Rob Peck from Procurement for Housing on the AI challenges facing public sector clients

AI has become a reality for almost all professional fields in the last two or three years and construction is no exception. In response to a recent CM reader’s comment…

An AI-startup focused on automating building services is expanding into the UK and US after raising £37m ($50M) in funding. Sweden’s Endra is building a platform to streamline tasks in…

Struggling in a sea of contract documentation, from main and subcontracts to variations, specifications and schedules? Lexilio converts these into a live commercial system and spots obligations/deadlines, key risks and…

Construction professionals should expect to challenge and verify AI outputs – and the professional institutions should develop the guardrails around the use of AI.

Construction managers who don’t adopt AI tools when managing mid-project changes face higher project delays and dispute escalation compared with those who do. 

Industry veteran Mark Farmer has urged construction leaders to face the disruptive potential of AI on the sector’s white-collar workforce, warning that the industry is “missing a trick” by focusing too narrowly on trade skills shortages.

Digital solutions need to be at the heart of upskilling or the sector will lose out, says Rob Norton of PlanRadar.

Robots can make construction sites more efficient and safer, and help with labour shortages. That was the claim from Okibo COO and co-founder Nadav Shuruk at the launch of its…

Construction companies have been warned about using guidance generated by artificial intelligence (AI) to comply with lifting and work equipment regulations.

A free training programme designed to help SME builders successfully adopt technology has been launched.

How do you successfully deploy machine learning in infrastructure? Tom Bartley of Mind Foundry, a start-up being incubated by HS2, walks through the eight steps.

CIOB says any AI deployment must be ethical and have ahuman-centric approach. Justin Stanton reports.

Staff at WW+P have used the design and construction of their London office Christmas tree to demonstrate the value of computational design and the kit of parts approach.

Asset owners face significant information management challenges, which in turn means they are struggling to achieve Building Safety Act (BSA).

Dublin City University is using a digital twin of its campus to test smart city technology, bringing AI and a digital twin together.

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.