A new app-based technology is promising to give each part of the supply chain the information they need: Linarc.

Free training on digital construction, net zero, and retrofitting has been launched by the Scottish Construction Leadership Forum (CLF).

BAM Nuttall has used a Spot robot dog to collect data on a remote Shetlands construction site.

A Dundee-based thermal imaging specialist is developing AI technology to reduce heat loss in homes and support Scotland’s net-zero strategy.

Brent Cross Town, a joint venture between Argent Related and Barnet Council, is using Site Scan drone flight management and image processing software from Esri UK to improve the efficiency of groundworks surveys and how it communicates progress of the £7bn development.

Students from New College Lanarkshire won all three categories – gold, silver and bronze – in the digital construction category, in the WorldSkills UK competition last week.

A robot ‘dog’ created by US robotics firm Boston Dynamics has been fitted with a 3D laser scanner to allow it to undertake autonomous 3D data capture on construction sites.

Consultancy AESG has released a cloud-based data management platform devised to host and store the information that will be required for the new Fire and Emergency File, part of the Building Safety Bill.

Leica BLK laser scanners have gone autonomous and can fly and walk: the scanners have been fitted to Boston Dynamics’ Spot the robot dog and a drone.

Luxembourg-based augmented reality app provider Gamma Technologies has secured €1m investment from Swedish tech giant Husqvarna Group.