AI training for engineering firms
Engineering firms need AI that helps with the writing around the work, not the engineering itself. We train business development, marketing, finance and project administration staff to use AI for qualifications, summaries and correspondence, with a firm rule that technical conclusions are never delegated to the tool.
Where your office staff use AI
One course for every department, so the whole firm shares the same vocabulary and standards.
Business development
- Statements of qualifications
- RFP requirement checklists
- Go/no-go briefs
Project administration
- Meeting minutes and action items
- Summaries of long reports for non-technical readers
- Document version comparisons
Marketing
- Project profiles
- Award submissions
- Technical topics explained for clients
Finance
- Project budget narratives
- Month-end checklists
- Contract obligations
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 engineering firms
Never enter
- Calculations, design decisions and anything under a professional engineer's stamp: AI does not make or check them
- Client data and drawings covered by an NDA
- Proprietary methods and unpublished technical work
Always
- Company accounts only
- Human review before anything leaves the firm
- Check client and contract rules first
How firms like yours pay for it
Engineering firms with 100 or fewer Massachusetts employees can apply to the Express Program. The course teaches transferable skills for office-based professionals, so it fits engineering firms as well as builders and architects. 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.