Southern Gas Networks (SGN) is trialling a new robotic roadworks system in Epsom, Surrey, that it says could cut typical gas repairs from days to hours. SGN teamed up with New York-based robotics ...

NavVis has launched the second generation of its flagship VLX mobile mapping system that is both lighter and more robust and can be used on construction sites. NavVis said the VLX second generation is ...

An explosion in demand for training and upskilling due to the adoption of digital technology is being experienced in the plant sector. Hirer Plantforce has developed the industry’s first ...

An automated construction progress tracking solution is being used to monitor progress of the construction of Poland’s largest solar farm. The solar farm is being built on a 100ha site in Brudzew, ...

Sony, Panasonic, LG, Samsung, VR headsets, mobile phones, tablets, laptops and… Caterpillar! Just what is the most famous name in construction plant doing at the world’s largest consumer tech show, ...

David Miller, director & principal architect at David Miller Architects, hopes that the Construction Playbook doesn’t become another report that we look back at in 10 years’ time and lament that ...

Autonomous dump trucks will start hauling rock for crushing at a stone quarry on the west coast of Norway next spring. The order is a milestone for Norwegian autonomous vehicle company Steer AS, whose ...

Former Turner & Townsend principal consultant Tom Oulton (pictured above) has joined BIM start-up Operance as digital transformation lead. Oulton is chair of both Constructing Excellence digital group ...

The ‘aftershocks’ of Covid-19 will be with construction for years to come, making digitally enabled ways of working the norm. That was Construction Innovation Hub impact director David Philp’s ...

The Asbestos Removal Contractors Association (ARCA) has launched a performance rating app for short-term asbestos removal operatives: the Asbestos Labour Feedback App (ALFA). The web-based app enables ...

The construction industry must “align with the innovators and nurture them”, according to Turner & Townsend. In its summer report, the consultancy reviews both the financial and wider impact of the ...

The Department for Transport (DfT) has enlisted Deliveroo, Uber, Tesco and Ocado to help audit the nation’s potholes with support from highway data and mapping specialist Gaist and local authorities.