We don’t just use AI. We’re building a smarter way to design, together.

At SSOE, we believe the future of architecture and engineering is AI-powered—but human led. We’re not waiting for transformation to happen around us. We’re making it happen—responsibly, boldly, and in a way that truly benefits our clients and our people.

That’s what this space is for: to share our story, spark ideas, and show you what’s possible when an A/E firm starts thinking like an AI company.

A Philosophy That Starts at the Top

“We can’t be an A/E firm that casually uses AI—we must think like an AI firm that executes A/E projects.”

— Vince DiPofi, CEO

This is more than a tagline—it’s a mindset. SSOE’s approach to AI is intentional and integrated.

We’ve asked big questions:

  • How do we make responsibility and ethics foundational to our AI strategy?
  • How do we ensure it uplifts our teams and our client outcomes?
  • How do we protect what makes our work deeply human?

This thinking led us to create the AI Governance Team (AIGT) —a diverse, cross-functional group that guides how we use AI safely, ethically, and effectively across our company. Today, we’ve evolved into an overarching AI Implementation team, made up of our AIGT and an R&D team focused on proof-of-concept development, testing, and integration / product rollout.

“The architecture, engineering, and construction industries stand at a crossroads with the opportunity to harness AI’s potential and shape the future. By proactively adopting and strategically integrating AI, we can redefine industry competitiveness and client satisfaction, paving the way for a smarter, more sustainable tomorrow.”

— Brett Susany, Sr. VP of AI

AI in Action: On Our Projects, With Our People

In-house Resource Planning Tool

A solution to one of the AEC industry’s toughest challenges.

We found ourselves in need of a more robust tool to enhance resource forecasting and staff assignment capabilities. Instead of waiting for the perfect tool, we’re building it. SSOE’s in-house technology team has developed and piloted a tool that aims to forecast optimal staff mix and duration for new projects against existing workload to better understand capacity and manage…

Microsoft Copilot

Empowering our teams with everyday AI.

SSOE is utilizing Microsoft Copilot to significantly enhance work efficiency and accuracy across various departments. Copilot is accessible to all staff after training. Key areas of application include using it as a writing assistant, for idea generation, document summarization and generation, research assistant, excel assistant, programming code assistant, language translations, product comparison and data analysis. Use of Copilot has…

Autodesk Forma

Early-stage design modeling in extreme climates.

We helped our client visualize and optimize façade design for occupant comfort—long before breaking ground through the use of the Autodesk Forma tool. It allows the designer to rapidly experiment with the building’s geometry and façade design to discover the most suitable form, prioritizing quality of spaces and comfort for end uses, especially in extreme climates (daylighting and …

AI Knowledge Retention

Lessons learned shouldn’t disappear when people move on.

SSOE has developed a proof-of-concept to use an AI Agent to act as a Master Engineer trained in SSOE’s processes, best-known-methods, and trainings. Our data structure is being remodeled to enable better use of our proprietary knowledge to train the agent on the ‘SSOE way’ of engineering.

Agentic Automation

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SSOE is currently piloting software that puts a copilot engine in Revit. Using Natural Language Processing (NLP) we can prompt Revit activities such as cleaning up parameter data, annotation, dimensions, sheets and then can share and deploy automations to co-workers in different workspaces within a project. Transforms traditional process of scripts >> write the code, execute command upon an SME directing. (see transcript)…

ACC AI Assistant

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 Body copy: Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) is SSOE’s enterprise-wide project delivery platform. We partner with the Autodesk Product team and have research access. Use of the AI Assistant for project specifications allows our design teams, owners, and general contractors the ability to query the project specifications for quality, answers, and more rapid responses to RFIs, submittals, or issues.

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