Level 1 · Governance
Make AI safe enough to say yes to.
Many construction companies aren't slow on AI because they're behind. They're slow because nobody has told them what's safe, what's in the fine print, or what happens when AI is wrong on a high-stakes project.
The problem
Your people are already "using AI". Many are getting real value from the tools. Some are leaking private data into training models, others have at least turned that off. Many of your best employees hold back because they aren't sure the leadership team permits AI work. Some of your less careful team members may be opening you up to reputational or legal risk!
What's in the fine print? What data are you exposing? What happens to your IP? These are the questions we answer before anyone talks about productivity.
What you get
The governance suite.
- AI MissionWhat the company is actually trying to accomplish with AI, and what it isn't.
- AI Best PracticesHow your teams are expected to use the tools day to day.
- AI Compliance PolicyThe rules that keep AI use inside your legal and contractual obligations.
- Approved Tools RegisterThe list of tools cleared for use, and what happened before they made the list.
- AI Licensing PolicyWho can buy, approve, and expense AI tools, and how.
- Data Sanitization GuideWhat data can go into a prompt, and what has to be stripped first.
- AI Disclosure RequirementsWhen and how AI involvement has to be disclosed, to clients or regulators.
Aligned to NIST AI RMF and ISO 42001, written so both your lawyers and your field teams can live with it.
Send this page up the chain
The framework names matter because they travel. Your insurance renewal, your client's compliance questionnaire, and your advisory board all speak NIST and ISO. "We're aligned to the NIST AI risk framework" is an answer. "We hired a guy" is not.
How we keep it honest
The Human Sandwich.
Human direction in, AI work in the middle, human verification out. The shift from "fairly accurate" to professionally liable is the whole point.
Security reviews before approval.
No tool reaches your team without a documented security review. We have rejected popular community tools over what we found, and we put findings in writing.
From the field
From "no one's allowed to use AI" to teams using it safely.
"Benton built our entire AI governance framework from scratch. We went from 'no one's allowed to use AI' to having clear policies, approved tools, and teams actually using AI safely."