How Artificial Intelligence Can Transform Construction

In some cases, these AI advisors have become a standard part of some firms' project delivery methods. But it's still a challenge to convince construction professionals to listen to these AI advisors, and there are emerging questions of how risk will be allocated once algorithm-driven decisions start to steer projects. One of the more direct uses of AI in construction has been the project scheduling analysis performed by ALICE Technologies' machine-learning algorithm, ALICE. The company has made inroads into the industry in recent years (ENR 5/28/18 p.22), but founder René Morkos says that construction may be approaching a tipping point when it comes to AI adoption. "What I always hear from people [in the industry] is that'I really like scheduling, but the number crunching is the boring part,'" says Morkos.