AI Pilot Program: Transforming Construction with AI
Approve our 90-day pilot to revolutionize back office and field operations through AI innovation at Meyer Najem.
Why Approve Now
Fast, Measurable ROI
Directly protect margin through AI estimating and reduce cost/improve output from SG&A activities from AI pilot projects
Build Credibility
Quick wins establish foundation for broader AI scale-up and valuation uplift.
Competitive Advantage
Competitors are already moving - delay risks to M-J losing bids and market position.
Budget Recommendation
Recommended Pilot Budget - $11,995/month
Led end-to-end by a certified Chief AI Officer from our team:
  • Executive & Team training on AI in their day-to-day roles, making them expert level users
  • AI Pilot project identification and build-out plan with clear performance & ROI targets for each
  • AI Use Policy and Governance framework ensuring safe & compliant AI usage in the company
  • Creation of your internal AI Council made up of department representatives who will be SMEs for their teams
  • Weekly team access to office hours with your Chief AI Officer, with calls focused on accountability towards pilot completion and increasing AI skills for the AI Council
  • Overall AI readiness assessment across SG&A and field
Day-90 Go / No-Go Gates
Go if at least 2 of the 3 core gates are met; otherwise program paused for rework. These are suggested projects, but final goals will be set with client's input and aproval.
Estimating
Estimating cycle time ↓ ≥ 25% OR estimator adoption ≥ 60% on pilot tasks.
SG&A (Operations)
Recordable impact on pilot AI powered processes of >20% improvement in production, speed and quality
Adoption & Data Security
User adoption ≥ 50% across target pilot users with ZERO usage outside of the AI Use Policy and governance frameworks.
If Go → approve scaled roll-out for next phase. If No-Go → executive review to pivot, extend, or terminate; capped additional spend.
Governance & Accountabilities
Suggested internal roles
Executive Sponsor: COO
Function: Approve & unblock resources
Time Requirement: 1-2 hours per week
Pilot Lead: Department Head
Function: Day-to-day management
Time Requirements: 15m-30m per day
Data/IT Owner: CIO/Head of IT
Function: Understand and approve data needs & security
Time Requirements: One time meeting (Approximately 1 hour)
CAIO Role (Our Team)
As your co-delivery partner - we manage pilots, deliver scorecard, train users, produce Day-90 ROI deck
Day-90 Deliverables
Some of what you can expect on the table at the end of the pilot:
AI-Enabled Executives & Teams
After the 1-day immersion, your teams are "thinking in AI" and using AI safely & compliantly in their day-to-day, adding an additional 10%-20% in operational bandwidth.
3-5 AI Powered Processes Active
More production, faster and at a higher quality/less human error. Expect a 20%-40% (minimum) positive impact on each AI-enabled workflow/process
AI Use Policy & Governance Framework
Teams trained on proper use of AI in their roles and departments, as well as a corporate AI Use Policy on data privacy, security and compliant use of AI.
Live Pilot Scorecard/Dashboard
Real-time performance & ROI metrics allowing the executive team and board to have optics on realized improvements as they are happening.
Decision Requested

Your approval is needed to move forward
Approve
90-day pilot per above, budget recommended $$11,995/month
Decline
Provide alternative directives.
Approve this pilot and we convert risk into measurable improvements.