Understand how InferTrust™ AEC distinguishes between AI-assisted analysis and licensed professional determinations in the decision record chain.
Architecture, engineering, and construction projects operate under a system of licensed professional accountability. Professional Engineers (PE), Structural Engineers (SE), and Registered Architects (RA) bear personal legal responsibility for the designs they seal. When AI tools assist in analysis and design, a clear boundary must exist between what the AI produced and what the licensed professional determined. InferTrust™ AEC (Patent Pending) creates this boundary as an explicit, verifiable record in the decision chain.
In traditional practice, the licensed professional reviews calculations, drawings, and specifications before applying their seal. With AI-assisted design, the workflow adds a new step: the professional must also evaluate what the AI produced and exercise independent judgment. InferTrust™ AEC documents this workflow by creating separate decision record types for AI analysis events (what the model computed, flagged, or recommended) and professional determination events (where the PE, SE, or RA reviewed the AI output and made their professional judgment). The professional determination record references the AI analysis records it reviewed, creating a verifiable chain from machine analysis to human approval.
When a design deficiency is discovered, the question of liability turns on who knew what and when. If an AI tool identified a potential issue but the professional overrode it, or if the AI missed something the professional should have caught, the liability analysis depends on a clear factual record. InferTrust™ AEC provides that record. The sealed decision chain shows exactly what the AI flagged, what confidence levels it reported, what the professional reviewed, and what determination they made. This is far more defensible than reconstructing the design process from memory or from mutable project files months or years after the fact.
Professional liability operates at both the firm level and the individual level. The firm has a duty to implement reasonable quality assurance processes, and the individual professional has a duty to exercise competent judgment. InferTrust™ AEC supports both:
State licensing boards are beginning to address AI use in professional practice. As boards develop guidance or rules about AI-assisted design, firms using InferTrust™ AEC will have the documentation infrastructure to demonstrate compliance. The sealed decision records provide exactly the kind of evidence that a licensing board investigation would require: proof that the licensed professional maintained oversight of AI tools and exercised independent professional judgment on every sealed document.