Digital construction consultancy Acumine has recruited Federico Selmi from ISG and Stuart Bell from Glider. Both take on new positions at the consultancy as it prepares to expand.

Architect Nick Tyrer, associate and practice leader in computational design at BDP Pattern, has been at the forefront of parametric design and is now turning his considerable tech nous to take advantage of AI. How is he finding it?

Data literacy is a new challenge that construction must face. In the first in a series focusing on data literacy, Matthew Osment reveals why it’s important. He also debunks a long-standing obstacle to data best practice.

Energy-from-waste operator Enfinium has created digital twins of its facilities with the help of France-based 3D manufacturing visualisation specialist, Vertex Industrie.

After nearly four years as digital lead at Vinci Building, Marco Bonelli has joined Contech integrator Sektor as vice-president of digital services.

Rather than being a vision of the future, machine control should be adopted en masse to help tackle construction’s current problems.

The team involving BAM that was the first to deliver a private 5G network on a construction site in the UK is developing a “plug-and-go” solution for any construction site.

PJ Farr considers the challenge for smart cities and what UK plc must do to compete in this new arena.

Sir Robert McAlpine has adopted self-learning AI technology to help defend it against cyber attacks.

A VR tool that analyses and visualises household carbon emissions will be on display at COP26.