United StatesConstruction and engineering2024 – ongoingGilbane
TrunkText document retrieval at the Baird Center
Gilbane's Baird Center team validated 87% of TrunkText answers in a vendor-reported pilot
Problem
The Baird Center expansion generated around 21,000 documents. Finding requirements across drawings and contracts took supervisors away from site work.
Approach
Gilbane began piloting TrunkText in January 2024. Workers queried the large language model tool from phones or computers after project documents were uploaded. The team also used it to reconcile requirements across documents.
Results
Takeaway
Project staff checked the answers rather than treating retrieval as proof of correctness. The reported accuracy came from the supplier's case study.
Categories
- Industry
- Construction and engineering
- Business function
- Internal work and knowledge managementProduction and quality
- Innovation type
- Process innovation
- AI technology
- Generative AI
- Adoption
- Vendor solution
- Evidence
- Vendor case study
Sources
Source summaries
Construction Dive interviewed Gilbane's superintendent about the pilot. It repeated a vendor case study reporting 246 questions and 87% answer accuracy after project-team validation.
Full details are in the original sources.