Artificial Intelligence is questioning business models in all industries. It is opening promising new avenues for the future of the design, building and operations of buildings and mobility infrastructure. AI is also at the very heart of smart city and raises new issues in the governance of territories.

2. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
A TECHNOLOGY WITH MANY STUNNING CAPABILITIES
1997:
Deep Blue
2017:
Alpha Go
2011:
Watson

3. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
A REVOLUTION UNDERWAY
Just as electricity transformed almost
everything 100 years ago, today I actually have
a hard time thinking of an industry that I don’t
think AI will transform in the next several years.
Andrew Ng
Creator of Google Brain, Founder of Coursera
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4. A
REVOLUTION
?
What is artificial
intelligence all about?
How will it change our
businesses?

5. I.ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE:
A NEW EL DORADO
III.NEW MARKET, NEW STRATEGIES
II.THE IMPACT ON BUILDINGS AND
INFRASTRUCTURE

6. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE:
A NEW EL DORADO
I.

7. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
“Creating algorithms makes it possible to
simulate a kind of human intelligence.”

8. ALGORITHM
A set of instructions that make it possible to solve a problem.
The Google
search algorithm
A cooking
recipe
Where do we find algorithms? How does it work?
Data
Ingredients
Algorithm
Recipe
Result
Meal

9. SEVERAL FIELDS OF DEVELOPMENT
Computer
vision
Knowledge
Representation
Automatic
Natural
Language
Processing
Voice
recognition and
synthesis
Reasoning Planning

10. AI, A TECHNOLOGY WITH A LONG HISTORY
Artificial intelligence is a concept invented in 1956
during the Dartmouth Workshop. At the time, it
involved symbolic programming, pursued within
the intrinsic limits of its top-down development
structure.

11. A NEW MOMENTUM
WITH MACHINE LEARNING
Contrary to symbolic programming, machine
learning is fueled by the data system, which teaches
itself based on its actions, with no need to impose
rules in an iterative way.

12. A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT APPROACH
THAT HAS ALREADY ACHIEVED SPECTACULAR RESULTS
Machine learning algorithms get better every year.
Since 2017, some can even recognize images
better than the average human!
Do you see a muffin or a
chihuahua?

13. Data SoftwareHardware
SOFTWARE:
JUST ONE OF AI’S 3 CORNERSTONES
Three strengths contribute to this new wave of development in artificial
intelligence. All three are needed to become a leader in AI.

14. TECHNICAL ADVANCES
ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE
Structures
Open-source library
of code structures for
machine learning
Toolkit of services for
hosting, analyzing, and
developing AI solutions
Pre-written code recipes
for a specific function
(customer relations, etc.)
Code recipesPlatform

15. FOUR MAJOR BENEFITS
FOR INDUSTRY
Just like the steam engine before it, AI is a “general application
technology” that applies to all fields of economic and human activity.
Augment AutomateAnticipateOptimize

16. GOOGLE OPTIMIZES ENERGY USE AT ITS BUILDINGS

17. MICROSOFT ENABLES COMPANIES TO REDUCE THE RISK OF
WORKPLACE ACCIDENTS

18. THYSSENKRUPP ANTICIPATES OUTAGES AND MAXIMIZES
ELEVATOR AVAILABILITY
www.thyssenkrupp-ascenseurs.fr/installations-neuves/

19. TESLA AUTOMATES DRIVING

20. TODAY:
A HANDFUL OF SECTORS
Connected objects
and factories
Retail / CRMHealth/Well-being Publicity/Marketing Finance/Insurance

21. CONNECTED OBJECTS
AND FACTORIES
- Synchronizing and automating
machines (robotics)
- Analyzing flows and optimization
(energy, inventory)
- Predictive maintenance

22. HEALTH/WELL-BEING
- Risk analysis
- Patient data analysis
- Medical imaging and diagnostic
assistance
- Discovering new treatments

23. RETAIL/CRM
- Multi-channel marketing
- Conversational commerce
- Targeting and pricing in real-time

24. PUBLICITY/MARKETING
- 1:1 Marketing
- Smart emailing and targeting
- Predicting needs

25. FINANCE/INSURANCE
- Detecting fraud and compliance risk
- Evaluating credit risk
- Quantitative management of stocks

26. TOMORROW:
ALL INDUSTRIES
CES 2016: Toyota plans
to reinvent itself using
artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence:
Toyota creates a 100
million euro investment
fund
Artificial intelligence
revolutionizes the supply
chain
Volkswagen and Nvidia
team up in artificial
intelligence
Sharp bets on the Internet
of Things and artificial
intelligence to grow by
60% over 3 years

