If the construction supply chain is to decarbonise, it must embrace digital technology. That was the verdict of an expert panel from contractors, suppliers and academia, brought together by CM editor Will Mann.

Alex Elderton, head of digital transformation at VolkerFitzpatrick, spoke at the Digital Construction Summit 2023, in association with Elecosoft, about the digital systems changing the contractor’s site operations. Here, he picks out three simple tools making a big impact.

Former Arup engineer Stevan Lukic sat down with CM to explain how a new platform using AI to generate answers about construction projects works.

Balfour Beatty has digitalised the goods received notes (GRNs) and proof of delivery (POD) processes on more than 230 sites with 750 user accounts.

Elecosoft is proud to launch Asta Connect: a new collaborative task management tool within its award-winning Powerproject solution.

San Francisco-based tech firm Fieldwire was bought by Hilti to help address the built environment’s productivity problem. Hamish Champ finds out how it works.

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

A digital platform for ID checks is aiming to combat modern slavery and fake credentials.

Chris Gatehouse explores the role management information systems can play in the journey to net zero.

You need to deliver insights in a format that people can interpret and action.

The Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) is urging construction to prepare for the introduction of the free CSCS Smart Check app.

Bluebeam introduces a new client-focused guide to assessing digital tech needs that it has developed with CIOB.

Experts will explain the concept and the different methods, and give a practical demo

The year of working remotely has led to greater adoption of digital technologies, but not as quickly
as might have been expected, as the annual
CM and BIMplus survey demonstrates

Deployment of digital tools at
One Crown Place has helped Mace to view progress and problems from other angles. Kristina Smith reports

The industry has a bad name when it comes to adopting new tech, but as far as Disperse’s Felix Neufeld is concerned, that isn’t fair

Landsec’s 21 Moorfields development – over a live Tube station – has employed numerous digital tools to deliver a complex structural design and construction methodology

Dave Stitt looks at five key takeaways from the government’s new public procurement guide In December 2020 the government published the Construction Playbook, its new guide on procuring public works.…