How AI is changing construction jobs in Hillsborough County

Artificial intelligence is changing how construction projects are built as workers balance new technology with skilled labor.Hillsborough school construction siteProject crews with JE Dunn Construction are building the $72 million Kenneth Otero Middle School in Wimauma. The crews in Hillsborough County use AI tools to photograph walls, manage building quality and track work schedules on site."So that helps our team members with the lower value decisions, so they can be more productive and focus on the higher-value decisions and really drive the project, focus on quality, focus on safety," Curtis DeLaquil, group manager and vice president at JE Dunn Construction, said. "We have a team member that travels the job site with a GoPro type of device, takes videos, we upload it, and it, through AI and the agents, it places itself in the floor plan of the project."Faster layout building processAI technology allows crews to complete layout tasks in two to three days per building instead of two