A new industry body, the Digital Buildings Council (DBC), has launched with the mission to enhance best practice and drive demand for smart, digital buildings.

Katharine Cary MCIOB talks about her work as Sir Robert McAlpine’s project manager for the Covid-19 memorial at London’s St Paul’s Cathedral.

Mercedes-Benz and Siemens have developed a digital energy twin designed to help the automotive giant run all its factories sustainably.

CIOB Awards 2024: Public

Kirsty Shrubsall explains why passion and communication skills are crucial in her role as head of sustainability at Sir Robert McAlpine

The Christie Paterson Building has been announced as the winner of the Greater Manchester Building of the Year Award 2023.

The retrofit of our existing buildings means overcoming some major technical challenges, says Sir Robert McAlpine’s Mike O’Donnell, which is where construction’s problem-solving capability comes in.

Joanna Kuzelewska shares her view of how inclusivity in construction has improved, and why there’s more work to be done

Welcome to the third in a series of interviews counting down to International Women’s Day on 8 March. A new interview with a member of Women in BIM will appear every Friday until 8 March.

David Bucksley, health, safety and wellbeing director at Sir Robert McAlpine, tells CM how he became involved in this area and what are the greatest misconceptions around his work.

An autonomous robot able to locate and fix potholes is set to pass its first test outside of a lab environment on the roads of Hertfordshire.

Broadgate Future Talent will introduce young Londoners to built environment careers

HSE has launched an investigation into the fire of a high-rise under construction in Reading on Thursday.

Part of phase two of Birmingham’s Paradise masterplan, a 13-storey steel-framed office block, spans one of the city’s main thoroughfares.

A smart device with built-in sensors is providing social landlords with greater insight into the environmental conditions of their properties – and helping them engage with their residents to save energy, as Tom Robins, chief executive of Switchee, tells Denise Chevin.

Debate on social media around women in construction has continued since the blockbuster movie Barbie hit cinemas in July

Sir Robert McAlpine has cut emissions and fuel by 85% in five live tower cranes on one of its construction projects during a four-month period by using hybrid energy sources.

Sir Robert McAlpine’s glorious renovation of the iconic Elizabeth Tower in Westminster is the deserved winner of the digital construction project of the year accolade – sponsored by Revizto – for 2023, announced at the Digital Construction Awards last night (4 July).