Digital Construction Sisk appoints DroneDeploy for reality capture Sisk has appointed DroneDeploy to supply reality capture services on its projects.
Digital Construction Buildots tracks underground utilities with drone imagery Buildots has launched an underground utility tracking service. This solution is the first to transform drone-captured imagery into actionable intelligence, Buildots claims.
People Home-grown tech for African construction Budding entrepreneur and CIOB student ambassador Wandile Sihiya wants to convert South Africa’s construction industry to drones and robotics. He speaks with Rod Sweet.
News Sellafield sends in the drones Drone pilots at Sellafield have successfully completed two significant test flights to 3D map and test radiation levels during the site’s decommissioning. The successful deployment of the Flyability Elios 3…
Digital Construction AI in construction: have your say Is AI just what the construction industry needs to take a significant step forward? Or is the technology the beginning of the end?
Digital Construction Carbon management standard PAS 2080:2023 revisions explained Clare Price of BSI explains how the revised carbon management standard PAS 2080:2023 can help the built environment reduce carbon emissions.
Legal Contract clinic: ‘How can we stop a drone flying over our site?’ This month’s contract clinic question comes from a contractor worried about a drone flying over their site.
Digital Construction Digital’s role in Seismic’s modular school building success The Seismic school building at the BRE Innovation Park in Watford is a successful demonstration of the benefits of modular construction. But digital had a role to play too.
Digital Construction Four ways cross-sector digital twins must work together A four-strand protocol is necessary for cross-sector digital twins to succeed, according to the Institution of Engineering and Technology.
Technical Singapore puts 5G to the test on site How could bigger data pipes benefit construction? Singapore is testing a 5G site, as Rod Sweet finds out.
Digital Construction Pipebots to the rescue (of your water pipes) No, it’s not something from the minds of Pixar: the image above is of Pipebots, micro robots designed to inspect buried pipes, water pipes in particular.
Digital Construction BAM Nuttall tests robot dog with 5G-enabled remote control BAM Nuttall has successfully trialled the Trimble X7 3D laser scanner fitted to Boston Dynamics’ robot dog Spot in a remote construction setting, using a private stand-alone 5G network for remote control.
Digital Construction Robots and blockchain BIM feature on social housing framework The Q-Bot under-floor insulation-spraying robot and blockchain BIM are among the innovations named on Procurement for Housing’s Social Housing Emerging Disruptors framework.
Digital Construction Behind the headlines in 2021: the devil in BIM’s detail Digital and BIM strategies, futurism, the past and unexpected apprenticeships caught your attention in 2021.
Digital Construction Waste portal bought for greener public projects Public procurement specialist Scape has bought the Construction Waste Portal to help reduce construction waste, environmental impact, and carbon.
Digital Construction Hanson Contracting goes paperless with Causeway Hanson Contracting has begun rolling out Causeway Ermeo to help manage its mobile workforce and to go paperless.
Digital Construction Costain drafts in new chief digital officer from Microsoft Costain has appointed former Microsoft UK chief digital officer Matthew Higham as its chief digital officer and a member of its executive board.
Digital Construction Autodesk supports local authorities’ lessons in BIM Autodesk will host an online event this week for local authorities to learn about and share best practice of BIM.
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