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AI In Construction And Real Estate – Disrupting The $379 Trillion Industry: Book Research By Dinis Guarda & Ztudium

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LONDON, Nov. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — ‘AI in Construction and Real Estate’ is a book research publication, audiobook, ebook and website that reflects on the radical transformation of the combined global real estate and infrastructure market, encompassing residential, commercial, and industrial assets, was valued at an impressive $365.51 trillion in 2023, with projections estimating it to reach approximately $379.03 trillion in 2024 *source Precedence Research. It’s a new book and research by Dinis Guarda, powered by Ztudium Citiesabc, Constructionabc and Booksabc.

‘AI in Construction and Real Estate’, Dinis Guarda’s latest research book, serves as a comprehensive guide, or “blueprint”, to look at the new disruptive powers of  artificial intelligence (AI) in one of the world’s most complex and evolving sectors, the construction and real estate industries, paving the way for innovation and advancements in efficiency, safety, and sustainability.

According to the World Bank (2023), the construction industry accounts for approximately 13% of global GDP. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Global Status Report 2022 noted that “the buildings and construction sector accounted for 37% of energy and process-related CO2 emissions in 2021” and “represents about 40% of global employment.

From blockchain smart contracts, digital twins, BBIM (Business Building Information Model), construction tenders, to smart project management, legal management of documentation, and predictive maintenance to risk mitigation and property valuation, the Fourth Industrial Revolution 4IR and special AI is redefining every facet of construction and real estate. AI and blockchain technologies are transforming radically the very fabrics of the construction, real estate and property development industry tectonic plates foundations and infrastructure.

In an age where radical technologies are reshaping industries, ‘AI in Construction & Real Estate’ serves as an essential guide for the industry professionals, organisations, innovators, and scholars interested in understanding and leveraging the full spectrum of artificial intelligence in these critical sectors.

‘AI in Construction and Real Estate’ explores how technology, at large, AI-powered tools, and all the related 4IR Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies are pole positioning to optimise project timelines, enhance safety, streamline property transactions, and contribute to sustainable, energy-efficient buildings.

‘AI in Construction and Real Estate’ by Dinis Guarda: A Blueprint for Transforming the Industry 

‘AI in Construction and Real Estate’ is a door to understanding the challenges and opportunities of how AI will change 360 the entire construction and infrastructure and forever disrupt the real estate and property industry. Divided into three major sections, it covers an overview of the industry’s scale, the latest technological trends like BIM and digital twins, and the transformative impact of AI on project planning, safety, and efficiency.

The book provides actionable steps, such as setting clear AI goals, building data infrastructure, selecting appropriate AI tools (e.g., machine learning, computer vision), addressing cybersecurity, fostering collaboration between AI and industry experts, and investing in training. With a focus on continuous improvement and sustainability, it empowers leaders to drive innovation, meet regulatory goals, and optimise performance across construction processes.

‘AI in Construction and Real Estate’ goes on defining how the application of AI, BIM, Data, digital twins, Blockchain in construction, are now revolutionising the entire construction, real estate, property industry.  It covers both theoretical insights and practical applications, and also highlights the real-world case studies that illustrate AI’s transformative power in these industries.

The book addresses also how AI can be used to predict and manage incidents, earthquakes, natural disasters in construction and real estate. The ‘AI in Construction and Real Estate’ is a research and graphic publication that addresses the challenges of AI adoption, reskilling and training, data security, and the ethical considerations, providing a balanced outlook on the future of AI in construction and real estate. The book has a special chapter by Louize Clark and features case studies from major construction companies and government agencies working on AI and Blockchain solutions.

“The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies has penetrated various fields of society, and its application in the field of construction and engineering has and will bring revolutionary changes to the industry. Construction, engineering processes, budgets, and costs are important foundations  in any construction project, involving complex legal, financial, regulatory, data processing, precise cost prediction and control, and effective risk management.

AI, particularly through Machine Learning, NLP, and Generative AI, possesses transformative data processing capabilities and intelligent algorithms that is and will revolutionise the construction industry. It enhances the efficiency and accuracy of every stage of a construction project, from physical and digital realms to architecture, engineering, planning, measurements, and cost management, injecting new solutions and igniting innovation across the field,” emphasises Dinis Guarda, Founder and CEO of Ztudium Group, and Author of ‘AI in Construction and Real Estate.’ 

