Improved efficiency and reduced rework are the topics of the final webinar to be announced for this year’s Digital Construction Summit.

Ferrovial has tested a setting-out robot from Civ Robotics for outdoor civil works.

The Digital Construction Awards attracted more than 140 entries, 62 of which have been shortlisted. Here we detail the shortlist for the Digital Innovation in Productivity award.

National framework provider Pagabo has proposed the concept of a “black box for construction”: a central digital platform based on the principle of data sharing.

Advanced Construction Robotics has followed its rebar-tying robot, Tybot, with the launch of a robot that can lift, carry and place nearly 2,300kg bundles of rebar in a transverse or longitudinal orientation.

The entry deadline for the Digital Construction Awards 2023 has been extended by one week to 5pm on Friday 17 March.

What is the future of COBie? Is it COBie 2.5? Or may be COBie 3? Or could it be AOH-BSEM? Vitalij Tetervov offers this insight.

Chris Gatehouse explores the role management information systems can play in the journey to net zero.

Now being demolished, the Nakagin Tower in Tokyo will live on, both in the real world and the metaverse, thanks in no small part to BDP.

There’s just a week left to register for the Digital Construction Summit, which takes place on 1-10 November.

Mace director of innovation Matt Gough turns the lens to the future, pondering which areas of the industry look set to be most widely embraced over the next five to ten years.

BAM Nuttall has used a Spot robot dog to collect data on a remote Shetlands construction site.

The Buildings Client Group (BCG) will continue its drive of digital adoption among clients via its new home at the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).

What skills must construction professionals possess to thrive in Industry 4.0? That’s one of the key questions answered in the new book co-edited by Mace head of BIM international Dr Marzia Bolpagni.

A robot ‘dog’ created by US robotics firm Boston Dynamics has been fitted with a 3D laser scanner to allow it to undertake autonomous 3D data capture on construction sites.

Consultancy AESG has released a cloud-based data management platform devised to host and store the information that will be required for the new Fire and Emergency File, part of the Building Safety Bill.

A free online tool to check the effectiveness of the ventilation in indoor spaces in limiting the spread of covid-19 has been developed by safety partners.

John Ford offers his feedback on the Infrastructure & Projects Authority’s 2030 Roadmap and new BIM mandate.