VDNDP is an architecture firm that excels in complex construction projects. They ensure that a building’s functional and technical requirements are clearly defined and consistently followed. This is done through comprehensive Programs of Requirements (PoR), which can easily span hundreds of pages. Essential, but also intensive and time-consuming work. What if you could make this process faster and smarter with AI?
Construction projects often stall due to unclear agreements, conflicts, or deviations during execution. That’s why VDNDP carefully checks whether each project complies with the PoR and other guiding documents. But until now, this has meant that experts had to:
- Manually search through hundreds of pages of project documents
- Highlight and assess texts for specificity and measurability
- Link requirements to rooms and building elements
- Meticulously track and verify every change
This process is intensive, time-consuming, and complex. That’s why we explored together where AI could make a difference.
We analyzed the entire PoR process and tested various AI models on automatically recognizing and annotating requirements in documents. The goal was to achieve the most accurate results possible.
And what did we find? AI was able to accurately detect and highlight even complex requirements and tables—provided the instructions were clear. What used to be slow and complex now runs faster, more consistently, and with greater transparency.
AI supports VDNDP with a range of smart, practical tasks, such as:
- Automatically extracting requirement texts from project documents
- Highlighting and validating requirements for clarity, measurability, and specificity
- Linking requirements to spaces and building elements
- Checking for consistency and completeness
- Assessing whether requirements are clear and measurable, and suggesting improvements if not
- Efficiency: Less time spent on manual workConsistency: AI prevents human error and brings structure
- Clarity and overview: AI handles repetitive work, staff gain more time for analysis and quality
- Future-proof: Ready for larger and more complex projects
We help organizations like VDNDP discover where AI can be applied effectively—without making things complicated. And this approach doesn’t just work in construction. In healthcare, infrastructure, and government we see the same dynamics: piles of paperwork, countless rules, but little control.
This collaboration was made possible through our construction and retail partner, Contakt Consulting.
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