Vendors claim that AI will soon design buildings independently. This is a considerable exaggeration.
Introducing AI tools requires time, training and process adjustment – there is no plug-and-play solution.
AI solves specific problems very well – but not all of them. Without a clear strategy, the effect quickly dissipates.
In defined use cases – visualisation, variant development, documentation – AI already delivers genuine time savings today.
AI is only as good as the data it works with. BIM as a data foundation is therefore indispensable.
The greatest hurdle is not the technology, but the team's willingness to embrace new ways of working.
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