Category: Artificial Intelligence
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Automating Construction Verification and Progress Monitoring
In this episode of the AEC Business podcast, Aarni Heiskanen interviews Raffi Holzer, CEO of Avvir. The company provides a reality analysis platform that uses reality capture and BIM data to automate construction verification and progress monitoring. The discussion topics include Raffi’s “unorthodox” background How traditional companies can start transforming their business with technology What…
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How to Leverage AI in Your AEC Business
In this episode of the AEC Business podcast, Aarni Heiskanen interviews Mehdi Nourbakhsh, Ph.D., on his new book, Augment It. The book is a great resource for AEC professionals who want to start leveraging AI in their business. Artificial intelligence is one of the most under-utilized emerging technologies in the AEC industry. When understood and…
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Slate Technologies Launches an AI-Powered Digital Assistant for Construction
Slate Technologies, an AI software platform, has launched a digital assistant for the construction industry. Slate uses AI and machine learning to improve the productivity of construction professionals by enabling better, earlier decision-making to keep building projects on time, maximizing revenue. Among the company’s early development collaborators include multinational construction leader Skanska. Analyzing unstructured data…
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Workorder Uses Deep Learning for Fast Quantity Takeoffs
Workorder, Inc., a construction technology startup, has raised a $1.1 million pre-seed round from UBMB and Mucker Capital to assist in the launch of its innovative software. Workorder’s software is among the first for construction estimating to use image recognition, deep learning, and OCR to automatically detect, measure, and count objects in construction blueprints. The…
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AI Pushes the Boundaries of Design
Artificial Intelligence has been in the headlines for the past decade across several disciplines. From building systems to detect breast cancer that outperform expert diagnosticians, to start-ups creating self-driving cars, the AI momentum has built up exponentially. One thing is for sure: AI is here to stay. Interestingly, even though AI has become a buzzword…
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Birdflocks Connects AEC Professionals
In the AI edition of the AEC Business Newsletter, I introduce Birdflocks. It is an online AEC community that invites professionals to showcase their work and skills, find new opportunities, and learn from others. It aims at solving global construction industry problems through collaboration and communication. Members of Birdflocks can start their own communities. I…
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Making Construction Safer with AI
In this episode of the AEC Business Podcast had the pleasure of interviewing Gary Ng, CEO of viAct. We discuss the use of AI in making construction sites safer. viAct is a ConTech startup from Hong Kong backed by Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund, Artesian Ventures, and ParticleX. viAct provides “Scenario-based Vision Intelligence” solutions exclusively…
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The AI Edition of the AEC Business Newsletter
The January 2022 AI Edition of the AEC Business Newsletter topics: Interview with Jeevan Kalanithi, CEO of heads OpenSpace Redefining Data Sharing in Construction – A Virtual Event on January 25, 2022 A New Study by A new study by Dodge Construction Network and Versatile, the AI-powered company AEC Industry Outlook Survey for 2022 – A…
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A New Study: Unexpected Overtime is Predictable and Controllable
A new study by Dodge Construction Network and Versatile, a construction technology pioneer using artificial intelligence (AI) and the internet of things (IoT) to optimize construction processes, found that unexpected overtime is predictable and controllable through regular job site activity measurement. According to the study, overtime is predictable at an 88% confidence level, if proper measurement is utilized. Overtime…
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Automating Rebar Installation – AEC Business
In this episode of the AEC Business Podcast, Aarni interviews Carson T. Carney, the VP of Technology Integration at Advanced Construction Robotics. They discuss construction robotics and how doing one thing – rebar tying – extremely well, ACR’s robots increase project profitability, reduce schedule risk, and keep workers safer. “We’ve talked to people across the…