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How Custom AI Is Transforming Construction
Kamil Banc interviews Ahmed Mekallach of Myte Group about building custom AI reasoning systems for the construction industry. The article explores how domain-specific AI can compress planning timelines, cut costs, and capture institutional knowledge. It offers lessons for implementing workflow-specific AI in any industry.
Published February 28, 2025 by Kamil Banc
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Custom AI systems that embed domain expertise are cutting construction delays by 30% and costs by 20%.
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Custom AI Beats Generic Tools
Custom reasoning systems that embed domain expertise outperform generic AI tools like ChatGPT in construction.
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Construction's Budget Overrun Crisis
Ninety percent of large construction projects run over budget by eighty percent on average.
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Projects Run 20 Months Late
Large construction projects finish about twenty months behind schedule, according to industry statistics cited.
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30% Delay Reduction Achieved
Companies using Ahmed's custom AI systems have cut delays by thirty percent on major projects.
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Domain Experts as Programmers
Ahmed predicts future programmers will be domain experts who program their experience into AI systems.
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"AI isn't just another tech tool – it's quickly becoming what Ahmed calls a 'source of intelligence' that can be piped into any industry, just like electricity."
Key statistics
90% of large construction projects run over budget, by 80% on average
Industry statistics cited in the article illustrating chronic cost overruns in construction.
Projects finish about 20 months behind schedule
Average schedule slippage for large construction projects, highlighting the industry's productivity problem.
$1 trillion productivity opportunity
Estimated value of closing the construction productivity gap through better technology and processes.
30% fewer delays and 20% lower costs
Results some companies achieved on major projects after implementing Myte Group's custom AI reasoning systems.
Supporting context
The article draws on Kamil Banc's interview with Ahmed Mekallach, a civil engineer with a decade of experience who leads Myte Group, a firm building custom reasoning systems for construction and healthcare. Rather than applying generic chatbots, these systems embed construction-specific constraints, codes, and practices into AI workflows, producing auditable outputs like flowcharts, estimates, and timelines. The methodology emphasizes starting with one targeted, data-heavy workflow, establishing baseline metrics, and measuring results within roughly 60 days. Practitioners can apply the approach by pairing experienced domain experts with technical teams to encode institutional knowledge into AI systems. This captures expertise that would otherwise leave with departing staff, creating a scalable competitive advantage generic AI tools cannot replicate.
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