Independent product lead for construction AI
I turn construction AI pilotsinto products people use.
A built environment where every AI tool that gets built gets used. I help the firms that build construction AI in-house, and the vendors that sell it, turn pilots into products with a named owner, real users and a measured result.
Which one are you?
Your tools multiply and nobody knows which to keep.
Known as tool sprawl.
Tool-to-Product Sprint. Three weeks. An inventory of your internal AI tools, a keep, kill or productise decision for each, and a product definition for the strongest one. An optional fractional product lead retainer can follow.
Start with a free mapYour pilots go well, then nobody has to decide to buy.
Known as pilot purgatory.
Pilot-to-Rollout Sprint. Three weeks. Your pilot redesigned around the buyer’s decision, with success criteria agreed up front, a field adoption plan and a rollout template, plus a buyer-side review of how an owner or contractor will evaluate the product.
Start with a free map- 3 weeksfor each sprint, from start to a decision you can act on
- 5 thingsevery tool leaves with: owner, users, metric, autonomy, rollout
- 3 toolsmapped keep, kill or productise, free, before you pay anything
- 0 commissionstaken from vendors, so the advice stays independent
The method
Every tool leaves
with five things.
A tool that has all five can survive a change of project, a change of team and a change of mood.
See the two sprints- 01
A named owner
One person answers for the tool’s accuracy, cost and incidents.
- 02
Real users
People who use it in their daily work without being asked to.
- 03
One success metric
A number the business already tracks, which the tool must move.
- 04
A defined autonomy stage
How much the tool may do alone, and the point at which it earns more.
- 05
A rollout template
A plan that survives the second project.
What you get, free
A keep, kill or productise map.
One page. One verdict per tool, with the reason, so the decision is obvious.
Example only. Not a real client.
- Drawing clash summariserProductiseThree project teams use it weekly and it cuts review time. Give it an owner and a rollout plan.
- Site photo taggerKeepOne team relies on it and it costs almost nothing. Name an owner, leave it as is.
- Contract clause chatbotKillBuilt for a demo, no users in ninety days. Retire it and reuse the lessons.
Two minute self-check
Is your AI tool a product yet?
Think of one tool you built or piloted. Tick what is already true. Be strict: if it is only “sort of”, leave it empty.
A rough self-assessment, not an audit. Nothing is sent or stored until you press the email button.
The topic
Getting construction AI from pilot to product
The practice of giving an AI tool in construction an owner, real users, a metric and a rollout plan, so that it keeps being used after the pilot ends.
Why pilots die
What happens between a successful demo and a rollout that never comes.
In-house tools
How contractors and engineering firms should manage the AI tools their own staff build.
The buyer’s view
How owners and contractors evaluate and reject vendor products.
Autonomy and accountability
What an AI tool may do alone, and who answers for it.
Productising expertise
Turning engineering know-how into something repeatable.
Free to start
Start with a free map.
Send me your list of internal AI tools, or your pilot plan. I will send back a keep, kill or productise map for three of them, free.
0 tools. Names only. Please leave out confidential project details.
Email me this listPrefer a spreadsheet?Download the free inventory sheet, fill it in and email it to me.