Powered access specialist AFI Rentals has developed Sitesurvai, an AI assistant that suggests what powered access equipment should be used on site.

AI can speed up many processes in construction, from design and scheduling to contract and risk management, but it won’t lead to any across-the-board productivity gains as long as the industry’s fragmented business model remains the default.

How do you successfully deploy machine learning in infrastructure? Tom Bartley of Mind Foundry, a start-up being incubated by HS2, walks through the eight steps.

Northumbria University has secured £250,000 from the EC to fund research into using AI to improve waste management in construction.

The Zigurat Institute of Technolgy has launched what it claims is the first global, online Master’s Degree in AI and construction.

Architects and designers may soon be able to optimise air quality in and around buildings using real-time data and AI via a BIM software plugin.

The arrival of generative AI marks the biggest digital transformation yet seen in construction: embrace or fall behind, says Darren Russell, formerly of Mott MacDonald.

AI and machine learning (ML) tech for the golden thread, digital design and 3D printing are the targets for the next round of Innovate UK funding. Those selected for the funding will work with Foster + Partners and Buro Happold.

How do you use technology to humanise the built environment? Pablo Zamorano reveals how Heatherwick Studio is addressing this challenge.

With careful deployment AI technologies can help address construction’s skills and talent shortage, says Autodesk’s Amit Puri.

Architect Nick Tyrer, associate and practice leader in computational design at BDP Pattern, has been at the forefront of parametric design and is now turning his considerable tech nous to take advantage of AI. How is he finding it?

Balfour Beatty is working with Microsoft to explore AI opportunities in construction.

Data, ethics and the law are the first topics to consider when bringing AI into a construction project or organisation.

Construction site escape routes and emergency exits should be regularly reviewed – and using AI-based software to do this saves times and could save lives, says Karl Dooner, CEO of Proicere.

Nima has reminded the industry that the foundation of successful deployment of AI technology is high-quality data.

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