Grace Herring of Sir Robert McAlpine’s Special Projects team tells the story of the St Marylebone Parish Church project showcased at this year’s CIOB Conservation Conference.

The Digital Construction Awards attracted more than 120 entries, 63 of which have been shortlisted. Here, we detail the shortlist for the Digital Innovation in On-Site Productivity, sponsored by Procore.

If digital twins are to succeed, those that are affected by them must be able to trust that they will cause no harm. To achieve that, those who commission and build digital twins must understand the ethics.

Maggie’s cancer centres prioritise the end user in their construction.

Lendlease is leading the development of a new construction productivity ‘playbook’.

If the construction industry is meet the Net Zero challenge, it must over come its weakness: carbon reporting, according to Skanska UK head of environment David Mason.

As Sir Robert McAlpine nears completion of its £79.7m project to restore the Elizabeth Tower in London’s Palace of Westminster, a series of images show the progress on the project so far.

Two 2,000t tunnelling machines digging the HS2 tunnel under the Chilterns have completed the first stage of works.

BIM is now the norm for those working in major architectural practices, five years after its mandate, according to the latest Digital Construction Report from NBS.

Align JV, the team made up on Bouygues, Sir Robert McAlpine and VolkerFitzpatrick, has cast the first of 56 concrete piers supporting the Colne Valley Viaduct, set to become the UK’s longest railway bridge, for HS2.

NHS Scotland is set to digitise the design, build, and maintenance of its assets with the help of an interactive toolkit from the Construction Innovation Hub (CIH).

Sir Robert McAlpine is countering the growing threat of cyber attacks with self-learning AI technology.

Computational tools that can aid architects and engineers to design truss structures to minimise embodied carbon while maintaining the building properties needed, have been developed by researchers at MIT.

Sir Robert McAlpine will cease buying diesel for all of its activities by April next year, as it becomes the latest business to switch to running machines on vegetable oil.

Lydia McGuinness has packed an awful lot into her six years in the construction industry. As well as proving herself to be a competent professional and a diligent student, she is a fierce ambassador for the industry.

Sir Robert McAlpine has installed special lights that simulate to help workers combat the winter blues.

Sir Robert McAlpine has created a “listening lounge” at its Battersea Power Station project that allows workers to connect with mental health first aiders.

Sir Robert McAlpine declared itself positive about the outlook ahead despite making a £26.8m pre-tax loss in 2020, as it responded to the challenge of covid-19.