Sir Robert McAlpine has adopted an AI-enabled workforce planning platform in order to take a data-led approach to ensure it has right staff in the right place at the right time.

As construction projects become more complex and scrutiny around safety, efficiency and sustainability increases, powered access has become essential to delivery.

Sir Robert McAlpine has joined Circularity in Practice as a signatory, marking its commitment to the nationwide initiative.

The New Hospital Programme (NHP) has confirmed the 10 contractors joining the Hospital 2.0 Alliance (H2A).

A round-up of the most impressive construction pictures from the past month.

Early engagement with the supply chain helped Sir Robert McAlpine make carbon savings in its London Museum project, explains Simon Leek.

Competency-led, modernised recruitment and selection practices are key to solving construction’s skills crisis.

Occupying a previously vacant City of London plot, 21 Moorfields spans an important underground station with an architecturally detailed exposed steel frame.

The construction industry should utilise non-compliance reports if it wants to improve approach to quality control, writes Tony Smith.

Trust, open data sharing, early supply chain engagement and digital tools that provide real-time visibility are some of the keys to unlocking productivity improvements, according to the Construction Productivity Taskforce (CPT).

Sir Robert McAlpine and Mace are two of the contractors that built three of the projects shortlisted in this year’s Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Stirling Prize.

For contractors, a stadium project can be a triumph – or mean a major loss. Kristina Smith asked three experts what the ingredients of a successful stadium project should be.

Veterans’ capabilities can be of significant benefit to the construction industry, but the transition isn’t always smooth without the right support from employers.

Not only does construction need to adopt a data-driven approach en masse, but it should also collaborate around data, says Sir Robert McAlpine’s Grant Findlay.

The specialist heritage arm of Sir Robert McAlpine has been appointed for a £6m restoration of the largest surviving Victorian municipal water tower in England.

Skills reforms are forward progress, but more flexibility is needed to keep the construction industry moving.

This category recognises the use of digitalisation, digital methodologies and technologies to enhance health, safety and wellbeing among workers on construction projects.

The Digital Construction Awards attracted 170-plus entries this year, 85 of which have been shortlisted. Here, we detail the finalists for the Digital Construction Project of the Year award.