Skanska is leading a trial of low-carbon concrete, reinforced using basalt fibre instead of steel.

The Digital Construction Awards are now open for entry.

Kirsty Villiers reviews progress towards the golden thread.

Strabag and Peri have built Europe’s largest 3D-printed office building in Austria.

Schoolchildren will be able to learn about everything road designers have to take into account in a set of real-world schemes modelled in the school version of the Minecraft game.

The Brooklyn Navy Yard development in New York is adopting Cityzenith’s SmartWorldOS digital twin platform to help reduce its carbon footprint.

National Highways (formerly Highways England) will create a digital twin of its roads and expand the use of semi-automated plant, according to its new Digital Roads 2025 strategy.

The Health & Safety Executive’s BIM4 Health & Safety Working Group is developing guidance for construction clients on using BIM to improve design risk management.

BIM for Housing Associations (BIM4HAs) has answered housing associations queries and concerns about BIM following the launch of its toolkit last month.

An Atkins-Jacobs JV will lead trials this summer of new technology to enable the development of self-monitoring and self-maintaining bridges. Technologies likely to be tested include AI and machine learning.