FinlandConstruction and engineering2022 – ongoingNCC
Buildots AI progress tracking on Finnish building projects
NCC Finland used Buildots camera tracking on six projects; the vendor reports 70% less manual reporting
Problem
Site teams spent time walking sites and writing progress reports, and wrong installations were often found late.
Approach
Staff wear helmet cameras on site walks. The platform compares the images with the BIM model and schedule and flags mismatches. NCC piloted it on an 8,000 sqm housing project in Helsinki, where its use was reported in February 2022. It then spread to more projects, and Buildots later reported use on six Finnish projects with 172,000 sqm of floor area.
Results
Takeaway
NCC site staff said they checked fewer things in person. Buildots reported tasks completed on time at 2.3 times the earlier level, but also called this a 230% gain without defining the measure.
Categories
- Size
- Large enterprise
- Industry
- Construction and engineering
- Business function
- Production and quality
- Innovation type
- Process innovation
- AI technology
- Computer vision
- Adoption
- Vendor solution
- Evidence
- Vendor's case study
Sources
Source summaries
Buildots describes an NCC pilot on an 8,000 sqm housing project in Helsinki and an expansion to three more projects, 68,500 sqm in total. It reports a 70% drop in manual reporting and 2.3 times more tasks completed on time, with a site manager quoted.
Buildots reports use on six Finnish NCC projects covering 172,000 sqm, among them a school renovation and projects in Oulu. It says plan-completion and delay metrics improved but gives no percentages.
Smart Cities World reports that NCC Finland builds a dynamic digital twin of its Helsinki sites with Buildots. NCC checks it against the BIM model.
Full details are in the original sources.
