The challenge
On high-stakes projects, tiny discrepancies become six-figure delays. Traditional document review was manual and slow, with issues sometimes discovered after design had moved on. That created RFIs, change orders, and friction across teams.
“If we have a $100 million project, we might have a workforce of 100 people on that project. If I have a delay because of a conflict, it’s really expensive. If I can eliminate just one upfront, it more than pays for LightTable.” — John Tynan, CEO
Why LightTable
LightTable is built for construction QA/QC. It reviews drawings and specs at scale, flags coordination issues automatically, and organizes findings so teams can resolve them quickly. Compared to traditional methods, teams surface more issues, much faster, and eliminate a significant portion of coordination errors before they hit the job site.
What stood out to Tynan Group
- Construction-specific QA at speed and scale
- Actionable comments routed to the right owners
- Option to layer in Expert Double Checks when stakes are high
“This is a perfect use of AI. LightTable looks at data and compares data. For a person to do that takes a lot of time and has a lot of inaccuracy.”
How they work with LightTable
- Upload the latest drawing set and specs.
- AI review runs across disciplines and flags conflicts, omissions, and inconsistencies.
- Issue list is prioritized by severity, organized for fast assignment and resolution.
- Push to design team while construction docs are still in flight so fixes land early.
“We sent the documents to LightTable. The next day we got the comments and pushed them to the design team. It was early enough that they had just started construction docs, so we were able to get meaningful comments right away. That was a game changer.”
Results
1. Faster reviews
“We sent the documents to LightTable. The next day we got the comments and pushed them to the design team. It was early enough that they had just started construction docs, so we were able to get meaningful comments right away. That was a game changer.”
2. Better interviews and stronger positioning
“Because of LightTable, I was the smartest guy in the room. We had 200 identified conflicts on their drawings, and we walked in prepared.”
3. Higher partner satisfaction
“We’re saying to architects, here are our comments via LightTable. They think it’s the greatest thing because they can fix it in real time when it’s helpful.”
Impact at a glance
6x more issues surfaced vs. traditional reviews
15x faster from upload to finding
Coordination errors eliminated before they become RFIs and change orders
Optional Expert Double Checks: field-tested professionals add scope-specific insights across 15+ domains when extra assurance is needed.
Why it matters
Most overruns are preventable. Two things change the equation: catching issues early and making it easy for every stakeholder to close the loop quickly. LightTable delivers both with construction-specific AI, structured reporting, and collaboration built in. That is how teams reduce RFIs, avoid change orders, and keep momentum.
