As the built environment moves towards net zero and greater circularity, materials passports are a tool used to improve transparency and sustainability in buildings.
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.
Charlie Timmermann, head of strategic alliances at Nemetschek Group, shares the transformative journey that Nemetschek is embarking on with Google Cloud.
Throughout this year and beyond, progress tracking is evolving from a passive reporting task into a proactive risk management and decision-making tool for teams thanks to AI and other technological advancements, writes Chaitanya Naredla Krishna, CEO and co-founder of Track3D.
Joe Forde, research lead at BRE and consortium member of the Innovate UK BuildAudIt project, unveils the results of its year-long development and what it means for the built environment.
