10 things I learnt building AI for the Construction Industry in 2025

In this video, I share 10 things I learned building AI for construction in 2025 — from scaling the AI, handling construction document complexity, model fine-tuning, to deploying to real clients. At Civils.ai, we build AI tools that: perform automatic quantity takeoffs from CAD drawings & PDFs enable natural language search across specs and contracts integrate with client workflows & honor data privacy In 2025, we faced many challenges and surprises — and I hope these lessons help others in construction tech, AI startups, or AEC innovation. 💡 Timestamps: 0:00 Intro & Context 0:47 Industry education 3:57 Haters gonna hate 7:36 AI hype is destructive 08:55 Strengths and limitations of AI 10:16 Check AI outputs 13:18 Will you lose your job? 15:39 The biggest mystery with AI 18:04 2025 was a big turning point everywhere except for EU 20:21 Learning about AI is easy 20:52 Testing cutting edge AI for construction is easy Link to Civils.ai: https://civils.ai/ Link to AI in Construction course: https://calcforge.com/ai-in-aec-train... 📌 If you like this, hit Subscribe and ring the bell (🔔) — I post about AI in construction, digital engineering, and startup lessons.