“Calling all developers, architects, real estate investors, and data scientists! Get ready to explore ‘AI in Construction & Real Estate,’ an eye-opening journey packed with invaluable insights into cutting-edge tools and strategies transforming the industry. Discover how you can unlock greater efficiency, boost profitability, and embrace innovative practices for a brighter future,” said Dilip Pungliya, Partner and Board Member of Ztudium Group, researcher and AI scientist.

‘AI in Construction and Real Estate’ is written by Dinis Guarda, co-edited by Dilip Pungliya, published by Ztudium Booksabc, Powered by Citiesabc.com, Constructionabc – built on ztudium’s proprietary AI.DNA technologies.

The print book, ebook, and audiobook will be launched in the event ‘AI In Construction’ 22nd November 2024, in the House of Lords, hosted by Lord David Evans of Watford. Coordinated by the Hon Richard Evan with a keynote by Dinis Guarda and speakers Louize Clark and İlyas Oren. The event is organised by AFFINITY – Construction Collaboration. Subscribe for the event here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ai-in-construction-tickets-936561198757?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios 

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About Dinis Guarda

Dinis Guarda is an author, entrepreneur, founder CEO of Ztudium, Businessabc, Citiesabc, sportsabc.org, and Wisdomia.ai. Dinis is an AI leader, researcher and creator who has been building proprietary solutions based on technologies like digital twins, 3D, spatial computing, AR/VR/MR. Dinis is also an author of multiple books, including “4IR AI Blockchain Fintech IoT Reinventing a Nation” and others. Dinis has been collaborating with the likes of  UN / UNITAR, UNESCO, European Space Agency, IBM, Siemens, and governments like USAID, and Malaysia to mention a few. He has been a guest lecturer at business schools such as Copenhagen Business School. Dinis is ranked as one of the most influential people and thought leaders in Thinkers360 / Rise Global’s The Artificial Intelligence Power 100, Top 10 Thought leaders in AI, smart cities, metaverse, blockchain, fintech.

About AI.DNA

AI.DNA is a multidisciplinary R&D artificial intelligence global interdisciplinary Labs to reinvent Humanity and foster social impact in cities and countries with AI. The brainchild of Dinis Guarda is the AI division of ztudium group. It offers AI.DNA Labs – AI R&D + GPU Data Center. AI.DNA offers the more advanced AI R&D GPUs, LLM Data AI Centers. It empowers businessabc.net, citiesabc.com, sportsabc.org, LegalABC, Constructionabc, Smart cities DNA. It offers state of the art solutions and integrating LLMs Data GPUs cutting edge solutions that serve and empower any business, government, organisations.

About ztudium booksabc

Booksabc is a R&D publishing division created by Dinis Guarda and managed by Ztudium dedicated to exploring the intersection of research and development, knowledge, technology, creative, sports and wellbeing industries and global impact through the world of augmented immersive books, audiobooks and edutainment MStores.

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Safetyfirst Systems, LLC Provides Notice of Data Security Event

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PARSIPPANY, N.J., July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Safetyfirst Systems, LLC (“SFS”) is providing notice of a data security event that may involve information relating to certain individuals. While SFS is not aware of any misuse of information associated with this event, it is providing notice to potentially affected individuals out of an abundance of caution.

On January 19, 2026, SFS identified suspicious activity involving a limited portion of its server environment. Upon discovering the activity, SFS quickly took steps to secure its systems, notified federal law enforcement, engaged leading third-party forensic specialists, and performed a detailed investigation into the nature, scope, and impact of the activity. The investigation determined that an unauthorized actor accessed and/or acquired certain files from limited SFS systems between January 16, 2026, and January 19, 2026. SFS then conducted a comprehensive review of the affected files to determine what information may have been involved and identify the individuals to whom the information relates. The review has recently concluded, and SFS is providing this notification to potentially impacted individuals out of an abundance of caution. Although the types of information vary by individual, the affected information may include names, Social Security numbers, and driver’s license numbers.

Protecting the privacy and security of the information entrusted to SFS is a responsibility the company takes very seriously. In response to this event, SFS promptly strengthened security measures, continues to enhance its technical safeguards and monitoring capabilities, and is reviewing existing policies and procedures to further protect against similar incidents in the future. SFS is also providing notice to potentially affected individuals and, where required, appropriate regulatory authorities.

Although SFS is unaware of any misuse of personal information impacted by this event, individuals are encouraged to remain vigilant against events of identity theft by reviewing account statements, explanation of benefits, and monitoring free credit reports for suspicious activity and to detect errors. Any suspicious activity should be reported to the appropriate insurance company, health care provider, or financial institution.

