Hensel Phelps Launching AI-Powered Progress Tracking Across Over 200 Jobsites
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General contractor says automated progress tracking has already saved the company $342,000 and nearly 3,000 labor hours.
NewsTechCompanies Companies Hensel Phelps Launching AI-Powered Progress Tracking Across Over 200 Jobsites By Emell D. Adolphus Rendering courtesy Hensel Phelps March 16, 2026 Colorado-based contracting giant Hensel Phelps says it will deploy artificial intelligence-powered progress-tracking across more than 200 active projects to reduce jobsite time spent managing information. Thai Nguyen, Hensel Phelps' director of Innovation, announced March 10 that the company extended an existing enterprise agreement with Bay Area-based startup Track3D, using its construction management platform that employs machine learning and AI to provide real-time project status updates among owners, contractors and trade partners via a shared visual source. According to Nguyen, the platform helped Hensel Phelps save $342,000 and nearly 3,000 hours of labor on the recently finished Courtyard 3 Connector project at San Francisco International Airport, a project the company said had “zero margin" for error. RELATED What Does Construction's AI-Powered Future Look Like? "Expanding it across our portfolio was an easy decision,” said Nguyen. “With every successful project, we were consistently reassured that a true partnership was growing, a diverse project portfolio was being supported, and a powerful solution could scale with our needs.” Track3D's platform was designed to help project teams spot risks “before they become reworks” while eliminating back-and-forth decision-making so project stakeholde...
