Ian De Dobbelaere, commercial project manager at Komatsu Smart Construction, offers insight into how autonomous technology is transforming productivity and why making machines more intelligent could have implications far beyond the industries they operate in.
A new report has revealed that the growth of AI infrastructure, including the demand for data centres, is set to squeeze global market capacity and drive rapid job creation in UK construction.
The investment will strengthen Balfour Beatty’s access to emerging built environment technologies that could improve productivity, delivery certainty, safety and performance across major infrastructure projects.
Ecological Developments has recruited University of Southampton student Nikita Malkov to advance digital transformation in construction and integrate digital design workflows.
With construction professionals and firms facing increasingly complex projects and operations, many are turning to automation and AI to help manage some of the administrative burden.
Cyber risk is now the number one concern for business leaders worldwide, meaning cyber resilience deserves the same discipline and focus as physical safety in the construction industry, writes Alessandro Lezzi, head of cyber risks at Beazley.
Technological modernisation in the construction and engineering industry, conjures up images of humanoid robots wheeling barrows and laying bricks, and workers walking round sites using future-like smart glasses to improve safety. But while not quite as sexy, the truth is that what the industry urgently needs are AI agents to alleviate the back-office pressures of keeping major projects on time and on budget, as Kenny Ingram, VP of C&E and Chris Knight, global industry director, C&E, IFS, explain.
Across construction boardrooms and project hubs throughout the UK, a long-simmering conversation is gaining urgency. After years of growing pressure, one question is becoming unavoidable: who actually controls the data that underpins and runs our projects?
The pace of AI-driven growth means the data centre sector cannot afford fragmented approaches to sustainability, writes James Fisher, head of strategic partnerships at the BRE.
As adoption of AI in construction continues to accelerate, the uptake varies greatly. Some organisations are experimenting with advanced use cases like predictive maintenance and contract analysis, while others are still grappling with where it fits into their operations. But as time goes on, chief technology officer at Pagabo Group Dave Stott warns the industry risks missing the point if it continues to treat AI as a standalone capability, rather than a structural part of how modern construction businesses operate.
Amid growing complexity, the building review process hasn’t changed. AI can catch what human reviewers miss - but only if it understands how buildings actually go together, writes Ron Zaum of Structured AI.
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