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Industry perspective, product updates, and practical guidance for construction teams evaluating and deploying AI.
How can a general contractor take on more projects without hiring more project managers?
Nov 12, 2026
Cut the paperwork first: spec lookups, submittal checks and RFI drafts. Software takes the first pass and your project managers review.
Where should a small or mid-sized general contractor start with AI?
Nov 12, 2026
Start with the paperwork that eats the most project manager hours, like spec questions or submittal checks. Prove it on one job, then expand.
Change events in construction: find every affected trade and their scope
Nov 4, 2026
The Change Agent in TrunkChange traces a change to every affected subcontractor and drafts the change event for Procore, Autodesk, or CMiC for review.
Oct 29, 2026
Construction AI in Outlook, Chrome and Edge, and on iPhone, now for early adopters: Trunk Tools brings sourced project answers to where teams work.
How to evaluate construction AI before your 2027 budget locks
Oct 19, 2026
Judge construction AI on outcomes before 2027 budgets lock: where to start, success criteria, vendor accuracy questions and a checklist.
Sep 23, 2026
A construction change order formally changes a contract's scope, price, or schedule. Learn what triggers one, who approves it, and the risks of delay.
Sep 15, 2026
TrunkCoordinate automates construction drawing coordination across architectural, structural, and MEP sheets to catch conflicts before they become field rework.
Sep 11, 2026
A construction system of record stores documents. A system of action connects them so teams can review, price, and act on change. Here's what that gap costs.
Sep 8, 2026
How general contractors use AI to search construction documents: it reads specs, drawings, RFIs and submittals, links them, and shows its sources.
Sep 1, 2026
A plain-English construction glossary of the 20 terms that show up on every RFI, submittal, and change order, with links to detailed guides.
Aug 28, 2026
Before construction AI can answer questions or run agents reliably, it has to pre-process the project — classify documents, read drawings, and build a knowledge graph. Skip it and you get guesses or expensive re-reads.
Aug 27, 2026
Bid leveling software helps GCs compare subcontractor bids on equal terms by normalizing formats, surfacing exclusions, and cutting the 4–8 hours estimators spend per package by hand.
