Architecture & Engineering Firms
AI is automating the drafting. The question is what your firm sells beyond the drawings.
When AI can produce construction documents, structural calculations, and site analysis, the value of the firm shifts from production to judgment.
The pressure architecture & engineering firms are facing right now.
AI-generated designs and structural calculations are getting good enough that clients question your fees.
Production work — the bread and butter of billable hours — is being automated by tools your own staff uses.
Younger firms are using AI to deliver faster at lower cost, winning projects on price.
Your team knows AI changes the business model but nobody has a plan for what to sell differently.
What the Workshop produces for architecture & engineering firms.
Two days with your senior team. You leave with 2–3 offerings like these — specified, priced, and ready to take to market.
AI-augmented design review service
Clients or contractors generate initial designs with AI. You provide the expert review, code compliance, and engineering judgment. Fixed-fee per project.
Rapid feasibility analysis
AI-powered site analysis and preliminary design delivered in days. Premium pricing for speed that used to take weeks.
Ongoing building performance monitoring
AI-driven analysis of building systems post-construction. Subscription revenue from existing clients.
$15,000
Fixed fee. Two days. 2–3 offerings ready to sell.
30 minutes with Shawn Yeager. No pitch.