Become a launch partner

For general contractors

Hire an AI project engineer.Every meeting captured.
Every decision remembered.
Every next step drafted.

From the OAC meeting to the site walk, Buildport turns what’s said into minutes, RFIs, change events, and notices, drafted for your PM to approve.

Become a launch partnerSee what it does

Now onboarding a limited group of general contractors as launch partners.

Example Buildport record. Transcript: 10:02:11 Recorder: This conversation is being recorded by Buildport. 10:31:07 D. Okafor: Move the RTU-3 curb four feet east so it clears the new skylight. Keep going, we’ll sort out the paper later. 10:31:24 M. Reyes: That’s a new curb, reframing, and the mechanical sub reroutes duct. We’ll get you a number. Buildport hears the owner's representative direct a relocation of the RTU-3 curb, finds it isn't on the drawings, drafts change event CE-047 with the recording attached, calculates that written notice is due October 20 under a 21-day contract clause, and prepares the meeting minutes. Both drafts wait for the project manager's approval.

Direction is spoken. Entitlement is written.

Owners and architects direct work in meetings, on walks, and on calls. Whether you get paid for it depends on paper that has to exist, on time.

  • #3cause of construction disputes in North America: owner-directed changes.1
  • $60.1Maverage value of a North American construction dispute in 2024.1
  • 14–21days to give written notice under standard contract forms. Miss the window and the claim can be gone.23
  • $1.5Mclaim rejected because the direction existed only in testimony, with no written notice.4

Meet your newest project engineer.

It does the paperwork your project engineers never have time for, so they can do the engineering. And it’s one hire you don’t have to recruit: 74% of firms with openings for project managers and supervisors struggle to fill them.5

Position
Project engineer (AI)
Reports to
Your project manager
Location
Every meeting and every walk
Start date
Your next OAC meeting

Responsibilities

  • Attends every OAC, coordination, and pull-plan meeting, on Teams, Zoom, or Meet, or from a phone on the trailer table.
  • Publishes minutes the same day, in your format, with open items carried forward.
  • Logs every owner and architect direction: who said it, when, and the recording.
  • Spots directions that change scope and drafts the change event and written notice, with the deadline on the clock.
  • Drafts an RFI when a direction conflicts with the drawings.
  • Chases action items and builds the next agenda.
  • Answers “when did the owner approve that?” in seconds, with the clip.

What it never does

  • Sends anything without your PM’s approval.
  • Records without announcing it.
  • Forgets what the owner said in March.
  • Waits to be asked.
  • Needs a desk, a truck, or overtime.

A week on the job.

  1. Tuesday 10:00

    Sits in on OAC #14

    Joins the video call or listens from a phone on the trailer table. Everyone hears that it’s recording.

  2. Tuesday 10:31

    Catches a direction

    The owner’s rep says to move the RTU-3 curb four feet east. It isn’t on M-201, so Buildport flags it as a likely change.

  3. Tuesday 11:05

    Hands your PM the paper

    Minutes in your format, a drafted change event with the clip attached, and a notice with the deadline: October 20. Your PM approves both from the truck.

  4. Thursday

    Chases the open items

    Nudges the mechanical sub for pricing and reminds the architect about the RFI that’s holding up framing.

  5. Next Tuesday

    Builds the agenda

    Carries forward open items, flags the ones on the critical path, and lists owner decisions still pending.

  6. Nine months later

    Settles the argument

    The owner disputes the curb. Your project executive searches “RTU-3” and plays the 30-second clip, next to the minutes and the notice that went out that week.

Works with the software you already run.

Buildport files its work where your team already looks. We connect it to your systems during onboarding.

Meetings
Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and Google Meet, plus a phone app for the trailer and the walk.
Project management
Change events, RFIs, meeting minutes, and daily logs in the platform your team already uses.
Accounting and ERP
Pending change orders and cost impacts, where your accounting team tracks them.
Email and calendar
Drafts, confirmations, and reminders in Outlook or Gmail.
Schedule
Flags directions and delays that touch critical-path activities.

Meeting notes tell you what happened. A project engineer does something about it.

CapabilityMeeting notes toolsBuildport
Summarizes virtual meetingsYesYes
Listens in the trailer and on the walkSometimesYes
Knows your contract’s notice termsNoYes
Flags a direction that changes scopeNoYes
Drafts the change event, notice, and RFINoYes
Files into your project and accounting systemsNoYes
Keeps a decision log for the whole projectNoYes

On the record, out loud.

Your team, the owner, and the architect always know when Buildport is listening, and nothing leaves without your approval.

Announced every time
A spoken notice plays when recording starts, and the notice is part of the recording.
You approve every send
Buildport drafts. Your PM reviews, edits, and sends.
The original is sealed
Every recording is fingerprinted when it’s made, so any later edit is detectable.
Legal hold wins
Put a project on hold and nothing on it can be deleted.
Your company owns it
Records belong to your business, not to whoever’s laptop they were on.
Ready for security review
A security packet covers data flow, storage, and subprocessors.

Recording laws vary by state. Buildport gives you the tools and templates; your counsel sets the policy.

Become a launch partner.

We’re onboarding a limited group of general contractors to run Buildport on live projects.

What you get

  • Buildport on your active projects, set up with your contracts, drawings, and systems
  • A direct line to the team building it
  • Launch-partner pricing, locked in
  • A scorecard: directions captured, notices sent on time, change dollars logged, PM hours saved

You’re a strong fit if

You run weekly OAC meetings, you manage changes every week, and at least one direction given in a meeting has come back to bite you.

Work you do

Questions GCs ask.

Does it replace my project engineers?

No. It takes the minutes, logs, and chasing off their plate so they can do the engineering, and it gives every job the documentation habits of your best PE.

Is everyone told they’re being recorded?

Yes. Buildport announces itself when recording starts, in the meeting and on the phone app, and anyone can ask to be left out. Recording laws vary by state; your counsel sets the policy, and we provide templates.

Does it send anything on its own?

No. It drafts minutes, change events, notices, and RFIs, and your PM approves each one before it goes anywhere.

How does it know what counts as a change?

It reads your contract, drawings, specs, and RFI log, and checks each direction against them. When something isn’t in the documents, it flags it for your PM and says why.

Which software does it work with?

Teams, Zoom, and Google Meet for meetings; Outlook and Gmail for email; and the project management and accounting systems your team already runs. We connect them during onboarding.

What does it cost?

Launch partners get pricing locked in for the program. We’ll walk through it on a call.

Who owns the recordings and records?

Your company. Recordings, minutes, and drafts belong to your business, and you control how long they’re kept.