Eric Hansen
Vice President, AI & Sustainability Solutions at Parq
Articles by Eric Hansen
20 articles
Make Product Data Readable for AI Assistants and AEO
Specifiers are asking AI assistants for installation limits, VOC content, fire ratings, and substitutions. If your EPDs,...
AI to Stitch Project Demand Signals
If you make roofing, glazing, flooring, sealants, HVAC components, or electrical gear, you likely struggle to see which ...
AI Hotspot Analysis Engineers Trust in 2026
AI-driven hotspot analysis helps building materials manufacturers pinpoint where portfolio cost, quality risk, and envir...
Let AI Turn RFQs Into Bill of Materials
Large-project RFQs and RFPs bury teams in specs, addenda, and drawings. AI can read packages, extract scope, and assembl...
AI Accuracy Targets for Technical Support and Sales Enablement
For building materials manufacturers, the wrong AI answer can trigger jobsite delays, warranty risk, and lost margin. Se...
Build a Domain-Trained Technical Rep AI
Generic chatbots miss constraints that matter in construction materials. A domain-trained assistant can answer spec and ...
Using AI To Capture Retiring Experts’ Knowledge
Construction materials manufacturers face a steep retirement curve that risks losing critical process know-how, technica...
Explaining AI to Manufacturing Executives Without Hype
AI can raise margins and cut delay in building materials manufacturing when it is framed as a tool for faster answers, c...
Make Compliance AI Your Product Data Moat
Many manufacturers deploy AI for submittals, EPDs, SDS, or spec compliance and stop at the checklist. The bigger prize i...
Winning AI Exceptions Without Breaking IT Policy
If corporate IT only approves a single AI suite, high‑value operations, sustainability, and sales use cases never get a ...
Revenue Intelligence For Manufacturers: Precision Hunting
For building materials manufacturers, sales growth now comes from spotting buying windows early and acting fast. AI agen...
Technical Sales Agents That Win Midnight Specs
Architects move fast, and late-night product questions can decide who gets written into the spec. Technical Sales Agents...
Turn Regulatory Data Into AI Hotspot Savings
You already collect mountains of environmental and operational data for EPDs, GHGRP, and customer audits. Most of it sit...
AI Spec-Mining for Right-To-Win Leads
Bid alerts from Dodge and ConstructConnect can feel overwhelmng. Sales does not need every project. They need a short, c...
Budgeting the Shift to AI Subscriptions
Your AI pilot worked. Now the vendor wants a platform subscription that touches technical services, quoting, production ...
Start Small: The Focused AI Pilot Manufacturers Need
Too many AI efforts stall when leaders try to cover every plant, product family, and function before starting. The resul...
Designing AI Supplier Agents For Clean Compliance Data
If you rely on dozens or hundreds of raw material suppliers, chasing formulation changes and new safety sheets eats time...
Negotiating Data Ownership With AI Vendors
Your formulations and process parameters are strategic assets, not exhaustible inputs. When a sustainability or quality ...
US AI Rules for Manufacturers in 2026, Plainly
AI is moving fast, but compliance is not a vibe. If you run technical services, sales enablement, or knowledge managemen...
Four Sensible AI Guardrails For Manufacturers
AI can help technical services, quoting, and plant operations, but uncontrolled use creates real risk. If your teams are...
