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Mott MacDonald<\/a>, Endeavour Programme and WT Partnership<\/a> have formed a global technology alliance to harness artificial intelligence (AI) technology to prevent potential time and cost overruns on major construction projects<\/h2>\n

The AI alliance aims to bring a new paradigm of data-driven project management<\/a> to better manage construction projects of any kind all over the world.<\/p>\n

Major projects regularly underperform due to traditional systems and human limitations meaning outcomes are inaccurately predicted. The increasing complexity of modern-day large infrastructure design and construction means that major projects will continue to overrun unless a new approach is taken.<\/p>\n

Dan Phillips, global practice lead for project, programme and commercial management at global engineering, management and development consultancy Mott MacDonald, said: \u201cThere is a huge amount of money and time invested in the delivery of major projects<\/a>, and despite this, they continue to underperform, deliver less than budgeted benefits and inevitably become the focus of political and media scrutiny.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe construction industry lags behind other industries in the use of data and adoption of AI technology will play a big part in helping us achieve better outcomes for project teams, clients and ultimately the end-users who feel the effect of project delays and cost overruns the most.\u201d<\/p>\n

Endeavour Programme, a technology firm headquartered in Brisbane, has developed Octant AI, a scalable cloud hosted case-based decision-making system. It gathers data and analyses the performance in construction projects to produce improved insight allowing earlier, more effective, decision making. The new alliance will use this technology.<\/p>\n

David Porter, Endeavour programme founder, commented: \u201cLarge projects have become so complex with so many interdependencies and stakeholders, that managing them with traditional methods is ever more challenging. Through our alliance, we\u2019re aiming to lead the way in adapting this new technology, and we are seeking to make a measurable change to the performance of some of our biggest projects.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nick Deeks, managing director of international cost management consultancy WT Partnership, added: \u201cWe know that the future of professional services for projects has to be integrated with emerging technologies such as Octant AI.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur clients want more certainty, better adaptability and the better value for money that technology can deliver. We want to be leading this field, and this is the most advanced AI technology available in the market.\u201d<\/p>\n

Early applications of Octant AI have been used on civil projects and for large government portfolios and the alliance plans to roll out new modules for other sectors as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

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