[ Industry pack · Construction & Civil Engineering ]

Construction & Civil EngineeringDesign changes that never lose their trail.

The construction pack sets agents up around consequence class, design review, CDM risk, ISO 19650 information management, RFIs, changes, inspections, nonconformances and handover. They keep client requirements linked to calculations, models, work packages and evidence in your Azure DevOps project, and open the review and verification work a change needs. Design and safety decisions stay with qualified people.

No card required. Your data stays in your Azure DevOps tenant.

Construction & Civil Engineering engineeringBusiness Analyst Agent avatar
  • Eurocodes
  • CDM 2015
  • ISO 19650
  • OSHA 1926
  • IBC
  • ASCE 7
[ The engineering reality ]

The value is in relationships that hold while the project moves.

A built-environment project combines client requirements, design packages, BIM information, multidisciplinary interfaces, risk, RFIs, changes, temporary works, inspections, nonconformances and handover evidence. None of these stand still. What a team needs from an agent is not another document: it is structured links and review status that stay correct as the design evolves, so the right people review the right change before it reaches site.

  • 01

    A design change ripples further than anyone tracks.

    One structural revision touches calculations, model elements, drawings, interfaces and work packages. Finding them all by hand takes days and still misses some.

  • 02

    Reviews start without their inputs.

    A design review is booked while assumptions, calculations or interface comments are still open, so it ends with more actions than decisions.

  • 03

    RFIs and changes live in separate threads.

    An RFI answer changes a drawing, but the work package, inspection plan and handover data never hear about it.

  • 04

    Handover becomes an archaeology project.

    As-built information, test records, certificates and defects are gathered at the end, and the gaps appear when the client asks for them.

[ What the pack configures ]

Your project controls, set up as configuration.

Four layers tell the agents how your project classifies information, links it, maps it to standards and gates it. Each layer follows your own design, BIM, change, inspection and handover procedures.

  1. 01 Classification

    Every item carries its context.

    Asset, package and discipline, consequence class, design stage, information container and status, safety and construction risk, change significance, temporary or permanent works, and handover criticality.

  2. 02 Traceability model

    From client need to handover evidence.

    Client or asset need to design requirement, model, drawing, calculation or specification, review and approval, construction work package, inspection and test, nonconformance or change, then handover evidence.

  3. 03 Standards & frameworks

    Mapped to the rules your project works under.

    Eurocodes and consequence-class context, CDM 2015 where applicable, ISO 19650 information management, OSHA 1926 where applicable, and Eurocode, IBC and ASCE 7 compliance in the persona agents, alongside your organization's own procedures.

  4. 04 Lifecycle gates & evidence

    Gates with their evidence attached.

    Design brief and requirement review, model and design review, multidisciplinary interface coordination, construction readiness, inspection and test, nonconformance closure, commissioning, and handover.

[ Traceability model ]

The Construction chain, kept intact.

A structural change breaks the link between a requirement and its calculation. The agent flags it, opens the review, and verifies the link is restored.

  1. Client need
  2. Design req
  3. Model / calc
  4. Design review
  5. Work package
  6. Inspection
  7. Handover
[ Priority workflows ]

Six construction workflows to hand over first.

Each one runs the same controlled sequence: trigger, context, decide, act, approve, verify, record. Output lands on the work item or wiki page your project team already uses.

  • Requirement and design linkage

    Link client and asset requirements to design outputs, calculations, models, reviews and acceptance evidence, and flag requirements with no design response.

    Requirements Engineer Agent
  • Design-review readiness

    Before a review, check inputs, assumptions, calculations, interfaces, risks, constructability, approvals and outstanding comments, and post what is still open.

    Business Analyst Agent
  • BIM information control

    Track information status, ownership, review, suitability, revision, dependencies and required outputs for each information container.

    Product Owner Agent
  • RFI and change impact

    Identify the designs, models, work packages, interfaces, safety risks, approvals, cost and schedule items, and handover data an RFI or change affects.

    Compliance Officer Agent
  • Inspection and nonconformance

    Create and link inspections, findings, corrective actions, verification and closure evidence, and chase anything left open.

    QA Engineer Agent
  • Handover readiness

    Check as-built information, tests, manuals, certificates, defects, approvals and asset data, and report what is missing before handover.

    Release Manager Agent
[ Agents for construction ]

A civil engineering advisor, plus a full persona team.

The library has a Construction & Civil Engineering section with 13 role-based persona agents grounded in ISO 19650 information management, BIM federation and Eurocode, IBC and ASCE 7 compliance. Add one with Use. Compatibility Alignment maps its work item types and fields to your process template before it is saved.

Construction roles in the catalog

  • Construction Civil Engineering Advisor
  • Product Owner
  • Business Analyst
  • Systems Architect
  • Compliance & Risk Officer
  • Requirements Engineer
[ Example run ]

A structural design change is proposed. Here is what follows.

A change request for a transfer beam is raised in Boards, and the advisor's trigger condition matches. It identifies the affected requirements, calculations, model elements, drawings, interfaces, design risks, work packages, inspections, approvals, as-built records and handover evidence. It creates the review and verification actions for the named engineers, links them to the change, and pauses for approval. Once the actions close, it checks each one for evidence and writes the run record to Job Explorer.

dev.azure.com/contoso · Boards · CR-318

run started · CR-318 transfer beam change

tracing: 3 calcs · 11 model elements

4 drawings · 2 work packages · 1 interface

review and inspection actions drafted

checkpoint · awaiting design engineer

record · run history in Job Explorer

  • ✓ Requirements linked
  • ! Calculations updated
  • ✓ Model and drawings traced
  • ! Interfaces coordinated
  • ✓ Work packages and inspections
ILLUSTRATIVE RUN · EVERY RUN LANDS IN YOUR JOB LOG
[ Human responsibility ]

The agent keeps the links. Qualified people decide.

Designers, principal designers, engineers, BIM and information managers, contractors, quality, safety, the client and approving authorities stay responsible for design, construction, safety, inspection and acceptance decisions. The agent prepares, checks and links. With Required Approval on, any action with side effects pauses and opens a task for a named approver, who can answer, attach files, and approve, edit or reject it. Every decision is kept in the run record.

[ Trusted by Microsoft and industry leaders ]

  • Info-Tech Research Group Top Rated 2025
  • Info-Tech Research Group Emotional Footprint Champion 2025
  • SoftwareReviews Champion 2025, Requirements Management
[ FAQ ]

Construction and civil engineering questions.

No. It supports workflows and links in Azure DevOps. Authoritative models and controlled information can stay in your specialist systems.

No. Qualified engineers and authorized reviewers make and sign design decisions. The agent prepares the review and checks that its inputs are complete.

Yes, as a configured workflow, provided the relevant items, documents, models, owners and approvals are accessible and linked in Azure DevOps.

Yes. With Bring Your Own Data, agents retrieve from your uploaded documents, Azure DevOps queries and wiki pages during the run, so checks follow your design, change and handover procedures.

Yes. Schedule an agent once, daily, on weekdays, weekly, monthly or yearly. It can still be run on demand at any time.

Compatibility Alignment maps the agent's work item types, fields and allowed values to your template when you add it, and flags anything that needs a decision.

Nothing extra. Every plan includes the full catalog and all 15 industry packs. Credits cost $0.01 each, pooled across your organization with no per-user fees. A rule-based Execution Agent run is a flat 4 credits.

Bring one design change to the demo.

Start a free trial with 2,000 credits, no card required. Or book a 30-minute demo with a real requirement, RFI, change, inspection or handover gap, and watch the trace, approval point and run record live.