Consult or negotiate with clients to prepare project specifications.

“Consult or negotiate with clients to prepare project specifications.” is a core task performed by Architectural and Engineering Managers. Among the occupation's 21 rated tasks, workers place it 19th by importance (#3 most important). About 91% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Negotiate contracts or agreements. in Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T1.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 0.003% share of AI-use records mapped to this task
• 94% of interactions still needed a human in the loop

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Manage the coordination and overall integration of technical activities in architecture or engineering projects. · importance 4.3
• Direct, review, or approve project design changes. · importance 4.0
• Prepare budgets, bids, or contracts. · importance 3.5
• Present and explain proposals, reports, or findings to clients. · importance 3.5
• Confer with management, production, or marketing staff to discuss project specifications or procedures. · importance 3.4
• Assess project feasibility by analyzing technology, resource needs, or market demand. · importance 3.4
• Review, recommend, or approve contracts or cost estimates. · importance 3.4
• Develop or implement policies, standards, or procedures for engineering and technical work. · importance 3.3
• Plan or direct the installation, testing, operation, maintenance, or repair of facilities or equipment. · importance 3.3
• Identify environmental threats or opportunities associated with the development and launch of new technologies. · importance 3.3
• Establish scientific or technical goals within broad outlines provided by top management. · importance 3.2
• Direct recruitment, placement, and evaluation of architecture or engineering project staff. · importance 3.1
• Plan, direct, or coordinate survey work with other project activities. · importance 3.1
• Perform administrative functions, such as reviewing or writing reports, approving expenditures, enforcing rules, or purchasing of materials or services. · importance 3.1

See all tasks on the Architectural and Engineering Managers page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Consult or negotiate with clients to prepare project specifications.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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