AI for Construction
The construction industry is ripe for transformation: inefficient, unsafe, and unpredictable. But digital technologies are showing promise.
The construction industry is ripe for transformation: inefficient, unsafe, and unpredictable. But digital technologies are showing promise.
Construction problems expose new challenges for AI, and this science team will look at solutions including image-based 3D reconstruction of interiors, 3D pose estimation, and semi-structured text analysis. Further AI methodologies will provide solutions in finance, insurance, and transportation logistics.
mgolpar@illinois.edu
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
elrayes@illinois.edu
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
gohary@illinois.edu
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
eignaci2@illinois.edu
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Instructor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
rdeutsch@illinois.edu
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Clinical Associate Professor, Architecture
dhoiem@illinois.edu
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Associate Professor, Computer Science
daf@illinois.edu
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Professor, Computer Science
juliahmr@illinois.edu
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Associate Professor, Computer Science
Reconstruct makes the built world a better place to live, work and play. With offices in Silicon Valley and the Midwest, Reconstruct’s Visual Command Center™ brings together reality capture, drawings and models and schedule. This provides construction project stakeholders more efficient workflows in documentation, progress tracking and quality control.
Reconstruct was founded in 2016 and is used by industry leaders in North America, Asia, the Middle East and Australia who experience a 50% improvement in on time completion, 30% reduction in time necessary to report field level progress, and a 50% reduction in site visits necessary by project executives.
A University of Illinois team has received grants and support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Discovery Partners Institute (DPI) to plan the establishment of the National Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Construction.
“This initiative will lead to the first-of-its-kind institute for the application of AI in design, construction and operation of buildings and infrastructure systems,” said project lead Mani Golparvar-Fard, associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Reconstruct, the leader in AI-powered remote quality control and progress monitoring software, announces its $17.3 million Series B funding round. Led by the Nemetschek Group, a global leader in construction software, along with other leading AEC companies and tech titans – EquipmentShare/Romulus Capital, STO Building Group, ThorntonTomasetti, SHoP Architects, Syska Hennessy, and Asia Pacific Land – this infusion of capital will enable Reconstruct’s integration with industry-leading software like Bluebeam and accelerate global expansion.