Why Your Construction Handbook Needs an AI Policy

<p>Free AI policy template for construction companies (from Kelly): https://www.eyeonautomations.com/blog/construction-ai-policy-template</p><p><br></p><p>You paid for Copilot, locked it down, and sent a training link. So your team is pasting bids, contracts and P&amp;Ls into free Claude instead, and nobody at the top knows it&#39;s happening.</p><p><br></p><p>Kelly Stephens spent 14 years in construction operations at PulteGroup before starting EyeOn Automations, where she audits, trains and builds AI systems for construction and real estate companies. She explains why AI rollouts stall after the tool gets handed over, why she gets the whole team to one baseline before anyone builds an agent, and the one document every builder should write before anything else.</p><p><br></p><p>Show notes, timestamps and the template: https://beyondthebid.co/podcast/kelly-stephens-ai-adoption-policy</p><p><br></p><p>CHAPTERS</p><p>00:00 Where your company data is really going</p><p>00:39 Locked-down Copilot sends your team to free ChatGPT</p><p>02:37 Baseline skills before anyone builds an agent</p><p>03:41 Walk in as a partner, not the job cutter</p><p>09:25 The vibe-coded app nobody locked down</p><p>11:29 Why the client&#39;s own build beat hers</p><p>12:21 Everyone wants AI takeoffs, so automate around them</p><p>21:48 How to hire a developer when AI writes the code</p><p>34:14 Start with an AI adoption policy</p><p><br></p><p>GUEST</p><p>Kelly Stephens, CEO, EyeOn Automations</p><p>https://www.eyeonautomations.com</p><p><br></p><p>FIND YOUR MARGIN LEAK IN 7 MINUTES</p><p>Take the free GO First AI Diagnostic: https://www.gofirstconsulting.com</p><p><br></p><p>GET ONE SYSTEM A WEEK</p><p>The Beyond the Bid newsletter, built for builders and remodelers doing $1.5M to $20M: https://beyondthebid.co/subscribe</p><p><br></p><p>Beyond the Bid is hosted by Grant Fuellenbach of GO First Consulting. Real systems, real numbers, and AI tools that builders actually use.</p><p><br></p><p>#construction #AIforbuilders #remodeling</p>