In bid to cut costs and emissions, infrastructure project pilots AI

In bid to cut costs and emissions, infrastructure project pilots AI



...a range of design options to be “simulated using different types and quantities of construction materials.”



...Skanska, a major construction firm, is working on the tech, with funding coming from Innovate U.K. Other firms and organizations involved in the scheme include Mott MacDonald, HS2, Nomitech, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Manufacturing Technology Centre.



...LafargeHolcim’s ECOPact, a concrete that comes in a number of iterations. Depending on which one is used, the company claims the product can have “30% to 100% less carbon emissions compared to standard (CEM I) concrete.”



....ow and zero-emission pieces of machinery are also being developed by firms such as JCB, which has produced an excavator that is powered by hydrogen as well as an electric mini excavator.