TE CHNOLOGY TRENDS


Vibe Coding and the Future of Construction


How the Next Generation of Construction Professionals Will Automate Workflows, Find the Gaps, and Harness Their Own Data


BY BRIAN MELLO, VICE PRESIDENT OF MEMBER SERVICES, AGC OF CALIFORNIA


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onstruction doesn’t have a soft- ware shortage. Between Procore, Autodesk, Bluebeam, Sage,


Primavera, and dozens of other plat- forms, most firms have invested heavily in technology during the past decade. The problem isn’t that the tools don’t exist. The problem is the space between them. Data lives in silos. A superintendent


enters information into a daily log. A project engineer tracks the same data in a request-for-information (RFI) system. A project manager re-enters it into a cost report. An estimator pulls it into a


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spreadsheet for the next bid. Te plat- forms do their individual jobs well, but the connective tissue—the automation that should move information seamlessly from one system to the next, transform it, and eliminate repetitive work—is largely missing.


Companies such as Trunk Tools are


already proving what’s possible when artificial intelligence (AI) meets con- struction data. Their platform uses AI agents to scan drawing revisions, review submittals against project specifications, and provide field teams with instant an-


swers via a simple text message. Suffolk Construction recently signed


an enterprise agreement to deploy Trunk Tools across regions after field leaders saw meaningful time savings on every query. Procore has launched Agent Builder, which lets customers create custom AI agents using natural language to automate tasks such as drafting RFIs and generating daily log summaries.


These purpose-built solutions are


powerful. But they address universal pain points that a vendor can build for. Tere is an entire layer of firm-specific, proj-


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