More billable hours in professional services
How a 14-person engineering and architecture firm cut an architectural rendering from two days to two hours, and Building Code lookups from hours to minutes, with general AI tools.
- from 2 daysper rendering, from 2 days
- 2 hours
- code lookupsfor Building Code lookups, from hours
- Minutes
- review timethe structural review time
- Half
- Industry
- Professional services
- AI tools
- Claude, ChatGPT, Gendo.AI, Copilot
- Use case
- Drafting and review
- The firm
- 14 people, est. 2021
What they did
The firm uses general AI tools rather than one system: Claude to review structural design work with the formulas shown, ChatGPT to find Ontario Building Code information and draft planning reports, Gendo.AI to finish renders, and Microsoft Copilot for email. An engineer or an architect signs off on every design.
Why it matters to a business like yours
A 14-person firm competes on turnaround. Planning distribution reports that took two days now take between seconds and hours, and structural review takes about half the time, so the firm takes on more jobs and clients. Nothing goes out without a professional's signature, which is the part a client cares about.
Relevant if
Your senior people spend the week on reports, lookups and reviews that follow a pattern.
“AI actually creates more opportunities for us, because we're able to take on more jobs and clients.”
