Analysis Meet BDP’s copilot: Chat BDP BDP has harnessed open source AI to create a natural language tool that mines the collective knowledge of the practice. Alistair Kell, a principal and chief information officer, heralds the arrival of Chat BDP.
News AI law expected in King’s speech Prime minister Kier Starmer’s plans will be laid out tomorrow in the first King’s Speech of the Labour government.
News AI to check rail track during trips Artificial intelligence is being used to check for rail infrastructure problems in real-time on the East Coast main line.
News The four signs that the AI future will be ideal Acquiring both professional knowledge and human-like judgement, integrating with business and clarifying professional responsibility: these are the four signposts that a future dominated by AI will be a good one.
News Eiffage teams up with Google Cloud to implement AI French engineering giant Eiffage is partnering with Google Cloud to develop and implement AI in its operations.
News The 12 steps to AI heaven: CIOB AI Playbook shows the way The CIOB AI playbook, launched this week, proposes a 12-step strategy for implementing AI into an organisation and its workflows.
News Does AI kill standards? Does AI mean the end of standards? That was the question debated during a session at the recent Digital Construction Week. That event is like a nightmare version of your ideal festival line-up with all your favourite bands on different stages at the same time. Thus, while BIMplus was at another presentation, a correspondent filed this report of the debate.
News Saudi AI research aims to make UK construction greener Northumbria University is working with academics in Saudi Arabia to understand how artificial intelligence (AI) can make UK construction greener.
Opinion AI in construction: get on board or get left behind Construction is ripe for transformative change via AI, so embrace the future, says Estimate One’s Simon Herod.
Analysis Foster + Partners R&D: taking AI and digital twins to the next stage When BIMplus last interviewed Martha Tsigkari and Adam Davis in Foster + Partners’ Applied Research + Development (ARD) group, it was a time when Spot the robot dog, AI and using gaming engine software were at the forefront of their work. Three years on, what they are turning their attention to now?
News Nima conference tackles whole life value of data The forthcoming nima virtual conference will tackle the whole life value of data, circularity and sustainability, data ownership and AI.
News BIM in brief 19.03.24: EU AI Act moves one step closer A round-up of BIM and digital construction stories that you might have missed in the past fortnight, including the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act moving closer to implementation.
News AI: 68 ways to sustainable construction There are 68 ways in which AI can be deployed to make the built environment more sustainable, according to new research.
News Academic research’s role in maximising the impact of AI Tabarak Ballal FCIOB, professor of construction engineering and management at the University of Reading, is at the cutting edge of research in AI. She shares her insights.
News Architects are ready for AI, but worried by fee impact A new survey of more than 500 architects reveals that they are ready to adopt AI, but are worried about its future impact on fees and employment.
Opinion How AI can get the most from a P6 schedule Primavera P6 schedules are the bread and butter of many project managers’ roles. But, René Morkos asks, what if there was a way to use AI to improve the schedule’s efficiency, reducing build timelines and saving money with the click of a few buttons?
Technology Video | Balfour Beatty uses AI to help cable installation Balfour Beatty is using an automated cable installation equipment (ACIE) machine to deliver the second phase of the National Grid’s London Power Tunnels 2 project.
News CIOB prepares to launch playbook focused on AI The CIOB is preparing to launch a playbook focused on AI’s role in construction. Ahead of the publication, it staged an online conference about the issue.