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Construction & Contracting

You don't have to learn how to use AI in your contracting business. We build it into the software you already run.

You don't need to learn AI to keep change orders, old bids, and closeout moving. ChatGPT doesn't live in your project software. Cortex builds agents into the systems you already use.

General contractor and carpenter reviewing plans inside a framed house

Agents watching

  • Bid follow-up
  • Job-file gaps
  • Closeout watch

Does this sound familiar?

The stalls we hear in this trade every week.

01

Bids sit with no follow-up

It depends on who remembers.

02

Change orders are verbal

Yes on site. Missing from the contract.

03

Subs are managed by phone

Who is late, who owes a waiver. Nobody wrote it down.

04

Closeout drags on

Punch, warranties, final invoice. Cash waits.

05

The customer has an old date

Weather moved the week. Nobody sent the update.

What agents can handle

Examples. Your list comes from the audit, not a template.

Bid follow-up

Agents track open bids and draft the follow-up.

  • Aging bids
  • Won/lost reasons
  • Rep queue

Job-file gaps

Missing selections, unsigned extras, stale dates.

  • Doc checklist
  • Change-order flags
  • Customer update drafts

Closeout watch

Punch, waivers, final bill.

  • Open punch
  • Missing waivers
  • Unbilled extras

Owner briefing

Pipeline, jobs at risk, cash stuck in paperwork.

  • At-risk jobs
  • Aging AR
  • Daily exceptions

A day with Cortex

What a day looks like with agents on

An example day. The agents work inside your phone line, CRM, field software and books. Anything that spends money or makes a promise waits for a person.

Construction & Contracting · example company

Today · Activity log

Agents on

7:42 AM

Missed call

New customer called while the team was on a job

Caller said: wants a quote on a kitchen remodel. Agent texted back, got the address, and booked the 10:30 slot.

Done

9:15 AM

Estimate #2041 · $8,400

No reply from the customer in 3 days

Agent wrote a follow-up in your voice. It goes out when you tap approve.

Waiting for your OK

11:30 AM

Review

Job closed, customer happy

Agent sent the review request with a link to your Google profile.

Done

2:10 PM

Job #3318 · $2,480

Marked complete, but no invoice in QuickBooks

Agent flagged it to the office so it gets billed today.

Sent to your team

6:00 PM

Daily summary

Your end-of-day report

6 jobs booked, 2 estimates waiting on you, $2,480 to invoice. Sent to your phone.

Done

Example activity. Every action is logged, and you choose what agents can do without asking.

Built around the software you already use.

Examples of systems we commonly evaluate for integration. GCs and remodelers already live in a project platform plus accounting. Photos, takeoffs, and the CRM are extra. We do not replace Buildertrend or Procore. We work with them.

Project management

BuildertrendCoConstructProcoreJobNimbus

Estimating and photos

STACKCompanyCam

Accounting

SageQuickBooks

CRM and demand

GoHighLevelGoogle AdsGoogle My BusinessMeta

Named tools are examples we see in this trade, not a certified integration list. What we can connect depends on APIs, vendor access, and the audit. We do not replace these systems.

How we set it up

Audit, design, build, test, then keep it running. Your existing software stays in place.

  1. 01
    Audit

    Understand the operation

    Software stack, repetitive paths, follow-up that depends on memory.

  2. 02
    Design

    Design the system

    Which agents, which systems, what they may do, and what requires a person.

  3. 03
    Build

    Connect and build

    Agents around those paths, connected to the tools you already use.

  4. 04
    Deploy

    Test with your team

    Permissions, approvals, testing.

  5. 05
    Manage

    Keep it reliable

    Monitoring, connectors, improvements.

Other industries we serve

Find out what AI could take off your plate.

Start with a free 30-minute audit. You don't need to understand AI. We'll show you what's worth building into the software you already run, and what isn't.