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Challenge

Build a Bilingual Subcontractor Handover Deficiency Classifier

Process Arabic and English snagging lists, site photographs, and punch list records across facility MEP systems. Standardize defect classifications, map severity, and output bilateral rectification notices.

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Challenge brief

What you are building

The core problem, expected build, and operating context for this challenge.

Process Arabic and English snagging lists, site photographs, and punch list records across facility MEP systems. Standardize defect classifications, map severity, and output bilateral rectification notices.

Quality Assurance Handover Engineer

Ingest MEP inspection punch logs recorded in mixed Arabic and English across architectural and mechanical packages.

Normalize colloquial Arabic technical descriptions into standardized CSI MasterFormat MEP defect categories.

Assign defect severity levels based on operational impact to HVAC and water containment systems.

Compile structured bilingual subcontractor deficiency notices with photo reference tags and closeout deadlines.

Snagging management grid displaying parallel Arabic-English descriptions, severity badges, and batch export tools.

Assemble mock snagging spreadsheets containing mixed Arabic/English punch descriptions across HVAC, plumbing, and electrical trades. Starter examples below are synthetic. They are not downloaded records.

EnergyPlus Adopts EnergyPlus MEP system terminology hierarchies to map mechanical equipment and distribution defects into standardized categories.

semantic-kernel, pydantic, fastapi. Semantic Kernel enables structured connector orchestration to process dual-language text pipelines and generate consistent defect schemas. Hosted Claude API with fluent Arabic dialect comprehension for field construction notes.

Submit runnable source, pinned dependencies, setup commands, a working interface, example outputs, and a recorded end-to-end demo. Include tests and an action log.

Correctly classifies bilingual punch entries into HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical, or Fire Protection categories.

Assigns contractual rectification deadlines based on assigned severity (Critical: 24h, Major: 72h, Minor: 7d).

Generates bilateral deficiency notices with matched Arabic and English resolution text.

```json [ { "input": { "snag_id": "SNAG-HVAC-912", "subcontractor": "Delta Mechanical LLC", "raw_text_ar": "عازل مجاري الهواء ممزق في الطابق الثالث مما يسبب تكثف ماء", "raw_text_en": "Duct insulation torn on 3rd floor causing water condensation", "trade": "HVAC", "zone": "Level 03 Corridor" }, "expected_output": { "category": "Thermal Insulation / Ductwork", "severity": "MAJOR", "rectification_sla_hours": 72, "action_ar": "استبدال العازل التالف وإصلاح تسرب التكثف لمنع تلف السقف المستعار", "action_en": "Replace damaged insulation and rectify condensation to prevent ceiling damage", "status": "ISSUED_TO_SUBCONTRACTOR" } }, { "input": { "snag_id": "SNAG-PLUMB-104", "raw_text_ar": "تسريب مياه تحت مضخة التدوير الرئيسية في غرفة الخدمات", "raw_text_en": "", "trade": "Plumbing", "zone": "Basement Plant Room" }, "expected_output": { "category": "Pumping Equipment / Mechanical Seals", "severity": "CRITICAL", "rectification_sla_hours": 24, "action_ar": "فحص مانع التسرب الميكانيكي للمضخة وإيقاف التسريب فوراً", "action_en": "Inspect mechanical seal of circulation pump and isolate leak immediately", "status": "ISSUED_TO_SUBCONTRACTOR" } } ] ```

Deficiency notices facilitate quality control; physical isolation of energized or pressurized lines requires authorized Lock-Out/Tag-Out procedures. Use mock external writes. Require human review before any real deployment.

Rules

Participation guide

Deficiency notices facilitate quality control; physical isolation of energized or pressurized lines requires authorized Lock-Out/Tag-Out procedures. Use mock external writes and human review.

Delivery guide

How work is evaluated

Evaluation

Correctly classifies bilingual punch entries into HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical, or Fire Protection categories. Assigns contractual rectification deadlines based on assigned severity (Critical: 24h, Major: 72h, Minor: 7d). Generates bilateral deficiency notices with matched Arabic and English resolution text.

Submission format

Runnable source, pinned dependencies, setup commands, working interface, example outputs, recorded demo, tests, and action logs.

Datasets

Challenge datasets

Public datasets, plus the private datasets you have access to.

Evaluation rubric

How submissions are scored

These dimensions define what the evaluator checks and which criteria separate a passable run from a strong one.

Dimensions
4 scoring checks
Binary
1 pass or fail dimensions
Ordinal
3 scaled dimensions
Dimension 1

Complete workflow

Ingest MEP inspection punch logs recorded in mixed Arabic and English across architectural and mechanical packages. Normalize colloquial Arabic technical descriptions into standardized CSI MasterFormat MEP defect categories. Assign defect severity levels based on operational impact to HVAC and water containment systems. Compile structured bilingual subcontractor deficiency notices with photo reference tags and closeout deadlines.

Score scale
012
Score 0

Missing or incorrect.

Score 1

Partly complete, with documented gaps.

Score 2

Complete, with reproducible evidence.

Dimension 2

Correctness and evidence

Correctly classifies bilingual punch entries into HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical, or Fire Protection categories. Assigns contractual rectification deadlines based on assigned severity (Critical: 24h, Major: 72h, Minor: 7d). Generates bilateral deficiency notices with matched Arabic and English resolution text.

Score scale
012
Score 0

Missing or incorrect.

Score 1

Partly complete, with documented gaps.

Score 2

Complete, with reproducible evidence.

Dimension 3

Review interface

Snagging management grid displaying parallel Arabic-English descriptions, severity badges, and batch export tools.

Score scale
012
Score 0

Missing or incorrect.

Score 1

Partly complete, with documented gaps.

Score 2

Complete, with reproducible evidence.

Dimension 4

Safe execution

Deficiency notices facilitate quality control; physical isolation of energized or pressurized lines requires authorized Lock-Out/Tag-Out procedures.

Binary check

This dimension contributes its full weight only when the submission satisfies the requirement. Partial credit is not awarded.

Learning goals

What you should walk away with

  • Ingest MEP inspection punch logs recorded in mixed Arabic and English across architectural and mechanical packages.

  • Normalize colloquial Arabic technical descriptions into standardized CSI MasterFormat MEP defect categories.

  • Assign defect severity levels based on operational impact to HVAC and water containment systems.

  • Compile structured bilingual subcontractor deficiency notices with photo reference tags and closeout deadlines.

Resources and assets

Reference links and supporting material

Dataset notes

Assemble mock snagging spreadsheets containing mixed Arabic/English punch descriptions across HVAC, plumbing, and electrical trades. Supplied starter examples are synthetic, not source extracts.

Challenge setup

Configuration summary for this challenge.

Challenge input

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Semantic Kernel

Agent Systems · Agent Frameworks

Evaluated output

No output checks are configured.

Evaluation checks
  • Ingest MEP inspection punch logs recorded in mixed Arabic and English across architectural and mechanical p...
  • Correctly classifies bilingual punch entries into HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical, or Fire Protection categories...
  • Snagging management grid displaying parallel Arabic-English descriptions, severity badges, and batch export...
Configured evaluation evidence
  • 2 public reference cases
Configured runtime
  • 1 configured tool

Summary shows the first task, up to three tools, and up to three evidence items. Open the technical recipe to view all configured items.

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Configured tools

Action Space
  • Semantic Kernel · Optional

Evaluation contract

  • Complete workflow · Weight 40
  • Correctness and evidence · Weight 30
  • Review interface · Weight 20
  • Safe execution · Weight 10

Reference cases

  • 2 public reference cases

Workflow tasks

No workflow tasks are configured.

Recipe freeze marker

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