Case Study: Shawmut Design and Construction achieves scalable AI-driven project risk management with Smartvid.io

Shawmut Design and Construction - Customer Case Study

Shawmut Design and Construction, a national construction management firm running roughly 500 projects a year, needed to prevent safety risk while scaling operations across nine regional offices. Director of Safety Shaun Carvalho sought to augment existing tools (Procore, OxBlue, ConstructSecure) and human observation with AI to turn vast amounts of visual project data into early risk indicators. Shawmut adopted Smartvid.io’s visual AI engine, nicknamed “Vinnie,” to help surface issues like missing PPE, work at height, standing water and poor housekeeping.

Smartvid.io integrated with Shawmut’s photo sources and Procore/OxBlue feeds to automatically analyze thousands of images, produce executive dashboards and project‑level reports, and rank projects by leading risk indicators. Vinnie’s weekly trend data and photo examples let Shawmut quickly identify hidden hazards (for example, demolition debris and standing water), target resources and toolbox talks, and incorporate positive findings into its “Caught Safe” program—making it practical to monitor hundreds of sites and laying the groundwork with Smartvid.io for future predictive risk models.

Shawmut Design and Construction

Shaun Carvalho

Vice President - Safety