AI Automation for Construction Material Takeoff

🚀 Automate Material Takeoff with AI, OCR, and n8n! 🏗️

Are you tired of manually extracting materials from engineering drawings? In this video, we show you how to automate material takeoff using AI-powered OCR, OpenAI LLM, and Google Sheets – all seamlessly connected in n8n!

🔍 What You’ll Learn:
✅ Extract text from structural drawings using OCR
✅ Process and refine materials using AI (GPT-4o Mini)
✅ Automatically store material lists in Google Sheets
✅ Send material takeoff reports directly via Telegram
✅ Reduce human errors and speed up procurement

🛠️ Tools & Technologies Used:
🔹 n8n – No-code workflow automation
🔹 Telegram Bot – Image input for drawings
🔹 OCR.space API – Extracting text from images
🔹 OpenAI GPT-4o Mini – Processing and refining material lists
🔹 Google Sheets – Storing structured material data

📌 Who is this for?
👷 Civil Engineers & Structural Designers
🏗️ Construction Project Managers
📐 Procurement & Estimation Teams
🤖 AI & Automation Enthusiasts

🔥 This workflow saves time, reduces errors, and makes material takeoff seamless!

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00:00 Demonstration of the Prototype
03:28 Workflow Introduction
05:36 Telegram BlueprintAI_Bot and Telegram n8n Node
07:20 Setting up HTTP Request Node for OCR
12:50 Using OpenAI Node
17:36 Formatting data JSON code
18:40 Setting up Google Sheets Node
20:10 Getting response back in Telegram
21:22 Testing with different drawings