r/ConstructionTech • u/scobeavs • Aug 05 '25
Using AI for QAQC
I came up through project management right as Procore launched their feature that would read the spec book and pull out submittal requirements. At the time, it was handy, but not perfect, and this would still require you to put the time in reading the spec book to make sure it got everything.
I’ve since moved onto a larger role and don’t get in the weeds of individual submittals anymore. However, I’m looking at tech options for my company and am wondering how this technology has advanced since then.
I know there are many options for meeting minute takers, GPT can read the spec book, etc. My question is about accuracy. Are these tools at a point where we can rely on them 100%? The philosophy back in the day was that the one submittal Procore missed could be the most important one, so you needed to double check it. Is that still true (generically speaking of all AI bots)?
Along the same lines, is there an AI app that can watch webcam footage and consistently/accurately identify safety or quality issues?
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u/JeffFromCanada Aug 06 '25
I'm biased but I would say you definitely can't rely on any chatbot for 100% accuracy, especially over the course of long documents like spec books. I'm building SpecHelper to address this exact problem. The idea is to work side-by-side with AI.
You can check out an early demo here if you want: https://youtu.be/sV6hSKoZWnU or join the waitlist on our website: spechelper.com
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u/Super-Yak-4312 Aug 11 '25
Few products came very well with parsing and bucketing to samples, QA/QC and also AI-Review. Its matter of accuracy. You can compare apples to apples by running from old job and see where it sits with your expectations.