Using artificial intelligence to improve knowledge management in the construction industry – RealKM

This article is part of an ongoing series looking at knowledge management (KM) in the building and construction industries. The construction industry is a significant aspect of the global economy, valued at US$7.28 trillion in 20211, and has been increasingly embracing knowledge management (KM). With the construction industry being both data intensive and requiring the human workforce to be able to effectively work and interface with that data, the paper authors advise that AI technologies can accelerate learning and reasoning from large datasets as well as aid in pattern recognition. However, a notable shortcoming of the paper is that the authors don't explore how AI can potentially support KM in relation to building Information Modeling (BIM)3. Considered a'game changer', BIM is being increasingly used worldwide to facilitate the effective management of information across the whole life cycle of a built asset, including in the design, construction, and facility management phases.