Learn about the tasks that AI can perform during many of the phases of the construction project.
While AI has limitations, and all numerical values such as those in the construction cost estimate for bid must be manually checked, there are several tasks that AI can perform some or most of. These include: the security program, onsite overhead expenses such as the trailer, safety, establishing and protecting the critical path, suggesting cost estimating methods, writing a Gantt chart, writing the schedule, scheduling inspections, taking construction photographs, managing changes in scope, and determining when the contract has been abandoned. We will describe the many tasks that AI can perform during many of the phases of the construction project including the initiation, planning, engineering, bidding, construction and warrantee period.Learning Objectives
- You will be able to describe the basics of AI systems.
- You will be able to know what is involved in training AI for use in construction.
- You will be able to identify at least five different ways to prepare a bid.
- You will be able to understand how AI can help you organize and tabulate data.
Agenda
Description of AI- AI Must Be Trained
- May Not Have Relevant Data
- Cannot Understand the Nuances of Construction
- Mathematical Errors
- Different Models of AI
- Idea
- Planning
- Engineering
- Bidding
- Construction
- Warrantee
- Cannot Visit the Site
- Requires a 100% Check
- Makes Math Errors
- Security Program
- Trailer and Utilities
- Safety Inspection
- Critical Path
- Suggest Cost Estimating Methods
- Current Price of Materials and Availability of Labor
- Construction Schedule
- Schedule Subcontractors
- Project Needs Additional Financing
- Schedule Inspections
- Take Construction Photographs
- Understand Uses and Limitations of Estimating Guides
- Manages Change in Scope
- When Contract Has Been Abandoned
- Pour Concrete
Speaker(s)
Keith WarwickKeith Warwick, P.E.
- Licensed civil engineer in New York, California, and Illinois
- B.S. in civil engineering from the University of California at Davis
- Owned consulting firm since 2008
- Served on two accident investigation boards
- Led an investigation of an aircraft crash
- 35 year engineering, environmental, and construction career
- Performed 28 construction cost estimates
- Published 6 academic books and journal articles
- Life member of the American Society of Civil Engineers
- As Civil Engineering Branch Chief supervised 3 employees
- As Technical Manager supervised 17 testing staff at a construction materials testing company
- Conducted 210 environmental, safety, and health site visits
- Conducted 105 construction site visits to verify billing, schedule, and budget
- Verified that construction was acceptable at 85 buildings, most valued at over $50,000,000
- Taught 4 semester long college engineering classes as an adjunct engineering instructor
- Conducted 12 webinars on engineering, environmental, safety, and construction
- Taught 240 days of in-person OSHA, HAZWOPER, and DOT safety classes
- Tutored 360 hours on engineering and general interest subjects
