Mace employs AI issue detection to track onsite progress BIM

Mace has become the latest contractor to adopt an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered issue detection system which tracks onsite progress. The move comes after construction tech start-up Disperse piloted its product concurrently with Canary Wharf Contractors (CWCL) and Kier. Disperse's system employs safety-trained site scanners which use 360 degree cameras in every room across all floors to capture progress on a project, before the firm's Computer Vision technology detects changes week-on-week, measures progress, and identifies anomalies. So far, the pilots have covered a 327-unit residential tower in London for CWCL and a 120-room hotel in Reading for Kier, with the system analysing the projects using the 360-degree imagery. Disperse said its goal is to create an issue detection system comparable to those used in manufacturing plants.