NAU uses generative AI to ingest 6,000 building docs into a knowledge graph to combat skilled trade turnover

Northern Arizona University faced retiring tradespeople and 6,000+ scattered building documents, so the team used generative AI to extract system relationships and organize them into a searchable knowledge graph. The result: faster onboarding and less reliance on tribal knowledge.

Auburn University Rebuilt Its FDD Program by Limiting Scope, Ranking KPIs Daily, and Sharing Ownership With Its Vendor

For years, Auburn’s FDD program generated savings — but lacked growth and internal buy-in. By narrowing scope, assigning a super user, and shifting to a vendor-owner fusion model, they turned defects into daily punch lists.

Lincoln Property Company Combats 1:300k Sq Ft Staffing Ratios via Simplified FDD Dashboards

Lincoln Property Company’s Chris Lelle realized that burdened engineers can’t each manage 300,000 sq ft by diving deep into BAS data—so he used FDD to simplify the troubleshooting his techs need to do.