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 free event at the University of Westminster will explore how humanoid robotics technologies should or could be used in the real world of construction and the built environment within the next 3-5 years.
From escalating adjudications to strained relationships, this article examines how construction can reduce disputes and create a clearer path to progress.
It’s time contractors stop delivering static handover information that goes stale and start focusing on delivering information clients can trust, with the Digital Asset Manual.
Ready to explore the solutions to the built environment’s biggest challenges? Digital Construction Week (DCW) returns to Excel London on 3-4 June, and registration is now open.
As digital tools continue to evolve, environmental sensors are becoming one of the most practical and reliable ways to improve, monitor and understand social housing, writes Greig Fenton of Thomas & Adamson.
Even in its simplest form, technology can be a universal enabler, helping you to grow your business from strength to strength. The question is, how can you make digital workflows work for you? Here, Sophie Lynch, SMB account manager at Trimble explores some of the common obstacles to technology adoption and how you can use it to your advantage…
Artificial intelligence is no longer a fringe topic in the architecture, engineering, construction and operations (AEC/O) industry. It is rapidly becoming a defining force in how we design, build and operate the environments that shape everyday life, writes Julian Geiger, VP head of AI product & transformation at Nemetschek Group.
Construction may have mastered the fundamentals of harnessing digital models and gathering data, but the true value of data lies in supporting collaboration, extracting insights and solving issues before they arise, writes Taylor Cupp of Hexagon Multivista.
There is no shortage of standards and guidance for the built environment. The challenge is that they often refer to specific stages of the asset lifecycle and it can be unclear how they join up. The Digital Operations Working Group has been formed to help address these increasingly pressing challenges.
Despite the many promised benefits of these digital technologies, the reality is that many have yet to reach their full potential in the built environment, writes Anni Feng, chair of the Institution of Engineering & Technology’s Digital Futures Policy Centre.
As AI drives unprecedented demand for data centres Britain’s construction industry must embrace the revolution or risk being left behind by global competitors, write Hari Vasudevan, founder and CEO of KYRO AI, and Neil Shah, president and CEO of the Construction Financial Management Association.
A first-of-its kind AI tool that predicts the carbon footprint of buildings from simple text descriptions at the earliest stages of design, when the potential for savings is greatest, has been unveiled by the University of Bath.
A new framework aims to provide the water sector with unified, practical guidance on what good asset information looks like and how companies can strengthen their data to support asset health and performance.
The Environment Agency (EA) has recruited human pilots to operate 33 drones equipped with laser mapping to locate and identify sites of illegally-dumped construction waste.
