The Reality

Every story starts with the same sentence.

Our engineers are spending more time on admin than engineering. Then we map where the hours go. Document search. Project setup. Approval chains. Reporting.

Fix those four and the time comes back. Here is how it played out across five firms.

What happens when LAI builds automation inside your Microsoft 365 environment.

These aren’t projections. These are live results from Australian engineering and construction firms that eliminated admin bottlenecks, cut approval delays, and got project teams back to doing actual work — without adding a single new software platform.

Every engagement below started the same way: a discovery session, an honest look at where hours were going, and automation built inside tools already in place.

75%

Reduction in approval time
SMS Group

80%

Faster document turnaround

Advisory by Astrid

70%

Reduction in project setup time
McGill Engineering

17 hrs/wk

Admin per project manager, fully automatable
Source: LAI Solutions Research

The Results

Real firms. Real numbers.

Built on actual project data, measured in hours saved, delays reduced, and teams freed up to do real engineering.

  • SMS Group

    How a Tier One Contractor Streamlined Their Workflow Inefficiencies with Digital Forms.

    75% approval time reduction

  • Advisory by Astrid

    Efficient Document Retrieval for a Leading Engineering Consultancy.

  • McGill Engineering

    How a water treatment engineering specialist enhanced their workflows and saved multiple hours per project.

  • Grid Construction

    How a Perth Construction Company Automated Document Management.

  • ECG Engineering

    How a 120-Person Engineering Consultancy Set Themselves Up For Operational Efficiency

17 hrs / week LAI Solutions Research

More than two full working days every week — on tasks that shouldn't require a human.

According to LAI Solutions research, engineering project managers spend an average of 17 hours per week on administrative tasks that are fully automatable using tools already inside their Microsoft 365 environment.

The firms above got those hours back. Yours can too.

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