Construction Magazine February 2020 | Page 51

CONSTRUCTING AN ECOSYSTEM WITH TRUSTED PARTNERS
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CONSTRUCTING AN ECOSYSTEM WITH TRUSTED PARTNERS
Oracle is collaborating with the likes of Bosch , Reconstruct and Triax to develop an ecosystem of solutions to support construction customers . UKbased startup , nPlan , uses machine learning technology and a large dataset of construction programs to help understand uncertainty and risk in construction projects . The company ’ s software makes high-quality predictions that are visualised in an interactive front-end web app and a suite of APIs for contractors , clients , and government organisations around the world in the energy , infrastructure , and building sectors . “ They ’ ve trained their algorithms working with 250,000 schedules for a broad range of contractors ,” adds Kalplanoglu . “ Based on the dataset , they build models for customers to predict what the outcome will be per schedule activity . Their analysis can
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