{"id":146466,"date":"2024-12-09T12:12:52","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T12:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=146466"},"modified":"2024-12-09T12:12:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T12:12:52","slug":"construction-focused-ai-is-the-sector-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/digital-construction-news\/construction-technology-news\/construction-focused-ai-is-the-sector-ready\/146466\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction-focused AI: Is the sector ready?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new report, Laws of AI Traction<\/a>, from law firm Dentons explores how the construction industry is getting to grips with artificial intelligence. Authors Akin Akinbode, Mark Macaulay and Tracey Summerell discuss its findings<\/h2>\n

Artificial intelligence (AI), from generative AI to robotics,<\/a> has the potential to transform many aspects of the construction sector.<\/p>\n

Widely touted use cases include the possibility of creating better informed designs using analytics trained on increasingly large specialist architectural and engineering datasets;\u00a0 sophisticated 3D modelling capabilities; and autonomous machines that can improve site monitoring and safety.<\/p>\n

Other areas where AI might prove helpful include reducing thefts from construction sites;\u00a0 streamlining project management; and improving transparency in a sector recently rocked\u00a0 by scandals and routinely engaged in disputes over the performance of building materials.<\/p>\n

But, as an industry that operates on tight margins, and with more immediate and expensive issues to resolve such as building safety, skills shortages and cost inflation, construction has not so far not been among the trailblazers in developing new AI\u00a0 applications.<\/p>\n

To date, the sector has predominantly deployed AI for peripheral support services, rather than core operational functions.<\/p>\n