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Build real-world construction apps with AI. Download datasets, choose a challenge, and test your code in the playground below.
Kamai Construction AI Hackathon
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Today's competition uses real construction data from Kamai. Your goal: use free AI models to generate a single-file HTML application that visualizes or processes AI-extracted construction data. Each dataset pair includes a blueprint.pdf (architectural floor plan) and a data.json (AI-extracted takeoff with room polygons, areas, wall lengths, and material types).
How It Works
Your app runs entirely in the browser — no servers or databases needed. Ask the AI to give you a single .html file with all the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript built into one file. Then copy the code, paste it into the Practice Playground below, and hit Run. The playground only understands HTML — no Python, no React projects, no multi-file apps.
Always upload both files with your prompt
Attach both the blueprint.pdf and the data.json directly into your AI chat along with your prompt. The blueprint gives the AI visual context of the floor plan, while the JSON contains the extracted data. Together, they let the AI understand the full picture and generate code that actually works.
Your workflow
dataset pair blueprint + data.json
files to AI PDF + JSON in chat
app idea prompt the AI
Playground single HTML file
your app load data.json
App Ideas to Get You Started
Build any construction tech app you can imagine. Here are a few ideas for inspiration:
Automated Takeoff
Group rooms by material type, calculate total square footage, and add a waste factor — giving contractors a quick material summary.
QA Inspection Checklist
A mobile-friendly interface listing every room and wall with pass/fail toggles and notes fields — built for on-site verification.
Purchase Order Generator
Input cost-per-square-foot for each material, calculate project totals, and generate a printable invoice or purchase order.
These are just starting points — you're free to build any construction tech app that uses the dataset.
Example Prompts You Can Copy
Upload both your blueprint PDF and data.json into the AI chat, then paste one of these prompts alongside them:
"I've attached a construction blueprint PDF and its matching JSON data file extracted by an AI. Build me a material takeoff tool — use both files to identify all materials and their square footage, group them, add 10% for waste, and show the results in a clean summary table. Give me everything in a single .html file with a file upload button so I can load other JSON files too."
"I've attached a construction blueprint PDF and its matching JSON data file extracted by an AI. Build me a mobile-friendly inspection checklist — use the data to pull out every space, room, and wall, and list them with a pass/fail toggle and a notes field next to each one. Give me everything in a single .html file with a file upload button so I can load other JSON files too."
"I've attached a construction blueprint PDF and its matching JSON data file extracted by an AI. Build me a project cost estimator — use both files to find all materials and their square footage, let me type in a cost per square foot for each one, calculate the totals, and show a printable summary. Give me everything in a single .html file with a file upload button so I can load other JSON files too."
Tip: These are just examples — describe your own construction tech idea the same way. Always upload both files and start with "I've attached a blueprint PDF and JSON file..." so the AI knows to read them. Start simple, then ask the AI to improve it step by step.
Tools Needed
- A Laptop
- ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude (Free versions are fine)
- The Dataset Files (download below)
- The Code Playground (scroll down)
Competition Datasets
Each pair includes a blueprint PDF and its matching data JSON. Upload both files into your AI chat together.
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