# Hong Kong's Buildings Department says it has used AI since June 2024 to find façade defects in drone photos and generate inspection reports automatically

Page: https://flyvolo.ai/en/changes/ev-20240601-building-inspector-7
Date: 2024-06-01 · Stage: Deployment
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## Scope

Hong Kong. The building authority's own page for a briefing it held on 27 March 2025 says that starting in June 2024 the department has integrated artificial intelligence to analyse data from aerial photography, allowing rapid identification of defects on building façades and the automatic generation of inspection reports, and lists 'Application of AI for automatic generation of inspection report' on the agenda. It covers façade surveys by the authority, not construction or completion inspections, and does not say whether an officer reviews or signs the reports. The month is given without a day.

## Source

- Buildings Department, Hong Kong SAR Government — Online Registration System, 'Briefing Session for Building Façade Inspection – Application of Advanced Technologies in Building Inspection' (event of 27 March 2025) — https://www.careyourbuilding.bd.gov.hk/ors/en/event/253.html (primary source)

## What this means

At least one building authority now has a machine draft its façade inspection reports.

## What it does not show yet

Façade surveys only, and it does not say whether an officer reviews or signs the report.

## How to verify it yourself

Open the Buildings Department's event page for the 27 March 2025 façade inspection briefing and find "automatic generation of inspection reports".


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