Project Executive · Applied AI · Construction Technology
Construction judgment, turned into working systems.
I'm Donald Speedie, a construction project executive, builder-developer, and construction-technology product designer. Over 27 years, I've led preconstruction and delivery for complex projects and built software and AI systems that help contractors make better decisions and run stronger operations.
I run Nimble Development, an infill development company in Northern California, and built the AI back office that supports its feasibility, pipeline, and operations.
I know the work because I've done the work.
I've worked from estimating and preconstruction through design, field execution, closeout, and development—with responsibility for budgets, schedules, client relationships, and results. Today, I apply that experience to project leadership and practical AI systems including HABU, Fluid CM, and Operation Alpha.
27 years
in construction
11 years
in software and AI
$14M–$330M
projects and pursuits
DBIA · CCM
LEED AP · OSHA 30
Applied AI for construction
The same systems, pointed at your jobs
These are working parts of my own company's back office, built around real construction workflows, accountable decisions, and human judgment.
A morning brief that writes itself
Calendar, email, your jobs, and the market — one plain-English digest waiting before your first coffee. The single highest-ROI thing I run.
An AI bookkeeper
Enterprise-grade books without the enterprise price. Transactions coded, rules enforced, the math auditable.
Job costing AI can reason over
A cost-code structure built so both your team and the AI can actually use it. The unglamorous foundation everything else leans on.
Cashflow forecasts that self-correct
Forecasts that measure their own error and recalibrate. Know your cash position weeks out — AI interprets, the math decides.
Deal & land intelligence
Highest-and-best-use screening in minutes, not days — thousands of parcels analyzed automatically, ADU and redevelopment upside priced in.
A back office that runs itself
Two dozen scheduled jobs working nights and weekends — meeting prep, follow-ups, market scans — whether you show up or not.
A system that learns your business
It captures what works, remembers your mistakes, and gets sharper at your company over time instead of staying generic.
Guardrails that keep AI honest
It asks before it acts, stops when it's unsure, and never touches the money without rules. Safe automation you can actually trust.
Working with me
How an engagement works
I take on a handful of builds a year. It's hands-on and practical — we ship the first useful thing in weeks, not quarters.
Readiness assessment
We look at your data and name your sources of truth. You get an honest score and a starting phase — before you spend a dollar on tools.
Phase build-out
We build in order: clean data, then an assistant, then the scheduled backbone, then agents with real authority — each with guardrails installed first.
Handoff
Your team owns it when I leave. I document as I go and teach the habit, so the system keeps compounding without me.
Discuss a project or role
If you're building a project, leading a preconstruction team, or creating better technology for contractors, I'd be glad to compare notes.
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