RIB Software is partnering with Microsoft to bring artificial intelligence to the construction industry. The cooperation aims to integrate AI technologies into existing construction software solutions and thereby advance digitalization in the industry.
For the construction industry, this is a turning point: the sector is known as technology-skeptical and lags behind in digitalization. A partnership with Microsoft could enable manufacturers like RIB to bring AI-based features to their products faster – from project planning to resource management to quality control on the construction site.
It remains unclear which concrete products will emerge from the collaboration and when they will be available. The technical design – such as whether Microsoft cloud services like Azure or OpenAI models will be used – has not been communicated either. For construction companies and planning offices, what will be crucial is how easily the new AI features can be integrated into existing workflows and what added value they offer in day-to-day project work.
