{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Reimagining AEC","title":"AI in Construction and Commercial Property: From Pilot to Responsible Practice","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/e7aac0e7\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1178,"description":"In this episode of Reimagining AEC, his own podcast, Dr Sepehr Abrishami tests a claim from the RICS AI in commercial property and construction report 2026, that adoption of artificial intelligence has crossed an inflection point, against the survey evidence behind it. He sets out who answered the survey and where its limits lie, then explains why so many AI pilots stop short of routine practice. The episode follows one invented cost consultancy through the requirements of the RICS professional standard on responsible use of AI, ending with the named surveyor's written decision on whether an AI output can be relied on.\nChapters\n0:00 Opening: a new duty and a claim to test\n2:27 Who answered and how far the results apply\n4:07 Adoption and the gap between piloting and embedding\n6:43 Expectations, barriers and spending plans\n10:46 The RICS AI standard applied to one pilot\n15:21 Alignment with the standard and what the report asks\n17:54 Close: what has been crossed\nAfter listening, you should be able to:\nDescribe how the RICS 2026 survey was designed and where its limits lie.\nCompare AI adoption, expected uses and barriers across construction and commercial property.\nExplain the gap between piloting AI and embedding it in practice.\nApply the main requirements of the RICS AI standard to an AI pilot.\nReferences\nBuilding Safety Act 2022, c. 30. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/30\nEuropean Parliament and Council of the European Union. (2024). Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act). Official Journal of the European Union. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj\nRoyal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. (2025). Responsible use of artificial intelligence in surveying practice (1st ed.). RICS. https://www.rics.org/content/dam/ricsglobal/documents/standards/Responsible-use-of-artificial-intelligence-in-surveying-practice_September-2025.pdf\nStorey, T., Sawhney, A., & Pitman, K. (2026). AI...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Fv21v67POZkKdYyEniMdPznBWql9GD9hvf5xNpkjlwA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81YTYw/YzFhZTY3NDA4MTA2/NmRiOGI5MGUzY2Qz/ZjY3Zi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}