The construction industry faces a skills shortage, which is being addressed with innovation. The key is collaboration, writes Morgan Sindall’s Steffan Speer MCIOB

Construction clients are increasingly using digital tools to monitor project progress. Find out more in part 3 of the 2026 CM and CIOB client survey

CIOB innovation panel vice-chair Stefan Mordue has joined the board of the Association for Project Safety

It’s the start of a new era at CIOB as Victoria Hills takes over as CEO, joining from the Royal Town Planning Institute. She speaks to CM about her plans

Powerful gaming engines that create realistic play environments in Fortnite and Half-Life could have a transformative effect on crowd simulation modelling for construction projects, according to Mott MacDonald technical director Tony Kivistik.

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

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.

From creating a more pleasant working environment through to saving energy – smart sensors can deliver a whole host of benefits for both new and existing buildings. Mott MacDonald’s Eszter Gulacsy explains.

Using energy digital twins could be key to reducing costs and carbon for both new and existing buildings, says Mott MacDonald’s Santiago Velez.

Balfour Beatty is working with tech giant Microsoft to explore AI opportunities in construction.

SMEs should be investing in technologies that already exist to embrace digitalisation, says Bluebeam.

Mott MacDonald has used parametric modelling to meet DfE design requirements on more than 50 school refurbishments. Monica Donaldson-Balan explains.

Nick Leach MCIOB explains what makes Sir Robert McAlpine stand out when it comes to digital adoption

The Laing O’Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology has set out its vision for a construction project in 2030 – and digital transformation, performance measurement and digital and technological skills are key.

There is no hiding from the importance of technology and data in the construction industry, particularly with an eye on attracting the next generation. However, so far acceptance and adoption of digitalisation is slow, widening the skills gap in the industry

Dr Graham Kelly, managing director at Okana (formerly BIM Academy), discusses how digital transformation and the pace of change in construction can help to attract the next generation of built environment professionals

Richard Burdett-Gardiner, director of applied digital services at Kier Group’s transportation division QuikSTATS, explains why digital technologies are quickly becoming the future for the built environment industry

To mark International Women’s Day 2024, Rebecca De Cicco – founder and global chair of Women in BIM and principal, digital enablement at Aurecon – calls on the construction industry to acknowledge and embrace the differences between men and women.