Importance of Using Artificial Intelligence into Iraqi Construction Projects

¹ Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Al-Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad 10052, Iraq
² Moscow State University of Civil Engineering, 26, Yaroslavskoye shosse, Moscow, 129337, Russia

^* Corresponding author: hussainjuboori87@gmail.com

Abstract

Construction projects in Iraq suffer from weakness in several respects, starting from feasibility studies and planning until the end of construction lifespan. Therefore, a study was required to demonstrate the importance of using artificial intelligence in the construction of infrastructure projects and sustainable development to reduce costs, errors, time, and to conserve energy and natural resources as much as possible. The benefits of artificial intelligence in the construction industry have been explained through the stages of the project that have been carefully selected, which represent the stages from the beginning to the end of the life of the project according to what is defined and customary in the construction of infrastructure projects and sustainable development projects in Iraq. A questionnaire was organized for experts specializing in construction industry who have sufficient experience to indicate their opinion on the importance of using artificial intelligence at all stages of the project in Iraq, and the results showed that there is a clear discrepancy in this importance, sequentially from the great importance in design and planning and ending at the stage of supervision and implementation, which experts seem to have preferred, that this paragraph needs to be kept under human management and follow-up.