Artificial Intelligence

Group 9 - Naima Camara, Josef Chamera, Patrick Harmon,

Catherine Kasica, Paige Macdonald, Matthew Takacs
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Outline

• Innovation
• Current Practice
• Relevance
• Significance
• Feasibility
• Case Study
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Trends and Innovation

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What are some challenges in the construction

industry?
● 90% of all
construction
projects do not
finish on time
● This causes cost
overruns
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What are some challenges in the construction

industry?
● There is a shortage
in skilled
construction
workers
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What are some challenges in the construction

industry?
● There's a lack in
innovation and change
● Projects are becoming
more complex but
construction industry
has not innovated to
adapt
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What are some challenges in the construction

industry?
● The most
important is
SAFETY!
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What is the Innovative Solution?

Artificial intelligence
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How Can AI help?

Expedited project delivery due to fast learning
Time and Cost Overruns technology. Gives Accurate prediction about
overruns. Self driving machines

Robots distribute the labor and over see the projects

Labor Shortages productivity

AI will change the way construction and the world

Lack of Technology innovation works forever.

Detecting and stopping safety hazards before and

Safety incident happens
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How has AI developed within the

Construction Industry?
- The use of AI technology within
the construction industry has
become increasingly more
frequent in recent years
- Examples include on-site
cameras, drone surveys, cloud
software, and mobile workflows
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Why is AI important in the construction

industry?
• increase efficiency throughout all
stages of the building process
• minimizes design errors and
allows for faster design solutions
• reduces delays in planning and
detects potential clashes in
building design and systems
before they are constructed
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Why is AI important in the construction

industry?
• reduces costs that are as a result of delays in construction
• can be used for task management and help mitigate on site risks
• can assist in operation of machinery
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Current Practice

• Boston Dynamics / FARO https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42452-019-0622-1

- Autonomous robots use

LiDAR to create 3D scans
of site for surveillance
• Satellites that evaluate
landscape data
• Model and predict
possible system failures
https://earthi.space/blog/satellite-ai-in-major-construction/
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Relevance

• Generative Design - BIM

– Optimal solutions to complex problems
– Affects all future stages
• ALICE
– Keeps project on time & updated
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Relevance - Generative Design

• Input office preferences

• Output solutions
• Designers choose
• Eliminates Beta Factor
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Significance: On-Site Construction

• AI automating monotonous work

– less workers onsite will be required
• New jobs to manage AI
technology and equipment
• Loss of physical laboring jobs
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Significance: Off-Site Construction

• AI assists in design saving time and

money for designers/architects
– AI Designs can be limited in creativity
• AI allows for exploring best
variations in scheduling
– Creates competitive bidding and
efficient project execution ALICE Platform overview
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Current Feasibility:
Current Setbacks:
1. Technical difficulty
• High level of expertise needed, few
qualified workers (non-engineers) and https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/miscellaneous/worlds-largest-brain-like-supercomputer-switched-on-for-first-
time/spinnaker-worlds-largest-brain-like-supercomputer/slideshow/66586789.cms

high demand
1. Computing Power
• Hardware not caught up to software
• Field Engineers lack the resources
• Machine and human bias
1. Misinformation
• Public distrust
Conclusion: Infeasible https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-is-what-happens-when-skynet-from-terminator-takes-over-
the-stock-market-2018-02-14
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Future Feasibility:
Upwards trends:
1. Increasing number of qualified graduates
• CS graduates increasing
1. Increased interest and funding
• Investment from massive companies
• Google, Neuralink, Amazon, Microsoft
https://www.paymentssource.com/conference/payments/opinion/payments-data-and-ai-
are-creating-a-new-cost-center

1. Public acceptance of technology

• Engineers more willing to rely on new
technology as patron trust increases
Conclusion: Highly Plausible (inevitable?)

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Case Study - Efficiency

● Data analysis learning to provide advice ​

● Leading product in this field is ALICE ​
● Goal is to save time and money​
● Computes AI resequencing ​
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Labor Shortages
● Difficult to plan for
exact labor supply
● Spot The Dog
● Collects Data as if
walks the jobsite
● Evaluates critical
path in real time
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Safety
● 1,017 construction
related deaths
annually (per ENR)
● Newmetrix ​
● Identifies accidents
before they occur​
● Creates generative
reports
 References Slide 23

ALICE Technologies. “General Contractor Drives Millions in Labor Savings on Silicon Valley Project Using Alice.” ALICE Blog, 2020, https://blog.alicetechnologies.com/case-studies/general-contractor-drives-millions-in-
labor-savings-on-silicon-valley-project-using-alice.

Cable, John H. Construction Automation, 5th Edition, College Park, MD: Academic Publishing, 2015

“Generative Design.” AutoDesk, AutoDesk Inc., 2021, https://www.autodesk.com/solutions/generative-design.

Hawkins, Owen. “Satellite AI in Major Construction: Will It Become the Norm?: Earth-I.” Earthi, Earthi-Ltd, 1 Oct. 2019, https://earthi.space/blog/satellite-ai-in-major-construction/.

Hunt, Sarah. “Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Construction.” Datamation, Technology Advice, 25 Oct. 2021, https://www.datamation.com/artificial-intelligence/artificial-intelligence-in-construction/.

Mishra, Mayank, et al. “Neural-Network-Based Approach to Predict the Deflection of Plain, Steel-Reinforced, and Bamboo-Reinforced Concrete Beams from Experimental Data.” SN Applied Sciences, Springer International
Publishing, 17 May 2019, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42452-019-0622-1.

Perc, Matjaž, et al. “Social and Juristic Challenges of Artificial Intelligence.” Nature News, Nature Publishing Group, 25 June 2019, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-019-0278-x.

Rao, Sumana. “The Benefits of AI In Construction.” Trimble, Trimble Inc, 8 July 2021, https://constructible.trimble.com/construction-industry/the-benefits-of-ai-in-construction. ​

Rubenstone, Jeff. “How Artificial Intelligence Can Transform Construction.” Engineering NewsRecord RSS, BNP Media, 16 Feb. 2021, https://www.enr.com/articles/51190-how-artificial-intelligence-can-transform-
construction. ​

“4 Examples of Generative Design in Action.” Archistar, 24 July 2020, https://archistar.ai/blog/4-examples-of-generative-design-in-action/.