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AI can optimise pre-construction and construction stages of major projects

07 April 2022

What does the application of artificial intelligence to construction scheduling look like in practice? What sort of data do you need? How did Covid drive another use of the technology?

Mazen Faloughi speaks with Andrew Knight as they take a detailed look at how AI can optimise scheduling for the pre-construction and construction stages of major projects.

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