New training programme aims to prepare the construction industry for “a new era of innovation”

Zero Construct wants the industry to build the future, together. The group’s co-founders Johnathan Munkley and Matthew Jackson issue the rallying cry.

A £5.5m EU research project is investigating whether telecommunication fibre-optic cables can be turned into sensors to detect natural disasters.

Project and portfolio management (PPM) software might seem like an obscure first port of call to help address construction’s role in climate change, but Mark Chapman at Elecosoft thinks it has a role to play.

NBS has enlisted Laing O’Rourke to help develop the NBS Chorus platform in line with contractors’ requirements.

The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has published guidance on the golden thread of information requirements for higher-risk buildings (HRBs). This guidance is designed to support duty holders and accountable persons to deliver a golden thread for their building.

Members of Ridge and Partners, the international consultancy, share how they’re making the most of Bluebeam Revue.

The digitisation of construction product information is not on manufacturers’ radar, according to research from the Plain Language Group. The research reveals that 85% provide information via pdf or hard copy and just 8% have ever made a BIM object.

According to Converge, Data Hub automatically captures, centralises, and analyses all concrete data. That includes concrete delivery tickets, batch records, compliance cube analysis, volumetric data, mix designs, quality assurance data…

United Utilities and Advance Plus (a joint venture between MWH Treatment, Stantec and J Murphy & Sons) have won the Digital Collaboration of the Year award, sponsored by Bluebeam, for their efforts at Oswestry Water Treatment Works.

An AI tool that speeds up generative design has been launched.

Acquiring both professional knowledge and human-like judgement, integrating with business and clarifying professional responsibility: these are the four signposts that a future dominated by AI will be a good one.

Contractor Graham is partnering with software developer Frog Systems to roll out a streaming service to support employee wellbeing.

Anchor, England’s largest not-for-profit provider of housing and care for older people, is digitalising operations across its portfolio.

Supermarket chain Morrisons is using digital twin technology to decarbonise its 4,500 sq m food production facility in Winsford, Cheshire.

ETIM UK, a partnership between the Electrical Distributors’ Association (EDA) and the Builders Merchants Federation, has launched a smart object creator.

This month’s 21CC podcast digs into a complex and difficult question: Should we just stop building?

Recently the BBC website ran a story proposing that technology has not transformed building. The story quoting the far-too-often-quoted McKinsey & Co report that suggests construction is a “digital laggard”, which drew some industry ire. Here, Johnny Furlong of Dalux springs to construction’s defence.