AI training for architecture firms
Architecture firms write as much as they draw: proposals, design narratives, award entries and client correspondence. We train the business side of Massachusetts architecture practices to use AI with one method, one vocabulary and clear rules about client information and intellectual property.
Where your office staff use AI
One course for every department, so the whole firm shares the same vocabulary and standards.
Business development
- Proposal and qualification drafts
- RFP requirement checklists
- Interview preparation briefs
Marketing
- Design narratives and project descriptions
- Award submissions
- Brand-consistent web and social copy
Project administration
- Meeting minutes and action items
- Consultant coordination emails
- Comparing document versions
Finance
- Fee and invoice narratives
- Month-end checklists
- Contract terms and deadlines
Twelve hours, three sessions
- 1
How AI works, and how to ask
What large language models are and where they fail, the data rules taught before anyone types, and the five-part prompt structure, practiced on a sample RFP and owner letter.
- 2
Organizing context and reusing it
Files and grounding, shared projects, artifacts and skills, and what connectors and Cowork can do, with human checkpoints. Practiced on sample cost reports and meeting notes.
- 3
Verify, govern, choose the model, control cost
The four-question verification pass, your acceptable use policy, model selection and usage costs, then a capstone and written assessment.
Every exercise uses realistic sample documents we supply, never your live projects, so nobody brings confidential files to class. Applying the method to your own work happens after the course.
What stays out of AI at architecture firms
Never enter
- Unreleased designs and client-confidential project information
- Third-party images or text you do not have rights to use
- Anything that would sit under a licensed professional's seal; that judgment stays human
Always
- Company accounts only
- Human review before anything leaves the firm
- Check client and contract rules first
How firms like yours pay for it
Architecture firms with 100 or fewer Massachusetts employees can use the Express Program the same way contractors can. The course is the same; the examples your team cares about most, proposals, narratives and awards, are already in it. The course is listed as C-16448 at $1,250 per trainee; twelve trainees match the $15,000 annual Express cap. Commonwealth Corporation makes all award decisions. Read the step-by-step funding guide.
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See if the course fits your firm.
Book a short call. We will talk through your departments, headcount and timing.