A historic 16 arch Scottish viaduct has been given a £2m makeover by the National Highways’ Historical Railways Estate (HRE).

What’s coming your way this year? What new technology and approaches will impact your operations? Dr Marzia Bolpagni details the top five digital trends set to shape construction in 2023

Smaller construction suppliers working on National Highways projects are being automatically opted-in to a scheme that protects payments.

The Department for Transport (DfT) and National Highways face “difficult decisions” in prioritising road enhancement projects amid rising costs, the National Audit Office (NAO) has warned.

The Digital Construction Awards attracted more than 120 entries, 63 of which have been shortlisted. Here, we detail the shortlist for Best Application of Technology.

An information management contract has been launched to support the collaboration necessary to realise the benefits of BIM and the application of the ISO 19650 standards.

A round-up of BIM and digital construction stories that you might have missed in the past seven days.

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.