This week we shipped two product updates. One of them is a significant step forward for how procurement work happens in Brickanta. We also launched something new for us: our first industry report.

#1 A guided procurement workspace

Procurement in Brickanta used to start with a prompt. Now it starts with a plan. The new procurement workspace gives your team a project-level overview with requirement analysis, unclear requirements, package readiness, progress states, and bulk package actions. You can move through the work step by step, see where each package stands, and review what needs attention before anything gets finalised.

The difference is significant. Before, you had to know exactly what to ask. Now the workspace guides you through the process, surfaces what the AI found, and gives you clear checkpoints along the way. Requirements that need clarification are flagged. Package progress is visible at a glance. Actions that used to require going into each package one by one can now be handled in bulk. This means procurement work in Brickanta now becomes something a team can follow, review, and hand off between each other.

Yes, we are very proud of this module! And since it's Friday, you can watch our Co-Founder & CTO, Linus, walk you through this update here.

#2 AI Documents that start with the right intent

Brickanta can now be configured so the first AI Documents generated after upload match what your organization needs. You set the intent, and the documents reflect it from the start. Organizations can also define specific rules for how the AI handles certain material, like archived or cancelled documents, so generated output aligns with your team's conventions. In short: Less time adjusting, more time working with results you trust.

#3 Brickanta's first industry report: The Cost of Standing Still

Yesterday we launched The Cost of Standing Still, a report produced together with Newground Alliance.

It shows that Swedish construction loses SEK 164 billion in productivity every year. The sector has essentially stood still for 25 years while the rest of the market economy has more than doubled its productivity. And construction professionals spend 35% of their time on non-value-adding activities: searching for project data, resolving conflicts, dealing with rework etc. The productivity challenge is organisational and systemic, and it is one of the reasons we're building Brickanta.

If you need a good weekend read, The Cost of Standing Still digs into why this happened, what the data actually shows, and where the improvement lever sits.
Read the full report here.

The report has been covered by Byggindustrin, Byggvärlden, Svensk Byggtidning, Entreprenad, and Byggnyheter.se among others.
Not a bad week! Enjoy your weekend, with or without a long read.


The Brickanta team