
What is closed-loop cost learning?
CMDBLD calibrates its pricing against your own historical actuals. As real costs come back in, the system learns from them, so estimates track how your business actually builds — not a generic national average.
Why does governance matter for construction AI?
On a job, a wrong number becomes a lost bid or a blown margin. Governance means the AI is not allowed to hand you an unverified answer — it is audited, held when uncertain, and grounded in your plans and your history. That is the difference between AI you experiment with and AI you can trust to run the job.
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