Building & Construction: Build Smarter with Artificial Intelligence

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Building Construction Build Smarter with
Artificial Intelligence
Last updated on May 31, 2021 Dash Technologies
Inc Artificial Intelligence

• A díone comes into view and díifts oveí youí
  constíuction site. Afteí a few moments, the
  tablet youíe holding lights up with obseívations
  the díone has made
• A worker in section B is not wearing his helmet.
• A few of your excavators are not fully engaged in
  their work.
• A dark patch of earth in section D suggests the
  area is too wet.
• lhis kind of useful infoímation is the píomise
  Aítificial Intelligence (AI) in constíuction
  bíings. Right now, no AI technology offeís this
  level of functionality, but theíe aíe many
  businesses tíying to build technology to impíove
  the constíuction industíy.

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AI in Construction
AI is a teím used to define how machines can be
tíained to copy human cognitive functions like
identifying patteíns, leaíning fíom expeíience,
oí undeístanding images. AI in the constíuction
industíy uses these technologies to make building
sites safeí, íeduce waste, and incíease
efficiency. While AI in constíuction is one of
many majoí innovations in constíuction
technology to have emeíged in íecent yeaís, its
expected to gíow immensely. The Benefits of AI in
Construction Process Improvements Its
challenging to tíack the píocess of a
constíuction site fíom the veíy beginning. With
AI-poweíed applications, constíuction manageís
can handle task-scheduling and íeallocation. If
a manageí suddenly gets sick oí takes a vacation,
the smaít schedule scans the woíkloads of otheí
employees with the íight skills and tíansfeís
the most cíitical tasks. Such softwaíe allows foí
continuous impíovements to píoject planning and
efficiencies.
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Cost Reduction
Cost oveííuns aíe a challenge foí any business.
lhe good news is that AI can evaluate factoís
like job complexity, píoject size, mateíials, oí
contíact type and appíoximate costs based on
similaíities to píevious píojects. Imagine being
able to calculate the oveíall cost, while
automatically taking into account challenges and
íisks fíom the past. Accident Probability
Reduction lhe constíuction industíy has a
high-íisk of injuíy on the job, so companies need
to use AI to theií advantage. lhis is possible
thíough obseívations of images and videos fíom
safety cameías in íeal time. Off-site
Construction An incíeasing numbeí of constíuction
companies íely on off-site factoíies to píoduce
building mateíials thíough automated píocesses.
Stíuctuíes like walls can be finished
assembly-line style by self-diíected machineíy,
leaving on-site woíkeís to finish the detailed
woík like plumbing, HVAC, and electíical systems.
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Risk Mitigation
Eveíy constíuction píoject has some íisk
associated with it. Risk can come in many foíms
such as quality, safety, time, and cost. lhe
laígeí the píoject, the moíe dangeíous, as theíe
aíe multiple sub-contíactoís woíking on diffeíent
píojects, the moíe potential foí íisk. Check out
ouí case study on how we helped SmaítSite USA
build a custom subcontíactoí paíallel in oídeí to
manage multiple sub-contíactoís on vaíious
píojects. Luckily, AI and machine leaíning
solutions aíe helpful in monitoíing and
píioíitizing íisk on the job site, so píoject
teams can focus theií limited time and íesouíces
on the biggest oveísight softwaíe system. AI and
Big Data in Construction At a time when a huge
amount of data is being cíeated eveíy day, AI
systems aíe exposed to an endless amount of data
to leaín fíom and impíove constantly. Eveíy job
site becomes a potential data souíce foí AI. Data
geneíated fíom images captuíed fíom mobile
devices, díone videos, secuíity sensoís, building
infoímation modeling, and moíe have become a
pool of infoímation. lhis indicates an
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AI for Post-Construction
oppoítunity foí constíuction industíy expeíts and
customeís to analyze and benefit fíom the
insights geneíated with the help of AI and ML
systems.
Building manageís can use AI long afteí the
constíuction of a building is complete thíough
building data modeling, BIM, oí stoíe infoímation
about the stíuctuíe of the building. AI can be
used to monitoí developing píoblems and even
offeí solutions to avoid píoblems in the fiíst
place. Embracing Smart Construction Solutions
While its easy to assume that AI will take oveí
the woíld and jobs will become automated, its
actually quite the opposite. AI is unlikely to
íeplace the human woíkfoíce but instead, it will
alteí business models in the constíuction
industíy, diminish expensive eííoís, íeduce
woíksite injuíies, and make building opeíations
moíe píoficient. Dash lechnologies has yeaís of
expeíience in AI development seívices. We paítneí
with you to develop innovative ideas and
píototypes foí AI and otheí emeíging
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technologies. Contact us today if you aíe
inteíested in leaíning moíe about ouí seívices.