The government’s AI-enabled digital planning tool that can extract structured data from poor scans, PDFs and paper documents is now available for all local planning authorities.

Bluebeam has added new functionality and added more AI-enabled tools to Bluebeam Max.

An AI-powered recruitment platform has been launched with the aim of helping construction employers tackle ongoing skills shortages and improve access to talent.

Procore has launched a connected common data environment (CDE). The construction software developer describes it as “a purpose-built CDE from the ground up on a single platform to unify and verify project data from approved design to handover, capturing evidence in the flow of work to help keep the digital record aligned with site reality”.

Procore has added agentic AI to its platform that tackles deep searches, submittals, RFIs, daily logs and contract reviews.

Autonomous robot “Mantis” fronts a new robotic system that claims to be able to “fix construction”.

You’re leading a SME contractor and want to improve your construction management systems, but you can’t afford enterprise-level software from the big software developers, so what do you do? If you’re Steve McKenna MCIOB, director of chartered contractor Gemstone, you use AI to build your own construction management software.

AI will not deliver meaningful gains on construction projects until firms fix the disconnect between office and site, says Steve Smith of Bluebeam.

NavLive won Best Use of AI, sponsored by DC+, at the Digital Construction Awards 2026 last night (18 March).

Can AI-enabled project management rewrite a project schedule the moment a problem occurs? Researchers at the University of East London believe so and have proposed a system architecture that detects emerging risks and automatically adjusts project plans before delays spread across a site.

For construction firms under pressure to deliver more with tighter resources, smarter digital tools are no longer optional – they’re essential.

Building safety, client upskilling, AI and contractor regulation are on Ayo Allu’s agenda as he takes the chair of CIOB’s client steering group. Will Mann caught up with him

Glasgow-based contractor AC Whyte has worked with AI-enabled procurement specialist Erand to pilot a tool that has reduced Bill of Quantities (BoQ) processing time by 65%.

Zutec has embedded an AI layer into its Building Document Management (BDM) solution, enabling asset owners to unlock “instant, reliable insights and accurate answers” from the information they already hold in BDM.

Keltbray is the latest contractor to turn to Multiverse to help improve its staff’s AI and data skills. Keltbray is putting 25 of its staff through Multiverse’s up-skilling platform. The programme aims to increase team capacity and develop its portfolio in the energy, digital, industrial and nuclear sectors.

Six applications of AI made the shortlist for Best Use of AI at the Digital Construction Awards 2026.

Construction SMEs must be part of the wider industry’s AI journey, but how can they get on board? Paul McGrady, a site manager at County Tyrone-based GEDA Construction, has researched the issue as part of his MSc in Construction Project Management.

CIOB policy chief Eddie Tuttle reflects on a busy 12 months across the built environment sector.