
PlanRadar’s AI agents automatically complete project follow-up tasks like drafting RFI replies, cutting response time from hours to minutes. The feature targets rework, a $50–100 billion annual drain on U.S. construction spending.
PlanRadar, a Vienna-based software firm that manages documentation for construction and real estate projects, launched AI agents that take over routine follow-up tasks without waiting for human approval. The feature, announced Tuesday, lets teams build workflows in natural language or pick from a library of ready-made agents.
The company's pitch addresses a specific friction point on building sites and facility management jobs: the gap between what happens in a project and what gets documented, communicated, and resolved. That gap has traditionally meant someone has to chase down every open item – a request for information, a safety inspection note, a material delivery confirmation – and complete the associated action by hand. PlanRadar now lets those actions happen automatically.
The Response agent, the first of those ready-made tools, reads an incoming Request for Information, searches the project's document repository, and drafts a reply with the exact source cited. PlanRadar said the process cuts first-response time from hours to minutes. Every agent action is logged, attributed to the builder, and testable in a sandbox before deployment, so teams can review what an agent will do before it goes live.
Clemens Hammerl, chief product officer, said the agents run on existing project data and respect each user's access permissions. "Building an AI Agent is like briefing a new teammate, easy to describe in your own words, and ready to act every time you need it," he said in a statement.
Ibrahim Imam, PlanRadar Group Co-CEO, described the agents as a way to "catch what could otherwise slip through and turn into rework." Rework is the construction industry's biggest productivity drain; a 2023 McKinsey study estimated that $50 billion to $100 billion in U.S. nonresidential project spending is wasted on rework annually, much of it tied to miscommunication and delayed responses.
PlanRadar is also deploying Forward Deployed Engineers to work with customers who want extra support building agent workflows specific to their business. The firm's existing platform already handles document management, reporting, and integration features. General contractors, specialty contractors, and project managers run the highest volumes of issues and inspections, the company said, making them the natural first beneficiaries of the automation.
AI Agents are built into PlanRadar's existing, ISO-certified security and data-protection standards, with no change to how project data is stored or processed. The company operates in more than 75 markets and reports over 200,000 professionals on its platform, with support in 25 languages.
The first release is part of a wider product roadmap, the company said. Future versions will expand the range of actions agents can perform and the external tools they can connect to.
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