Pre-Construction Estimating In Springtime: How Can Artificial Intelligence Help?

Spring is building season, so it`'`s perfect time to investigate what artificial intelligence, aka AI, can do for your estimating efforts. The construction industry has taken the recent economic challenges in stride, leading to an increase in both material and labor demand. Companies that embrace technology and remain flexible are often among the most successful.

Going forward, it is important to understand construction project management is as much art as science. We can`'`t always rely on short-term trends to guide our forecasting because it`'`s often the long-term trends that cause the most turmoil. These trends can be hard to identify, but AI can help.

Today, we will discuss how using AI can make common and complex tasks seem easier than they really are. Letting AI do the grunt work can free up valuable human resources needed elsewhere, adding efficiency the moment you turn the system on.

How Does AI Help Project Managers Do Their Jobs?

AI Is Fast
Discovering that AI is fast is probably not a shock, but learning how fast it is might be. Artificial intelligence can perform in seconds what takes teams of project managers to produce. Plus, AI is extremely accurate, so the system can alert you when something appears inconsistent.

AI Is Reliable
AI powered estimating solutions cross-check data across several sources, helping ensure up to the minute accuracy. AI project management solutions are designed to work efficiently, yet quickly, by searching multiple sources simultaneously. AI essentially provides the engine and you provide the destination, resulting in a synergistic relationship.

AI is Useful and Efficient
AI can do the work of dozens of project managers, estimators, and back-office employees. AI can compile the results you need into an easy-to-digest format anyone can understand. AI can also perform tasks quickly and accurately, reducing the need for human intervention when the unexpected happens.

With Spring Often Comes Building Challenges

Even when crews are in the right place, and the materials show up on time, we can`'`t control the weather, the economy, or the cost of fuel. All of these effects are amplified in springtime due to the pent-up demand from the winter months.

AI allows you to better endure the feast-or-famine nature of the construction industry by allowing you to take on more work without investing in a team of project managers. AI is perfectly content to be available when you need it.

The ability to take on more jobs in springtime is the lifeblood of many construction professionals, and Prediction 3D makes it possible. Prediction 3D also takes the tedious, boring, often incorrect data and crunches it so you don’t have to.

Prediction 3D AI-Powered Project Management is Easy to Use

A great example of a robust, cost-effective project management solution involves Prediction 3D (Prediction 3D), a technology company based in Biloxi, Mississippi, USA. Prediction 3D provides pre-construction estimating software solutions powered by the enormous potential of artificial intelligence.

Some AI powered platforms are either too complex or not powerful enough for pre-estimating. Prediction 3D built their solution with low cost of ownership, incredible accuracy, and easy operation as the primary goals.

The Prediction 3D solutions are designed with the user in mind. Simply upload your BIM model into the system, and you`'`ll have complete 3D control, complete with visual editing. Using your REVIT files, the Prediction 3D solution can create a model of your project in seconds, allowing you a perspective you`'`ve never seen before.

Using the Visual Editing feature, you’ll see opportunities for profit, warnings of potential delays, and logistical conflicts almost instantly.

What Happens If Something Changes the Schedule?

Project managers are really professional problem solvers. Inevitably, the unexpected will happen, tossing a monkey wrench into a well laid plan. The solutions from Prediction 3D can not only provide strategic options based on your company’s goals, but also offer solutions to acute problems happening right now.

When a tool breaks, the truck is late, or a crew member becomes ill, Prediction 3D can analyze the situations subtleties and, through immense calculations, offer the best course of action. Prediction 3D can also analyze historical data, trends, and seasonal effects on the construction process.

Prediction 3D will then use the data to devise a course of action based on the goals you provide. If profitability is the main objective, Prediction 3D can offer suggestions for bulk buying and strategic deliveries. If low cost is critical, Prediction 3D can suggest ways to reduce waste and add speed to the project.

Request a Demonstration Of Prediction 3D AI-Powered Solutions

To request a demonstration of the features and benefits available with Prediction 3D’s AI powered project management, just click here. The experts at Prediction 3D are available to help you decide which solution is best for your company. Spring is here so don’t wait to make your appointment with the pros at Prediction 3D.

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