Sanjay Gangal interviews Matt Wheelis, VP Build & Construct Division at the Nemetschek Group, and Zak MacRunnels, CEO Reconstruct Inc.
Matt, the Nemetschek Group just recently participated in the Series B financing round of the AI expert, Reconstruct. Why Reconstruct?
Reconstruct has developed advanced technologies to “close the gap” between the planned and actual performance on construction projects. It is very tedious to verify progress in the field, and this was made all the more challenging by the corona-crisis and travel restrictions. Typically, construction managers or their site supervisors walk the jobsite to verify the progress being made. This requires in-depth construction experience to understand the level of completion, compare it to the intended scope of work, and relate it to the schedule. That’s where Reconstruct’s SaaS software can assist, by collating reality capture data – including that collected by off-the-shelf 360-degree photography, drone data, and point clouds captured by laser scanners, comparing it using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to drawings and BIM models, and making intelligent assessments of progress.
Zak, you joined Reconstruct in 2018 as CEO. What is the the company’s mission?
Reconstruct®’s vision is to make the built world a better place to live, work, and play. With Reconstruct’s Visual Command Center™, we bring together reality capture, design, and schedule to provide construction and real estate assets remote quality control and automated progress tracking. Our goal is to become the next ‘verb’ in construction industry vocabulary as we aim to become the global digital standard for all real estate assets in the process of construction, inspection, or renovation.
