"I grew up in a poor environment in a small village in Austria and started working as a carpenter at age 12. After many years in carpentry, I switched over to the general contractor side and worked my way up from superintendent to project manager to group leader. My Ph.D. research made me realize that I could have a greater impact on my field by developing disruptive construction technology, and this inspired me to move across the world to Silicon Valley to attend Stanford and get my MBA."
"Traditional construction software, like Procore, is centered around documenting workflows and storing data within a predefined system. In contrast, we're introducing a paradigm shift where Q&A and AI enable construction teams to interact with information using natural language."
"Trunk Tools' platform can take in files like PDFs, spreadsheets, drawings, blueprints and tables and answer questions about them in a chatbot-like interface (e.g. 'What type of power outlets are in the art studio?'). It can also link scheduled construction activities with supporting documentation, attempting to spot potential project issues and surface insights."
"For one customer's $500 million high-rise condo in NYC, there were 3.6 million pages of documentation. Given the amount of time it takes to sort through file folders that massive, automation tools are essential for efficient project delivery."
#construction-technology #document-management #ai-automation #startup-innovation #project-management
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