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iDEA and King’s College London have used new digital technologies and data planning to deliver a long-term campus masterplan and their collaboration won the Best Use of Data on a Project category, sponsored by nima, at the Digital Construction Awards last night (2 July). 

Laing O’Rourke digital engineer Ben Hardie was crowned Digital Rising Star of the Year, a category sponsored by the Chartered Institute of Building, at the Digital Construction Awards 2024.

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.

The Digital Construction Awards attracted 165 entries this year, 84 of which have been shortlisted. Here, we detail the shortlisted entries for the Best Use of Data On A Project award.

Deltek has launched an AI-powered assistant, Deltek Dela. It is designed to make it easier for Deltek users to access business intelligence, get assistance and apply automation, in order to increase the efficiency of project delivery.

Connecting people with data across projects is essential for contractors looking to accelerate their business, writes Brandon Oliveri-O’Connor.

Don’t want to see something scary? Look away now as BIMplus rushes headlong into Halloween: digital construction demons must be exorcised!

The Construction Leadership Council is calling for clients and contractors to take part in a defect data pilot.

Artificial intelligence is being used to help prevent fatigue and unsafe driving in cement tanker drivers. The Driver Status Monitoring System, developed by Spillard Vehicle Safety Systems, uses in-cab cameras…

How transparency on planning data can secure long-term skills pipeline

Emma Hooper has become head of R&D at BuildData’s new research institute.

The construction industry must focus on the quality of the data it generates and the skills of those interfacing with it.

Those who specify connected and automated plant can now use a PAS from BSI.

A cloud-based project viewer that enables the visualisation, federation and control of project data leads the raft of new products launched by Hexagon at its Hexagon Live event in Las Vegas this week (12-15 June).

A third of respondents to Mail Manager’s latest annual research are concerned about where project information is stored and information not being readily available.

Swedish-Finnish engineer AFRY turned to Bentley Systems technology when faced with designing a complex 19km test track for truck and bus giant Scania.

National framework provider Pagabo has struck a partnership with digital construction platform Construct.id with the aim of raising standards in the public sector construction procurement