KPR | Transform

KPR Transform is a dedicated AI transformation practice purpose-built for the architecture, engineering, and construction industry. We embed AEC-native AI specialists inside organizations — moving them from AI-curious to AI-fluent

The firms that get AI right in the next three years will lead the next thirty.

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Trusted by

“For too long, AEC professionals have been failed by tools that didn’t understand their work. AI won’t fix that by itself, but a team that’s built the software, lived the workflows, and knows what the models can and can’t do, that team can get you from AI-curious to AI-native. That’s what we’re here to do.”

“For too long, AEC professionals have been failed by tools that didn’t understand their work. AI won’t fix that by itself, but a team that’s built the software, lived the workflows, and knows what the models can and can’t do, that team can get you from AI-curious to AI-native. That’s what we’re here to do.”

— NONA BLACK | Managing Director

AEC is not like other industries.

The workflows are heavier. The stakes are higher. Generic AI doesn't match the needs of real construction projects.

KPR TRANSFORM

We are operators, technologists and trusted advisors who understand the industry and operate in an AI-native organization.

We are operators, technologists and trusted advisors who understand the industry and operate in an AI-native organization.

THE GENERIC AI CONSULTANT

Brings a framework. Asks you to translate.

Brings a framework. Asks you to translate.

Generic AI advisors don’t know an RFI from a submittal, and treat specs and drawings as “documents.”

They hand off a deck and disappear, measuring their success in slides delivered, not impact.

Generic AI advisors don’t know an RFI from a submittal, and treat specs and drawings as “documents.”

They hand off a deck and disappear, measuring their success in slides delivered, not impact.

Our approach

Our approach


STRATEGY

Decide what to build.

Map where AI reshapes your workflows first and design the shift, before you spend a dollar on development.

EXECUTION

Ship the systems.

Embed our specialists with your team to build production AI and train every layer of the firm, simultaneously.

CONTINUITY

Stay at the forefront.

Ongoing strategic support and access to our peer networks to keep your firm ahead as the AI landscape shifts.

BUILD DAY

The first step is actually the easiest.

Get started with a hands-on, time-boxed build with our specialists. Create real prototypes with your data, guided by our specialists.

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Who we are

AEC-native

25+ years operating in the built environment. We bring an intimate understanding of what works and what doesn’t pencil, from the estimating table to the sealed drawing to the field.

AI-native

A technical bench fluent in enterprise architecture, software engineering, and AI. We build and ship production systems in-house, designed to work with the platforms your teams already run. Foundation Zero, our proprietary AEC-native AI platform, is the foundation every engagement builds on.

Human-centered

KPR Transform brings customer experience strategy to the table: expertise in understanding what owners, developers and occupants actually need, instead of what’s always been done.

Outcome-driven

We don't write decks and disappear. Specialists embed for 3–18 months and ship production systems with real knowledge transfer. Success means workflows replaced and humans amplified, not slides delivered.

Meet your team

KPR Transform brings a deep bench of talent to our engagements. From strong AEC expertise to customer experience strategy to AI-native acumen.

FOUNDER

KP Reddy

Founder · AEC × AI · 25+ Yrs

Our organization's namesake is a second-generation civil engineer and author of BIM for Owners & Developers, plus two bestsellers on AI and entrepreneurship. He has built, scaled, and exited multiple AEC software companies and continues to invest in leading companies today. KP is the close thing the built environment has to a true insider who continues to challenge and transform it.

Current

CEO and Founder, Zero RFI and Shadow Ventures. AEC + real-estate VC.


Prior

Enterprise transformation at Gehry Technologies. Georgia Tech ATDC.

MANAGING DIRECTOR

Nona Black

Customer Experience & Enterprise Innovation · 15+ Yrs

Nona leads KPR Transform with expertise the AEC industry rarely has at the leadership table. At Delta Air Lines and IBM she designed and shipped innovation programs at enterprise scale, building the practices, the systems, and the organizational behavior that make complex transformation possible. She brings this discipline to AI transformation in the built world.

Nona leads KPR Transform with expertise the AEC industry rarely has at the leadership table. Prior to joining KPR, she designed and shipped innovation programs at enterprise scale, building the practices, the systems, and the organizational behavior that make complex transformation possible. She brings this discipline to AI transformation in the built world.

Current

Enterprise innovation, CX strategy, Design Thinking. Built and shipped programs inside organizations with every incentive to resist them.

Current

Enterprise innovation, CX strategy, Design thinking.

Prior

Innovation, customer experience, and growth strategy at Delta Air Lines and IBM.

CTO

Barry Clark

Software & Physical AI · 15+ Yrs


Barry is a technology leader with deep experience building computer vision, robotics, and AI systems that solve hard physical-world problems across manufacturing, automation, and construction. He leads the development of Foundation Zero, our AI-native intelligence layer deployed across our portfolio of firms.



Barry is a technology leader with deep experience building computer vision, robotics, and AI systems that solve hard physical-world problems across manufacturing, automation, and construction. He leads the development of Foundation Zero, our AI-native intelligence layer deployed across our portfolio of firms.


Current

CTO, Zero RFI, leading technology across operating companies


Prior

Computer vision, AI, and robotics at Bright Machines and SoftWear Automation.

The Team

Software engineers, enterprise architects, AI specialists, AEC domain experts (structural engineers, construction pros, estimators), and transformation strategists. People who build production systems, not demos.

Your opportunity is now.

Your opportunity is now.

Your opportunity is now.

A Build Day, a Discovery Sprint, or a working conversation – begin your transformation journey at the entry point that’s right for you.