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Brief of diving:
- As artificial intelligence continues to gain prominence in the world of construction, two large builders are offering their new solutions as effective trade tools.
- Granite and Skanska construction have shared internal tools that construction companies apply to current work, known as asphalt and security guru, respectively.
- Watsonville, in California, granite asphalt guru is a artificial intelligence learning platform. Swedish builder Skanska announced the launch of his security app, an Assistant fueled by AI designed to transform the job safety, according to a April 24th.
Divide vision:
The releases mark a wider tendency to the building industry since the AI in the world stage a little more than two and a half years ago: contractors are looking for ways to add and to their workflows and expect to capitalize on technology in order to do Earning advantage over the competition.
As the AI uses more widely and its state of strip is achieved, this edge can lead to tangible and advertising benefits. Grandite, for example, recently carried out the year’s innovator of the annual conference of general contractors associated to use its asphalt Guru platform.
The asphalt Guru uses 900 pages of interview transcripts and thousands of documents, combined with external data such as OSHA injuries, Dot standards and industry articles, to help form their asphalt paving team, according to the statement. More than 400 granite employees have already used the platform, which has answered more than 1,000 questions according to the statement.
“It is an honor to be recognized by a tool that retains the experience of our paving professionals,” said Daniel Mekis, head of the Granite CI project, in the statement.
It is now integrated into the E-Learning Effalt Basics program and is available through mobile devices in the field.
Next to Skanska, Safety Sidekick serves as a digital companion for workers and leaders at all levels, consolidating the Skanska EHS Manual, Osha construction standards and supplementary security documentation in a rational and easily accessible resource available on both mobile and desktop platforms.
It has been a more general variation of technology, known only as Sidekick In use in Skanska since December 2023. The safety companion is under the suite of builder expert colleagues, who are tools built with specific information for each purpose.
“These tools allow our people to turn the data, including our business knowledge, into shareholders that better support our project teams and bring more value to our customers,” said Anita Nelson, a strategy manager of the Skanska USA building, in the statement.
