AI-powered construction article & BoM intelligence for a leading European company
A leading construction industry player engaged PSI to build an AI-powered article recommendation system for construction project planning. The solution was designed to improve the accuracy, speed, and consistency of construction article selection while reducing manual effort and dependency on domain experts within ERP-driven planning workflows.
Business Challenges
- Dependence on domain experts for correct construction article selection and ERP mapping
- Slow manual mapping of construction articles across large LVs and BOQs
- High risk of incorrect costing due to wrong or missed article selection
- Compliance and scalability challenges caused by manual recommendation workflows
Solution Delivered
- Reduced human errors and improved project planning outcomes
- Achieved 50–60% faster construction article mapping
- Lowered dependency on domain experts for article selection
- Improved consistency and confidence in construction planning workflows
- Built an AI-powered recommendation engine for article mapping
- Enabled intelligent article recommendations based on construction activity descriptions
- Leveraged Azure AI Search for semantic retrieval and Azure OpenAI for contextual understanding
- Integrated recommendations into existing ERP workflows for faster article selection
- Improved recommendation accuracy, consistency, and operational efficiency while reducing manual dependency
Impact & Outcomes
Reduced human errors and improved project planning outcomes
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Achieved 50–60% faster construction article mapping
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Lowered dependency on domain experts for article selection
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Improved consistency and confidence in construction planning workflows
