This playbook is designed for everyone working across advisory services at Arup and takes users on a practical AI Journey. It shows how AI can support everyday tasks, improve workflows, and help you work more efficiently, with practical examples you can start using straight away.
Four shortcuts to the tools you'll use most often.
Choose how you want to enter the playbook — by available time or by your role.
Open the Prompt Coach, paste a real task, and let it score and rewrite your prompt live. You'll get a reusable prompt.
Try a promptPick a single step from your day — meeting prep, email triage, brief drafting — and walk it end-to-end. You'll have a working workflow you can repeat on any project.
Run a workflowWalk the full advisory day, then pick three tools or skills to deploy on your next project. You'll leave with a personal AI action plan.
Plan your dayYou manage delivery timelines, coordinate teams, and run meetings.
You research, produce reports, and advise clients.
You work with data, build models, and support evidence-based decisions.
You build tools, configure agents, and enable AI adoption for the wider team.
Not sure which fits? Start with Chapter 01 — Foundations & Tools.
New here? Read in order — Foundations first. Already familiar? Jump in anywhere.
What AI tools are available at Arup today, how they're licensed, and how governance works. Your starting point.
Read foundations ~10 min readLearn the 5-part prompting template, test your prompts with the live scorer, and access ready-made prompt packs for advisory tasks.
Start prompting ~12 min readSee how AI fits into a typical consultant's day — from triage and prep through to research, drafting, and review.
Walk the day ~5 min readFive end-to-end workflows — meetings, drafting, presentations, analysis, risk — plus 25 pre-configured AI Skills for Microsoft 365 Copilot.
Pick a workflow ~12 min readHow AI maps to advisory service lines — strategy for verticals, agent concepts, and the pathway from internal initiative to client offer.
See the strategy ~8 min readSeven real case studies from Arup advisory teams — BIM assurance, multi-agent platforms, custom Power BI visuals, low-code apps, and more.
See examplesBuilt with input from 5+ advisory teams across 3 regions.
Read in any order. Start with what matches your role and your week.