Balfour Beatty today announces a £7.2m investment in Microsoft 365 Copilot — one of the largest AI investments of its kind in the UK construction and infrastructure industry.
AI adoption among construction firms has shown a dramatic increase in the US and Canada, with more than nine out of 10 using some form of AI tool in their business practices, according to a new study.
Researchers from the University of Bari in Italy and the University of Sharjah in the UAE have conducted a review of digital twin technology for renewable energy infrastructure, highlighting its current benefits and identifying untapped opportunities for future exploration.
Construction professionals are becoming more positive their companies' efforts to embrace robotics, although levels of actual implementation have dipped, according to new research.
A significant milestone in the journey of the National Underground Asset Register (NUAR) has been reached with the news that it has now moved out of minimum viable product (MVP) and into the ‘public beta’ phase, on its way to being fully operational by the end of 2025
The Structures’ Moonshot Project, initiated by National Highways and led by AtkinsRéalis and Jacobs, is testing groundbreaking bridge investigation technologies that could transform the maintenance of England’s road networks, enhancing safety and reducing closures
As AI becomes part of the daily routine of built environment professionals, Tom Wilcock of Arup argues that embracing experimentation, balanced with risk, can help the sector resolve some of its biggest challenges from sustainability to recruiting the next generation of engineers, architects and planners.
Forget chatbots; AI’s most powerful applications aren’t always flashy, they’re foundational – and a truly smart built environment will be human-centric, writes Gaku Ueda, CEO of Mode
Artificial intelligence offers a "compelling opportunity" to tackle avoidable errors that cost the construction industry billions each year, but it could bring new risks to the sector, according to a research paper.
Westinghouse Electric Company is working with Google Cloud to use artificial intelligence tools to speed up the construction of modular nuclear reactors.
Industrial AI can help rebuild construction and engineering, with the right digital building blocks, writes Kenny Ingram, VP, construction and engineering at IFS.
The High Growth AI Accelerator for Innovate UK's BridgeAI programme is delivered by Digital Catapult. It is supporting startups to refine and develop scalable solutions for the construction sector
COBOD and the Institute for Structural Design (ITE) have jointly developed what they call the 'first commercially available multifunctional construction robot'.
Given the scale of the construction industry, its considerable contribution to the global economy and its impact on the environment, it’s somewhat surprising that it’s so far behind other sectors on the path to digital adoption.
As the UK construction industry increasingly focuses on digital transformation, Dan Ashton of Proicere Digital analyses the impact of AI on scheduling, cost management and site safety
The Royal Institute of British Architects has released new data in its RIBA AI Report 2025, showing that the number of architecture firms using AI has increased by 18% from 2024 to 2025.
