Construction AI Agents,
Monitored for Safety

1. Target

   Safety guidance for heights, trenching, electrical, confined-space and hazardous-material tasks

2. Trigger

   A response gives high-risk work steps not drawn from a controlled SWMS or method statement

3. Action — enforced

   Refuse improvised steps and defer to the controlled SWMS; agent may direct to the responsible supervisor

4. Human override

   Released only by the site safety manager confirming the controlled SWMS for the task

Logged evidencetask id · hazard class · SWMS reference · refused guidance · manager identity · timestamp

1. Target

   Excavation and ground-disturbance advice depending on utility-locate and 811 screening

2. Trigger

   Advice authorises digging without a verified, in-date utility locate for the excavation zone

3. Action — enforced

   Block the clear-to-dig and require a verified locate; agent may schedule the locate and hold excavation

4. Human override

   Released only by the site supervisor after a verified utility locate is recorded

Logged evidencelocate ticket id · excavation zone · locate status · supervisor identity · timestamp

1. Target

   Crane and lift-plan go/no-go advice covering ground bearing, wind at hook height and pours

2. Trigger

   A lift is approved against ground-bearing capacity or wind limits at hook height

3. Action — enforced

   Block the go decision and hold the lift; agent may propose a compliant window or engineered plan

4. Human override

   Released only by the lift supervisor confirming ground bearing and wind against the lift plan

Logged evidencelift plan id · ground bearing · wind reading · go decision · supervisor identity · timestamp

1. Target

   Bid, pricing and strategy data scoped to a single tender within the firm probity boundary

2. Trigger

   A request or tool call would read a competing tender bid, pricing or strategy

3. Action — enforced

   Deny the cross-tender read and return only in-scope data; agent continues within the tender boundary

4. Human override

   None — cannot be overridden in session

Logged evidencerequesting tender · target tender · denied record id · policy rule · timestamp

1. Target

   Inbound project documents from tender portals, supplier emails, submittals and RFIs the agent reads

2. Trigger

   An inbound document contains directives, links or tool calls attempting to steer the agent

3. Action — enforced

   Treat the document as data only and refuse the embedded instruction; the project task continues normally

4. Human override

   None — cannot be overridden in session

Logged evidencedocument id · source · detected instruction · content hash · timestamp

1. Target

   Estimates, quantities, rates and escalations that could bind a submitted bid or variation

2. Trigger

   A bid or variation is submitted with unverified quantities, rates or measurement basis

3. Action — enforced

   Hold the submission and require estimator verification; agent may prepare the priced basis for sign-off

4. Human override

   Released only by the senior estimator confirming quantities, rates and the measurement basis

Logged evidencebid id · quantities · rate basis · estimator identity · timestamp

1. Target

   Engineering and structural calculations the agent produces or summarises for site use

2. Trigger

   A structural or engineering calculation is presented as approved design without engineer certification

3. Action — enforced

   Block the design claim and label it indicative; agent may pass the calculation to an engineer for certification

4. Human override

   Released only by the certifying structural engineer accepting the calculation as approved design

Logged evidencecalculation id · element · assumptions · engineer identity · certification ref · timestamp

1. Target

   Accounts-payable changes to payee bank details and payment releases triggered by inbound requests

2. Trigger

   A request changes payee bank details or releases payment without out-of-band verification

3. Action — enforced

   Block the change and require callback verification; agent may proceed once the payee is independently confirmed

4. Human override

   Released only by the finance controller after independent callback verification of the payee

Logged evidencevendor id · old and new bank details · verification method · controller identity · timestamp

1. Target

   Drawings, specifications, geotech reports and as-builts served to site and procurement

2. Trigger

   A retrieval returns a superseded drawing, spec or report as the current revision

3. Action — enforced

   Block issue of the superseded document and serve the current revision; agent flags the revision mismatch

4. Human override

   Released only by the document controller confirming the current revision status of the document

Logged evidencedocument id · served revision · current revision · controller identity · timestamp

1. Target

   Progress claims, payment schedules and lien or statutory notices with fixed legal timeframes

2. Trigger

   A claim, schedule or notice is prepared missing a statutory payment or lien deadline

3. Action — enforced

   Hold the claim and surface the statutory deadline; agent may prepare the notice within the required timeframe

4. Human override

   Released only by the contracts administrator confirming the statutory deadline and entitlement

Logged evidenceclaim id · statutory regime · deadline date · administrator identity · timestamp