{"id":24070,"date":"2023-12-24T03:02:44","date_gmt":"2023-12-24T11:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/slate-technologies-launches-an-ai-powered-digital-assistant-for-construction\/"},"modified":"2023-12-24T03:02:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-24T11:02:47","slug":"slate-technologies-launches-an-ai-powered-digital-assistant-for-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/slate-technologies-launches-an-ai-powered-digital-assistant-for-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"Slate Technologies Launches an AI-Powered Digital Assistant for Construction"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Slate Technologies<\/a>, an AI software platform, has launched a digital assistant for the construction industry. Slate uses AI and machine learning to improve the productivity of construction professionals by enabling better, earlier decision-making to keep building projects on time, maximizing revenue. Among the company\u2019s early development collaborators include multinational construction leader Skanska<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Analyzing unstructured data from almost any source<\/h2>\n

Unlike other construction software platforms, the Slate Digital Assistant executes multi-dimensional analysis across internal and external data sources, learning as it goes to offer full transparency into the building process. These data sources include ERP systems, emails, RFIDs, 3D models, and other construction-related information. In addition, it can use public data such as weather, labor, and traffic. It\u2019s also capable of mining \u201cdark data\u201d locked in silos and non-integrated systems within general contractor and subcontractor organizations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very grateful for Slate in helping Skanska navigate the valuable unstructured data that doesn\u2019t sit in one place and doesn\u2019t sit in a beautifully crafted data lake or data warehouse,\u201d said Andrew MacAskill<\/strong>, Operational Efficiency Director at Skanska UK. \u201cIt\u2019s been such a fruitful partnership for us, and we genuinely believe Slate could be a game-changing opportunity for the whole industry and we wanted to be part of its development and be in it from the very start.\u201d<\/p>\n

Automated schedule change management<\/h2>\n

By integrating and analyzing data from almost any location, Slate\u2019s proprietary dynamic scheduling capabilities ensure change decisions can immediately update an overall schedule and the order of individuals\u2019 tasks. This dramatically boosts efficiency, improving every step of the building process.<\/p>\n

Through its integrations with subcontractors and material suppliers\u2019 software and systems, Slate\u2019s data insights are valuable to the executive suite, as well as any individual executing tasks on a project.<\/p>\n

\u201cSlate is the catalyst for a significant shift in how we deliver buildings, where software works hand-in-hand with humans to transform productivity and profitability,\u201d said Jeff Bettencourt<\/strong>, CEO of Slate. \u201cIn construction, a building project is only on schedule on the day its master schedule is created. Slate offers the first-time ability for construction companies to see what is happening with all aspects of a project \u2013 including materials, workers, and weather \u2013 to perceive problems so they can make changes along the way, minimizing waste and costs while maximizing productivity and revenue.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Source: Slate Technologies, March 23, 2022<\/em><\/p>\n

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