For Construction Companies

Claude Cowork for Construction
Your projects run on documents. Permits, bids, schedules, safety reports. Cowork handles the paper.

Construction companies manage thousands of documents per project. Permit applications, bid packages, RFIs, change orders, safety logs. Most of this work is reading, compiling, and formatting. Cowork does it faster.

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The real problem with construction documentation

Your crews build. Your office drowns in paperwork.

Permit tracking is scattered across jurisdictions

Every project needs permits from multiple agencies, each with different forms, timelines, and requirements. Tracking status across 5-10 active projects means hundreds of permit deadlines. One missed permit stops a project cold.

Bid documents take days to assemble

Responding to an RFP or ITB means pulling cost data, subcontractor quotes, project references, safety records, and insurance certificates into a single package. Each bid is custom. Each takes 20-40 hours to assemble.

Safety compliance documentation never stops

OSHA logs, toolbox talk records, incident reports, safety training certifications. The paperwork is constant. Fall behind and you face fines, stop-work orders, or worse.

Change orders create billing disputes

Scope changes happen on every project. Documenting what changed, who approved it, what it costs, and how it affects the schedule is critical but time-consuming. Disputes over undocumented changes can cost six figures.

How Claude Cowork solves it

Workflows built for how construction companies actually operate. Tested on real projects.

Permit Tracking and Status Monitoring

Cowork maintains a permit tracking database across all active projects. Scheduled tasks check status weekly, flag upcoming deadlines, identify missing applications, and generate status reports by project. You'll know where every permit stands without checking manually.

Bid Document Preparation

Give Cowork an RFP and it extracts requirements, creates a compliance checklist, pulls relevant cost data and project references from your files, and assembles a draft bid package. You review and refine instead of starting from scratch. Cuts bid prep time from days to hours.

Project Schedule Management

Cowork reads project schedules, tracks milestones against actual progress, flags items falling behind, and generates weekly status reports. When a delay hits, it calculates downstream impact on dependent tasks.

Safety Compliance Documentation

Scheduled daily: Cowork generates toolbox talk agendas, tracks training certification expirations, maintains OSHA log entries, and compiles monthly safety reports. When an incident occurs, it helps generate the required documentation in the correct format.

Change Order Processing

When a scope change happens, Cowork documents it: what changed, the cost impact, schedule impact, and who authorized it. Generates the change order document in your standard format, routes for approval, and updates the project budget and schedule.

Subcontractor Management

Cowork tracks subcontractor documents (insurance certs, licenses, W-9s), flags expirations, compares quotes across subs for new work, and maintains performance records. You always know which subs are compliant and which need attention.

Every setup is configured for your company's specific project types, document standards, and tools.

What we build for your company

A generic AI tool doesn't know the difference between an RFI and an RFP. We configure Cowork for your project types, your document templates, and your reporting structure.

Custom Skills

Skills are reusable commands your team runs daily. We build custom skills for permit tracking commands, bid compliance checkers, safety report generators, and change order templates. Your project managers run a single command and get output formatted to your company's standards.

Plugins

We configure plugins based on your needs: /productivity for project tracking workflows and /legal for contract review on subcontractor agreements and owner contracts. The right tools are loaded when your team needs them.

Connectors

We connect Cowork to the tools your team already uses: Slack for team communication, Microsoft 365 for documents and email, Google Drive for file sharing, and Jira for project tracking. Your team keeps using the same tools. Cowork just ties them together.

Scheduled Tasks

Set up recurring workflows that run automatically: weekly permit status checks, daily safety log maintenance, monthly subcontractor document audits, and deadline monitoring across all active projects. Cowork runs these on schedule and delivers results to your team's Slack channel or email.

We train your team. Remote or in-person.

Your project managers and estimators need to know how this fits into their day. We run hands-on training sessions where your team practices real workflows: permit tracking, bid assembly, safety reporting, and change order processing.

Remote sessions work for most teams. For companies in NYC, we train at your office or job site trailer. After training, your team handles everything without calling us.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How does Cowork track permits across multiple jurisdictions?
Cowork maintains a centralized permit tracking database for all your active projects. You input the jurisdictions and permit types for each project, and Cowork runs scheduled checks to track status, flag upcoming deadlines, and identify missing applications. It generates weekly status reports organized by project, so your team always knows where every permit stands across every agency.
Can Cowork help with bid preparation for government contracts?
Yes. Give Cowork an RFP or ITB and it extracts every requirement into a compliance checklist. It then pulls relevant cost data, project references, safety records, and certifications from your files and assembles a draft bid package. Government bids have strict formatting and compliance requirements. Cowork ensures nothing gets missed. You review and refine instead of building from scratch.
How does the safety compliance workflow handle OSHA requirements?
Cowork runs daily scheduled tasks for safety documentation. It generates toolbox talk agendas based on current project hazards, tracks training certification expirations for every worker on site, maintains OSHA 300 log entries, and compiles monthly safety summary reports. When an incident occurs, Cowork helps generate the required documentation in the correct OSHA format, including the 301 Incident Report form.
What happens when a change order needs to be processed mid-project?
When a scope change happens, you tell Cowork what changed. It documents the change, calculates the cost impact based on your rate sheets and material costs, determines the schedule impact on dependent tasks, and generates a change order document in your standard format. The document routes for approval, and once signed, Cowork updates the project budget and schedule automatically.
How long does setup take for a construction company?
Initial setup takes one session. We configure your connectors (Slack, Microsoft 365, Google Drive, Jira), build your first custom skills for permit tracking and bid prep, and set up scheduled tasks for safety logs and subcontractor document audits. Over the following two weeks, we refine the workflows based on real usage and train your project managers and field staff on the system.