Arizona Tribune - Lumber Acquires Pivla, Launches Agentic Compliance Platform

PALO ALTO, CA / ACCESS Newswire / May 26, 2026 / Lumber, the AI-powered construction workforce management platform, today announced the acquisition of Pivla, an AI company built for the construction industry that specializes in prevailing wage and apprenticeship (PW&A) compliance, tax credit optimization, and regulatory automation.

This strategic acquisition marks Lumber's entry into agentic compliance - a new category of AI-driven systems that not only ensures regulatory adherence but also actively uses labor data to surface funding opportunities that improve project profitability.

At the center of this launch is Lumber's funding agent - this is agentic AI built into payroll and workforce workflows that identifies which federal and state incentive programs, a company qualifies for on each eligible project and what's needed to claim them. Because funding eligibility depends on accurate labor data, it continuously analyzes prevailing wage rates, apprenticeship utilization, fringe contributions, and certified payroll data.

This launch comes as federally funded construction in the United States is scaling at an unprecedented rate. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), the CHIPS and Science Act, and the federal AI Action Plan have collectively committed over $500 billion to construction - from semiconductor fabs and energy infrastructure to the accelerating wave of data centers driven by federal permitting fast-tracks and DOE financing. Nearly all of this funding is gated by Davis-Bacon prevailing wage and registered apprenticeship (PW&A) requirements.

Contractors who meet these requirements unlock dramatically higher incentives. Those who don't leave money on the table - or worse, face clawbacks and penalties. Yet, most contractors still manage compliance through spreadsheets and disconnected tools, making it nearly impossible to connect payroll data to incentive eligibility in real time. Lumber's funding agent closes that gap.

Click here to see the funding agent in action

By combining Pivla's compliance intelligence engine with Lumber's payroll and workforce data, the platform automatically:

• Surfaces net-new funding opportunities by analyzing labor data patterns across a company's project portfolio

The platform serves owners, developers, and contractors across all major federally funded construction sectors, including:

• Federal Public Works & Government Facilities - where billions in annual spending through GSA, VA, DOD, USACE, FEMA, and HUD create a massive pipeline of Davis-Bacon-covered work for general contractors and subcontractors, with prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements flowing down to every subcontractor tier

"We built Lumber to be the operating system for construction workforce management. With Pivla, we're adding an intelligence layer that turns Davis-Bacon compliance into a profit center for every federally funded project. Our funding agent doesn't just tell you whether you're compliant - it tells you how much money that compliance is worth and how to capture it. That's a fundamentally new capability for this industry,"said Shreesha Ramdas, CEO and Co-Founder of Lumber.

"When we built Pivla, the thesis was simple: labor compliance on federally funded projects shouldn't be a nightmare - it should be a gateway to better project economics. Joining Lumber through this acquisition significantly accelerates that vision, allowing us to embed our compliance intelligence directly into the payroll and workforce systems that contractors already rely on. Together, we can deliver this at scale. The Funding Agent is exactly what this industry needs. It's a system of intelligence that reads labor data across every project, surfaces funding opportunities, and helps contractors capture the money they're leaving behind," said Nigel Coelho, CEO and Co-Founder of Pivla.

For an industry where margins run thin and penalties for non-compliance can erase entire project profits, this platform is the difference between compliance as a cost and compliance as a competitive advantage.

About Lumber

Lumber is the leading AI-powered construction workforce management platform that seamlessly streamlines payroll, time tracking, safety, compliance, field productivity, rewards, and recognition for building contractors. The platform offers comprehensive solutions, including payroll processing, time tracking, scheduling, hiring, and benefits management, all designed specifically for the unique needs of the construction industry.

Learn more at www.lumberfi.com.

About Pivla

Pivla is a vertical AI company specializing in Davis-Bacon prevailing wage and apprenticeship compliance for federally funded construction projects. Its AI-powered compliance engine tracks funding eligibility, monitors apprenticeship utilization, identifies penalties incurred from non-compliance, and surfaces proactive risk alerts. Pivla helps contractors on federal projects navigate complex regulatory landscapes, capture the incentive programs that depend on meeting them, and drive project profitability by turning compliance data into funding.

Learn more at pivla.com

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SOURCE: Lumberfi

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