Construction Specialists
Our practice focuses on general contractors, subcontractors and specialty trades.
Custom Automation & AI for Construction
Automation for construction companies
Custom Automation & AI for Construction
Helix AI Consulting is an AI and software engineering firm for the construction industry. We provide AI strategy, custom software development, systems integration and process automation for contractors nationwide from Raleigh, North Carolina.
Written Scope and Pricing
Every engagement is scoped and priced in writing before work begins.
Human Approval
Work that carries cost or risk is approved by your staff before it is issued.
Services
AI Consulting & Automation Services
Helix provides services across the full engagement: assessment, software development, integration, training and managed support.
AI Consulting & Strategy
Opportunity discovery, readiness assessment, and a payback-ranked roadmap, so investment follows evidence rather than enthusiasm.
AI Opportunity Audit
Where almost everyone starts. A fixed fee, credited toward your first build.
Custom Automation Builds
Fixed-fee systems engineered around your process.
Managed AI Workspace
A private AI environment configured around your cost codes, client history, and completed project data.
Integration & APIs
Your platforms exchanging information directly.
Data & Dashboards
Operational problems surfaced while there is still time to act.
Fractional Chief Automation Officer
Executive ownership of the whole program: roadmap, oversight, governance, and a standing report to leadership.
Managed Retainer
Ongoing monitoring, response support, and monthly improvement hours.
Staff Training
Live training using your team's current workflows.
Estimated ROI
Estimate Your Return
Our estimator gives construction leaders an initial estimate of automation's potential value in their own operation. Pick the profile closest to yours, select the areas that apply, and tell us what you would do with the hours it returns.
Your Business
Annual Revenue
Select the Areas
How much of your office runs on AI and software?
How would your team use recovered capacity?
Estimated Annual Value
$0–$0
Hours no longer spent on admin
Margin that stops leaking
Margin on work you had no room to chase
Find Yours in an Audit
A fixed fee, credited toward your first build.
Benchmarks: CFMA Benchmarker G&A · BLS OEWS May 2025 loaded office rate · Navigant, Ardent, FMI, DOL. A range, because a single figure implies a precision no model has before discovery.
The gap
What software can now do across a construction company has moved faster than most companies have had reason to revisit. That gap has no owner.
Capability now changes in weeks, and it reaches every part of the operation, from winning work to running it to getting paid for it. Almost no contractor has someone whose job is to track that and decide what is worth adopting, so the company keeps running the way it ran when its software was bought. The cost never arrives as an invoice. It shows up as hours spent on work that no longer needs a person, and eventually as a competitor who quoted faster on the same drawings. Closing that gap, across the whole company, is what we do.
The numbers
What Manual Work Costs
01 / The Waste
0%
or more of field labor cost is wasted, according to 60% of the contractors surveyed. FMI puts the annual bill for the industry at $30 to $40 billion.
FMI Labor Productivity Study02 / The Gap
0%
of firms in this industry still do not use AI for automation, problem solving, or decision making. Of the ones that do, 68% have already saved at least $50,000.
Bluebeam AEC Technology Outlook03 / The Squeeze
0%
of contractors report difficulty filling open positions. Automation returns hours to the team you already have, without depending on additional hires that remain difficult to fill.
AGC and NCCER Workforce Survey
Solutions
Systems We Build
No two contractors run the same way, so the systems that support them should not either. Most engagements combine two or three of these, because the return usually sits where they meet.
Twelve categories, one discipline
How value arrives
How We Create Value
Every engagement is measured against operating results: hours returned to staff, margin protected and capacity to take on more work.
01
De-Risk the Decision
Each engagement begins with a defined business objective and a payback-ranked plan, before development starts.
02
Maximize Business Value
Projects are prioritized by measurable return, with scope and cost agreed in writing before work begins.
03
Shorten Time to Return
Work is delivered in phases, so the first systems are in use while later phases are developed. Ongoing support keeps them current as AI capabilities advance.
Why Companies Choose Helix
Helix designs software to each client’s processes, cost codes and specialty, rather than adapting the client to a general-purpose platform.
Built to Your Operation
Each system is developed for the client’s own processes, cost codes and specialty.
Direct Access to the People Building It
Clients work directly with the engineers who design and build their systems.
Your Judgment Stays Yours
Decisions that commit money or carry risk are reviewed and approved by client staff.
Defined Scope and Measured Results
Scope and pricing are set in writing before work begins, and results are measured against the client’s own metrics.
Start With an Assessment
Schedule a 15-minute introductory call to discuss your company’s needs.