27. A DISRUPTIVE IMPACT
ON BUILDINGS AND
INFRASTRUCTURE
II.

28. Sensors
- GPS sensors
- Drones
- Tablets/smartphones
- Human
- 3G, 4G, WiFi connectivity
- Cloud- Tablets, smartphones
- Dashboards
- Sharing tools
Connectivity and cloudSharing tools and
interfaces
THE PREREQUISITE: DATA COLLECTION
AND PROCESSING

29. HOW WILL IT IMPACT VINCI’S
BUSINESSES?
1. DESIGN
5. SECONDARY IMPACTS
3. OPERATIONS
4. NEW OFFERS
2. CONSTRUCTION

30. 1. DESIGN
Stronger market
knowledge
A decision-making tool to learn more
about the project’s field, opportunities,
and constraints.
Automating all of a construction project’s
design tasks using computational BIM
Taking stock of physical constraints
and exploring new frontiers in design
From concept to
planning in a click
Architect
algorithms

31. BON DE VISITE DEVELOPS A DECISION-MAKING
TOOL FOR COMPANY EXPANSION

32. SITESCAN CONDUCTS PRELIMINARY FIELD STUDIES
OF CONSTRUCTION SITES BY DRONE

33. 3DS AND AUTODESK CREATE GENERATIVE DESIGN SOFTWARE
CONNECTED TO THEIR CLOUD PLATFORMS

34. XTREEE, PAIRS GENERATIVE DESIGN AND 3D PRINTING TO
PRODUCE COMPLEX AND STUNNING BUILDING SECTIONS

35. JE DUNN CONSTRUCTION REDUCED ITS PRE-DESIGN PHASE
TO 12 WEEKS USING COMPUTATIONAL BIM

36. 2. CONSTRUCTION
Assisted
construction
Remote auditing and monitoring of
construction sites optimizes resource
management
Automating construction equipment
changes the way operators work and
improves construction site safety
Augment the physical and decision-
making capacities of operators
Autonomous heavy
equipment
Augmenting
operator

37. KESPRY CREATES A DRONE CONTROL SYSTEM
TO SURVEY TOPOGRAPHY

38. KOMTRAX HELPS TO OPTIMIZE THE OPERATIONAL
MANAGEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION SITES

39. CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY IN PITTSBURGH USES AI
TO CREATE ADAPTABLE AND AUTONOMOUS EXOSKELETONS

40. SCOPEAR INTRODUCES AUGMENTED
REALITY ON CONSTRUCTION SITES
https://www.scopear.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/
home-hero.jpg?id=4010

41. KOMATSU DEVELOPS AUTONOMOUS
CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT
© Paulo Valdivieso

42. RIO TINTO OPERATES ONE OF ITS MINES THROUGH
A FULLY AUTOMATED PROCESS
http://www.riotinto.com/media/photo-library-263.aspx?&y=80

43. ROYAL AND KRATOS OFFER DRIVERLESS
CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES

44. Flow management
Optimizing energy use or
available spaces in parking
garages
Predictive maintenance
Anticipating outages and
taking early action
Optimizing operation
Adapting to actual
practices and transforming
infrastructure accordingly
3. OPERATIONS

45. ELUM DEVELOPS A PLATFORM TO MANAGE
ENERGY SITES
http://elum-energy.com/dashboard-fr/

46. STANLEY ROBOTICS CREATES A SOLUTION
TO MANAGE VEHICLES IN PARKING GARAGES
https://urbanattitude.fr/stanley-robotics/#!prettyPhoto/0/

47. THAMES WATER ADOPTED
PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE

48. BETTERVIEW USES DRONES TO IDENTIFY
MALFUNCTIONS AUTOMATICALLY

49. VINCI AUTOROUTES CONTROLS TRAFFIC FLOW
THROUGH DYNAMIC IMAGE RECOGNITION
©Pedro Gonçalves

50. ALPHABET REVEALS ITS PLANS TO BUILD THE QUAYSIDE
NEIGHBORHOOD IN TORONTO
https://sidewalktoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Sidewalk-Labs-Vision-Sections-of-RFP-Submission.pdf

