Make your BEST tech strategy decisions with what you learn at AEC AI Acceleration Workshop

AI is no longer a side conversation in AEC firm management meetings. It's THE conversation. AEC AI Acceleration Workshop gives you a clear understanding of what it can and cannot do, a practical framework for rolling it out responsibly, and immediate actions to leverage this transformative tech profitably and strategically.

 

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Built For Where Your Firm Actually is... and Where It Needs to Go

This intensive 2-day executive workshop is built around one idea: your AEC firm doesn't need more hype. And you don't need to be buried in highly technical discussions. You need a plan for AI adoption.

But before you can formulate a great one, you need a foundation of knowledge to stand on equal footing with tech leads, outside consultants, and vendors. And clients asking hard questions. So you won't get oversold on AI. Instead, expect an honest, no-spin grounding in what agentic and generative AI can and cannot do.

  • Learn how to implement a tiered adoption framework — Personal AI, Department AI, and Organizational AI — so you know exactly what's next for your firm, and what you can't skip.
  • Hear real AEC ROI numbers on documentation time, turnaround, and proposal costs, not vendor promises.
  • Learn how to set up governance and risk guardrails before you scale AI, not after something goes wrong.
  • And so much more

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More than Talking About AI... This is Building With AI!

Only PSMJ's AEC AI Acceleration Workshop is built around live demonstrations, group exercises, and hands-on activities designed to make the learning stick. Over two days that fly by, we:

  • Asses your current AI experience and use cases, sharing experiences and solutions
  • Watch a live build of a working AI agent — from instructions, to tools, to output
  • Run a group activity designing on AI-powered workflow for a real department in your firm
  • Walk through an AI-powered RFP analysis and go/no-go workflow
  • Brainstorm your own firm's Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 AI roadmap
  • Work through real AI system prompts - and see exactly where they can go wrong
This program is interactive, with live applications and group workshops in every module, not a slide deck read out loud.

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AEC AI Acceleration Workshop's
Game-Changing Takeaways

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Build a Clear Mental Model for AI Adoption at Your AEC Firm, Minus the Hype

You gain an understanding of what large language models and AI agents actually are, how they work in the AEC industry, and where they reliably break — so you can evaluate any vendor pitch or internal proposal with confidence instead of guesswork.

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Master the Tiered AI Framework: Personal, Department, Organizational

Learn a proven framework for sequencing your firm's AI rollout — from individual staff using AI tools with zero infrastructure, to department-level workflows, to firm-wide systems built on your own project data — so you never skip a step you can't afford to skip.

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Turn Non-Billable Hours Back Into Billable Ones

See the real math behind AI-assisted documentation, meeting summaries, and RFI tracking — work that can eat 20-30% of a PM's week — and walk out with a model for calculating the ROI for your own firm.

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Win More Work with AI-Powered Business Development

With AEC win rates often hovering around one in four, and major proposals costing tens of thousands of dollars to produce, learn how AI-assisted RFP analysis, go/no-go decisions, and first-draft proposal sections help your BD team spend less time writing and more time winning.

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Protect Your Firm from the Risks Nobody's Talking About

Understand the real risks — hallucinations, shadow AI, data governance, and licensure exposure — and leave with a "measure twice, cut once" framework for piloting, learning, and scaling AI without betting the firm on it.

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Leave with a Monday-Morning Action Plan

No homework, no follow-up webinar required. You leave with tiered, concrete action items sized to your role and firm, plus a takeaway packet: a Tiered Framework guide, a Decision Matrix, a Glossary, and an Action Checklist.

Who Should Attend

This workshop is built for the people who set AI strategy in AEC firms and own the outcome — not just the people asked to pilot the tools.

  • Principals, Presidents & Owners 
  • CEOs, COOs, CFOs & Managing Principals
  • CIOs, CTOs & IT/Technology Directors
  • Vice Presidents & Associate Principals
  • Directors of Business Development, Operations & Innovation
  • Project Managers and Project Architects ready to bring AI back to their teams

If your whole leadership team is wrestling with the same questions, bring them. The group activities work best with more perspectives at the table.

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Upcoming Dates & Locations:

  • Boston
    October 29-30, 2026
    Boston
  • Nashville
    November 12-13, 2026
    Nashville
  • San Diego
    December 10-11, 2026
    San Diego
  • Scottsdale
    February 25-26, 2027
    Scottsdale
  • Austin
    March 11-12, 2027
    Austin

GUARANTEE

This executive education program is focused on helping you make smarter AI and tech investment and adoption decisions at your AEC firm. If the skills and tools you acquire don't have a positive impact on that goal, we will refund your fee or arrange for you to attend another PSMJ program at no cost. You take no risk!

Professional Development Credits

AIA Continuing Ed LogoAEC AI Acceleration Workshop is AIA CES-registered to provide this content. This Workshop earns you up to 13 LU Hours, CEUs, or PDHs. Not all state and licensing boards accept these programs for learning units. For more information, please contact our education team at (617) 965-0055 or education@psmj.com.

Set a firm foundation and make you best decisions