How AI Helps Civil Engineers
Civil engineering firms spend hours on reports, RFIs, meeting minutes and permit narratives. 12² builds report and permit templates, a minutes workflow and log automations around the firm's project tools.
Civil Engineering Report & RFI Desk · From $3,500 + $249/mo, by team size · proposed estimate · It says it is an automated assistant whenever it talks to someone directly, and your team reviews what it drafts before it goes out.
Ai for civil engineering firms: the short answer.
12² builds AI for civil engineers that takes on the routine work: drafting report sections and permit narratives, turning meetings into minutes, keeping RFI logs and summarizing agency comments. It runs inside the tools you already use. Licensed engineers still make design decisions and seal documents.
Sources
- General office-writing evidence, not a study of this job: in an RCT, ChatGPT cut professional writing time 40% and raised quality (Noy & Zhang, Science 2023)news.mit.edu
Research figures above describe the cited studies, not results 12² promises. Results vary. Disclosures
Where the hours go now.
Report sections and permit narratives
Civil engineering firms spend hours on reports, RFIs, meeting minutes and permit narratives.
Turning meetings into minutes and action lists
Rebuilt from scratch each time, usually at the end of the day.
RFI and submittal logs
The dates and records live in inboxes, spreadsheets and people's heads.
What it handles, and what it never does.
What it handles
- Report sections and permit narrativesIt drafts report sections and permit narratives from engineer notes.
- Turning meetings into minutes and action listsIt turns meetings into minutes and action lists.
- RFI and submittal logsIt keeps RFI and submittal logs.
- Long agency commentsIt summarizes long agency comments for response.
- Hand-off to your teamAnything that needs a person goes to the right person, with the details attached.
What it never does
- Make up a price or a factIt works only from the documents, records and price lists you give it. Anything it can't find goes to your team.
- Promise a resultQuestions about outcomes go to the person who does the work.
- Pretend to be a personIt says it is an automated assistant whenever it talks to someone directly.
- Send anything on its ownDrafts wait for your team's approval before anything goes out.
Built and tested on your own work.
Before handoff, we run your build on your own real examples and fix anything that misses.
- Tested on your own workBefore handoff, we run your build on your own real examples and fix anything that misses.
- Retainer, then balance on deliveryRetainer up front. Work starts once the retainer is paid; the balance is due on delivery when the agreed test cases pass.
- Fixed price, scope and timelineAll three in writing before work starts. The timeline is set in your quote.
- What 12² buildsReport and permit templates, a minutes workflow and log automations around the firm's project tools.
- How it connectsWe confirm how it connects to your project tools on the first call and write it into your quote.
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From $3,500 + $249/moSetup + monthly, by size. The monthly fee covers monitoring, fixes and re-tests for your package as your templates, documents and staff change. AI and software usage is billed at cost. Proposed starting estimates by team size, not fixed prices; the final price is in a written quote.
- Small: Small studio (1-4 staff)From $3,500 + $249/mo. The core build for 1-4 staff: report and permit templates, a minutes workflow and log automations around the firm's project tools. Proposed estimate. Small tier; monthly covers hosting, monitoring and fixes.
- Mid-size: Mid-size firm (5-19 staff)From $7,500 + $550/mo. Everything in Small studio, for more users, inboxes and calendars, with hand-off rules set for each role. Proposed estimate. More users, locations or integrations.
- Enterprise: Enterprise (20+ staff or several offices)From $15,000, custom quote. Everything in Mid-size firm, across locations or departments, with system integrations and a security review scoped in your custom quote. Proposed estimate floor; scope, integrations and security review set the final number. No cap.
- Retainer up front Work starts once the retainer is paid; the balance is due on delivery when the agreed test cases pass. Scope, price and timeline are agreed in writing before work starts.
- You own itThe accounts, scripts, templates and data sit in your name. You can leave at any time.
- Compliance and dataPE seals and design decisions stay with licensed engineers; agency submittals reviewed by the engineer of record.
- Not professional adviceNot engineering advice: your engineers and quality staff approve every spec, drawing and document. 12² builds software and automations. It is not a licensed professional in your field, and your team makes every professional decision. Disclosures
Straight answers.
Will AI stamp drawings?
No. Licensed engineers seal; this covers paperwork.
How does payment work?
Retainer up front. Work starts once the retainer is paid; the balance is due on delivery when the agreed test cases pass.
How long does it take?
Timelines are set per project in the quote, after we see your systems and volume.
Are these prices final?
No. They are proposed starting estimates. You get a written custom quote after a short scoping call.
Tell us how you handle report sections and permit narratives now.
A few lines is enough. If it's a fit we'll say so, and if it isn't we'll tell you why.
- You'll hear back within one business day12² reads your note and replies about your project.
- A free 20-minute callHow the work runs now, what gets missed, and what your team needs from it.
- A fixed quoteYour size, scope, date and price in writing before any work starts.
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