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.

The Digital Construction Awards attracted 165 entries this year, 84 of which have been shortlisted. Here, we detail the shortlisted entries for Best Application of Technology.

The government has unveiled a nationwide campaign to link British jobseekers with employers

Cementation Skanska is mandating the installation of AI-backed human form recognition cameras on its fleet of large-diameter piling rigs and cranes after a successful trial.

Construction professionals in the West Midlands learned at an event in March how the industry is exploiting machine learning and AI solutions.

Lunar construction robots have successfully built a 5m-high communications tower in an environment simulating the surface of the moon.

A round-up of BIM and digital construction stories that you might have missed in the past fortnight, including the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act moving closer to implementation.

Trimble has revealed the 2024 updates to its Tekla software for constructible BIM, structural engineering and steel fabrication management.

A new survey of more than 500 architects reveals that they are ready to adopt AI, but are worried about its future impact on fees and employment.

Welcome to Part 3 of our series on the development of WASTEie, a new dataset to standardise the information exchange of waste: pragmatic implementation.

Welcome to the second in a series of interviews counting down to International Women’s Day on 8 March. Today Lindsay Prichard-Fox takes her turn.

Autodesk has launched Autodesk Informed Design, a cloud-based solution that connects design and manufacturing workflows.

If you’re tired of the mounting delays, systemic inefficiencies, budget overruns, and constant changes that have become the accepted norm in construction, it’s time to embrace performance-driven construction management.

To respond to the disruptive challenges of Construction 4.0, it’s not enough to be a skilled traditional leader: you need digital leadership skills. Here, Dr Barry Gledson, associate professor at Northumbria University reveals some of his research team’s findings.

A round-up of BIM and digital construction stories that you might have missed in the past month, including Doka securing BIM certification.