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Sparkel is an Oslo-based startup that builds software for helping construction professionals interpret and understand construction drawings using artificial intelligence.
More than a hundred design documents can be generated for a large construction project, with new versions created frequently. Many contractors risk misinterpreting the designs because files arrive as static PDFs and spreadsheets and/or miss critical construction data. The consequences include:
Construction professionals such as estimators, project managers, and site managers need a solution that links design documents to reality. They need to pull updated data from building information models (BIM) and PDFs to spot design problems and opportunities, reliably estimate quantities, respond to design changes, and communicate with their stakeholders.
The solution is Sparkel’s cloud-based software, which deploys the Model Derivative API to extract and translate 2D and 3D designs and the Viewer to display models in a web browser. Sparkel layers on AI to analyze the drawings and ChatGPT to search for results. With Sparkel, construction professionals can:
Ask the models questions such as, “How much precast concrete is on the 2nd floor?” and Sparkel’s AI engine will present tables and information directly linked to the drawings. When design updates arrive, Sparkel analyzes and communicates the changes. This seamless link to construction enables more accurate models that can be used as the basis for a digital twin at handover.
Sparkel’s ultimate goal is to enable circularity. With the digital twin holding precise information about the building and its materials, that data can be used to inform material reuse during renovations or demolition.
“No-waste construction is possible. But to get there, the industry needs to better translate data from the design phase into the construction phase. The data needs to work for the realities of construction processes and the job site. This is how we improve cost estimates and margins, reduce waste and error, and move closer to sustainability.” - Magnus Nilsen, CEO of Sparkel