Recon for AEC operational research
Ask the question. Stop searching the map book.
Start with what the project actually needs — not the five-tab ritual you've been running since 2014.
Recon takes a parcel question, runs it against assessor, map, zoning, and hazard systems, and hands back a source-backed answer. One pass. Records stay attached.
The problem
One project question shouldn't need five browser tabs and the one person in the office who remembers where to look.
One question, five tabs, two logins
A single project question turns into assessor portals, map viewers, PDF books, and city planning sites — each with its own login, its own search syntax, and its own quirks the office memorizes over time.
Facts drift without a shared record trail
Parcel data gets copied from a viewer into a scope doc, forwarded in email, and pasted into kickoff notes. By the time it reaches the reviewer, nobody remembers which portal it came from — or whether it's still current.
The first answer should not depend on who asked
In most offices, the quality of the answer depends on who remembered which portal and how long they've been there. Recon makes the record trail repeatable so the next person doesn't start from zero.