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.

A university in Northern England is working with academics in Saudi Arabia to understand how artificial intelligence can make UK construction greener.

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.

Tabarak Ballal FCIOB, professor of construction engineering and management at the University of Reading, is at the cutting edge of research in AI. She shares her insights with CM.

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.

Artificial intelligence is supporting construction’s need to build safer, more sustainably and with higher quality, according to David Philp, chief value officer at Cohesive and chair of CIOB’s innovation advisory panel.

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.

Tired of the mounting delays, systemic inefficiencies, budget overruns, and constant changes that have become the accepted norm in construction?

An online conference on the impact of and opportunities brought by artificial intelligence (AI) takes place on 1 February.

A selection of readers’ comments about news and issues in the industry from across the CIOB community.

The former head of digital construction on BAM’s TransPennine Route Upgrade Project has joined GS1 UK as its first ever head of construction.

Construction Management editor Will Mann has been chosen as Construction/Infrastructure Journalist of the Year at the annual International Building Press (IBP) Journalism Awards.

HS2 Ltd has approved the roll-out of digital concrete testing following a successful trial with its main works contractor Balfour Beatty Vinci (BBV).