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3PM Agentic AI

3PM Agentic AI

What Is Agentic AI — and Why It Changes Everything


In the world of software, we’ve grown used to the idea that users have to learn the system — configure settings, build workflows, understand data structures, and manually connect the dots.

Agentic AI flips that model on its head.

What is Agentic AI?

Agentic AI refers to AI agents that don’t just respond to prompts, but take action on behalf of the user.

These agents:

  • Learn from context (like your company website, historical data, team structure)
  • Make decisions autonomously (e.g. choosing the right workflow or escalation path)
  • Orchestrate systems (by building forms, setting permissions, initiating actions)
  • Where traditional AI might answer a question, Agentic AI completes the task — often before the user even knows what to ask.

Why It Matters

Agentic AI represents a paradigm shift in software delivery:

  • No more blank slates – Systems come pre-configured to your business
  • No more long setups – Agents learn your needs and structure themselves
  • No more tool overload – Agentic platforms stitch tasks together across modules

Instead of forcing businesses to adapt to software, Agentic AI builds software around the business. The result is faster deployment, lower overhead, and dramatically higher ROI.

It’s not just a better user experience — it’s a new foundation for how software works.

 

3PM – The First Agentic AI Platform Built for Construction

3PM is the world’s first Agentic AI platform built specifically for construction companies. It’s not just a set of digital tools. It’s a system that learns how your business runs and then runs it with you — from opportunity intake all the way to subcontractor dispatch.

Over the past two years, the team at 3PM has rebuilt everything from the ground up to support true Agentic AI — not just a feature layer, but a deeply integrated platform that can operate all aspects of a construction business.

We started with construction because it’s one of the most complex, fragmented, and admin-heavy industries in the world — but the same approach can be applied anywhere complex projects are managed.

 

 

Here’s how 3PM works:

Smart Setup on Sign-Up

When a new company signs up, 3PM’s Agentic AI (we call it Buddy) pulls in data from the company website and public sources. It uses that context to:

  • Set up regions, users, and permissions

  • Pre-load workflows and project types

  • Configure dashboards and reporting defaults

No setup calls. No blank config screens. Just log in and start working.

 

AI-Built Workflows in Real Time

Need an Incident Reporting process? Just tell Buddy. It will:

  • Build the form

  • Set up the workflow logic (approvals, routing)

  • Assign roles and deploy it immediately

No code. No dev teams. No waiting.

 

From Opportunity to Delivery in One Flow

Define where your leads come from — by region, source, or partner — and let 3PM auto-track opportunities.

From each opportunity, Buddy can:

  • Generate a takeoff and estimate

  • Build a work schedule

  • Create and dispatch work orders to subcontractors

Everything connects — no manual duplication, no disconnected systems.

 

Custom AI & Mobile Tools for the Field

Buddy itself is customisable — tone, logic, access levels — so it feels like part of your team.

Meanwhile, field staff access custom mobile Cards per workspace, showing only what’s relevant for them: checklists, timesheets, reporting, and chat with Buddy.

 

AI for Every Person in the Business

Agentic AI in 3PM isn’t limited to managers or admin roles. Every employee has a personalised agent:

  • Field staff get smart mobile workflows tailored to their tasks

  • Project managers get real-time visibility, scheduling, and claim support

  • Execs get intelligent reporting and predictive insights

  • All in their preferred language, role context, and device — whether a team of 5 or 5,000 across multiple countries

This isn't just AI with a dashboard — it's AI living inside the organisation, interacting with every role, every day.

 

Not an Evolution — a Transformation

Construction software has seen decades of evolution — better interfaces, mobile apps, cloud platforms — but the model has always been the same: software as a tool.

Agentic AI changes that.

It transforms how businesses operate, scale, and learn.
Tasks are no longer pushed from person to person — they flow through autonomous agents, reducing admin, errors, and lag.

We believe this model — where AI actively runs your operation with you — is the future of construction.
Not in five years. Now.

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