The Civil Engineering Contractor September 2018 | Page 17

Engineering and construction is far more mechanised than it used to be, and innovations have occurred in a number of areas. Most improvements are incremental rather than disruptive — although it may appear to be disruptive. Artificial intelligence can negate the need for land surveying — even with their previously state-of-the-art mechanical and electro-optical- mechanical devices — and achieve the same result in a tenth of the conventional time. nn Power and Test CEC September 2018 - 15