ALGORITHM vs EXPERIENCE - What actually design structures?
Introduction With recent massive developments in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, every industry around the globe is witnessing a revolution. And now, even the construction industry, which is long known for its slow adaptation to the trends, is evolving in many ways with rise of AI and ML. And now, among the many, a main question at hand is – Do engineers still need manual calculations ? To understand this, we first need to understand what AI and ML brings to the table for the construction sector. In present times, many tools are available to ease the complexity of repetitive tasks, hence reducing the time and improving the efficiency substantially. The tools can automate repetitive structural design tasks, can optimize solutions using thousands of iterations, predict failure using historical and sensor data, perform simulations faster than traditional methods. For instance, the most commonly and widely used analysis tools for structures, like ETABS, STAAD Pro, SAP2000...