Proposals drafted from your past projects
Drop in a request for proposal. The agent finds your closest past projects and fee tables and drafts a response in your format, which a principal edits and sends.
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AI for Engineering Firms
Proposals and status reports pull engineers off billable work. We build AI into your existing tools and train each person to run it.
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The Paperwork Around Each Project
McCarthy's AI works with engineering and planning firms of 10 to 500 people on the proposals and reports around each project. Everything runs in your own accounts through an AI agent we set up, and your engineers keep review and sign-off on technical work.
What Takes Engineers Off the Drawings
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Proposals written after hours
Each proposal draws on project descriptions and fee tables scattered across folders. Principals assemble them in the evenings, and some bids never get written.
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Project knowledge stays with its author
The design decision or lessons-learned note from an earlier job sits in a folder only its project lead remembers. Engineers recreate it or interrupt a senior colleague.
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Reports and minutes by hand
Project managers rebuild the same status report every month from the schedule and the budget. Someone also writes up each meeting's minutes and actions afterward.
Where AI Helps First
A company brain for project records
Engineers ask in plain language and get an answer that points to the report or memo behind it. Each person sees only what they're allowed to see, so confidential client work stays with its team.
Meeting minutes and action lists
The agent writes minutes and actions from a recorded design or client meeting and posts them to the project channel. Before they're shared, the project manager checks them.
The Monday report
Budget and invoice status from your accounting and project sheets land in one report each Monday, with a short summary and late invoices flagged.
Common Questions
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Who is responsible for technical content?
The agent drafts proposals and reports for a person to approve. Technical review and sign-off stay with your engineers.
Can it see confidential client project files?
It sees only what you connect, and your sharing settings decide what each person can see. Builds run in your own accounts and use only data you approve. If you need private hosting, we'll tell you.
Will it work with the way we store project files?
The company brain connects to the places your knowledge already lives, such as shared drives and SharePoint. For drawing sets and CAD files, drawing and CAD file support.
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