Aurecon's Digital Frontiers in Asia: AI, Automation & Delivery with Jacob Hoare
AI and Automation Tools at Aurecon
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Join Jacob Hoare, Digital Lead for Asia at Aurecon, as he shares his career-best advice. He details his role, driving Arecon's digital strategy, including AI and automation, across diverse Asian markets. Jacobs discusses Aurecon's digital capabilities, focusing on human-centered solutions that address genuine problems, like their AI tools Recall for instant information retrieval and Clarify for generating RFI responses with human oversight. Jacob challenges the misconception that AI will eliminate jobs, asserting it frees people from repetitive, boring tasks, thereby enhancing individual skills for problem-solving and strategic thinking. He also touches on the booming APAC data center market, noting its massive growth driven by AI, and how digital tools are crucial for their rapid, repetitive nature. Finally, he encourages everyone in the construction industry to ask: How can technology and digital enhance the current task I'm doing? to foster continuous improvement.