AI for General Contractors
Bring drawings, models, specifications, and field information into one conversation. ArchiLabs helps general contractors prepare RFIs, review clashes, compare submittals, and turn project decisions into coordinated documentation in Revit and AutoCAD.
General contractor workflows in Desktop
Animated illustrations of Desktop workflows, shown with sample projects.
General contractor automations
Keep model quantities, tags, dimensions, and sheets aligned as your team coordinates project changes in Revit.
Workflow system
A field question rarely lives in one file. Give your project engineers, VDC team, and project managers an AI teammate that can connect the drawing, the specification, and the model. Build a clear issue package, compare options, and prepare the updates for your team to review.
Turn field notes, photos, and dimensions into a focused RFI draft. Reference the relevant drawings and specification sections, identify missing information, and prepare sketches and options for the design team to review. Carry the approved direction into the affected documents.
Use model geometry and project constraints to investigate likely conflicts between structure, MEP systems, and equipment. Check clearances and access, illustrate the issue, and explore routing or layout changes with the responsible trades before updating the model.
Compare manufacturer PDFs and proposed alternates with project specifications, equipment schedules, and model context. Surface differences in dimensions, connections, and service clearances, and prepare a review summary showing which drawings and systems may be affected.
Translate reviewed markups and field measurements into model and drawing updates. Refresh affected schedules and takeoffs, prepare revision clouds and change summaries, and organize as-built documentation for project-team review.
Keep the source information, proposed resolution, and affected documents together as an issue moves between the field, the trades, and the design team.
Start with the current drawing set, relevant specifications, model, and field photos or measurements. State the issue and the decision your team needs.
Compare the field condition with the design information. Draft the RFI or coordination issue, reference source documents, and list affected elements and trades.
Develop options and supporting sketches for the responsible trades and design professionals. Your team selects the approach and obtains the required approvals.
Apply the approved direction to the model and drawings, update schedules and quantities, and prepare a coordinated package for the next review or handoff.
Workflow checks are structured and auditable. They help teams find missing information, inconsistent assumptions, and likely issues before sheets, annotations, reports, or model exports move downstream.
End-to-end platform
ArchiLabs Desktop brings AI into Revit, AutoCAD, and connected project tools. ArchiLabs Studio provides a browser workspace for design and reusable components. Together, they help teams carry drawings, models, and project context into the next stage of work.
The goal is to make repeatable design and documentation logic reusable across projects while still fitting into the BIM and CAD stack your team already has.
More workflows
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Modular Housing Workflow System
Create repeatable modular housing workflows for unit catalogs, module constraints, connection checks, sheets, documentation, and manufacturing handoffs.
Homebuilder CPQ Workflow System
Create 3D CPQ configurator workflows for production and semi-custom homebuilders with plan, elevation, option package, pricing, validation, and construction drawing outputs.
Fire Protection Workflow System
Coordinate fire protection workflows for sprinkler layouts, pipe routing, risers, alarm pathways, calculations, schedules, checks, exports, and revision comparison.
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Whether you're planning a new data hall, modernizing a live facility, coordinating critical systems, or connecting design data to operations, we'd love to hear what your team wants to automate. We also continue to support MEP, production homebuilding, modular housing, fire protection, and embedded design workflows.
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