Sell construction company data to AI companies

What construction data do AI companies buy?

AI companies buy construction data that records decisions on real projects in the order they happened. An RFI, the architect's answer, the change order that followed and the schedule update a week later form a complete example of a problem and its resolution.

Linked records are worth more than isolated ones. If your RFIs carry the project, drawing reference and date, a buyer can connect them to the change orders and schedule updates that followed. Photos from defect reports are also image data in their own right.

How much do AI companies pay for construction company data?

AI companies publish a range of $115,000 to $1 million for construction company data. That is Mercor's referral listing for construction companies of 50 to 2,000 employees, as reported by ddiy.co in October 2026.

The $115,000 starting point is one of the highest in the 11 Mercor listings ddiy.co reports. Only consulting firms, at $150,000, start higher. The ceiling reflects what a large general contractor with many projects and many years of linked records can offer. Our free data valuation tells you where your archive is likely to sit.

Who owns the drawings and models in your project files?

The drawings and models in your project files are usually owned by whoever created them, which is often not you. Under 17 U.S.C. section 201(a), copyright vests initially in the author, and section 201(b) treats the employer as the author of a work made for hire by its employees.

Architects' standard contracts keep it that way. The AIA Contract Documents help center says that under B101-2017 the architect and its consultants are deemed the authors and owners of their instruments of service and retain their copyright, while the owner receives a license solely for constructing, using, maintaining, altering and adding to the project. A project license will not usually cover licensing the files to an AI company, so check each agreement or leave design files out.

Your own records are a different matter. Daily logs, RFIs your staff wrote, safety plans, schedules and estimates produced by your employees belong to your company. A transfer from anyone else must be in a signed writing under 17 U.S.C. section 204(a). See chain of title for how buyers check this.

What do owner and subcontractor contracts allow?

Owner and subcontractor contracts often restrict what you can do with project information, so read the confidentiality clauses before any project goes into a package. Public agencies and private owners both use them.

• Owner contract confidentiality clauses, which may survive completion
• Master service agreements and public agency contracts with their own information rules
• Subcontractor quotes and rates shared in confidence during bidding
• Security requirements on sensitive sites such as prisons, military bases and energy infrastructure

Federal work adds a formal layer. Under 32 CFR 2002.4(h), controlled unclassified information includes information an entity creates or possesses for the government that a law, regulation or government-wide policy requires to be handled with safeguarding or dissemination controls. Projects for clients with strict security requirements should be excluded outright. For others, removing owner names, addresses and subcontractor rates is often enough to protect commercial confidentiality, but the contract decides, not the redaction.

Construction records hold more personal data than most contractors expect. Site photos show workers and members of the public, certified payroll and orientation records name individuals, and copies of training cards carry photos and card numbers.

Injury and illness records need the most care. OSHA's recordkeeping rule at 29 CFR 1904.29 treats some cases, such as sexual assaults, mental illnesses and needlestick injuries, as privacy concern cases whose names stay off the OSHA 300 log, which shows how sensitive these records are. Exclude incident reports rather than redact them.

State privacy law can apply to workers too. The California Attorney General said in July 2023 that, since January 1, 2023, covered businesses must comply with the CCPA for employee data. Photos can be kept if faces and identifying details are removed by a documented method and checked, as our vetting standard requires.

Which construction records are easiest to clear?

The easiest construction records to clear are the ones your own staff wrote about how your company works. Safety plans, job hazard analysis templates, daily logs, lessons-learned reviews and estimating rates you built yourself contain little owner information, and they are works made for hire your company owns.

RFIs and change orders come next, once owner names, site addresses and subcontractor rates are removed. Design files from architects and engineers, and anything from security-sensitive or federal sites, come last or not at all.

If you hold UK or EU data

UK projects follow different rules. Section 11 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 makes the author the first owner of a drawing, with an exception for employees' work, and accident reports that describe injuries hold data concerning health, which is special category data under Article 9 of the UK GDPR. Exclude those reports.

How does selling construction data work with Sell My Data To AI?

Selling construction data with Sell My Data To AI starts with a consultation about which projects and systems you hold. We then help you build a project-by-project data manifest, marking which projects are cleared, which need owner consent and which are excluded.

Verified buyers you approve see a redacted sample drawn at random across projects, not your best job. You sign the license directly with the buyer. Book a free consultation to find out what your project archive could be worth.