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How I run a building company with a team of AI bots (and how to set up yours)
How Davies Construction runs an org chart of AI bots in Grok Bot, the rules that keep a person in charge, and how a builder can set it up this week.
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Claude vs ChatGPT for Builders: Which Should You Actually Use?
Claude or ChatGPT? For builders they are better at different jobs. A plain comparison of where each one wins, and why you might end up using both.
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The AI Setups Builders Actually Ask Me For
I run AI calls and 1-on-1s with builders every week. The same five setups come up again and again. Here are the ones that genuinely move the needle.
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Generate Bulletproof Scopes of Work with AI
A sloppy scope is where variations, disputes and lost margin come from. Here is how to use AI to write a sharp, trade-by-trade scope that protects you.
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Everything on Wheels: Designing a Workshop That Runs Itself
A messy shed quietly costs you hours every week. Here are the lean and 5S principles for a workshop that flows, plus how I designed the floor plan with AI.
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Adapt or Get Left Behind
Principle eight: adapt and evolve. The industry doesn't owe your business model a living. I've reinvented mine more than once, and it's still here.
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I Built a Full Business Case in an Afternoon with AI
A mate asked me to sanity-check buying a bigger farm. In an afternoon, just talking, AI produced a lender-ready business case. What that means for you.
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Your AI Routines Should Run in the Cloud
A scheduled AI routine that lives on your laptop stops working the moment you close the lid. Here is how builders should set up routines that always fire.
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Automation That Nags Stops Working
Automated pings train your team to ignore them. The notification fatigue trap, why good automations should retire themselves, and what to build instead.
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Client Meeting to Follow-Up in Two Minutes
The easiest first AI win for a builder: record client meetings, get clean notes, and send a professional follow-up email the same day. Here is the setup.
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Don't Confuse Fun with Progress on AI
An honest one: I lose hours in AI that move nothing. The test that separates AI work from AI play, and why builders can't afford to sit this race out.
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Give Your AI SOPs: Skills Behind Every Routine
When an AI routine gets something wrong, most people rewrite the routine. Wrong move. Write skills, the SOPs your AI reads, and fix the document instead.
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The One-Page Dashboard I Run My Companies On
You cannot run a business off a gut feeling and a full inbox. Here is the one-page CEO dashboard and weekly rhythm I use to run my companies.
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The Weekly CRM Audit My AI Runs
Leads go cold quietly. Here is the weekly AI audit that flags any lead sitting still for 7 days, suggests the next move, and drafts the follow-up email.
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Sort Your Filing Before You Touch AI
Everyone wants the AI magic and nobody wants to talk about folders. Your filing system is the foundation AI stands on. Here is how to get it right first.
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How to Set Up Your Files So AI Can Actually Run Your Building Business
AI only does real work in a building business once your files are set up right. The folder, job-number and naming setup I run, from a session with builders
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Claude and Connectors: How to Talk to Your Whole Building Business in One Place
A plain-English guide to Claude, connectors, and the new Wunderbuild connector that lets a builder ask questions straight to their live job data.
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The New Zealand Welcome: Three Cities, a Room Full of Builders, and the Future We're Building Together
Three days across Auckland, Hamilton and Wellington with the New Zealand building community, on the welcome we got and the future of AI in construction.
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Where AI Is Taking Construction: Notes From the Road
The cost of building is heading down, one person can do the work of a team, and pre-construction is set to collapse from months to weeks. What I see coming
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Claude for Builders: Max vs Team, and When to Make the Jump
A plain-English, GST-included breakdown for small builders weighing a personal Max plan against a Team account on Claude, and when to make the jump.
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