AI in construction Check change orders while they are still being negotiated
Your site management matches change orders, defect reports and supplier invoices against the bill of quantities, measurements and purchase orders by hand. We automate what clearly matches. Everything else we present with all documents. Site management and procurement keep the decision.
Construction
DataClue brings AI and analytics to mid-sized construction companies in three areas: change orders and billing, site diary and defects, and procurement and scheduling. Line items that match the bill of quantities run automatically. Site management decides anything above the approved budget line. In procurement, our spend analysis shows where the same items are paid at different prices.
Where construction companies are under pressure today
- Subcontractor change orders tie up site management. Because there is no time to match them, unclear line items slip through.
- Defects are recorded late or incompletely and resurface at acceptance.
- Material prices rise. The same items are paid differently across companies and projects without anyone seeing it at item level.
Typical starting points at construction companies
Change order, defect report or supplier invoice: today every document is checked one by one against the bill of quantities and the purchase order. Anything beyond the approved budget line stays with your site management.
Change orders and billing
A change order takes weeks because measurements, bill of quantities and correspondence are checked against each other one by one.
- Runs automatically
- Line items that match the bill of quantities.
- Your team decides
- Change orders above the approved budget line.
Metric, e.g. lead time per change order
Site diary and defects
Reports arrive by photo, email and word of mouth, often incomplete.
- Runs automatically
- Assignment to trade, component and date.
- Your team decides
- Assessment and deadline for real defects.
Metric, e.g. open defects per acceptance
Procurement and scheduling
Price deviations from the quote often only show on the invoice, call-offs run via phone and spreadsheets.
- Runs automatically
- Match of delivery note and invoice against the order price, call-off proposals by construction schedule.
- Your team decides
- Deviations in quantity, price and date.
Metric, e.g. price deviations caught before payment
The matching runs automatically, site management and procurement decide.
- Data-driven decisionsPrice and term levers per supplier, company and project, drawn from your supplier invoices. The starting point is procurement analytics for construction.
- AI-supported workflowsChange order items are checked against the bill of quantities, unit rates and budget line. Defect reports are assigned to trade, component and date. Site management decides on everything else.
- Program steeringFor the rollout of a procurement platform or a new system: steering from system selection through go-live.
Where your procurement pays more for the same item
Procurement analytics for construction
Same items, different prices: we analyze your construction company’s supplier invoices down to item level. We show price increases, price differences between companies and projects, and unused discounts and terms.
What this looked like in practice
- Up to €50ksavings per supplier and yearItem-level price deviations uncovered in a construction company’s invoices
- Pilot on planfirst companies live on schedule, first orders placed through the systemGroup-wide procurement system: bundling potential across more than €450m of spend
All client examples are anonymized.
Other industries
Construction
Frequently asked questions
Does the system decide on change orders?
No. Only line items that clearly match the bill of quantities and its unit rates and stay within the approved budget run automatically. Everything above goes to site management with measurements, drawings and correspondence, and they assess and decide. Every assignment is logged.
Where do construction companies best start?
Often in procurement: the construction spend analysis shows, on your actual supplier invoices, where prices rise and the same items are paid at different prices. For change orders or defects we start with the specific workflow or with the AI Value Scan.
Do we need new construction software for this?
No. We work with your existing systems, file storage and exports. We connect their data to the decisions. We do not require a platform migration.
Do you also steer the rollout of a procurement platform?
Yes. With Program Delivery we lead such programs from system selection through go-live, with an integrated plan, vendor steering and a handover to your organization.
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Where does your site management or procurement lose time today?
Tell us about a workflow, whether change order, defect report or invoice check. We tell you openly whether AI pays off there.
