Construction spec lookup at the job site

On site, the answer to "what's the rebar spec for column C-12?" lives in a 600-page binder back in the trailer. The foreman either walks back, calls the engineer, or guesses. The right answer is to put the binder on the foreman's phone — and make it answer questions.

The problem

Construction documentation is among the densest in any industry. Architectural plans, structural spec, MEP, BOQ, RFIs, change orders — all interlinked, often inconsistent. Search inside a PDF reader is barely usable when the spec uses both "C-12" and "Column-12" and "CL12."

How SeekFiles AI helps

• Hybrid retrieval handles the messy nomenclature — finds C-12 even if the question says "Column 12."
• OCR for marked-up plans and field redlines — handwritten annotations stay searchable.
• Mobile-first — answer at the slab, not at the trailer.
• Cited answers with the spec section number — exactly what you'd quote in an RFI.

A workflow

1. Per-project assistant. Upload the architectural set, structural spec, MEP, BOQ, latest RFIs, and change orders.
2. Foreman / site engineer pulls up the assistant from their phone. Asks "what's the rebar schedule for column C-12 at Level 3?"
3. Gets the answer + the page. Acts. Or escalates with the citation if there's a conflict.
4. Project manager runs broader queries weekly: "what RFIs are open against the structural spec?"

What to upload

• Architectural drawings (latest revision)
• Structural / MEP specs
• Bill of quantities (BOQ)
• RFIs and responses
• Change orders + addenda
• Submittals and shop drawings

Construction has had paper-based answers for fifty years. The phone is the new binder.