🎧 START pod: Milind Sagaram, Co-Founder & CEO, Articulate "Speeding Up Construction with AI"

🎧 START pod: Milind Sagaram, Co-Founder & CEO, Articulate "Speeding Up Construction with AI"

From START by Fondo

March 27, 2026 · 7 min · Episode 57

About this episode

Milind Sagaram discusses how AI can improve construction processes by identifying drawing issues before work begins.

Construction doesn't fail on the jobsite. It fails in the drawings. The jobsite just reveals it Project managers spend half their time scanning plans page by page for conflicts between disciplines. Plumbing through steel beams. Electrical into HVAC They still miss most of it. Millions in rework when caught in the field Milind Sagaram built Articulate to catch these issues before construction starts AI reads the PDFs. Finds clashes across architectural, structural, and MEP sheets. Generates draft issue reports automatically The surprise: construction teams aren't resistant. They want it more than anyone expected 🎙️ Milind Sagaram, Co-Founder & CEO, Articulate / Helonic.com on Fondo START pod 00:18 AI for finding drawing issues before construction starts 02:24 The old workflow: manual plan review 02:45 The consequence: rework and delays 03:00 Small issues, massive downstream cost 03:27 Copilot, not replacement 04:04 Why AI belongs in construction 04:39 What surprised him about selling into the industry 05:59 Who Articulate sells to

People in this episode

Host: Fondo

Guest: Milind Sagaram

Topics covered

  • AI in construction
  • construction workflow
  • project management
  • rework
  • construction technology

Keywords

  • construction
  • AI
  • project management
  • rework
  • drawings
  • construction technology
  • Articulate

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Articulate, Helonic.com

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