The construction industry has widely welcomed the new Labour government’s housing and planning reforms announced in the King’s Speech on 17 July.

A London council recently ordered the demolition of two newly built blocks of flats for breaching planning conditions. Rory Stracey and Robyn Engstrom review the implications of this decision.

How transparency on planning data can secure long-term skills pipeline

Harnessing data and machine learning will take the repetitive tasks out of engineering design, allowing designers to get more creative, says Andreas Galatoulas, data, analytics and AI director at Aecom.

National framework provider Pagabo has mandated the use of the recently launched Construct.id digital ID checker.

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

What must happen next for an ecosystem of connected digital twins to flourish? That’s the question the Centre for Digital Built Britain has answered.

Strict controls aimed at protecting wetlands is holding up the construction of an estimated 40,000 homes across 35 local authorities in England, housing secretary Michael Gove has been warned.

Plagiarism of planning documents could be more common than it appears, says Robert Oates

Proposed government legislation to simplify the planning process should work in harmony with the looming building safety changes, says the CIOB.