Launching 2026 · Early Access Open

Your team wastes
8 hours a week
hunting through plans.

SmartPlans™ ingests entire plan sets, specs, RFIs, and submittals — then lets your team ask questions in plain English. "What are the fireproofing specs for level 3?" Instant answer with the exact page, section, and drawing.

10,000+ Pages
Indexed in minutes
< 5 Seconds
Question to answer
Always Current
Version control built-in
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The Problem

The Construction Documentation Crisis

$75K

Average cost of a single rework incident caused by missed specifications or drawing conflicts

8 hrs/week

Time project managers and superintendents spend searching through plan sets for answers

14 days

Average onboarding time for new hires to learn where documentation is and how to find specs

10K+ pages

Typical commercial project plan set size — impossible to memorize, slow to search manually

How It Works

Upload → Index → Ask

Three steps to instant access to your entire plan set, from anywhere.

Step 1

Upload Your Docs

Drag and drop PDFs, DWGs, Revit files, Excel specs, RFIs, submittals. SmartPlans handles any format and organizes everything automatically.

Step 2

AI Indexes Everything

OCR, semantic understanding, and drawing analysis. Every page, spec section, detail callout, and note becomes instantly searchable.

Step 3

Ask in Plain English

No more Ctrl+F. Just ask questions like you'd ask a project manager. Get the exact page, section, and drawing — in under 5 seconds.

Features

Everything you need to work faster

Built for construction teams who can't afford to waste time hunting through PDFs.

Natural Language Q&A

Ask questions like "What's the concrete strength for foundation pours?" or "Show me all MEP penetrations on level 4." Get instant, cited answers with page references.

Conversational AI Context-Aware Always Cited

Multi-Format Ingestion

PDF, DWG, Revit, Excel specs, Word submittals — SmartPlans reads them all. OCR handles scanned docs. Drawings get semantic layer understanding.

OCR Built-In Auto-Organize Any File Type

Drawing Reference Linking

When the AI answers your question, it surfaces the specific sheet, detail, and section. Click to jump directly to the referenced drawing or callout.

Smart Linking One-Click Nav Detail Callouts

Conflict Detection

AI flags specification contradictions automatically. "Architectural shows 12'-6" ceiling, Structural shows 12'-0"." Catch costly errors before they hit the field.

Auto-Flagging Cross-Reference Risk Mitigation

Version Control

Always surfaces the latest issued-for-construction docs. Historical versions archived.

Mobile Field Access

Superintendents and foremen ask questions from the jobsite via mobile app.

Role-Based Access

GC, subs, owner, architect — each sees only what they're authorized to view.

RFI Tracking

Link AI answers to formal RFI workflow. Close the loop on documentation questions.

Real-World Impact

Stop searching.
Start building.

Your project managers spend 8+ hours per week hunting through plan sets for answers. That's $50,000+ per year in lost productivity for a single PM.

SmartPlans eliminates the search. Questions that used to take 20 minutes now take 5 seconds. Your team stays on schedule. Rework from missed specs drops to near-zero.

"We recently had a request for waterproofing details for Level 2. Previously, it would take about 30 minutes of digging through PDFs to find the right information. With SmartPlans, I can pull the exact spec citation and drawing reference in about 4 seconds. That kind of speed is a true game-changer."

— Project Superintendent, $180M Commercial Tower

Time Saved Per Week

Project Managers 8 hours → 30 min
Superintendents 5 hours → 20 min
Subcontractors 6 hours → 15 min
New Hires (Onboarding) 14 days → 2 days
Annual Productivity Savings $250K+

Based on a 50-person GC team on a $180M project

Integrations

Works with your existing stack

SmartPlans integrates with leading construction management platforms via native connectors and REST API.

Procore Procore
Autodesk Autodesk Build
SmartCommunicate SmartCommunicate
Any Platform
REST API
POST /api/v1/query
{
  "project_id": "skyline-tower-2026",
  "query": "What are the fireproofing specs for level 3?",
  "include_references": true
}
Response:
{
  "answer": "Per Specification Section 07 81 00, all level 3 structural steel requires 2-hour fire-resistance rating using spray-applied mineral fiber fireproofing (SFRM).",
  "references": [
    {
      "document": "07-81-00.pdf",
      "page": 3,
      "section": "3.2 - Application Requirements"
    },
    {
      "drawing": "S-301",
      "detail": "4/S-301",
      "title": "Level 3 Framing Plan"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": 0.97
}
SAVINGS CALCULATOR

How much time is your team losing to plan searches?

Hunting through thousands of plan pages, RFIs, and submittals costs your project real money. Calculate your savings.

Your Project

8,500
1,00050,000
12
330
6
2 hrs15 hrs
$95
$60$180
Annual Savings with SmartPlans™
$301,340
Weekly Hours Saved
61 hrs
Weekly Cost Savings
$5,795
Time Efficiency Gain
85%
Workweeks Reclaimed
76 weeks

Assumes SmartPlans™ reduces plan search time by 85% through AI indexing, natural language queries, and instant page references. Industry average PM/Super/Engineer rate: $95/hr (AGC 2024).

FAQ

Common Questions

Yes. SmartPlans integrates via native connectors with Procore, Autodesk Build (including BIM 360), and PlanGrid. We also offer a REST API for custom integrations with any construction management platform. You can sync plan sets directly from your existing tool or upload them manually.
Most commercial plan sets (10,000–20,000 pages) are fully indexed in under 15 minutes. SmartPlans uses parallel processing and OCR to handle PDFs, DWGs, and Revit files simultaneously. You'll get a notification when indexing is complete, and you can start asking questions immediately.
SmartPlans uses SOC 2 Type II compliant infrastructure with end-to-end encryption at rest and in transit. Your data is stored in isolated AWS environments in the US (with EU/Canada options available). Role-based access control ensures only authorized team members can view specific documents. We never train our AI on your proprietary plans.
SmartPlans ingests PDF, DWG (AutoCAD), DXF, Revit (RVT), Excel (XLSX/XLS), Word (DOCX), and image files (JPG, PNG, TIFF). We use OCR for scanned PDFs and semantic layer extraction for CAD drawings. If you have a custom format, reach out — we can likely add support.
SmartPlans is designed for GCs, subcontractors, and owner/developer teams. You can grant role-based access to any project stakeholder. Subs see only the documents they're authorized to view (e.g., MEP drawings and specs for an HVAC sub). This reduces RFIs and keeps everyone working from the same source of truth.
SmartPlans is a specialized version of Cadient's SmartCommunicate platform, fine-tuned for construction document intelligence. If you're a Cadient client in recruiting, you already have access to the underlying AI infrastructure — SmartPlans extends that to construction plan sets, specs, and RFIs. If you're new to Cadient, SmartPlans works as a standalone product.

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