What is BlueprintAI — and what does AI readiness cost an Ontario builder?
TL;DR — Program Summary
BlueprintAI is a four-week AI readiness program built for Ontario construction leaders — team training, a written AI policy, and a prioritized roadmap of which AI assistants will pay off in your operation.
The Ontario government covers up to half. Full program: $8,996. After OCI CIT Future Ready funding: $4,498 net.
60% of leaders say they don't know where to start with AI — and among teams already using AI tools, more than half received zero formal training. In construction, that gap is expensive: it shows up in field-to-office lag, prompt-payment scrambles, and gut-feel bids.
BlueprintAI closes that gap in four weeks. It's a complete AI readiness program built specifically for Ontario builders with fewer than 500 people — delivered by StilwaterAI, an Authorized Future Ready Service Provider, and funded up to 50% by the Ontario government through OCI's CIT Future Ready program.
You're not behind. You're right on time. But the window is real.
What does BlueprintAI actually include?
One program. One price. Three capabilities your organization keeps forever:
A team that's genuinely ready.
Structured awareness and training built around your people, your workflows, and construction's reality — Tarion demands, payment clocks, supplier pricing that moves weekly. No jargon. No theory for theory's sake.
An AI policy that protects you.
Before anything gets built, your organization gets a written, approved AI policy: what tools can be used, what data they can touch, who's accountable. An organization that builds before governing is building on sand — we don't let that happen.
A prioritized roadmap.
Through our AI Assistant Identification & Prioritization process, we evaluate your actual workflows and rank the AI assistant opportunities by return, productivity impact, and build time. You leave knowing exactly what to build first — and why.
What does it cost — and how does the funding work?
We publish our pricing openly. No "book a call to find out."
| Program Line Item | Price (CAD) |
|---|---|
| Full Program InvestmentUp to 15 people, online delivery. Fully structured cohort. | $8,996 |
| OCI CIT Future Ready FundingDirect reimbursement up to 50% of eligible costs. | − $4,498 |
| Your Net InvestmentAfter completing the OCI reimbursement claim. | $4,498 |
Base program covers up to 15 people, delivered online. Larger organizations add training tracks at $4,000 per additional session. On-site delivery available — ask us.
How the funding works, plainly:
- Qualifying Parameters: You qualify if your organization is Ontario-based, in the construction sector, has fewer than 500 employees, and holds a valid CRA business number.
- Documentation Assistance: We guide your paperwork. As an Authorized Future Ready Service Provider, StilwaterAI walks you through every piece of OCI documentation and provides your letter of support. OCI requires the application to come directly from you — we make sure you're never doing it alone.
- Direct Reimbursement: OCI reimburses up to 50% of eligible costs directly to your organization after program completion (to a maximum of $10,000).
What's the return on $4,498?
Here's the napkin math — count your back-office people and multiply.
A typical Ontario builder runs five back-office staff — accounting, project managers, admin — at roughly $65,000 loaded cost each. That's $325,000 in annual administrative payroll.
The baseline outcome we see from an AI-empowered team is a 10–15% productivity improvement across the board. On that payroll, that's $32,500 to $48,750 in reclaimed capacity — every single year.
(number of back-office staff) × $6,500–$9,750 per year reclaimed
And that's the baseline. When the roadmap identifies specific manual processes to automate — timesheets, site diaries, invoice cross-referencing — we routinely see 40–95% time savings on those individual tasks, depending on the process, the team, and the starting point. We'll always tell you the honest range.
So here's the real question:
Where would you have your team spend that time?
More bids out the door? Site visits that actually happen? Invoices out the day the work finishes instead of the following week? Your controller going home at five?
That's the conversation BlueprintAI starts. The math gets you the capacity back. You decide where it goes.
What do the four weeks look like?
BlueprintAI follows StilwaterAI's proven path — readiness before build, always:
Phase 1 — AI Awareness
Demystify AI for your whole team. What it actually does, what it doesn't, and how to use it well. Grounded in the four things AI does for any team: a better search engine, mundane tasks done faster, learning new things faster, and a thought partner available at 2am.
Phase 2 — Readiness & Mapping
Your AI policy gets written and approved. Your workflows get assessed. Your AI assistant opportunities get identified and ranked.
Phase 3 — set up, not skipped
You finish with the build phase fully scoped — the right assistants, the right order, governance in place — ready to launch when you are.
What could AI actually do in a construction business?
Three possibilities — your roadmap will rank what's right for your operation:
Accelerated field-to-office reporting.
Voice-to-text workflows that turn site diaries and change orders into billable documentation the moment they happen — keeping projects on schedule and margins intact.
Cash flow & prompt payment defense.
AI-assisted billing workflows that cross-reference trade invoices against site records and purchase orders — protecting your position on Ontario's Prompt Payment clock.
Institutional knowledge & bid strategy.
A secure, private pipeline that lets your estimators query past project costs, sub-trade inflation, and margin drift — data-backed bids instead of gut feel, with governance that protects your trade agreements.
Who is StilwaterAI — and why trust us with this?
We're not a training vendor that delivers a course and moves on. We're not a software company with a product to push. StilwaterAI is a Fractional AI Leadership firm — Canadian, headquartered in Huntsville, Ontario, and an Authorized Future Ready Service Provider under OCI's programs.
We start with your people, not the technology. Every engagement includes human oversight at the moments that matter, security-first design, and governance documentation your organization owns. We don't build anything we wouldn't trust with our own business.
About Jason Hurlbut
Jason Hurlbut is the Founder & Chief DreamWeaver of StilwaterAI. A former Chief Revenue Officer who helped build one of Canada's top 85 fastest-growing tech companies two years running, Jason founded StilwaterAI after recognizing that leaders weren't lost on the technology — they were lost on the change. He works with leaders across Ontario, particularly in the smaller cities and towns where a thriving business is the backbone of an entire community.
"Builders already know this in their bones: you don't frame a house without a blueprint. AI is no different. Get the plan right, and the build takes care of itself."
— Jason Hurlbut
What are builders and leaders saying?
"The sessions were clear, well-structured, and very approachable, even for beginners. I especially appreciated the hands-on component."
— Kristin Newman, Stratton Homes
"This bootcamp delivered genuinely valuable insight into human-centered AI approaches we can apply immediately. The training went well beyond theory."
— Timeagility Consulting
"One of the most useful workshops I've ever attended. So many excellent takeaways."
— Andrew Wagner-Chazalon
What are the key dates?
Government funding programs run for a limited season. Plan your application accordingly.
No new applications accepted by OCI past this date.
Allows for full 4-week cohort delivery prior to funding claim.
Practically, that means discovery conversations need to happen in **July and early August** to prepare application paperwork. Government funding windows open for a season, not indefinitely — worth building into your plan now.
What is BlueprintAI not?
Sharpening the picture — three things this program is not:
You're not buying a tool. You're building a capability your organization owns forever.
Everything is built around Ontario construction workflows and your specific team requirements.
We never build before readiness. BlueprintAI is the blueprint; the build comes after, on solid ground.
Ready to see if your organization qualifies?
A discovery call is a relaxed, no-pressure conversation about your business, your team, and where AI might fit. We listen first. We've done the homework on your industry so you don't have to explain your world to us.
OCI Funding Closes Sept 30, 2026 — Last Program Start Aug 31
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