Track construction site progress automatically from daily photos

Reviews daily site photos with AI and logs progress updates to a spreadsheet, then emails the team a summary.

How the work actually flows

A straight line.

Pattern: Sequence (1)

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Starts itA stepAn outside serviceA record or sheetResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
Knowledge Base & RAGEmail AutomationSpreadsheet & Database OpsProject & Task ManagementFile & Cloud Storage
Connects
Google DriveGoogle SheetsGmail
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The problem it solves

Keeping everyone updated on a construction site's progress usually means someone walking the site, taking notes, and writing a report by hand. That report often lags behind, and it's easy to lose track of what changed since yesterday.

Who it fits

A construction company, general contractor, or project manager overseeing one or more active job sites.

How it works

  1. Each day, the system checks a Drive folder for new site photos
  2. AI reviews the photos and evaluates construction progress
  3. A progress summary and status are written to a spreadsheet
  4. The full team receives an email update on the day's progress
What you get

Site photos already summarized before your walkthrough

Daily site photos get reviewed automatically and your team receives a clear written progress update by email each day.

What you get

A daily-updated progress log in a spreadsheet plus an email summary for stakeholders.

What you need

A Google Drive account, a Google Sheets account, and access to an AI image-analysis model.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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