For construction and engineering firms
Get paid for what your firm learned on every job.
Years of bids, RFIs, change orders and daily reports record how your team turns drawings into finished projects. AI labs pay for that kind of record. We license selected records on your behalf, respect the rights in your drawings and contracts, and negotiate the best available price.
Systems we often see
- Procore
- Autodesk Construction Cloud
- Bluebeam
- Sage 300 CRE
- Viewpoint
- Primavera P6
- Microsoft Project
- Microsoft 365
- Google Workspace
- Box
Partner estimate for qualifying records: $100K to $1M+. Buyer interest and value are not guaranteed.
- No files or logins to start
- You pay nothing unless a license is signed
01 Why AI labs care
What your records show that AI can’t do yet.
AI can summarize a building code. It still struggles with the judgment a project actually runs on: pricing a bid from incomplete drawings, answering an RFI before it stalls the schedule, deciding when a field condition becomes a change order. Your project records show those calls being made, questioned and resolved, job after job.
What makes construction and engineering firms’ records valuable
- Complete project histories, from invitation to bid through closeout and warranty
- RFIs, submittals and change orders that show problems being worked out between trades, designers and owners
- Field records such as daily logs, punch lists and inspection notes tied to the documents they reference
- Estimating history that shows how scope, risk and price were weighed
02 Workflows
The work with the most value.
Buyers look for complete pieces of work, start to finish. In your industry, these are the strongest.
Estimating and bids
Takeoffs, scope sheets, subcontractor quotes, bid leveling and the notes behind the final number.
RFIs and submittals
Questions raised in the field, the design team's answers and the resubmittals that followed.
Change orders
How a field condition became a priced change: the documentation, the negotiation and the approved amount.
Daily logs and site reports
Weather, manpower, deliveries, delays and incidents recorded day by day and tied to the schedule.
Inspections, punch lists and closeout
Deficiencies found, assigned and corrected, through final inspection and turnover.
03 Connected records
One piece of work, followed end to end.
This is what connected history looks like, and why it’s worth more than any single file.
Illustrative exampleInvented details. Not client data.
A field conflict, from RFI to approved change order
- Daily logCrews find an existing duct run where the plans show a clear path for new sprinkler mains.
- RFIRFI 142 asks the engineer to confirm a reroute, with photos and a marked-up sheet.
- EmailThe engineer approves a revised layout and flags a likely cost impact.
- Change orderThe superintendent prices the extra pipe and labor. Change order 18 is approved at $11,850.
- ScheduleThe two-day delay is logged, and the inspection is rescheduled and passed.
Each document is routine. Together they show how a crew, a designer and an owner solved a real problem under schedule pressure. Names, companies and project addresses are replaced before anything is shared.
04 Privacy and rights
What stays out, and what’s reviewed first.
Every industry has its own sensitive material and its own rules. For construction and engineering firms, these come first.
Always excluded or removed
Before anything is shared, these stay out entirely or are replaced.
- Drawings and specifications you don't own or have no right to license
- Security-sensitive plans for public buildings, utilities and other critical infrastructure
- Employee personal information, certified payroll and workers' comp claims
- Bank details, and bonding and insurance account numbers
- Owner, client and project names, addresses and contact details (replaced with consistent stand-ins)
- Passwords, plan-room logins and access codes
Rights reviewed before any records are shared
Who owns the drawings
Design contracts often leave copyright in drawings and specifications with the architect or engineer who prepared them, and give the owner a license to use them for the project. Rights in design documents are checked before anything is considered.
Owner and subcontract terms
Prime contracts, subcontracts and NDAs can include confidentiality clauses or limit reuse of project documents. They're reviewed to decide what can be included and whether anyone's consent is needed.
Public and sensitive projects
Government, utility and critical-infrastructure work can carry security or records restrictions on drawings and site information. These projects are reviewed separately and may stay out entirely.
This isn’t legal advice. We flag what we find and encourage you to have your own counsel review. How records are protected
05 How it works
From first conversation to signed license.
We negotiate on your behalf and manage the process. You approve every term, and you pay nothing unless a license is signed.
- 01
Start with a conversation
Tell us about your business, the systems you use and how far back your records go.
No files or logins needed - 02
Agree on what’s in scope
Together we decide what’s included and what stays out. Rights and privacy are reviewed before anything is shared.
You set the boundaries - 03
Bring offers to the table
We present your opportunity to AI labs, compare the offers and negotiate price and terms.
We negotiate for you - 04
Approve and get paid
Nothing moves until you sign. Records are prepared and delivered under the terms you agreed.
Your signature, your call
06 Questions
Questions from construction and engineering firms.
New to this? Start with our plain-English guide to licensing business data.
Can we license project records if the owner owns the job?
Sometimes. It depends on your contracts and on who holds the rights to each type of document. Your own estimating, field and project management records are often easier to include than design documents. Rights are reviewed project by project before any records are shared. This isn't legal advice, so your counsel should confirm.
Which construction records are most valuable?
Connected project histories: an RFI with the photos, emails and change order that followed, or a bid with the quotes and notes behind it. Several years of jobs across project types is what buyers look for.
Do we need to give anyone access to Procore or our servers?
Not to start. A conversation is all it takes. If you decide to go ahead, the scope you approve decides exactly what's prepared, and nothing is shared until you sign.
