Laing O’Rourke has launched a ‘platform’ approach to design and construction which can be applied to buildings in a range of sectors.

Laing O’Rourke, BDP and Solibri won the Digital Collaboration of the Year, sponsored by Bluebeam, at the Digital Construction Awards last night (4 July).

Laing O’Rourke and its team won Digital Innovation in Productivity, sponsored by Graitec, at the Digital Construction Awards last night (4 July) for their revolutionising of reinforcement design on Everton FC’s new stadium.

Sir Robert McAlpine’s conservation of the famous Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben) and Laing O’Rourke’s pioneering work on the new Everton FC stadium were among the big winners at the Digital Construction Awards, held last night before nearly 500 of the sector’s leading lights.

A free-to-access national metric library that acts as a resource and repository for quantitative and qualitative performance metrics has been proposed by the Scottish Futures Trust and the Construction Innovation Hub.

Balfour Beatty, Galliford Try and Morgan Sindall are to trial new technology that could provide automated, real-time reporting of Scope 3 carbon emissions.

The DCA Collaboration category recognises the best use of digitalisation/digital methodologies and/or technologies to enhance collaboration between two or more organisations on a project, at any level of the supply chain.

The Digital Construction Awards attracted more than 140 entries, 62 of which have been shortlisted. Here we detail the shortlist for the Digital Innovation in Productivity award.

Two major contractors have issued warnings about the health and safety risks caused by operators using construction equipment which they are not familiar with.

Topcon Positioning Systems has launched Digital Layout, an “easy-to-use” building construction software to enable more contractors to adopt a digital layout workflow for increased efficiency, accuracy, and productivity.

National framework provider Pagabo has proposed the concept of a “black box for construction”: a central digital platform based on the principle of data sharing.

Laing O’Rourke has devised a modular elevator solution with manufacturer Kone which will slash on-site installation time, the companies say.

Laing O’Rourke is mandating a switch to low-carbon concrete on all its new UK projects with immediate effect.

Could Everton FC’s beautiful new stadium, rising from the historical Northern Docks of Liverpool, be a metaphor for the fortunes of the club itself?

Laing O’Rourke continues to see the automotive sector as an inspiration for improved construction: it has turned to Polestar to source a new head of technology.

A construction worker has died in a “construction traffic incident” at the construction site of nuclear power plant Hinkley Point C.

Laing O’Rourke has installed the first giant roof truss at Everton FC’s new Bramley-Moore Dock stadium.

Focusing on built environment stakeholders needs’, their language and expressing benefits in that language is key to driving the effective adoption of information management processes.