René Morkos: Makes Artificial Intelligence Work for Contractors for an Industrialized Future
René Morkos: Makes Artificial Intelligence Work for Contractors for an Industrialized Future
Publish Date: 2026-01-15 18:15:00
Source Domain: www.enr.com
- René Morkos, a second-generation civil engineer with extensive experience in construction and academia, founded ALICE Technologies to integrate AI into construction project management.
- ALICE, or Artificially Intelligent Leading Construction Execution, aims to use machine learning to optimize the sequencing and scheduling of construction projects.
- The platform evolved from Morkos’s PhD research in optimizing job site space utilization and is part of a broader trend in construction industry digitization and automation.
- ALICE Core, released in 2025, can automatically generate construction scheduling scenarios from Primavera P6 XER files.
- ALICE has been adopted by companies like Suffolk Construction to handle high-complexity projects and to accelerate project timelines when delays occur.
- While Morkos is an advocate for AI advancements in construction, he believes human expertise will remain essential for tasks such as scheduling, emphasizing that AI’s progress is evolutionary rather than revolutionary.
- Morkos argues that current scheduling methods, such as the Critical Path Method, could benefit from the insights provided by computer simulation and AI to better match real-world project complexities.
