Construction researchers at Loughborough University have created a digital, machine-learning tool that can analyse thousands of pictures of building interiors to detect the presence of distressed RAAC structural elements and predict how they’ll behave.

How can you make the most of AI? BIM Academy digital consultant Murillo Piazzi, fresh from his appearance in the Digital Construction Summit’s AI debate, offers his tips for getting on with your new virtual colleague. 

“Saying the AI got it wrong is like saying the dog ate my homework.” So said Buro Happold global director of commercial, legal and digital risks May Winfield in the opening session of the Digital Construction Summit.

AI and machine learning could help the Chartered Institute of Building and its members to personalise training and CPD, suggests David Stockdale FCIOB.

The annual Construction Management and BIMplus survey sought your views on the year’s hot topic: artificial intelligence – is it construction’s friend or foe?

Zainab Anwar and Olivia Jenkins consider the potential value of multiple AI-driven technologies on construction projects. Since the government announced plans to achieve an AI-driven economy that sees the UK…

BAM is the first contractor to use AI and big data to quantify and manage schedule risk across a portfolio of projects.

Is AI just what the construction industry needs to take a significant step forward? Or is the technology the beginning of the end?

It’s time you stopped worrying and learned to love AI, says Richard Steer.

An Atkins-Jacobs JV will lead trials this summer of new technology to enable the development of self-monitoring and self-maintaining bridges. Technologies likely to be tested include AI and machine learning.

While senior technology developers and gurus are calling for greater regulation of AI, citing the worst case scenarios, a new survey suggests the built environment is on the brink of embracing the technology – within limits.

We have not yet seen the full impact of AI in the built environment, says Emily Scoones of Ramboll. She muses on the ways in which the technology will benefit the industry.

Construction is one of the sectors being targeted by Innovate UK’s new £100m fund to drive adoption of AI and machine learning technology.

What’s coming your way this year? What new technology and approaches will impact your operations? Dr Marzia Bolpagni details the top five digital trends set to shape construction in 2023

ChatGPT – the AI-driven natural language processor – is all the rage. The question is: can it benefit construction?

Are you ready to revolutionise the way you design and plan your projects? Text-to-image AI may be the answer, suggests Louis Trümpler.

Vinci’s clever use of data and AI at a cancer hospital project deservedly took top prize in the Best Use of Data category, sponsored by the UK BIM Alliance, at the Digital Construction Awards last night (12 July).

The implementation and adoption of AI in projects faces a number of challenges and opportunities, according to new research from the Association for Project Management.