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Kathryn Schneider

Kathryn Schneider

Director, Management Consulting at Forvis Mazars US, specializing in AI-driven transformation for construction and manufacturing.

Aug 11, 2026

3:31
How is it impacting construction right now?
3:33
Yeah, it's pretty interesting because I think there's a sense of fear of missing out, right? Like they're falling behind because, again, there's a lot of noise out there and it is somewhat of a wild, wild west scenario.
3:44
Yeah.
3:44
When you look at just overall some stats, about 1% of contractors have actually adopted AI throughout their organization and their life cycle, but 80% are kind of test driving it, right? Kind of dipping that toe in the water and figuring out what's going to work.
3:58
And there's certain areas in construction, pre-con, estimating they're a little bit more ripe, business development, for kind of test driving that stuff.
4:06
And other areas that we are working towards is kind of like the finance, right? Some of those things are a little bit more mindful of the systems they already have in place and the data and trying to figure out how to leverage AI as well.
4:17
But automation's a big play in that world, especially in finance too, so getting engaged there as well.

10 MINS LATER

14:46
it being used specifically in construction accounting? How is AI being used when you're looking at construction accounting? Yeah, there's a

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