Justin Kirby examines current project-operations baseline alignment efforts and asks whether they form an ascending progression ladder or reveal an irreconcilable paradigm fork.
FARO® INSIGHT, a business of AMETEK®, Inc. is the world’s most trusted source for 3D measurement technology, it develops and markets computer-aided measurement and imaging devices and software.
Digitalisation, BIM, connected systems and increasingly sophisticated data platforms are changing how projects are conceived and managed. But are all the components within a building being brought into this digital journey? By Wayne Rose, chief executive of the British Pump Manufacturers Association.
There was a time when getting on a main contractor’s approved supplier list was critical - and once you were on it, you tended to stay there. However, Paul Houston, co-founder of Catalyst Marketing Agency, warns that AI-assisted research is now rapidly rebuilding many construction and manufacturing procurement shortlists from scratch
Global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc., announces the release of Vectorworks 2027, the latest version of its product line, built around how design professionals work every day.
Dr Stuart Kings, co-author of NEC3/4 Practical Solutions and technical director at Sypro, explores what data from almost 1,000 NEC projects reveals about effective risk management.
Dr Anna Jackman and Dr Paul Cureton discuss new guidance published by the Royal Town Planning Institute that urges planners to proactively consider how they can shape a successful and socially beneficial future for the technology.
Extensive cyber capabilities of new AI models are compelling cybersecurity professionals to reconsider how we can reliably protect critical infrastructure, writes Dr Aybars Tuncdogan, Associate professor in digital innovation and information security at King’s College London.
BIM and laser scanning are now essential tools in meeting heightened fire safety standards, writes Ryan Donoghue, head of digital engineering at AJ Digital.
The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) and BIM in Asset Management (BIMinAM) have launched a public consultation on new guidance aimed at improving the quality of as-built and handover information across construction projects.
Morpholio from Vectorworks launches Trace for Business, a new enterprise tier that gives organisations streamlined purchasing options and centralised access to Morpholio Trace through the Vectorworks Customer Portal.
In part 2 of this series, Justin Kirby examines where site disconnects occur and asks whether plotting these issues along a maturity journey helps explain why current approaches stall.
Dave Philp FCIOB, chief value officer, Bentley Systems and chair of the CIOB Innovation & Digital Advisory Panel, explores how AI in construction has progressed over the years.
Yalena Coleman, director of digital strategy and transformation at Buro Happold, explores the current pressures on urban infrastructure and planning systems, alongside the major potential opportunities if data centre demand is navigated properly.
The built environment routinely treats the project-to-operations gap as a single, uniform problem. In the first of a two-part series, Justin Kirby, founder of Start with Smart, explores whether the vagueness of the term "digital operations" is part of the issue.
