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8:00 am Check-In & Networking
8:30 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
Driving Accuracy & Efficiency Through AI
8:40 am Evolving Digital Quality Workflows to AI-Enhanced Processes to Improve Accuracy, Collaboration & Confidence in Project Delivery
- Identifying AI enhancement challenges and opportunities for existing digital quality workflows
- Aligning automation with human expertise to deliver grounded project delivery solutions to improve data accuracy, engagement, and collaboration
- Sharing lessons on streamlining quality reviews, collaboration and feedback loops across teams to enhance project efficiency
9:20 am How AI Reviews Drawings: Foundation Models for Automated Multi-Sheet Drawing Review With Nomic AI
- Understanding how AI and vision language models review complex multi-sheet drawing sets
- Exploring how drawings can be converted into structured, queryable data for compliance and coordination reviews
- Examining model training and system design for automated drawing review and quality control
9:30 am Fireside Chat: Harnessing AI to Transform Quality Processes, Analyze Data & Automate Design Reviews for Faster Delivery
- Exploring how AI can automate repetitive quality and project management tasks to boost efficiency and consistency
- Applying large language models to analyze drawing markups, detect specification conflicts and flag potential errors early
- Recognizing the limitations of AI while training teams to integrate it safely
10:10 am AI in AEC: Ethics, Limits and the Protection of Professional Judgement
- Establishing frameworks to ensure AI adoption aligns with legal, ethical and regulatory requirements
- Implementing validation methods to verify AI outputs and safeguard professional accountability
- Balancing innovation with caution by defining low risk use cases that enhance quality processes
10:50 am Morning Refreshments & Networking
Streamlining Reviews with Smarter Tools
11:30 am Tracking & Evolving QA/QC Processes Through Smarter Tools & Digital Integration
- Exploring ways to quantify and visualize quality performance
- Evaluating how digital delivery models are redefining what QA/QC means in practice
- Balancing automation with in person collaboration to streamline reviews and capture lessons learned
12:10 pm Fireside Chat: Evolving Checklists into a More Modern Workflow to Simplify Reviews & Strengthen Accountability
- Discovering how firms are evolving checklists from rigid templates to streamlined tools
- Simplifying checklists to highlight critical priorities first without overloading teams with unnecessary detail
- Structuring multi-tiered review processes to build accountability across teams
12:50 pm Networking Lunch
Strengthening Daily Practice for Better Quality
1:50 pm Embedding Quality Reviews into Project Workflows to Catch Problems Early
- Encouraging teams to make quality reviews a consistent habit to prevent costly rework
- Adapt and refine existing workflows to embed review steps without overhauling established practices
- Finding practical ways to integrate peer reviews and a culture of shared responsibility
2:30 pm Structuring an Interdisciplinary Document Review Team to Protect Design Quality Under Compressed Schedules
- Building a dedicated design phase review function to catch errors early and prevent RFIs, change orders and rework
- Collaborating with partners early to run structured reviews, prioritize high risk scopes and adapt the level of review to different project budgets
- Sharing case studies that secure internal buy-in for document reviews, while protecting relationships with design teams
3:10 pm Building Smarter Libraries of Detail to Drive Efficiency While Maintaining Flexibility
- Exploring how to organize and catalogue libraries of detail to streamline work across large projects
- Balancing standardization with the flexibility needed for site specific requirements
- Assessing the role of digital and AI driven tools in managing, updating and scaling libraries of detail efficiently