Individuals seeking additional information regarding this event can contact SFS’s dedicated assistance line at 1-833-289-5523 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Individuals may also write to SFS at PO Box 101, 3299 US Highway 46, Parsippany, NJ 07054-9998.

 

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Sunrate and Mastercard Release White Paper on Agentic AI and the Future of B2B Global Payments

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SHANGHAI, July 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Sunrate, the global payment and treasury management platform, and Mastercard, a global technology company in the payments industry, unveiled a joint white paper, Beyond Automation: Defining Agentic Global Payments, at the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC).

Among the first reports in the payments industry to examine the impact of Agentic AI on B2B cross-border payments, the white paper provides a comprehensive framework for understanding how AI agents are reshaping enterprise payment operations. It proposes that cross-border payments are evolving beyond digitisation and automation into a new stage: Autonomy—where AI agents with reasoning, planning, and execution capabilities can independently orchestrate and optimise end-to-end payment and treasury workflows within defined governance frameworks.

As businesses expand across borders, B2B cross-border payments continue to be constrained by fragmented workflows, disconnected systems, foreign exchange inefficiencies, rising compliance requirements, and complex reconciliation processes. While traditional automation improves individual tasks, the white paper demonstrates that Agentic AI represents a fundamental shift by enabling intelligent agents to coordinate entire payment journeys across systems, counterparties, and approval workflows.

Drawing on Sunrate’s global payment infrastructure and AI-native product capabilities, together with Mastercard’s expertise in secure payment networks and data intelligence, the white paper defines Agentic Global Payments — a new category of AI-native global payment infrastructure built to automate and manage complex enterprise workflows.

The report identifies 16 major pain points across the B2B payment lifecycle and outlines 13 high-value AI use cases spanning supplier onboarding, accounts payable and receivable, virtual commercial cards, payment routing, foreign exchange management, compliance screening, fraud detection, reconciliation, and conversational operational support. It also demonstrates how AI agents can automate complex workflows—from extracting information across multiple document formats and conducting compliance checks to initiating payments, optimising FX execution, and completing reconciliation—while operating within enterprise governance and control frameworks.

The white paper further highlights that trusted adoption of agentic payments depends on more than technological capability. It identifies governance, transparency, security, and ecosystem collaboration as essential foundations for enterprise deployment, supported by frameworks such as Know Your Agent (KYA), payment tokenisation, auditability, and cross-industry interoperability.

Sunrate.AI portfolio currently includes the Payment Agent, FX Agent, Compliance Agent, Onboarding Agent, and Chat Agent, designed to help enterprises automate and optimise critical payment and treasury processes while maintaining compliance and operational control.

Mastercard has also been actively building the foundations for trusted agentic commerce – combining AI capabilities with verifiable authorisation, clear accountability and proven payments security. Its work in this area, including Agent Pay (alongside Agent Pay for Machines) and Verifiable Intent, are proof points in how Mastercard is enabling AI to participate in commerce safely and transparently. 

“Our mission is to make global payments seamless, compliant, and intelligent,” said Paul Meng, Co-founder and CEO of Sunrate. “As businesses continue expanding internationally, AI agents will fundamentally reshape how enterprises manage global payments—enabling smoother capital flows, reducing operational friction, and embedding real-time intelligence into every payment decision. This white paper represents an important step in helping the industry understand how Agentic AI can be deployed responsibly at enterprise scale.”

“Agentic commerce is changing how businesses make and execute payment decisions, but speed without accountability creates new categories of risk,” said Anouska Ladds, Executive Vice President, Commercial & New Payment Flows, Asia Pacific, Mastercard. “As AI starts to act on behalf of businesses, autonomous payment decisions need a clear, auditable chain of identity, intent and action. That’s what allows organisations to delegate with genuine confidence — and what will determine whether agentic commerce scales past pilots.”

Released under WAIC 2026’s theme, “Intelligent Partners, Co-creating the Future,” the white paper provides business leaders with practical guidance on adopting AI-driven payment capabilities, covering implementation approaches, governance considerations, and real-world enterprise applications.

By combining Sunrate’s expertise in global payments and treasury management with Mastercard’s trusted payment infrastructure and network capabilities, the collaboration reflects a shared commitment to accelerating the next generation of intelligent, secure, and autonomous B2B global payments.

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About Sunrate

Sunrate is a leading global payment and treasury management platform for businesses worldwide. Founded in 2016, Sunrate has enabled companies to operate and scale both locally and globally in 190+ countries and regions with its cutting-edge infrastructure, global network, and unified solutions.

