AI & Surveying Articles

What happens after AI is introduced into a business is probably far more important than assessing if it is useful to the business. Look at the image below. The same variety of hedge, owned by two different people. One owner keeps it cut on a very regular basis, and the other one has just let… Read more: How Will AI Be Integrated Into Surveying Firms? (Part 3 – AI Maintenance)

When many people think of AI and business, they have a vision of everyday tasks being undertaken by AI agents. Whilst this will happen, there is another area that many people are not fully aware of. Bespoke software written using AI. Traditionally, if you required custom software you had to employ the services of a… Read more: How Will AI Be Integrated Into Surveying Firms? (Part 2 – Bespoke Software)

The RICS guidance on the use of AI came into effect in March 2026. Since then there has been a lot of discussion around the use of AI within surveying practices, particularly around privacy and the security of client information. In reality, the issue is not AI itself. The issue is where the language model… Read more: How Will AI Be Integrated Into Surveying Firms? (Part 1 – Language Models)

Within the next 20 years, we will see a fundamental change in how building surveyors interact with buildings. The skillset required will shift drastically. In my previous articles, I have discussed how data collection will be pivotal, along with autonomous humanoid robots The new generation of surveyors will need a solid grounding in data collection,… Read more: It’s Time to Rethink How We Will Train the Building Surveyors of the Future!

Many surveyors and commentators are talking about the present and how AI integrates into existing workflows. Very few are predicting the future of AI in surveying and how “role” displacement will naturally occur. By “role displacement,” I mean the way the surveyor is nudged into a new direction within the property industry. This nudging will… Read more: The AI Blinkers Are On

An area of technological implementation that has always interested me is agriculture. The reason is simple. I was the first male bloodline in my family since the 1700s to leave agriculture. During the 1830s riots broke out in parts of southern England as manual labour started being replaced by mechanisation. Horse-drawn ploughs, reapers, binders and… Read more: What Farming Can Teach Us About AI and the Future of Surveying

Formula 1 motorsport has changed dramatically over the last decade. Spectators watch the cars racing around the track, but what they don’t see are the constant streams of data being transmitted in real time from the car to the pits. Each F1 car has between 200 and 300 sensors, transmitting around 30MB of data per… Read more: Formula 1 Meets Building Surveying

AI only becomes profitable when it saves 30–40% or more in time, and for most surveyors, we’re simply not there yet. The Reality of Surveying Workflows Even with AI in the mix, a surveyor still needs to: So what’s the real gain from asking AI to turn those inputs into a report clause? Standardised Phrases… Read more: Is AI in Building Surveying Worth It — Or Are We Chasing Hype?

AI is transforming many industries, and building surveying is no exception. But to understand where AI fits into building inspections, we first need to compare how AI “thinks” with how a human Building Surveyor is trained to think and act. How AI “Thinks” AI doesn’t think! At least, not like we do. Instead, it predicts.… Read more: How AI “Thinks” vs. How a Building Surveyor is Trained to Survey a Building