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Why AI Will Become the Backbone of Preconstruction

This Sponsored Article Illuminates Why Preconstruction Estimating Efforts by General Contractor and Specialty Trades Would Benefit from AI Innovation

Jan 13, 2026
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From the article by Shiva Dhawan, Co-founder and CEO of Attentive.ai:

If you speak to any estimator or preconstruction lead today, the message is the same: the pipeline keeps growing, but estimating capacity isn’t.

Dodge’s Momentum Index remains elevated, with commercial and institutional construction planning activity continuing despite month-to-month fl…

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