The government’s AI-enabled digital planning tool that can extract structured data from poor scans, pdfs and paper documents is now available to all local planning authorities. Trials of the Extract…
Product platforms are starting to move from theory to reality, but they need a fundamental shift in how buildings are conceived and coordinated. Mott MacDonald’s Paul Taylor explains. The UK’s…
Construction management academic and CIOB Fellow, Professor Peter Farrell, has been awarded an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours for services to higher education and the construction industry. Farrell is…
Morgan Sindall is celebrating the opening of the new £25m Portfield School in Haverfordwest, a 2,600 sq ft school for pupils with special educational needs that will be carbon net-zero…
Three track workers were put in danger after the wrong tunnel was closed despite multiple checks, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said in its report on a near miss…
FM Conway and National Highways have repaved a 5.7-mile section of the M4 near Swindon using hydrogen and electric plant and recycled asphalt in what they’re calling a first-of-its-kind low-carbon…
The new towns programme presents an opportunity to establish a more connected, modern and resilient approach to housing delivery, argues Autodesk’s Nathan Brown. The government has identified seven new areas…
The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has published a new Mental Health Joint Code of Practice (JCOP). The code is designed to help construction businesses tackle the root causes of poor…
A prison-based training programme designed to help people leaving custody secure jobs in construction is being rolled out across Scotland following a successful pilot and support from the Construction Industry…
As summer temperatures continue to reach new highs in the UK, Adam Annetts argues the case for a risk-based approach to working in heat. Heatwaves are a significant risk to…