Tag: AI

July 12, 2024

In an industry that brokers in the physical and the tangible, artificial intelligence remains somewhat elusive. Its applications aren’t as obvious, but its potential impact is vast — and still quite nascent. But before we analyze the possibilities, let’s clarify […]

July 8, 2024

We’ve all heard of AI in construction, especially in the last 7 years. The term has been used as a favored “disrupter” in the Contech space for nearly a decade but with little or no practical adoption. But times are […]

June 26, 2024

Businesses have become fixated on artificial intelligence, and the heavy civil construction industry is no exception. As someone who monitors this industry, I fully agree that AI’s integration into this sector is not just a good idea but really a […]

April 29, 2024

Today’s technology can greatly enhance risk management capabilities, enabling construction firms to navigate uncertainties with greater confidence. By leveraging advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics, companies can proactively identify, assess and mitigate risks, increasing the likelihood of project […]

March 22, 2024

The rise of generative AI has given every design educator sufficient reason to reconsider both what to teach and how to teach it. Training an architect is a long process, and mapping it onto an uncertain future is a daunting […]

March 14, 2024

Pioneering advanced construction and large-scale 3D Printing, ICON was selected as ArchDaily’s Best New Practices of 2021 due to its boundary-breaking technology that is advancing capability in the built environment. The Texas-based startup has just unveiled various toolkits and products […]

March 5, 2024

Though Artificial Intelligence (AI) is making huge strides in preconstruction, it’s also appearing in other construction areas, such as performance and safety improvements. Some examples include: Predictive maintenance.  AI can analyze data from building systems, such as HVAC and electrical […]

February 15, 2024

Unearthing the insights to improve a construction schedule and solve problems before they happen is no small task, but a new artificial intelligence-based tool from ALICE Technologies is able to optimize schedules directly from an Oracle Primavera P6 file. In […]

January 30, 2024

Augmenting visual inspection technologies — that have offered partial solutions to speed damage assessment in recent years — with a new machine learning approach, the researchers have created a system that they believe could enable efficient identification and inspection of […]

January 10, 2024

It’s been another whirlwind year for the construction industry, and technology wasn’t a calming influence. The hubbub surrounding artificial intelligence — particularly generative AI — consumed much of the construction technology industry’s focus. Experts told Construction Dive how important the […]

November 1, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the most significant technological advancements of the 21st century and has made a powerful impact on a number of industries including healthcare, finance, and transportation. One industry that has been slower to adopt AI […]

August 22, 2023

Rapid growth in artificial intelligence is fueling data center demand, but power constraints are swelling building costs, said Gordon Dolven, director of Americas data center research at CBRE. Those construction costs have generally increased across all U.S. regions, yet the […]

May 24, 2023

ChatGPT, OpenAI’s much talked-about language model, has a lot to say about the construction industry — specifically, its adoption of tech and artificial intelligence. The program generates responses in a conversational way via the massive amounts of information on the […]

April 12, 2023

The grant is one of 20 that was awarded through the NSF Research on Emerging Technologies for Teaching and Learning program, which is geared toward solutions for teaching and learning emergent technologies, such as artificial intelligence. “This grant provides an […]

February 21, 2023

Artificial intelligence in the construction industry is here. It has emerged as a technology that is poised to transform our industry. As we enter this next frontier of construction technology, it is essential to understand what artificial intelligence is and […]

November 18, 2022

Disperse.io, a U.K.-based construction technology company with a platform that uses artificial intelligence to help project managers track work, capture data from building sites and make better project decisions, has launched a new product, Impulse, that highlights issues gleaned from […]

November 7, 2019

Five notable firms have joined a construction industry group aiming to use artificial intelligence to predict hazards and conditions that lead to safety incidents at construction sites. Skanska USA, Skanska Sweden, Webcor Builders, Obayashi, and concrete contractor Lithko Contracting have […]

June 28, 2019

Artificial intelligence (AI) is all the rage these days. We use it daily in everything from voice assistants like Siri and Alexa, Facebook’s image recognition software, Google’s search engines, and getting recommendations on what to buy from Amazon and what […]

April 3, 2019

As contractors face tighter schedules and a shrinking pool of qualified workers, they are turning to technology to ensure that they can produce at a level necessary to keep their customers happy and take on more projects. In fact, McKinsey […]

February 1, 2018

The construction industry is ready for disruption — and that disruption is at its doorstep. Recent reports point to automation displacing nearly 3 million construction workers in the next 40 years. And as more companies develop and hone robotics and […]