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Buildcheck is featured in the March/April 2026 issue of Constructor, the official magazine of the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). The piece, titled "Check Yourself," by A.D. Thompson, covers how the platform is gaining international traction with contractors reporting fewer RFIs and faster project delivery.
Read the full article in Constructor Magazine.
What the article covers
The feature centers on AvalonBay Communities, an AGC of Massachusetts member and vertically integrated owner-developer, and their experience adopting Buildcheck for third-party drawing review.
Haig Seferian, Senior Manager of Design Support at AvalonBay, describes the problem the platform addresses: despite implementing third-party reviews years ago, roughly half the commentary on coordination issues still wasn't being picked up — and incomplete drawing sets continued reaching the field. He estimates a third of their change orders stem from design coordination gaps.
Through pilots with Buildcheck, Seferian says the platform's commentary was manageable, user-friendly, and delivered real value. "Those three things checked the box for us."
Documented results
Seferian reports that Buildcheck cut AvalonBay's review span "at least in half," and highlights specific catches — wall tags, fire ratings, and life safety conflicts between drawings — as the types of issues that either cause RFIs halting field work or become expensive change orders down the line.
He cites RFI costs of $1,000 to $3,000 per issue: "If you find hundreds of these items in a design review, and a significant number of them turn into RFIs or change orders, it's tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands."
The startup
The article profiles Buildcheck co-founders Andrei Molchynsky (CEO) and Alexander Michalatos (CBO), tracing how the platform grew from their own day-to-day pain points — Molchynsky from the owner-developer side, Michalatos from general contracting and MEP coordination on projects like hospitals and public-private partnerships.
Michalatos notes: "Things are coming to a head. And that's what breeds adoption."
The piece closes with Seferian's take on AI in construction: "Whether we like it or not, it's imperative upon us to find the most beneficial ways to use it in our industry. This is one of the most beneficial. Our design teams say it makes life easier."
Buildcheck AI is a construction technology company applying computer vision to detect design coordination errors in construction drawings before they reach the field. The platform serves general contractors and real estate developers across commercial, multifamily, and institutional projects. Learn more at buildcheck.ai.
