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Finding the picture on the box: The missing mental model in smart buildings

Justin Kirby asks how the built environment sector expects to bridge project delivery and live operations without a clear pipeline map for smart buildings.

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From design to delivery: How digital technology is transforming landscape architecture

Digital construction can help teams coordinate the conditions urban landscapes need to thrive, carrying reliable information from the first roof survey through environmental analysis, installation, and long-term management, says Phil Allen, chartered landscape architect at PAD Landscapes.

Visible cladding success: Centre Point counters the conflicts facing contractors

SFS discusses their centre point cladding system, Centre Point, and its innovation in cladding installation.

Why construction leaders can’t afford to ignore design technology

Construction design technology now shapes how projects get planned and built to give teams earlier visibility into cost and carbon, says Lou Farrell, senior editor of construction and manufacturing at Revolutionized Magazine

From compliance to confidence: Phase two of Awaab’s Law

Ahead of the introduction of phase two of Awaab's Law, Ben Wallbank, digital strategy & partnerships manager at Trimble, explores why the compliance challenges remains just as much about data and evidence as it is about the maintenance delivery and how digital technology can help housing providers to stay ahead, ensuring safer living environments for residents.

Automation in construction is shifting

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.

Medway NHS Trust introduces digital fire safety management across the site

Medway NHS Foundation Trust has introduced a new digital system to manage fire safety information and better understand fire risks across the hospital estate.

The construction technology adoption gap isn’t about technology

Girish Bhatia, founder & CEO, ConstructMind Technologies questions whether construction technology has changed the way the industry works.

Glider and Virtual Helpdesk join forces to bring Asset Intelligence into everyday building operations

The partnership brings together Glider's Asset Intelligence discipline with VHD's established facilities and asset management platform.

AI data centres are going up fast – but can they deliver?

The £100bn data centre boom risks building AI capacity that can’t perform, writes Matt Salter of Onnec.

Has AI killed the approved supplier list?

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

Risk in real life: What 1,000 NEC contracts reveal about project resilience

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.

Why planners need to be proactive about drones

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.

Cyber AI will protect critical infrastructure – and cybercriminals will try to steal it

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.

AI in construction: From productivity tool to project teammate

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.

Powering the AI economy: How can London meet soaring data centre demand?

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.

ECITB funds construction robotics skills in Cumbria

The ECITB has awarded a quarter-of-a-million pounds to developing a construction robotics skills centre in Cumbria.

Building a workforce for the next era of construction

Construction faces rising retirements, while at the same time AI is reshaping the skills the industry needs. Arman Gukasyan, founder and CEO of Revizto, argues that rather than tackling these issues separately, the answer lies in a connected workforce strategy.

Construction businesses closing capacity gap with agentic AI

New research from the Futurum Group shows construction companies are closing the workforce capacity gap with a sharp shift toward digital workers powered by agentic AI

From forecasts to resilience. How AI can help infrastructure act before disaster strikes

AI could help us see danger earlier, understand consequences more clearly and act before a hazard becomes a catastrophe, writes Mark Coates, VP of infrastructure policy advancement, Bentley Systems.

Smart equipment scheduling and the case for construction tech integration

Lou Farrell, senior editor of construction and manufacturing at Revolutionized Magazine, discusses how technology integration gives construction teams more visibility to use smart equipment more efficiently.

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