Design, engineering & construction

Too much noise. No clear future. One real step: 0 to 1.

Evidence from real design, engineering and construction projects, signals worth tracking, and an open table for the people shaping what comes next.

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001Apr 212 min116d ago

AI in AEC: What Actually Works in 2026

Honest take from an engineer with 12 years of AEC experience. 6 use cases that work in production, what doesn't work yet, and the agentic BIM shift.

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002Apr 96 min109d ago

The best RAG advice I've read came from a Reddit thread, and it maps to construction line by line

A consultant who built retrieval systems for 10+ regulated companies wrote up what actually matters past 20,000 documents. Swap pharma for construction and four lessons land line by line.

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Signals

WHAT I'M WATCHING.

The signals that matter on AI in AEC. Few links, hand-picked, each with what I take from it.

BIM

AEC MagazineJun 18, 2026

The agentic future of BIM

AEC Magazine's cover on agents that coordinate design. Not science fiction, the start of a real workflow shift.

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Autodesk APSMay 30, 2026

Talking to your BIM through an MCP server

Autodesk wires the AEC Data Model to Claude over MCP. The bridge I've been talking about, this time from the vendor side.

ASCEDec 18, 2025

AEC sector slow to adopt AI

The ASCE survey confirms it. The brake isn't the technology, it's the lack of honest guides to get started.

DeloitteJan 14, 2026

Engineering & construction outlook 2026

Firms that fold AI into their workflows pull ahead. Those waiting lose ground every quarter.

ACECOct 15, 2025

A primer on AI for engineering firms

A guide for firms actually starting, not another essay on how AI will change everything. The barrier it names is skills, which is the gap I keep pointing at.