A task performed by Civil Engineers
Estimate quantities and cost of materials, equipment, or labor to determine project feasibility.
Not yet. Workers want this automated (3.25/5), but experts rate today's AI capability at only 3/5, the technology isn't there. It's an R&D Opportunity.
Do you want this task automated?
How much the people who do this task want AI to take it over (avg of 8 workers).
How capable experts rate current AI at this task (avg of 3 experts).
How much human involvement should stay?
The Human Agency Scale (H1–H5) captures how much human direction workers think this task should keep.
Why workers want this automated
- Frees up time for higher-value work63%
- It's repetitive50%
- Helps handle larger scale50%
- Reduces human error38%
- It's stressful25%
- It's difficult13%
How to automate this
Workers want this gone, but today's tools only get part of the way. Automate the edges.
Calculations & estimates
Turn the math into a reusable calculator.
- 1Turn the math you use to estimate quantities and cost of materials, equipment, or labor to determine project feasibility into a spreadsheet model, so estimates update from the inputs.
- 2Use the calculators already built into your industry software.
- 3Check with formulas instead of recomputing by hand.
Tools that can help
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This is 1 of 5 tasks studied for Civil Engineers, where workers want 60% of tasks automated.
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