{"type":"video","version":"1.0","html":"","height":960,"width":1280,"provider_name":"Loom","provider_url":"https://www.loom.com","thumbnail_height":960,"thumbnail_width":1280,"thumbnail_url":"https://cdn.loom.com/sessions/thumbnails/e8846453c7c74e6b8162478eb37b9713-6de67974e8bdbfb5.gif","duration":595.606,"title":"BuildFlow AI โ€” Construction Bid & Billing Workflow Assistant | Gen AI Portfolio | Apollo Sebastian","description":"๐Ÿ—๏ธ BUILDFLOW AI\nConstruction Bid & Billing Workflow Assistant\nPowered by AWS Bedrock (Claude Haiku) ยท Generative AI Bootcamp ยท Instructor: Matt Dancho\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\n๐Ÿšจ THE PROBLEM\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\nSmall to mid-size general contractors lose 10โ€“30% of potential revenue every year from broken back-office workflows. Bid preparation alone takes\n8โ€“15 hours per project โ€” that is $600 to $2,250 in estimator labor before winning a single contract. No standard Scope of Work. No risk analysis.\nNo automated billing.\n\nBuildFlow AI solves all of it โ€” from one project description โ€” in under 15 minutes.\n\n โฑ 8โ€“15 hours per bid โ†’ under 15 minutes\n ๐Ÿ’ธ Up to $2,250 in labor saved per project\n ๐Ÿ“‰ 10โ€“30% revenue loss recovered annually\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\n๐Ÿ“„ WHAT IT GENERATES โ€” 4 DOCUMENTS + AI CHAT (ONE PROJECT DESCRIPTION)\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\nTAB 1 ยท Trade-Level Bid Estimate\n Itemized by trade โ€” Category, Description, Unit, Qty, Unit Cost, Total Subtotal ยท Contingency % ยท Total Bid card ยท Download JSON\n\nTAB 2 ยท Scope of Work (7-Section Legally Protective Document)\n Project Overview ยท Inclusions ยท Exclusions ยท Milestones\n Payment Terms ยท Change Order Policy ยท Warranties ยท Download TXT\n\nTAB 3 ยท AIA-Style Progress Invoice\n Completion % slider (10โ€“100%) ยท Previously Billed input 4 live metric cards ยท Automatic 10% retainage ยท Download JSON\n\nTAB 4 ยท Risk & Change Order Report\n Risk registry: Category ยท Severity ยท Probability ยท Mitigation\n Change Order table with cost impacts ยท Contractor Protections ยท Download JSON\n\nTAB 5 ยท GC AI Assistant โ€” Live Multi-Turn Chat โญ\n Full project context injected: client, location, sqft, timeline, total bid 16 sample questions across 4 categories\n Powered by AWS Bedrock Converse API\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\nโš™๏ธ AI TECHNIQUE โ€” STRUCTURED PROMPT CHAINING + JSON EXTRACTION\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\nClinic 2 โ€” Generative AI Bootcamp with Matt Dancho\n\n3-step sequential chain โ€” each step passes its output as context to the next:\n\n generate_bid() โ†’ generate_scope() โ†’ generate_risk_flags()\n\nAnimated progress bar shows all three AWS Bedrock calls running live. Claude Haiku returns structured JSON extracted with _strip_fences() and\n_safe_json_loads() with built-in repair logic for clean rendering.\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\n๐ŸŽฏ COURSE SKILLS DEMONSTRATED โ€” BOOTCAMP RUBRIC\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\nC1 ยท Structured Prompt Chaining 10 pts\n 3-step chain: generate_bid โ†’ generate_scope โ†’ generate_risk_flags. Each step's JSON output feeds the next as live context.\n Animated progress bar confirms all 3 Bedrock calls in real time.\n\nC2 ยท JSON Extraction 10 pts\n Claude Haiku returns structured JSON inside markdown code fences. App uses _strip_fences() + _safe_json_loads() with repair logic.\n Bid Estimate table and Risk Registry rendered entirely from parsed JSON.\n\nC3 ยท AI Chat Completions โ€” AWS Bedrock Converse API 8 pts\n Tab 5 GC AI Assistant: run_assistant() โ†’ _bedrock_converse(). Full project context (client ยท location ยท sqft ยท timeline ยท total bid)\n + full conversation history injected into system prompt. Multi-turn.\n\nC4 ยท Cloud Deployment โ€” Live on Render.com 6 pts\n Journey: AWS App Runner (shut down Apr 30, 2026 โ€” external event) โ†’ Azure App Service (CI/CD built; WebSocket/Gunicorn incompatibility)\n โ†’ Render.com โ€” deployed first attempt, GitHub auto-deploy active. \n Live at: buildflow-ai-aws.onrender.com\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\n๐Ÿ”— LIVE LINKS\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\nโ˜๏ธ Live App (Render.com โ€” Primary Cloud):\n https://buildflow-ai-aws.onrender.com\n\n๐Ÿ“บ Live App (Streamlit Mirror):\n https://buildflowai.streamlit.app\n\n๐Ÿ’ป GitHub:\n github.com/ASebastianAiX/buildflow-ai-aws\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\nGenerative AI Bootcamp | Instructor: Matt Dancho | Apollo Sebastian | May 2026\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”"}