51. New services,
functionalities and
expectations
Imagining new services that
correspond to new consumer
expectations suggested by AI
New business models:
infra as a service
Designing new business
models by seizing the
advantages offered by AI
Infrastructure within an
ecosystem
Recentering activities
around data
4. NEW OFFERS

52. NETATMO AND VELUX OFFER WINDOWS
THAT ADAPT TO OCCUPANT HABITS
http://www.velux.fr/produits/fenetres/fenetre-integra#tech

53. NEST OPTIMIZES HOME ENERGY USE AUTOMATICALLY

54. HITACHI DEVELOPS ROBOT TRANSLATORS
FOR THE 2020 OLYMPICS

55. GENERAL ELECTRIC OPTIMIZES E.ON’S WIND FARMS
https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevepj2009/6869407810/

56. CITEOS EQUIPS CHARTRES AND AIX-LES-BAINS
WITH SMART STREETLAMPS

57. Automobile
Autonomous cars lead to
infrastructure changes
Materials
The development of new
materials helps rethink
construction
5. SECONDARY IMPACTS

58. AUTONOMOUS CARS DISRUPT
INFRASTRUCTURE
Road signs that
cater to cars
Smart cars and
changes in the
value chain
New infrastructure:
energy and connectivity
New practices
and impacts on
infrastructure
Data: a new player
in infrastructure
Autonomous cars are the result of developing
artificial intelligence for automobiles.

59. NEW MATERIALS THAT OPEN
UP NEW OPPORTUNITIES
Greater stability
and less density
Collecting and
capturing energy
Preventing
corrosion and
coexisting with the
environment
Collecting and
transforming
pollutants

60. NEW MARKET,
NEW STRATEGIESIII.

61. SOFTWARE PLAYERS:
THE NEW LEADERS OF THE GAME?
Software and data
processing giants
Digital platforms
dedicated to
infrastructure
Players in the construction
value chain

62. Each new client presents new
situations and environments,
producing new data sets
ENHANCED EXPERTISE
MORE DATA COLLECTED
BETTER ALGORITHMSNEW PROJECT
PLATFORMS: KEY PLAYERS AND
PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT

63. Algorithms become more precise
when trained with new data
sets and confronted with new
situations
ENHANCED EXPERTISE
MORE DATA COLLECTED
BETTER ALGORITHMSNEW PROJECT
PLATFORMS: KEY PLAYERS AND
PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT

64. Improving algorithms and their
ability to deliver fast responses
helps to advance the platform’s
expertise
ENHANCED EXPERTISE
MORE DATA COLLECTED
BETTER ALGORITHMSNEW PROJECT
PLATFORMS: KEY PLAYERS AND
PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT

65. Permanent improvement of
this expertise becomes the
platform’s leading skill and the
main argument for convincing
new industrial clients to use its
services to conduct their projects
ENHANCED EXPERTISE
MORE DATA COLLECTED
BETTER ALGORITHMSNEW PROJECT
PLATFORMS: KEY PLAYERS AND
PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT

66. NEW COMPETITIVE DYNAMICS
Concentration
Network effects
concentrate software’s
value-added into a
handful of key players
Newcomers
These players can provide
the combined data and
algorithmic expertise to
newcomers, who only
handle the execution
Competition
These new players
compete with
construction companies
and operators by using
data as a competitive
advantage

67. ADOPTING A PROACTIVE INSTEAD
OF A REACTIVE APPROACH
AI’s imminent arrival in the infrastructure sector
sends a strong message of the coming paradigm
shift from an economy based on physical
infrastructure to an information economy.

68. Use
Difficulty :
Mastery :
Partnership
Difficulty:
Mastery :
Integration
Difficulty :
Mastery :
SEVERAL POSSIBLE RESPONSES
FOR TRADITIONAL PLAYERS

69. Technical
How to capture, qualify, and
process my data?
Legal
How to protect my data
and how to comply with
restrictions connected to
personal data?
Business
How to use my data and seize
an operational, financial, and
strategic benefit?
PLACING DATA AT THE HEART OF
STRATEGY

70. ACQUIRING NEW SKILLS
New needs, new profiles How to react to these needs?
Outsourcing Recruiting
Training and
mobility
Updating
skills
Rarity of
profiles

71. Producing a POC Favoring collective
intelligence
Initiating discussions and
studying the possibility of a
use case
A 10-YEAR STRATEGY AND A 6-MONTH
ACTION PLAN

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