Beyond traditional services, CMT Consult B.V. offers cutting-edge advisory on Artificial Intelligence applications in the construction industry.
In today’s rapidly evolving market, AI presents an opportunity to transform how contracts are managed, and projects are delivered.
We bring this thought leadership directly to our clients; helping your organization understand and implement modern AI solutions.
Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM)
AI tools can automate contract drafting and review, flagging non-standard clauses or compliance issues and suggesting improvements. This reduces legal risks and saves time by letting your team focus on critical negotiations. Machine learning can also track contract performance (e.g. payments, deliverables) and predict potential breaches or claims, enabling proactive intervention.
Project Controls & Predictive Analytics
AI can dramatically enhance project controls by analysing vast amounts of project data (schedules, site feeds, IoT sensor data). For example, AI algorithms can predict schedule delays or cost overruns before they happen, by recognizing patterns invisible to humans. They can also identify design clashes or safety hazards in real-time, allowing managers to correct courses and prevent incidents. We advise integrating these AI-driven dashboards and predictive models to augment your project monitoring.
Claims & Dispute Resolution
We explore how AI can assist in claims analysis – from quickly searching and organizing thousands of project records (correspondence, logs, variations) to find supporting evidence, to using natural language processing that reviews past dispute outcomes to assess the strength of a claim. While human judgment remains key in negotiations, AI provides powerful analytical backup to build or defend claims more efficiently. In dispute resolution, AI-based tools can even help identify fair settlement ranges based on precedent data, aiding quicker, data-driven resolutions.
Smart Contracts & Blockchain
CMT Consult advises on the advent of smart contracts, self-executing contracts on blockchain that automate payments and obligations once predefined conditions are met. In construction, this can mean automatic milestone payments or supply-chain agreements that trigger when approvals are in place, reducing delays and trust issues. We help clients understand the legal and technical facets of smart contracts, and how they can be used alongside AI (for example, linking project management systems with blockchain to verify when work is completed and approved). This fusion of tech can increase transparency and reduce disputes over payments or scope.
Risk Mitigation through AI
Building on our risk management expertise, we show how AI can be a game-changer in risk mitigation. AI-driven risk models can analyze historical project data, contracts, and even external factors (like weather patterns or market trends) to predict risk scenarios. For instance, AI might forecast a high chance of contractor delay based on current productivity rates and past project performance, prompting early corrective action. We guide clients in using such AI insights to make data-driven decisions that reduce uncertainty