Your engineer drives. Your EOR signs. Your documents stay under your control. AECdesign.ai puts focused AEC review drafting — submittals, RFIs, field reports, specs — inside the AI workspace your firm already has, and we run it for you.
Principals, project managers, QA reviewers, and production leads can call purpose-built AEC review tools from the Claude Desktop environment they already use.
Each live tool handles a defined review task and returns a draft your team can inspect, revise, and adjudicate.
Project setup organizes the folders, source list, current revisions, and citable document references used during a review.
The licensed engineer of record remains responsible for every substantive result and issued decision.
AECdesign.ai gives your team task-specific tools inside Claude Desktop. Each tool returns a draft or structured setup result for the responsible reviewer to check.
| Tool | Returns | Status |
|---|---|---|
Project Setup |
Set up project folders, source lists, current revisions, and citable source manifests for grounded reviews. |
Live |
RFI Response |
Draft an RFI response from the project context and source material supplied to the review. |
Live |
Submittal Review |
Draft a structured compliance review from the contract requirements and submitted product information provided for the task. |
Live |
Plan Review |
Draft an issue-readiness review and punch list for an MEP drawing set and project manual before issue. |
Live |
Field Report Review |
Review field-report comments for clarity, citations, photo alignment, and follow-up items before issue. |
Live |
Spec Writer |
Draft or QA-review a CSI 3-part specification section with open items for the engineer of record. |
Live |
AECdesign.ai is organized around the way project teams already work: establish the project record, freeze the sources, draft with the right production tool, then polish for professional review and issue.
Project Setup is the starting point for each project or deliverable. It identifies the phase, jurisdiction, applicable codes, available files, review goals, and the working context needed before a production task begins.
Source Freeze is the source-of-truth gate inside Project Setup. It stages the relevant drawings, specs, reports, RFIs, submittals, and other project documents; resolves document authority; flags conflicts or missing context; and freezes the approved source manifest before drafting begins.
After the source manifest is frozen, the team chooses the production tool that matches the deliverable.
Review drawings and specs for coordination issues, missing information, and constructability concerns.
Compare vendor submittals against contract drawings and specifications.
Draft contract-aware RFI responses from the approved project sources.
Turn field notes, photos, and markups into clear findings and action items.
Draft or review specification sections with open items for the engineer of record.
Engineerizer is the final polish step. It rewrites drafts into a professional engineer-of-record voice, tightens citations, removes filler, and prepares the deliverable for review, revision, and issue by the responsible professional.
Run the review tools yourself with per-user access, or have the Review Desk managed for your firm. Every engagement is quoted in writing before anything is billed.
| Service | Price | Billing |
|---|---|---|
| Managed Review Desk Seat and access administration, Claude and connector maintenance through version changes, new-tool rollout, a monthly tuning session, new-hire onboarding, and a monthly usage report | From $500/month | Per firm · quoted to firm size · cancel anytime |
| Tool access The AEC review tool suite, self-run, for each person who reviews | $50/user/month | Per active tool user |
| Foundation setup Install, connect, configure, and coach your engineer through the first real review | From $3,500 | One-time · quoted in writing |
The monthly bill covers keeping the desk running while Claude Desktop, the tool connection, and your staff change — not the installation. Setup is one-time and named one-time.
Cancel the Desk anytime and keep platform access. Nothing is held hostage.
The Desk is billed per firm. Platform seats are billed only for the people who run reviews.
One-time, scoped to your users, computers, and environment. Your engineer drives the first real review — we coach. We never review your engineering content.
Request setupClaude requirement: AECdesign.ai runs inside Claude Desktop under your firm's own Claude agreement — drafting happens in an account your firm controls, not in our app. A compatible Claude plan is purchased separately from Anthropic; under the Review Desk we handle provisioning with you. Claude plan pricing and usage limits are controlled by Anthropic.
Tool access is active through the account you used at checkout. Add the AECdesign.ai connector in Claude, then enable it inside a chat.
If Claude does not ask you to sign in again, that usually means your existing AECdesign.ai/AuthKit session was reused. The connection still authenticates; it just skips the extra password screen.
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After connecting, test it by asking Claude: "List the tools available from AECdesign.ai."
These products are not feature-equivalent. This table helps buyers understand the published cost and scope of different tools used around AEC review work.
| Product | Published price | Scope context | Official source |
|---|---|---|---|
| AECdesign.ai | $50/user/month platform From $500/month managed Review Desk per firm | Focused AEC review drafting inside Claude Desktop, with an optional managed Review Desk run by a practicing PE. | Pricing above |
| Part3 Core | $150/user/month, billed annually Published subscriptions start at $9,000/year | Broader construction administration platform. | Part3 pricing |
| Bluebeam Max | $590/user/year introductory price | Broader PDF, markup, drawing, and collaboration software. | Bluebeam pricing |
Competitor prices checked June 6, 2026. Published prices, terms, and introductory offers can change; confirm them with each provider. AECdesign.ai requires a separately purchased compatible Claude account. The products above differ in scope and are not presented as direct feature equivalents.
