One of the things that Barton Malow’s wholly owned subsidiary, LiftBuild, sought to learn about its “top-down” construction approach for the Exchange residential project in Detroit was whether the process could be improved by automating workforce scheduling and bonus payments to skilled trades, reducing delays due to spikes in material prices and scheduling mix ups.

LiftBuild used AI-based labor incentives platform Trunk Tools to accomplish this, and the startup has now secured $10 million in seed funds, led by Innovation Endeavors.