SchemeFlow uses AI to automate government approvals for construction projects.

Two brothers + high school friend, with great combo of skills: Mayor’s Chief of Staff, Arup construction engineer + AI software engineer.

Using LLMs to generate reports in minutes rather than months, and to scrape + parse complex local regulations.

Already generated over 10,000 pages of technical reports for over 400 construction projects, from car parks to hotels, housing to office buildings, with 97% time savings.

Started in the UK with 10x paid pilots with engineering companies such as Stantec and Royal Haskoning, now pivoted to focus on the US.

$9B US opportunity (143k consultants x $64k/yr report-writing work), $23B worldwide.

www.schemeflow.com
Automating Government Approvals for Construction Projects
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### Automating Government Approvals for Construction Projects

SchemeFlow uses AI to automate government approvals for construction projects. Two brothers + high school friend, with great combo of skills: Mayor’s Chief of Staff, Arup construction engineer + AI software engineer. Using LLMs to generate reports in minutes rather than months, and to scrape + parse complex local regulations. Already generated over 10,000 pages of technical reports for over 400 construction projects, from car parks to hotels, housing to office buildings, with 97% time savings. Started in the UK with 10x paid pilots with engineering companies such as Stantec and Royal Haskoning, now pivoted to focus on the US. $9B US opportunity (143k consultants x $64k/yr report-writing work), $23B worldwide. 



SchemeFlow

Founded:2023

Team Size:4

Location:San Francisco

### Active Founders

### Andrew Browning, CEO & Co-Founder

CEO & Co-Founder: Automating Government Approvals for Construction Projects || Experience: Chief of Staff, Mayor's Office in Birmingham, UK || Consultant, Boston Consulting Group || Starred First, St. John's College, University of Cambridge || Founder & Chair of Trustees: King Lear Arts: Active Participation in the Arts for Seniors



### Jonny Browning, Founder

CTO & Founder @ SchemeFlow | Automating Government Approvals for Construction Projects



### James Griffith, Founder

COO & Co-Founder of SchemeFlow. Automating Government Approvals for Construction Projects. Ex-Arup Engineer, licensed in California, UK & Europe. University of Cambridge Engineering - First Class.



### Company Launches

[### SchemeFlow - AI vs. NIMBYs & slow construction projects](

[SchemeFlow uses generative AI to draft the technical reports required for construction projects](

*   Getting housing and infrastructure built takes FAR TOO LONG in the developed world today. YEARS are taken up in approvals and technical work before work on site can begin.
*   Environmental impact assessments, traffic impact studies, acoustics, geotechnical, flood risk reports, applications for federal grant funding. The list goes on…
*   Our technology drafts these reports in minutes rather than months, allowing technical professionals to focus on the big picture.
*   Helping to draft these reports quickly and accurately reduces the attack surface for NIMBYs & opponents of projects to slow down or stop projects from getting built.
*   We HAVE to tackle this problem to restore prosperity and dynamism to our towns and cities. LET'S GET BUILDING!



_Elon vs. the environmental technical reports for the Tesla Gigafactory in Berlin_

**WHO ARE WE?**

We’re two brothers and a friend from high school in Birmingham in the UK, who started SchemeFlow because of their frustration with how long it takes to get construction projects underway.

*   [Andrew Browning]( (CEO): Chief of Staff to the Mayor for four years, helping secure a 10x increase in capital funding for transport infrastructure projects. Hugely frustrated with the speed of local projects like the Dudley Metro transit project (first proposal 1984, construction 2020, completion date 2025!) and the paperwork required to get construction started.
*   [Jonny Browning]( (CTO): Software engineer specialising in the application of AI / ML in existing industries. Previously at Red Hat and Datatonic (European Data & ML consultancy) working on ML platforms for major UK companies such as Vodafone and BT.
*   [James Griffith]( (COO): Structural engineer in the Advanced Technology Group at engineering firm Arup, licensed in the UK and California. Designed the tallest tower of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona (the tallest church in the world, accelerating construction speed by 10x) and led the earthquake-resistant glass rebuild of the iconic Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver, BC (making it survive a "once in a millennia" earthquake).



_Start a company with your brother: good idea? We’ll find out soon enough..._

**OUR TECH**

**Structured Report Generation Platform**

*   We allow technical consultants to quickly draft these reports in minutes rather than months.
*   Insert technical analysis quickly and easily into their reports, removing the need for complex third-party software tools for many projects (e.g., GIS platforms).
*   Access via web app or in Microsoft Word (which is where these consultants live!).

**Combination of LLMs and Structured Technical Data**

*   LLMs to generate a first version, with the ability to quickly tweak and redraft.
*   Use LLMs on top of technical data & analysis, which is known to be accurate.
*   Tight control of LLMs & prompts (low temperature) to prevent hallucination. [Read this post]( if you’re interested in what we’ve found using LLMs for technical text generation.



_Future of document review: Click, click, click, and choose the version you like best?_

**Add New Structured Reports Quickly and Easily**

*   Consultants can use their own existing templates, or we can work with them to generate and enhance templates based on previous reports.
*   Internal tagging tools to speed up our onboarding of new reports and disciplines to the SchemeFlow platform

**ASK OF YOU**

*   **Book a demo** [here]( if you’re an engineer or built environment professional
*   **Forward this as a link** to an engineer or built environment professional you know
*   **Follow us** on [LinkedIn!](

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