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Construction in the AI era

Building, BTP, architecture — the resistant sector

Author: Patrick de Carvalho

The pitch

Construction is the sector with the most to gain from AI — and the slowest to adopt it. Why? Patrick de Carvalho has supported around twenty French construction players in their AI transformation, from structural-work SMEs to development majors. This book tells what he has seen: cultural blockers, projects where AI gains 30% productivity, the tools that actually work (and the gadgets), and the next decade of a sector that represents 11% of French GDP.

Table of contents

  1. 01 Why construction resists
  2. 02 The 5 use cases taking off in 2026
  3. 03 BIM augmented by AI
  4. 04 Predictive site management
  5. 05 Estimating a project in 4 hours rather than 4 weeks
  6. 06 The construction professions that change (and those that stay)

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