Practical construction AI — a menu of options, never a rigid checklist.
Named to Fast Company’s 2026 Best Workplaces for Innovators (AI, Automation & Machine Learning Excellence), Syscon helps contractors adopt commercial AI safely, uncover hidden workflow friction, build deterministic semi-custom AI tools, and surface live ERP numbers in Power BI.
Our AI Consulting Menu — practical options, not a rigid checklist.
When contractors say “help us with AI,” they shouldn’t get vague buzzwords or an all-or-nothing bundle. Choose the individual training, governance, workflow diagnostic, or custom build options below that fit your team right now.
Choose the specific AI training that fits your team — backed by commercial privacy boundaries.
Menu Group I: Every training below is a standalone option — not a bundle you have to buy all at once. Most contractors choose the primary platform their office uses (rather than doing Microsoft 365 Copilot, Claude, and ChatGPT together), or combine multiple options if different roles need them.
Not sure which platform fits? We also run an honest side-by-side comparison of M365 Copilot vs. Claude Team vs. ChatGPT Team against your existing licensing — always inside governed company SSO accounts.
Choose individual options — not an all-or-nothing bundle.
Most clients train on just their primary AI platform (M365 Copilot, Claude, or ChatGPT), pick one or two governance options, engage a single workflow diagnostic, or commission a targeted custom build.
01 · Training options (choose the platform you use)
- Option: Microsoft 365 Copilot live interactive sessions (Word, Excel Copilot & Teams recaps)
- Option: Claude Team commercial setup, SSO privacy & live team training
- Option: ChatGPT Team commercial setup, guardrails & live team training
- Option: 4-session Guided App Prototyping (Claude Code / Codex) with engineering handoff
02 · Governance & cadence options (pick one or two)
- Option: Plain-English Company AI Use Policy (practical whitelist approach, data privacy & recording consent)
- Option: Bi-Weekly AI Champion working check-ins on real employee use cases, demos & roadblocks
- Option: Bi-Monthly 4–6 hr AI Traction working sessions to dissect workflows, set AI rocks & follow up
03 · Workflow diagnostic options (pick one or combine)
- Option: 1-on-1 workflow sit-downs & surveys with PMs, estimators, and finance staff
- Option: Key-role shadowing (2–4 hrs or 1–2 days) surfacing unexamined re-keying & multi-window workarounds
- Option: Non-intrusive M365, SharePoint & Sage record analysis (strictly logs-based, never screen-watching)
04 · Example semi-custom AI builds (not limited to these)
- Example: Sage 100 Contractor AI-assisted monthly Bank Reconciliations
- Example: AI-Assisted Month-End Close anomaly packets (~6 hrs of hunting distilled into a 2-page review packet)
- Example: Historical Estimating & scope-letter accelerators trained on your own bid history
- Example: Single-screen Personal Command Centers & custom agents (plus Sage AI assistant coming soon)
Live job-cost & WIP visibility in Power BI and custom apps.
Open live Sage 100 Contractor and Acumatica data to owners and Project Managers on any browser or phone using their existing Microsoft 365 login — no extra ERP licenses required — paired with governed Power Apps and Power Automate workflows when Microsoft 365 tools already solve the problem.
When a workflow outgrows Power Automate or standard dashboards, our in-house software engineers also build custom cloud applications and governed AI agents inside Syscon One →
Syscon One · Power BI · Grounded AI- Power BI executive, WIP, cash-flow, and PM scorecards wired directly to your ERP SQL data
- Syscon One cloud platform with Microsoft 365 single sign-on and granular role permissions
- Custom software integrations and workflow apps engineered in-house by Syscon developers
Power BI & custom ERP reporting
- Direct Power BI dashboards over Sage SQL Server, Acumatica, Excel & Microsoft Lists
- Role-level security controlling exactly which jobs and drill-downs each PM sees
- Proven views for WIP variations, Cost-to-Complete, Budget vs. Actual & Profit Projections
- Custom SSRS, Crystal & native ERP reports with scheduled refresh
Microsoft Power Platform & M365 apps
- Power Automate flows & Microsoft Teams approval routing
- Tailored Power Apps (Canvas & Model-Driven) built with our Business Applications team
- Tenant permission & SharePoint security boundary review before rollout
- Clear guidance on when Power Platform fits vs. when Syscon One or custom code wins
AI & analytics questions leaders ask first.
How Syscon protects confidential bids and financials, structures options-based AI consulting, and connects Power BI to your ERP.
Is Syscon’s AI Consulting Menu an all-or-nothing package?
No — it is a menu of independent options, never a rigid checklist. For training, you pick only the commercial platform your team actually uses (Microsoft 365 Copilot, Claude Team, or ChatGPT Team). For governance and workflow diagnostics, most contractors engage just one or two targeted options that fit their pace.
How do you keep our bids, subcontractor pricing, and financials out of public AI training?
We configure commercial tenant boundaries first (Microsoft 365 Copilot tied to Entra ID/SharePoint permissions, Claude Team, or ChatGPT Team with SSO and training opt-out enforced) paired with a plain-English whitelist Company AI Use Policy so company data never goes into consumer AI accounts.
Do you let AI write directly to our Sage 100 Contractor or Acumatica accounting ledger?
Never autonomously. Across all of our semi-custom AI builds — such as AI-assisted Sage 100 Contractor Bank Reconciliations, Month-End Close review packets, and our upcoming read-only Sage AI assistant in Syscon One — deterministic SQL handles the math and a human reviews and approves every posting.
Can owners and project managers view Power BI job-cost dashboards without buying extra ERP licenses?
Yes. We connect Power BI directly to your live Sage 100 Contractor SQL Server or Acumatica data with role-level security tied to each user’s existing Microsoft 365 login, so executives and PMs see only their authorized jobs, WIP trends, and Cost-to-Complete projections on any browser or phone.
Put AI and Power BI to work where hours actually vanish.
Whether you want a plain-English Company AI Use Policy, live Copilot/Claude/ChatGPT training, a 2-hour role shadowing session, or live WIP dashboards in Power BI, let’s pick the option that fits.