AI Adoption Partner for AEC Firms
AI that fits how
AEC actually works.
We help small and mid-size AEC firms adopt AI in a way that fits how they actually work, vertical-aware, operator-led, and priced for the businesses our parents built.
From kickoff to first production workflow
Proposal, knowledge, reports, estimating
Human-approved
Drafts and recommendations stay reviewable
Built with design partners in AEC
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Geotechnical, Environmental, Civil Engineering and Construction Management Design Partner
Architecture & design workflow research partner
The Wukanda platform
Every workflow. One system.
Your firm's knowledge is scattered across proposals, reports, project sheets, and field notes. Wukanda connects to it where it already lives and turns it into four purpose-built AI workflows: searchable, source-cited, and always current.
Connects where your data lives
SharePoint, Google Drive, and local or server folders. No migration required.
Works with messy archives
Scanned PDFs, old proposals, field notes, and mixed formats, indexed as they are.
No workflow disruption
Your team keeps working the way they do. Wukanda layers on top, with human approval.
Find past geotechnical projects near BART stations with slope stability reports
SearchSearching: Proposals · Reports · Project Sheets · 847 documents indexed
Bay Area Transit Hub: Geotechnical Report 2021
Match: slope stability · seismic assessment
Oakland Hills Retaining Wall: Phase II Proposal
Match: BART adjacency · soil classification
Caltrain Grade Separation Study 2019
Match: embankment analysis · slope remediation
Firm Standards: Seismic Assessment v4.2
Template · Active standard
The market gap
SMEs are left with three bad options.
Enterprise consultants are built for $1B+ firms. Vertical SaaS tools solve one slice but need someone to deploy them. And DIY with ChatGPT can't connect to your servers, your files, or your team. Wukanda fills the missing middle.
01
Enterprise AI consultants
McKinsey, Accenture, BCG. Built for $1B+ firms. Six-figure engagements. A 30-person engineering firm can't even qualify.
02
Vertical SaaS tools
Strong point solutions, but firms still need someone to choose, integrate, and roll them out. A tool is not a partner.
03
DIY with ChatGPT
Senior staff experimenting solo. No collaboration. No connection to project files or firm servers. No security for client data.
Wukanda fills the missing middle
vertical-aware · operator-led · SME-priced
~1,500
senior hours reclaimed in year one at our design partner
$300-500K
avoided senior overhead, first year projected
40%
faster estimates, capacity for more bids
90 days
to 2-3 working AI workflows inside your firm
Productized workflows
Four workflows. Each one tied to measurable firm output.
Each workflow connects to your existing file systems and project history. No blank chatbots. No generic prompts. Every action is source-cited and stays reviewable before anything leaves the firm.
01
Proposal & RFP Acceleration
“Help us respond to RFPs without burning out my senior people.”
- Boilerplate retrieval from prior wins
- AI-assisted first draft generation
- RFP compliance checks before submission
- Proposal tool workflow integration
~30% time saved
10-15% win rate lift
02
Project Knowledge Retrieval
“Make 40 years of project knowledge actually findable.”
- Index geotech, structural & environmental archives
- Citation-grounded search, every answer traced
- Discipline-aware intake schemas
- Knowledge graph: projects ↔ people
~50% faster lookups
4-6 hrs/wk reclaimed
03
Report Drafting & QA/QC
“Get me out of the report-drafting and figure-cleanup loop.”
- Field notes → deliverable-grade reports
- Lab data processing and figure generation
- Automated QA/QC against firm standards
- Consistent format across disciplines
~25% fewer
cleanup hours
04
Estimating & Scoping
“Surface relevant past projects so I can scope faster.”
- Surface relevant past projects automatically
- Labor and cost assumptions extracted
- 40% faster scoping workflow
- Institutional memory as a live asset
~40% faster
15-20% more bids
Free · 2-minute assessment
How many hours is your firm losing every week?
9 questions. Instant calculation. See your real AI ROI before we ever talk.
Why Wukanda
Four commitments. One partner.
01 · AEC expertise
Built for AEC
Vertical-aware from day one. We know proposals, geotech reports, BIM, and the rhythm of a project-based firm.
02 · Inside experience
Operator-led
Founded by someone who has worked inside a 40-year AEC firm. We sit in the operator's seat, not above it.
03 · Measured outcomes
Outcome-focused
Measured in hours saved, proposals won, and projects shipped, not abstract “AI maturity” scores.
04 · Long-term partner
Stays after install
We don't drop a tool and disappear. Training, iteration, and adoption are the deliverable.
Company
Built from inside a 40-year engineering firm.
Wukanda was not designed in an innovation lab. It was built inside AGS, Inc., a 40-year Bay Area engineering firm, by an operator who lived the problem, alongside an engineering founder who has shipped AI inside enterprises.
Read our story90-day deployment plan
What happens after you say yes.
A concrete sequence, not a vague onboarding promise. From first call to first production workflow in 90 days.
Week 1-2 · Workflow audit
Map where senior time is lost
Identify which workflows bottleneck principals, which documents matter most, and what data can safely be connected to a governed AI layer.
Week 3-4 · Secure archive connection
Connect selected folders and define permissions
Connect selected folders, templates, and project documents. Define permission rules and source-citation requirements before any retrieval goes live.
Week 5-8 · Workflow build
Deploy your first workflow
Build and test the first workflow: proposal assistant, archive search, report QA, or estimating support. Choose whichever has the clearest near-term ROI.
Week 9-12 · Team rollout
Train staff, measure, and decide whether to expand
Train the team, measure usage and output quality, tune responses, and make a data-backed decision on whether to add the next workflow.
Ready to run the numbers for your firm?
You've seen the projected impact. Answer 8 quick questions about your firm size, archive, and proposal volume to get an estimate tailored to you. No email required.
Common questions
What AEC principals ask before they commit.
These are the questions that matter most for firms with sensitive client data, existing workspace infrastructure, and no tolerance for black-box AI.
Get started
Let's talk about your firm.
In 15 minutes, we'll identify whether Wukanda is a fit, which workflow has the clearest ROI, and what data would need to be connected first.
We do not need access to your files before the first call.