# Will AI replace most construction design and engineering workers?

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## AI does design work in a day; far fewer are needed

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- @a16z · 2026-10-27: compressing design and engineering work that typically takes 18 months and 100,000 human hours into a single day · [Source](https://x.com/a16z/status/2115144076958064974)

## Most design and engineering workers keep their jobs

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## AI cannot do construction design reliably

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