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AI FOR INFRASTRUCTURE
AI tools and software for the companies that keep infrastructure moving.
Traverse builds assistants, automation, websites, dashboards, and mapping tools for utility, telecom, and field-service teams—designed by someone who has worked crews, permits, routes, and schedules.
- Founder-led builds
- Scoped per project
- Field-aware software
What we build
Practical AI and software your operations can use
Not slideware—working tools. We design and ship around how infrastructure work actually happens: handoffs between office and field, messy data, and deadlines that don’t wait.
Custom AI assistants & chatbots
Focused assistants for intake, FAQs, and customer or ops workflows—built to your process, not a generic bot.
Workflow automation
Connect the tools you already use so routine handoffs, reminders, and data entry stop living in inboxes.
Websites & web apps
Mobile-friendly marketing sites and lightweight web apps your team can maintain.
Data dashboards & GIS tools
Operational views and mapping tools that turn route files, field notes, or business data into something actionable.
AI-assisted audits
AI screens the problem space; a human reviews the findings. For small businesses, that is the TAI™ Business Audit.
How we scope it
Scoped per project. No catalog price list for build work—start with a short conversation about the outcome you need.
Products
AI tools for telecom
AI built for the workflows that slow network builds down. TRI is available today; the other three are open to pilot partners who want to shape them.
Available now
TRI™ Route Intelligence
AI design QC and route validation for OSP prints. TRI Score, Assumptions Ledger, risk-flagged KMZ, and Engineering Next Actions—AI-assisted with principal review.
Fixed-price tiers from $3,500. Not stamped engineering.
Now taking pilot partners
Permit Packet Automation
AI drafts and checks permit applications, tracks each one by jurisdiction, and flags missing items before a packet goes out.
Now taking pilot partners
Field-to-Office Assistant
Crew photos and voice notes become redlines, daily reports, and as-built updates, so the office has what the field saw.
Now taking pilot partners
Internal Knowledge Assistant
Answers in seconds from your company's own specs, standards, and past jobs, so designers and PMs stop digging through folders.
Also available: the TAI™ Business Audit, an AI-assisted business-intelligence audit for companies with 2–50 employees, from $1,000. Ask about a TAI audit →
Portfolio
Sites and apps we've built
Live sites and apps you can open and try.
Designed & built
Skills for Vets
A site Travis designed and built—a searchable directory of free training programs for veterans.
Client site
Southeastern Coatings
Client website for an asphalt sealcoating contractor.
Training
IBM SkillsBuild: AI Practitioner
Certification, February 2026.
TRI reports are AI-assisted, with principal review of flagged segments before anything ships.
About
A builder who knows the field side of infrastructure
Traverse Engineering LLC was formed in July 2019. Owner Travis Canfield builds AI and software for infrastructure and field-service teams, drawing on years in telecom and infrastructure project delivery—including OSP design engineering and project management roles at Cyient, Nexius, Byers Engineering, and Essentia.
When you work with Traverse, you work directly with the principal.
Background (principal)
- OSP Design Engineer, Cyient
- Project Manager, Nexius
- Project Manager, Byers Engineering (road relocation)
- Project Manager, Essentia
Credential
IBM SkillsBuild: AI Practitioner (certification, Feb 2026)
Experience shown is the principal's individual work history with prior employers. It is not Traverse Engineering project history.
Tell us what you need built.
Email or call. Scoped per project—no obligation catalog.