AI drawing review that protects your margins

Helonic is an AI construction drawing analysis platform for general contractors who review 2D PDF drawing sets.

Catch coordination issues before they become change orders. Helonic reads every sheet in your set so you bid sharper and build cleaner.

What slows down general contractors?

General contractors lose margin when coordination and constructability issues stay in the documents until the field finds them.

Drawing Errors

Design team conflicts become your field problems.

Margin Erosion

Change orders eat into already thin margins.

Review Bottleneck

Not enough senior staff to review every set.

How does Helonic help?

Helonic reviews the issued set in preconstruction and pushes findings into the RFI workflow before crews mobilize.

Pre-Bid Document Review

Before you price a job, know what coordination issues exist. Factor risk into your bid or call them out during the bid process.

Shop Drawing Review

When subs submit shop drawings, verify they match the contract documents and do not conflict with other trades.

CD Set Review at Milestones

Review documents at 50%, 90%, and IFC to catch issues before construction starts.

RFI Generation

Turn detected issues into RFIs with one click. Export to Procore or generate standalone documents.

Subcontractor Coordination

Find conflicts between MEP, structural, and architectural before your trades show up and point fingers.

What issues does Helonic catch?

Helonic catches trade clashes, missing details, and spec conflicts that become field RFIs and change orders.

Coordination Conflicts

MEP routing through structural members
Ceiling height vs above-ceiling MEP
Door swings into fixtures or equipment
Conflicting dimensions between sheets

Specification Mismatches

Drawing shows material A, spec says B
Schedule dimensions vs plan dimensions
Fire rating requirements vs specified doors
Missing finish specifications

What return do general contractors see with Helonic?

GC teams find more issues before mobilization, which protects schedule and keeps contingency from covering preventable clashes.

SAVINGS

$50K–500K

Typical savings per $10M project, based on CII rework cost data (5–10% of project value).

ISSUES

70+

Issues found per 100 sheets, average across Helonic analyses.

TURNAROUND

24–48hrs

Time to full analysis across the drawing set.

Frequently Asked Questions

When in the project should a GC run Helonic on a drawing set?

The highest-value moments are pre-bid, at the 50%/90%/IFC milestones, and when subcontractors submit shop drawings. Running it pre-bid lets you price coordination risk or flag it during the bid; running it at IFC catches issues before they become field change orders.

Does Helonic replace our senior reviewer's judgment?

No. Helonic surfaces likely issues with sheet numbers, severity, and recommended actions so your senior staff spend time verifying and deciding rather than hunting page by page. It is built to extend a small review team across more sheets, not to make the final call for them.

How much can a GC realistically save per project?

On a $10M project, catching coordination issues before the field typically avoids $50K-$500K in rework, based on CII's finding that rework runs 5-10% of project value. The savings come from converting field change orders into cheap preconstruction RFIs.

Can Helonic push issues into Procore or Autodesk as RFIs?

Yes. Helonic connects to Procore and Autodesk Construction Cloud, pulls drawings directly from your projects, and pushes detected issues back as RFIs in one click with the issue description and page reference attached.

Do we need a 3D BIM model for Helonic to find clashes?

No. Helonic reads the 2D PDF drawing set you already have, so it works on projects that never build a coordinated model or build it too late to prevent RFIs.

Milind Sagaram

Co-founder & CEO, Helonic

Milind is the co-founder and CEO of Helonic, where he leads product and go-to-market for AI-powered construction drawing analysis. He works closely with general contractors, project managers, estimators, and owners to understand how drawing quality drives project outcomes - and where AI can reduce RFIs, change orders, and rework. Milind has interviewed hundreds of construction professionals across project delivery roles, from preconstruction estimators at ENR top-400 contractors to facilities directors at institutional owners, and uses those conversations to shape both product direction and the way Helonic talks about the work.

Areas of focus

Construction project delivery and preconstruction
RFI and change order economics
Owner and GC workflows for drawing QA/QC
Estimating risk and bid-stage scope assessment

How this page was researched: Workflow steps and ROI figures were cross-checked against the Construction Industry Institute's rework cost research (5-10% of project value) and the Navigant Construction Forum RFI cost data ($1,080 average per RFI). Issue examples are drawn from Helonic's own review of general contractor drawing sets across commercial, multifamily, and healthcare projects.

Last reviewed by Milind Sagaram · August 14, 2026

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