This generic example shows how a review can be framed without suggesting that the tool made a final engineering determination.
Use it where a project team needs a better draft review workflow, not where software is being asked to make the final professional decision.
A&E teams using Claude Desktop for project setup, RFI response drafting, submittal review, plan review, field-report review, and specification work.
Organizing project context, comparing submitted information to approved sources, keeping citations visible where available, and preparing a draft your reviewer can work from.
Not a seal, approval, rejection, engineering determination, project-management platform, PDF markup system, or replacement for the licensed engineer of record.
You do not need to be an AI expert to use AECdesign.ai. These answers explain the terms, requirements, and limits in plain English.
AI is software that can work with language and information. In this workflow, it helps turn project documents and instructions into a structured draft. It can be useful, but it can also misunderstand information or produce an incorrect answer, so a qualified person must review the result.
A prompt is simply the instruction you type into Claude Desktop. It can be plain language, such as asking Claude to use the Submittal Review tool for a specific review. You do not need to write code or learn a special command language.
Claude Desktop is an application from Anthropic that runs on your Windows or Mac computer. It gives you a place to work with Claude and connect approved external tools. AECdesign.ai is used from inside Claude Desktop.
AECdesign.ai is connected during setup so Claude Desktop can call the approved review tools when you ask for a supported task. Most users do not need to manage the technical connection themselves.
No. Claude Desktop remains the application your team uses. Setup connects Claude Desktop to the AECdesign.ai review tools, so each approved user can run the tools without a separate local software install.
A review tool is built for a specific task. For example, Submittal Review prepares a draft submittal compliance review, while RFI Response prepares a draft RFI response. A focused tool is more reliable than asking a general chatbot an open-ended question.
No. Claude provides the conversational interface. AECdesign.ai provides focused AEC review tools that help organize a defined review task and return a draft for your team to evaluate.
You need a compatible Claude account, Claude Desktop, active AECdesign.ai tool access, and the project information required for the review you want to run. Claude is purchased separately from Anthropic.
After purchase, we show the connection instructions and can help during setup if you want a guided handoff. The practical goal is simple: Claude Desktop shows AECdesign.ai as an available set of review tools.
If you already signed in during checkout, AuthKit may reuse that active session when Claude connects to AECdesign.ai. That is normal. You just do not see another password prompt unless the session has expired, you use a different browser/account, or you disconnect the connector.
No programming experience is required for normal use. You should be comfortable opening Claude Desktop, selecting project files, and describing the task you want completed. The separate done-for-you setup service is available if you want help connecting and testing the system.
Open Claude Desktop, identify the supported review tool you want to use, provide the project material and instructions for that task, and ask Claude to run the tool. When the draft is ready, the responsible reviewer checks the sources, evaluates each finding, makes revisions, and decides what can be issued.
The current tool suite supports project setup, RFI response drafting, submittal review, plan review, field-report review, specification writing and QA, and review retrieval for follow-up QA workflows.
No. Every substantive result is a draft. A licensed engineer of record must review, revise, accept, or reject each finding before issue. AECdesign.ai never provides a sealed determination.
Yes. AI can miss context, misunderstand a requirement, or produce an incorrect statement. Treat the output as a draft working document, check it against the project requirements, and use professional judgment before relying on it.
When the review can identify a relevant source in the material provided for the task, it can include that reference with the draft finding. A citation helps the reviewer check the work, but it does not replace reading the source or confirming that the interpretation is correct.
No. A compatible Claude account is required and is purchased separately from Anthropic. Anthropic controls Claude plan pricing, availability, and usage limits.
Only the people who will run the AECdesign.ai review tools need a seat. Each tool user is $50 per month. The managed Review Desk is billed per firm, not per seat, and can be canceled anytime without losing tool access.
Tool access is the monthly subscription that allows your users to run the AEC review tools. One-time setup is a separate paid service for help installing Claude Desktop, connecting the tools, configuring the environment, running a first review, and handing off the working setup.
Setup is quoted separately based on the number of users, computers, and the customer environment. Submit the setup form to request a scoped quote. Active tool access is required for the setup engagement.
Yes. Tool access is month-to-month and can be canceled at any time.
Plain-English guides to AI review workflows, source control, tool setup, and where AEC firms fit — always with the engineer of record in control.
Every substantive result is a draft. A licensed engineer of record must review, revise, accept, or reject each finding before issue. AECdesign.ai never provides a sealed determination.
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Request the managed Review Desk for your firm, or start with self-serve tool access and a separate one-time setup.
Request the managed Review Desk, a one-time setup, or self-serve access. Pricing is scoped to your users, computers, and environment — you get a written quote before anything is billed.
Every request gets a reply from the engineer who built the tools — not a sales queue.