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Behind Bridgit AI: What we’ve learned building our AI stack
This post was written by Vincent Seguin, Bridgit’s Chief Technology Officer Bridgit AI has now been in the hands of customers for several months, and we’re working every day to further its capabilities and provide more value to our customers. At the same time, we’re continuing our commitment to transparency by offering another look behind the
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How to manage construction teams working across multiple locations
Your Phoenix office is scrambling to staff a new $20 million healthcare project. Meanwhile, your Denver team has two senior project managers with significant healthcare experience who are wrapping up their current assignments and looking for what’s next. The $20 million project sits in limbo while Phoenix and Denver wait for their weekly sync-up meeting.
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Behind Bridgit AI: Cultivating a culture of AI curiosity
This post was written by Vincent Seguin, Bridgit’s VP of Engineering Launching Bridgit AI was a huge milestone for our company, and the customer feedback we’ve heard so far has been positive. It has been extremely rewarding to further equip those who rely on our software everyday with additional tools for building project teams and winning
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Why connecting your CRM with workforce planning is a must
You just won three major projects, but operations won’t find out until next week’s meeting. By then, HR will have to scramble to fill positions that should have been posted a month ago. Meanwhile, everyone’s entering the same project data into different systems, creating a maze of spreadsheets that nobody trusts and everybody dislikes. Sound
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The art and science of construction labor forecasting
You’re at an industry conference, catching up with someone you haven’t seen in years. They’ve just landed three major projects. Good news, right? Except they look exhausted. “We bid these jobs assuming we had the people,” they tell you. “Now we’re scrambling. I have no idea if we can actually deliver.” You win work, but
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How AI helps contractors build stronger construction project teams
“Team dynamics are really important to us,” says Jamie Miller, Director of Engineering Development at Sellen Construction. “We don’t just throw people on a project without thinking about how they’ll work with each other. We look for strengths that complement each other.” Miller is describing what good team building looks like. The problem is that
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AI in construction workforce planning: A practical guide for general contractors
“Now I can click a button and see that I need four more engineers in October, or it’s showing me that I’m short three engineers today,” says Jamie Miller, Director of Engineering Development at Sellen Construction. Miller is describing visibility that didn’t exist before. Not because the information didn’t exist, but because extracting it from
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The ROI of workforce planning software for construction companies
“We have total transparency in our metrics now,” says Ed McCauley, VP of Corporate Services at Wohlsen Construction. “Fast-forward from last year to this year, our utilization has exceeded our targets. The increased utilization rate contributes directly to higher than forecasted profits.” McCauley is describing ROI that shows up in the financials. But most workforce
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Why construction companies are moving from spreadsheets to workforce planning software
“The spreadsheet was our biggest problem,” says Jeremy Moe, Operations Manager at The Boldt Company. “We had multiple tabs we were maintaining within a single spreadsheet. We had a field team tab and an office team tab. It was a pain to maintain because, of course, nothing’s linked. It didn’t have any real-time connections. You
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Construction project staffing: How to assign the right people to the right projects
“Team dynamics are really important to us,” says Jamie Miller, Director of Engineering Development at Sellen Construction. “We don’t just throw people on a project without thinking about how they’ll work with each other. We look for strengths that complement each other.” Miller is describing something most contractors understand intuitively but struggle to execute systematically.
