AI Could Preserve Legacy Construction Knowledge

Beam AI's CEO Shiva Dhawan reports that 41% of construction workers will retire by 2031 and 1 in 5 are over 55. The industry faces a $124 billion annual productivity gap from unfilled roles. AI is seen as the only viable way to preserve decades of preconstruction judgment and experience. Estimating relies on mental archives of past project risks and regional cost behaviors that AI can now capture.