b'YOUR TOOLKIT FOR BUILDING EXCELLENCEcontinued from page: 20workforcechallengesfacingtheindustry,Togal.AI to complete construction bids faster contractorsareatacriticaljuncture.Withaandmoreefficiently.CoastalConstructions shortage of clear solutions, they must either thinkchairman and CEO stated that using Togal.AI creatively and be open to innovative ideas orcut nearly 14,000 hours of work, saving close to risk falling behind early-adopting competitors. $1 million in the companys first year using it.New Tools Available Safety Monitoring with Computer Vision Inrecentyears,AIhasbecomesignificantlyand Predictive Analytics:Newmetrix is an AI more democratized and commercially availableplatform, recently acquired by software developer to consumers and industry professionals. ForOracle,thatusescomputervisionorvisual instance, ChatGPT disrupted numerous industriesrecognition and predictive analytics to analyze by providing immediate and highly personalizedphotos and videos taken from construction sites. It responses to user questions and tasks, improvingidentifies safety hazards and provides feedback to efficiency and productivity. This technology hasthe user regarding best practices. Suffolk reported become user-friendly, allowing construction crewsthat after 12 months of implementing the program, to benefit from AI. There are currently severalit reduced recordable incidents by 28% and cut tools that do not demand any more technicallost time by 35%. By incorporating this tool into knowledgethanMicrosoftExcel.Theseuser- training programs, construction professionals can friendly tools are currently being leveraged tolearn safety best practices from real-world examples.supporttraininganddevelopment,optimizeMachine Learning-Enhanced Submittal and internal processes and increase job site productivity. Closeout Process Automation:Pype aims to AI-EnabledScheduling: ALICE,shortforincrease productivity and reduce risk by automating Artificial Intelligence Construction Engineering,submittal and closeout workflows. Pype Autospecs is an AI construction scheduling platform thatuses machine learning algorithms to read and optimizesprojectschedulesbyapplyingAIextract specs to generate submittal logs, and Pype algorithms to project resources and constraints.Closeout enhances closeout through user-friendly, The program generates dozens of schedule sequencecentralized dashboards with automated document options in minutes and allows users to quantifycollection features. In 2020 Pype was acquired the cost and time impact of different decisions byby Autodesk, one of the construction industries running analyses of different scenarios. For example,most ubiquitous software developers, and has ALICE can tell the schedule and budget impacts ofsince been integrated into Autodesks Construction adding an additional crew or piece of equipment.Cloudplatform.JacobsenConstruction Users of ALICE have reported tangible reductionsreported time savings of 90% on spec reviews.in project direction as well as labor and cost savings. Quality Control and Productivity Enhancement Estimating with Deep Machine Learning: with Computer Vision and Predictive Analytics: Togal.AIisanAI-enhancedpreconstructionDoxel AI uses data gathered from autonomous drones technology that claims to be the first and onlyand rovers outfitted with high-definition cameras estimating software that utilizes machine learningand lidar. AI algorithms analyze this data against algorithms fine-tuned for automatically detecting,the building information modeling (BIM) models, measuring, comparing and labeling project spacesschedules and estimates. The program automatically and features on design drawings. The Associatedinspects installed work and provides information General Contractors of America (AGC) namedon the percentage of the project completed, which Miami-based Coastal Contractors a 2023 AGCinforms billings decisions, scheduling, sequencing Construction Innovation Award finalist for usingand other project management decisions. Last continued on page: 21 continued on page 22 FRAME BUILDER - AUG023 / 21'