Sunrate operates through offices across key markets, including Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and London. The company partners with the top global financial institutions, such as Citibank, Standard Chartered, Barclays, J.P. Morgan. Sunrate is also the principal member of Mastercard and Visa. To learn more about Sunrate, visit https://www.sunrate.com/.

About Mastercard

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re building a resilient economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential. 

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JAMS Launches AI for Enterprise Job Scheduling: JAX and JAMS MCP

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A new AI agent and an open-standard connector let IT teams query, diagnose, and manage automation in plain language, on the model they choose, with operational data able to stay onshore inside their own network

SYDNEY, July 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — JAMS Software, an orchestration solution for scheduled and event-driven automation, today announced the general availability of two AI capabilities for enterprise job scheduling: JAX, an AI agent built into the JAMS Web Client, and JAMS MCP, a connector built on the open Model Context Protocol standard that brings JAMS into external AI coding tools. Both capabilities ship at no additional cost as part of JAMS Web.

Automation environments grow faster than the teams that run them. Jobs multiply across SQL Server, Azure Data Factory, Airflow, SAP, JDE, and Banner, and when one fails, finding the root cause often means searching several consoles at once, frequently outside business hours. At the same time, IT leaders carry pressure to adopt AI while staying accountable for where operational data goes. JAX and JAMS MCP close both gaps together.

Full details on how JAX and JAMS MCP work, including the control model behind every action, are available at jamsscheduler.com/product/ai.

JAX is an AI agent that runs inside the JAMS Web Client. It finds jobs, troubleshoots failures, and answers how-to questions in plain language, with each response grounded in the JAMS user guide and checked against a built-in glossary. JAX acts only when a user asks it to. Reads flow freely, and every write action pauses for the user’s explicit approval before it runs. JAX does not learn between sessions, and conversations are not retained on the server.

JAMS MCP is a connector, built on the open Model Context Protocol standard, that brings JAMS into the AI tools engineering teams already use, including Cursor, VS Code with Copilot, Claude Code, Claude Desktop, and Codex. Users query jobs, investigate failures, and manage runs in plain language without leaving their tool.

Both capabilities run inside the customer’s own network and act as the signed-in user, with that user’s exact JAMS permissions. There is no elevated AI account: whatever a user cannot do in the JAMS interface, JAX and JAMS MCP cannot do on that user’s behalf. Every JAX and MCP operation is recorded in its own dedicated log, and changes made through the JAMS API land in the JAMS audit trail like any other change. Customers choose their own AI model, whether a commercial provider such as OpenAI or Anthropic or a model running entirely on their own hardware, and JAMS never trains on customer data. In the current release, neither feature edits or deletes a job, folder, schedule, or agent definition. For teams that need operational data to stay onshore, JAX runs on a local model entirely inside the customer’s own network, so nothing leaves at all.

“Adopting AI usually means giving something up, most often visibility into where your data goes,” said Pete Hegland, Chief Executive Officer of JAMS Software. “We built JAX and JAMS MCP so that trade does not have to happen. Every action runs as the signed-in user, every change waits for approval, and the model can run on the customer’s own hardware, keeping operational data onshore.”

“For teams across Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore, two things matter: keeping data onshore, and getting answers when a job fails after hours,” said Shayne Cooper, Account Executive for APAC at JAMS Software. “JAX and JAMS MCP address both. The model can run on the customer’s own hardware, and the answer arrives in plain language at the moment it is needed.”

JAX and JAMS MCP are available now to all JAMS Web customers across Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore, with no separate licence, SKU, or additional cost. AI-assisted creation of new jobs and workflows from a plain-language description is on the roadmap for a future release, gated by the same approvals and permissions as every other action.

Learn how JAX and JAMS MCP work at https://jamsscheduler.com/product/ai.

Fast facts

JAX is an AI agent built into the JAMS Web Client for job scheduling and workflow automation.JAMS MCP is a connector built on the open Model Context Protocol standard, for Cursor, VS Code with Copilot, Claude Code, Claude Desktop, and Codex.Both act as the signed-in user, with that user’s exact JAMS permissions, and there is no elevated AI account.Customers choose the AI model, including a local model that runs entirely inside their own network.JAMS never trains on customer data.Both are available now at no additional cost as part of JAMS Web.

About JAMS Software
Founded in 1987, JAMS Software is an orchestration solution that helps IT teams centralize, automate, and manage scheduled and event-driven jobs across complex, hybrid environments. Over 850 customers rely on JAMS to run their automated workloads. JAMS Software, LLC is headquartered at 108 Patriot Drive, Suite A, Middletown, DE 19709.

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