Artificial Intelligence in Construction: Predictive Models and Concrete Pour Detection

The goal of ObraLink is to help people and companies incorporate technological processes into their workflow, improving decision-making and empowering them to build the future human environment. One of the tools we use to help digitalize the construction world is artificial intelligence.

One of our artificial intelligence applications is the generation of predictive models for concrete pouring. Thanks to the collection of historical data from construction projects of different sizes over the past 4 years, we have developed forecasting models to predict how much concrete will be used weekly. These models allow us to generate suggestions for the planner, and thus reduce the error in the estimation of concrete pouring. This helps those who plan to reduce the difference between what is planned and what is actually executed.

Another way in which Obralink integrates artificial intelligence in construction is through the detection of concrete pouring using computer vision. Through images captured by the camera of our Cibot, we are able to identify where and when there has been a progress in the concreting of a construction site. This way we can efficiently detect concrete pouring, and also, thanks to the three-dimensional coordinates of the building, we can link the advances of the images with their location in the construction plan. By integrating this technology with the BIM flows of the platform, we are able to, from the detection of the advance, cubiculate the progress and apply analytics to the construction site, in order to monitor the project optimally. It is important to comment that, given the complexities inherent to a construction site (e.g., visual pollution), it is still necessary to perform manual review of what is detected (human-in-the-loop), seeking to improve the labeling process for future models, that will be integrated with our software.

The best thing is that we are just beginning, there are still infinite ways in which technology and artificial intelligence can benefit the construction industry! And these first examples show that technological advances and artificial intelligence are perfectly applicable in the construction industry. That's why at Obralink we are excited to think about how the future of construction will be and see how far our developments can go.

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