AI-Powered Preconstruction Intelligence

Precision Estimates.
Predictable Outcomes.

Forsight Engine learns from your firm's historical project data to significantly improve cost and schedule prediction accuracy.

<5% Prediction Error
50MB Per-Firm Model
1 Week Onboarding
6-month to 1-year development targets

Estimation Failures Erode Margins Industry-Wide

Whether you're a specialty contractor or a large GC, overruns consume profit

91.5%
of projects go over budget, over schedule, or both
Flyvbjerg & Gardner (2023)
79%
average cost overrun vs. initial budget
McKinsey (2022, 500+ projects)
98%
of megaprojects have cost overruns exceeding 30%
McKinsey Global Institute
4-7%
industry net profit margin
CFMA 2024 Benchmarker
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The Margin Trap

With net margins of 4-7% and typical overruns far exceeding that, a single mis-estimated project can eliminate an entire year's profit. Many contractors operate at breakeven when they should be highly profitable.

Where Margin Leaks

Estimated annual losses for a $25M revenue contractor:

Overtime & Emergency Staffing
$750K - $1.5M
Schedule slippage forces premium labor rates and last-minute crew mobilization
Idle Field Crews
$300K - $600K
Poor scheduling leaves crews waiting on materials, approvals, or predecessor work
Liquidated Damages
$125K - $375K
Contract penalties at $300-1,000/day accumulate rapidly on delayed closeout
Rework & Remediation
$250K - $500K
Issues identified late in execution cost 3-5x more to correct than during preconstruction
Emergency Procurement
$200K - $400K
Rush orders and expedited freight from inaccurate material forecasting
Estimated Annual Margin Loss: $1.6M - $3.4M

Estimated annual losses for a $250M revenue GC:

Overtime & Emergency Staffing
$7.5M - $15M
Schedule slippage forces premium labor rates and last-minute crew mobilization
Idle Field Crews
$3M - $6M
Poor scheduling leaves crews waiting on materials, approvals, or predecessor work
Liquidated Damages
$1.25M - $3.75M
Contract penalties at $500-2,000/day accumulate rapidly on delayed closeout
Rework & Remediation
$2.5M - $5M
Issues identified late in execution cost 3-5x more to correct than during preconstruction
Emergency Procurement
$2M - $4M
Rush orders and expedited freight from inaccurate material forecasting
Estimated Annual Margin Loss: $16.25M - $33.75M

Estimated annual losses for a $1B revenue firm:

Overtime & Emergency Staffing
$30M - $60M
Schedule slippage forces premium labor rates and last-minute crew mobilization
Idle Field Crews
$12M - $24M
Poor scheduling leaves crews waiting on materials, approvals, or predecessor work
Liquidated Damages
$5M - $15M
Contract penalties at $1,000-5,000/day accumulate rapidly on delayed closeout
Rework & Remediation
$10M - $20M
Issues identified late in execution cost 3-5x more to correct than during preconstruction
Emergency Procurement
$8M - $16M
Rush orders and expedited freight from inaccurate material forecasting
Estimated Annual Margin Loss: $65M - $135M
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AI That Learns Your Firm's Patterns

Firm-specific intelligence trained on your historical project data

Firm-Specific Training

Your completed projects train a custom AI model that understands your CSI codes, cost structures, and systematic biases. Not a generic tool—your preconstruction team, amplified.

Probabilistic Estimates

Receive P50, P80, and P90 confidence intervals—not just a single number. Understand the most likely, conservative, and contingency scenarios before you submit your bid.

Bias Detection

"Your firm underestimates electrical switchgear by 22%." FSE identifies which line items you systematically mis-estimate based on actual project outcomes.

Historical Comparables

Every estimate includes 2-5 similar completed projects from your own backlog. Ground predictions in actual outcomes from comparable scopes.

Continuous Learning

As projects reach substantial completion, FSE retrains on actuals. Your model compounds institutional knowledge with every closeout.

Project Health Monitor

Analyze PM reports and OAC meeting notes for early warning signs. Flag at-risk projects 2-4 weeks earlier than traditional EVM methods.

Why Machine Learning?

Machine learning provides high-quality baseline estimates by analyzing patterns across thousands of data points simultaneously. Unlike human estimators, ML models avoid unspoken biases—the optimism that creeps into familiar scopes, the anchoring to recent bids, the institutional blind spots that compound over years. Forsight Engine delivers estimates grounded purely in historical outcomes, not gut feel.

Research-Validated Accuracy

Peer-reviewed studies demonstrate ML outperforms traditional estimation

Estimation Accuracy: Traditional vs. Machine Learning

Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) — lower is better

Method
Accuracy (MAPE)
Source
Traditional Class 1 Estimate (Definitive)
±10-15%
AACE International
Traditional Earned Value Management
12-13%
ASCE Journal
ML Linear Regression
15%+
MDPI
ML Artificial Neural Networks
6-12%
MDPI
ML DNN-SVR Models
7-9%
ASCE Journal
ML NN-LSTM (State of the Art)
<5%
ASCE Journal
Key Finding: Machine learning trained on firm-specific historical data achieves 2-5x better accuracy than traditional preconstruction methods. Forsight Engine combines large language model understanding with firm-specific fine-tuning to deliver state-of-the-art prediction accuracy.

AACE International Estimate Classification

Industry-standard accuracy expectations by project definition level:

Class
Project Definition
Accuracy Range
Class 5 (Conceptual)
0-2% defined
-50% to +100%
Class 4 (Feasibility)
1-15% defined
-30% to +50%
Class 3 (Budget)
10-40% defined
-20% to +30%
Class 2 (Control)
30-70% defined
-15% to +20%
Class 1 (Definitive)
50-100% defined
-10% to +15%

Even with near-complete project definition, traditional methods achieve ±10-15% accuracy. FSE delivers <5% accuracy at earlier project stages.

Expanding the Intelligence Platform

Forsight Engine is the foundation—here's what comes next

Roadmap

Project Pulse

Real-Time Project Intelligence & Manager Accountability

An AI system that continuously analyzes project manager updates, daily logs, and weekly summaries to deliver real-time cost and schedule forecasts directly to leadership.

Live EAC Updates

Automatic estimate-at-completion recalculations based on reported progress, change orders, and emerging risks

Transparency Scoring

Measures reporting patterns over time—does the PM surface issues immediately or minimize problems until they escalate? Leadership gains insight into which managers provide reliable early warnings

Executive Dashboard

Portfolio-wide visibility into project health, with AI-prioritized attention flags and trend analysis across all active jobs

Roadmap

Unified Operations Platform

Bespoke Technology Consolidation

A custom-engineered solution that consolidates your fragmented technology stack into a single, coherent system—eliminating data silos, redundant workflows, and integration headaches.

Deep Integration

Connects Procore, Sage, Viewpoint, P6, and your custom tools into a unified intelligence layer

Intelligent Automation

Agentic development approach—automating workflows, routing decisions, and issue resolution where AI adds measurable value

Built for Your Firm

Every implementation is architected around your specific systems, processes, and operational requirements—not a one-size-fits-all product

Transform Your Preconstruction Process

See what Forsight Engine can deliver with your historical project data.

1 week to first predictions
50+ projects to train
<5% prediction error