Balfour Beatty’s highways maintenance arm has opened a new operational control hub located at its depot in Millbrook, Southampton.

How much do we really know about digital twins? What should the built environment sector do to develop them efficiently and to make the best and most appropriate use of them? Dean Douglas has been researching digital twins for his PhD and here he answers those questions.

At the recent Digital Construction Week, BIMplus took the time to walk through the Start-up Zone. We asked the start-ups about their technology and their businesses. Here, DocuPing co-founder Simon MacArthur gives us the lowdown on his company.

Poor information management is a contributory factor in disputes, new research from Mail Manager suggests.

Duncan Reed explores how maintaining a digital, structural golden thread can be hugely valuable as the industry moves into a more sustainable age.

Anglian Water, BT and UK Power Networks are partnering with the National Digital Twin programme (NDTp) to develop a digital twin that will help make those utilities more resilient to the extremes of global warming.

Autodesk will host an online event this week for local authorities to learn about and share best practice of BIM.

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

Combined human and robot teams could be carrying out wind farm maintenance within 10 years and, by 2050, the robots alone could handle the work.