A Scottish-based specialist contractor has been fined nearly £54,000 after a worker died falling from a scissor lift in late 2022. Steven Tervit was working at a specialist technology centre…

Overnight drone scans, automatic programme revisions to account for expected storms, and robots taking over from humans at the end of shift to work through the night – this is…

The Scottish government is considering a motion put forward by Scottish National Party (SNP) members to suspend approvals for any new hyperscale data centres until an updated national strategy is…

Construction industry leaders today urged the incoming prime minister to recommit to the current 10-year infrastructure strategy and to speed up reforms to accelerate project delivery. In an open letter…

The Metropolitan Police is planning to build a model of Grenfell Tower to assist with any criminal trials connected with the tragedy. Luke Deal explains how such a model would…

If AI is going to help construction learn from its own knowledge, the industry should take an active role in shaping how that knowledge is governed and used, argues Zacharias…

If the next prime minister needs allies in boosting growth, building homes and getting NEETs into work, nearly a million are itching to help. New houses going up in Wetherby,…

The boom in AI has pushed data centres to the second most in-demand construction sector in the UK, new data from Turner & Townsend reveals. Data centres are behind defence…

Industry awareness of safety issues remains shallow, with only one in five professionals fully prepared for the Building Safety Act, a new survey has found. The survey, jointly produced by…

Balfour Beatty has invested £10m in a venture capital fund to gain early access to the robotics and AI innovations the fund is backing. The contractor has invested in venture…