Electrical construction offices often face mounting drawings, tight deadlines, and a shortage of skilled labor. Teams juggle PDFs, spreadsheets, and scattered notes, where a single error can disrupt the entire day. This leads to reduced precision, lower productivity, and shrinking margins.

This is where AECInspire offers a reset with its patented AI-powered platform.

Following its mission to make AI simpler and more intuitive for contractors to use, the company provides electrical contractors with a smarter, more efficient way to manage materials from estimation through field execution. With AI-powered takeoffs, prefab planning, procurement coordination, and install-ready detailing, AECInspire’s all in one platform streamlines workflows, enabling faster, clearer, and more profitable material management.

“We see our customers facing intense demands while navigating severe labor shortages across the office, trailers, and field,” says Ashfaq Rasheed, Founder and CEO of AECInspire. “Our goal is to provide efficiencies at every phase of construction, placing measurable gains directly at their feet through accessible AI-based solution.”

Redefining Material Intelligence

AECInspire’s AI-powered platform operates as a browser-based system that digests contract drawings, converts them into a detailed knowledge graph, and supports users throughout the project lifecycle.

The first step is determining the exact materials required. The platform accelerates this by converting drawings into structured data, performing AI-driven takeoff counts, and categorizing materials for procurement and prefabrication. Field crews receive precise kitting plans and installation-ready sheets, prepared for immediate use. These steps eliminate inefficiencies and keep material management aligned with construction goals.

AECInspire adapts to the unique needs of each project. The onboarding team works closely with contractors to develop assembly templates and project configurations tailored to their workflows. Most users become independent within a week, with many gaining confidence after only a few hours. Once configured, the platform provides a repeatable environment where templates improve through ongoing use.

The platform’s philosophy is straightforward: while electrical contractors are highly skilled, technology can be a barrier if it is rigid or unfamiliar. AECInspire is designed to make advanced AI accessible, even for those with limited digital experience.

“Our users guide the direction of our releases each month,” says Abhishek Kumar, co-founder. “We listen, refine, and keep improving. Every feature has a customer’s voice behind it.”

Where Efficiency Turns into Measurable Wins

AECInspire helps significantly reduce the time required for manual takeoffs. For example, one contractor completed 24,000 device takeoffs in a single day, far exceeding the original four-week estimate. Procurement planning began immediately, supported by reliable data.

Another estimator used AECInspire’s Inspired Query tool to process several large projects in days. The AI-powered system created a knowledge graph from thousands of pages of information, allowing one person to complete work that previously required a team. This estimator produced two full project estimates, each valued at tens of millions of dollars, within one week.

With AECInspire, material standardization becomes central to every workflow. The platform unifies material management across all phases and departments, streamlining planning, procurement, prefabrication, and installation into one coherent process.

“AECInspire is really focused on providing access to prefabrication across the industry for contractors of all sizes, out on the job site,” says Mike Quella, Associate Director.

Transforming Construction Norms

AECInspire automates and standardizes workflows, significantly improving the industry’s approach to branch work, which has traditionally been challenging and unprofitable. Contractors can now standardize branch work, making it manageable and profitable across multiple projects.

Similar improvements have been made to other repeatable assemblies, such as lighting and gear, giving contractors better control over cost, schedule, and predictability.

By addressing inefficiencies in areas previously considered unsuitable for standardization, AECInspire has helped contractors improve their margins.

A Unified Future of Electrical Construction

Unlike competitors that offer point solutions for specific construction stages, AECInspire provides a comprehensive platform spanning the entire electrical construction lifecycle, from estimation to prefabrication to field execution.

This unified platform creates a single data backbone, ensuring accuracy and consistency across every project phase and eliminating the fragmentation caused by disparate tools.

“We are an AI-powered platform designed to support multiple phases of the electrical construction lifecycle,” says Adam Ketterer, Co-Founder. “From estimation to prefab planning to field execution, our platform ensures that material management is seamless and standardized across every phase.”

Customer-Centric Approach

AECInspire stands out for its commitment to customer feedback and continuous improvement. Over the past two years, the company has released an average of 14 to 15 updates annually, directly addressing user needs and enhancing platform features. The customer success team ensures contractor feedback drives new feature development, supporting a rapid and responsive improvement cycle.

AECInspire’s customer-first approach ensures every feature is a direct response to user requests. This focus on listening and adapting has made the platform popular with contractors seeking a powerful yet easy-to-use tool. “It is to make technology that is as intuitive as possible,” says Rasheed.

A New Era of Construction Efficiency

By eliminating fragmented tools and creating a single unified platform, AECInspire enables contractors to build smarter, move faster, and protect their margins with precision.

With AECInspire, electrical contractors are empowered to work more collaboratively, with greater clarity and confidence at every stage of the construction process.

Its AI-powered platform represents the future of electrical construction, where technology supports contractors in doing their best work without the daily scramble that once defined the job.