Demolition News Radio Mark Anthony

Earlier this week, the UK's Office for National Statistics reported that 749 construction workers had committed suicide during 2022.

With the demolition and construction industry facing a mental health pandemic, the latest episode of our podcast asks if AI has a role to play in combatting stress, depression and suicide; whether it might be able to help overcome feelings of loneliness and isolation; and if AI might detect the early warning signs of workers with mental health problems.

In the first two episodes of this series, we focused on the potential downside to the construction industry’s adoption of AI such as job losses and redundancies and greater levels of worker scrutiny.

But, in this episode, we are going to focus on how the constant monitoring of workers could actually help see lives.

In this second episode of AI on AI, we delve into the ethics of AI and ts adoption by the demolition and construction industries; how AI might help overcome language and literacy problems; and how AI could act as a mentor and training aid, transferring the knowledge of industry veterans to less experienced workers.

Journalistic protocol dictates that, if you want to know something, you go straight to the source.

So when I wanted to know more about AI and its potential impact upon the demolition and construction industry, I decided to go straight to the AI itself; ChatGPT4 omni.

In this exclusive video, ChatGPT4 omni acts as both expert guest and co-host as we discuss artificial intelligence and its potential role within the construction sector.

Eight years after four men were killed in the worst accident in UK demolition history, Thames Valley Police and the Health and Safety Executive ,have STILL not delivered any answers, explanation or closure. 

So there I was at Plantworx, minding my own business and watching some attachments being put through their paces on the AugerTorque stand.

A young guy comes up to me and we get to talking.   A few minutes
later, he is picking my brains about social media while I am picking his brains about attachments.

He’s a nice guy.   Very enthusiastic.   We get on well.

Turns out, that young guy was William Forrest, the head of what is now The Attachment Company.

So, having got on so well during our chance encounter, I thought it was high time that we did something a bit more formal together.

That is how this episode came together.