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Where the money actually went in construction AI last yearLast year’s construction-technology headline was a bucket. Split it and the genuine-AI slice is thin, robotics takes most of that slice, and information-workflow AI is barely in the print.15 Jan 2026 · Industry · AI · 7 min read
Three piles of mixed coins on a dusty poured-concrete slab with saw-cut joints: a large sprawling heap, a medium compact pile, and a tiny handful, with no labels or figures.
Construction AI pilots mostly die. Here is the pattern.The typical construction AI pilot dies of three absences: no pin to the issued set, no owner after the champion leaves, and no production workflow. A pattern, not a mortality table.11 Dec 2025 · Industry · AI · 10 min read
An abandoned AI-lab corner of a British site office: a curling pilot poster still taped to a cream partition with a faded dead QR-code square, a grey stacking chair upturned on a cleared folding table, a dusty blank whiteboard, a coiled unused cable on linoleum, and a closed cardboard archive box.