video1.0<iframe src="https://www.loom.com/embed/e8846453c7c74e6b8162478eb37b9713" frameborder="0" width="1280" height="960" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>9601280Loomhttps://www.loom.com9601280https://cdn.loom.com/sessions/thumbnails/e8846453c7c74e6b8162478eb37b9713-6de67974e8bdbfb5.gif595.606BuildFlow AI โ€” Construction Bid &amp; Billing Workflow Assistant | Gen AI Portfolio | Apollo Sebastian๐Ÿ—๏ธ BUILDFLOW AI Construction Bid & Billing Workflow Assistant Powered by AWS Bedrock (Claude Haiku) ยท Generative AI Bootcamp ยท Instructor: Matt Dancho โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ” ๐Ÿšจ THE PROBLEM โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ” Small to mid-size general contractors lose 10โ€“30% of potential revenue every year from broken back-office workflows. Bid preparation alone takes 8โ€“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. No automated billing. BuildFlow AI solves all of it โ€” from one project description โ€” in under 15 minutes. โฑ 8โ€“15 hours per bid โ†’ under 15 minutes ๐Ÿ’ธ Up to $2,250 in labor saved per project ๐Ÿ“‰ 10โ€“30% revenue loss recovered annually โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ” ๐Ÿ“„ WHAT IT GENERATES โ€” 4 DOCUMENTS + AI CHAT (ONE PROJECT DESCRIPTION) โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ” TAB 1 ยท Trade-Level Bid Estimate Itemized by trade โ€” Category, Description, Unit, Qty, Unit Cost, Total Subtotal ยท Contingency % ยท Total Bid card ยท Download JSON TAB 2 ยท Scope of Work (7-Section Legally Protective Document) Project Overview ยท Inclusions ยท Exclusions ยท Milestones Payment Terms ยท Change Order Policy ยท Warranties ยท Download TXT TAB 3 ยท AIA-Style Progress Invoice Completion % slider (10โ€“100%) ยท Previously Billed input 4 live metric cards ยท Automatic 10% retainage ยท Download JSON TAB 4 ยท Risk & Change Order Report Risk registry: Category ยท Severity ยท Probability ยท Mitigation Change Order table with cost impacts ยท Contractor Protections ยท Download JSON TAB 5 ยท GC AI Assistant โ€” Live Multi-Turn Chat โญ Full project context injected: client, location, sqft, timeline, total bid 16 sample questions across 4 categories Powered by AWS Bedrock Converse API โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ” โš™๏ธ AI TECHNIQUE โ€” STRUCTURED PROMPT CHAINING + JSON EXTRACTION โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ” Clinic 2 โ€” Generative AI Bootcamp with Matt Dancho 3-step sequential chain โ€” each step passes its output as context to the next: generate_bid() โ†’ generate_scope() โ†’ generate_risk_flags() Animated progress bar shows all three AWS Bedrock calls running live. Claude Haiku returns structured JSON extracted with _strip_fences() and _safe_json_loads() with built-in repair logic for clean rendering. โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ” ๐ŸŽฏ COURSE SKILLS DEMONSTRATED โ€” BOOTCAMP RUBRIC โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ” C1 ยท Structured Prompt Chaining 10 pts 3-step chain: generate_bid โ†’ generate_scope โ†’ generate_risk_flags. Each step's JSON output feeds the next as live context. Animated progress bar confirms all 3 Bedrock calls in real time. C2 ยท JSON Extraction 10 pts Claude Haiku returns structured JSON inside markdown code fences. App uses _strip_fences() + _safe_json_loads() with repair logic. Bid Estimate table and Risk Registry rendered entirely from parsed JSON. C3 ยท AI Chat Completions โ€” AWS Bedrock Converse API 8 pts Tab 5 GC AI Assistant: run_assistant() โ†’ _bedrock_converse(). Full project context (client ยท location ยท sqft ยท timeline ยท total bid) + full conversation history injected into system prompt. Multi-turn. C4 ยท Cloud Deployment โ€” Live on Render.com 6 pts Journey: AWS App Runner (shut down Apr 30, 2026 โ€” external event) โ†’ Azure App Service (CI/CD built; WebSocket/Gunicorn incompatibility) โ†’ Render.com โ€” deployed first attempt, GitHub auto-deploy active. Live at: buildflow-ai-aws.onrender.com โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ” ๐Ÿ”— LIVE LINKS โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ” โ˜๏ธ Live App (Render.com โ€” Primary Cloud): https://buildflow-ai-aws.onrender.com ๐Ÿ“บ Live App (Streamlit Mirror): https://buildflowai.streamlit.app ๐Ÿ’ป GitHub: github.com/ASebastianAiX/buildflow-ai-aws โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ” Generative AI Bootcamp | Instructor: Matt Dancho | Apollo Sebastian | May 2026 โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”