Construction industry experts tried to answer this question by discussing the role of AI in germany phone number list improving and replacing manual labor at UK Construction Week in Birmingham, England.
"People are afraid not only of change itself, but also of its consequences. We have already been through times when a profession completely changed and became nothing like the business you started with. And we need to find ways to learn from this and record this experience so that it is not lost.
“I never imagined that I would be a BIM manager and involved in the projects that I am involved in now. However, some people are not really afraid of change, but of losing their job. We need to make sure that they feel confident in their value and that their years of experience in the industry are recognised,” explained Kirsty Childs, BIM manager at Tetra Tech.
The digital transformation of the construction industry has been going on for a long time: sometimes false promises of increasing company efficiency, streamlining design processes, and establishing smooth project management have been heard for decades. The reality is that there is much more nuance behind the “digital glamour”. Technology may revolutionize the industry, but fundamentally, work processes will always revolve around people.
“As leaders in digital transformation, we have a responsibility to communicate the risks and benefits of innovations like AI. We must carefully manage the use of tools like ChatGPT, especially when it comes to protecting sensitive information. We need to find a balance between technology improving our work without compromising the ethics and information security of the company,” said Mairead Gallagher, Head of BIM at Grimshaw Architects in Europe and the Middle East.