Extract data from PDF borehole logs
AI for Geotechnical & Geological Engineering
Who is this built for
Input(s)
Benefits
- Extract data from PDFs into Excel, AGS 4.1, Shapefiles and DXF.
- Drag & drop entire PDF reports and extract out all the boreholes.
- Accurate with handwritten and scanned documents.
- No file size limit.
Use cases
- Extraordinarily important information is often trapped in Geotechnical Reports, with staff needing to pour through thousands of pages of borehole logs and tables and transcribe information out to create a ground model.
- Simply upload the complex PDF tables to Civils.ai and an AI workflow will begin extracting data for you, converting it into AGS 4.1, Excel, Shapefiles and DXF.
- Capable of reading handwriten, scanned and entire geotechnical reports in one go, without the need for manual transcription.
- Upload and organise key contractual documents into your document storage or integrate Civils.ai with Autodesk Construction Cloud to find them automatically.
- Type queries to instant search across the information in your repository and fetch answers.
- Help your staff stay compliant on your projects
Data extraction accuracy
Extract 16+ different groups of geotech data
Maintains accuracy even for historic scanned reports
Unforseen ground conditions are one of the biggest risks to successfully bidding and delivering infrastructure projects.
Minimise the risk costly surprises with your site by assimilating and analysing your data for risks.
The quality and availability of your geotech data is an edge over your competition.
Invest in the quality of your geotechnical to give you confidence to optimise your designs and deliver more on your projects.
Use AI to gather and structure data from numerous different sources.
Convert entire PDF geotechical reports into geo-referenced digital boreholes plotted on your private map.
Download your data in AGS formats ready for integrating into OpenGround and Leapfrog.
We save your staff's time by eliminating manual transcription of borehole data.
Our solution is 80% cheaper than asking your Engineers and Geologists to manually transcribe boreholes themselves.
Civils.ai pays for itself on your first project (not considering all our other features).
What are our customers are saying?
Edward Armstrong
Geoff Pook
Omid Khalaj
Miro Briss
A workflow run is a single instance of the AI processing your data, some workflows consume more computing power than others.
| Workflow run consumption | Workflow runs consumed |
|---|---|
| 1 CAD drawing take-off | 5 |
| Up to 10 data tables (e.g. rates, test data, data sheets) identified & extracted | 1 |
| 1 Borehole log extracted | 1 |
- Upload the full documents (no need to split any documents)
- Select the workflow you want to run
- Our system handles the extraction process (identifying the necessary data to be pulled out from the PDFs)
| Input | How Civils.ai handles the data |
|---|---|
| CAD drawings | Automatically detects and selects only the drawing sheets required for quantity take-off. |
| Data tables (rates, test data, data sheets) | Pinpoints relevant tables and converts them into clean, structured data ready for export. |
| Borehole log PDFs | Identifies each individual borehole log sheet for precise extraction of depths, strata and test results. |
Your uploaded data is stored within a relational database and cloud object storage with our best in class cloud infrastructure provider. All document data is anonymised and un-anonymised data is only viewable the user account from which the data was uploaded.
All data is transmitted through TLS and uses best practice encryption.
You can automatically to delete any data you uploaded at any time by clicking the delete button related to the project or document.
You can also write to us to request that we delete your data at any time and all data related to you will be deleted when you delete your account.
Data is stored securely on servers in the United States, by a vetted, best in class cloud infrastructure provider.
We currently support any form of PDF document or drawings (including handwritten and scanned PDF).
For extraction of data from modern PDF's, we achieve over 95% accuracy inclding from complex table structures.
For older PDF's (sampled before 1975) these are more challenging and such a high degree of accuracy cannot be guaranteed, but we are sure you will still be pleasantly surprised at how accurate the results are.
We use a human-in-the-loop process on all AI extracted data to ensure output accuracy.
Workflow processing time can vary depending on how complex the data is being extracted and below is a rough indication of processing time.
After you start a workflow running you can close Civils.ai and will be notified once the data extraction is completed via email.
| Category | Processing time |
|---|---|
| CAD drawings | ~ 24 hours. |
| Data tables (rates, test data, data sheets) | 10-15 minutes per document. |
| Borehole log PDFs | 10-15 minutes per borehole. |
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We are not currently hiring but always interested to meet new and interesting people for potential future collaborations. We suggest that you join our Discord community and introduce yourself and we can take it from there.
The discord community is also a great place to meet other like-minded digital engineers and share your ideas and we host online events from time to time.
