AI for the Construction Scheduler: Working Faster with Claude
This workshop looks at how construction schedulers can use Claude as a day-to-day assistant, from reading schedule files to analyzing what changed to producing the report that goes out.
This hands-on workshop explores how construction schedulers can use Claude as a day-to-day assistant – from reading schedule files and analyzing changes to producing reports and executive-level deliverables.
Participants will begin with prompting fundamentals and then build a Claude Project designed to function as an assistant construction scheduler that understands project information, terminology, and reporting standards. The workshop covers creating presentations and reports from schedule data, defining the metrics and rules those reports rely on, and verifying AI-generated output against the source schedule.
Participants will also explore how Claude Skills can support recurring scheduling deliverables and how Cowork can be used to create agent-based workflows without coding. The session concludes with trend analysis across multiple projects and the development of a portfolio dashboard.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Construct effective prompts for common construction scheduling tasks.
- Configure and test a Claude Project for construction schedule analysis.
- Produce an executive-level presentation or report using construction schedule data.
- Define schedule metrics, formulas, and status rules used in recurring reports.
- Verify AI-generated scheduling information against source schedule data.
- Identify recurring scheduling workflows that may be supported through Claude Skills.
- Configure a basic Cowork workflow for a routine scheduling task.
- Analyze trends across a portfolio of construction schedule data.
- Build a portfolio dashboard using provided program data.
- Identify additional Claude capabilities applicable to construction scheduling work.
Technology Requirement
Participants must have an active Claude Pro subscription to participate fully in the hands-on exercises. The free version of Claude will not provide sufficient functionality for this course.
Claude Pro is currently $20/month and is not included in the course registration fee.
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Participants should have access to the computer they will use during the training and be able to log in to their Claude Pro account before the course begins.
Requirements to Earn 0.3 IACET CEU
To earn 0.3 IACET Continuing Education Units (CEUs), participants must:
- Attend and participate in the full instructional session
- Complete the required hands-on course activities
Participants who do not meet the established completion requirements will not be awarded an IACET CEU.
Continuing Education Units
This course is eligible for 0.3 IACET CEU, representing 3.0 contact hours of qualifying continuing education and training.
AGC of California is accredited by the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). AGC of California complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard for Continuing Education and Training and is authorized to issue IACET CEUs for learning events that meet the Standard’s requirements.
Learner Support
Questions about course requirements, accessibility, registration, or technical participation may be directed to training@agc-ca.org.
About the Instructors
Newsha Taheri, PMP, is a Program Manager with over 12 years of experience in construction and infrastructure project planning, including five years leading global data center initiatives at Meta. Her expertise spans long-range planning to support data center capacity planning, pre-construction scheduling, and full project lifecycle management. At Meta, she also led the development of internal reporting systems and KPI dashboards to support executive decision-making, enabling real-time monitoring of operational metrics and trend analysis across global data center programs. Newsha currently teaches AI-Powered Project Scheduling with Claude at Stanford, and previously taught Construction Planning and Management Systems at UCLA Extension. She holds an M.S. in Construction Management from USC and a B.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering from UCLA.
