With ChatGPT gaining mass attention recently, Dr Andrew Pidgeon, global head of strategic innovation at RSBG Infrastructure Technologies, examines the opportunities and challenges for artificial intelligence in design, construction and consultation.
Innovate UK, the UK government’s innovation agency, has created a BridgeAI programme to act upon the UK government’s National AI Strategy to increase the adoption and diffusion of artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions in high growth but low AI maturity sectors, including construction.
With rising costs, labour shortages and wavering demand, construction must look at ways to weather the year ahead. Or, invest in innovation, and improve the ways the industry works.
Bluebeam has been named in the Capterra Shortlist Report, as a top document management software provider for its Bluebeam Revu® and Bluebeam Cloud solutions.
Bridges connect places and people and ensure the smooth transport of goods. Bridge construction and planning is complex – and urgently needs a digitalisation boost by relying on software solutions and digital tools, such as the ones from the Nemetschek Group.
BCS Group, part of Barhale, has installed human form recognition cameras and a Digital Thumbs Up system on six new Kubota KX030s, ten Kubota KX060s and a further ten Kubota KX080s diggers, which will significantly reduce the risk for personnel approaching plant on site.
Construction firms are increasingly targets of cyber and ransomware attacks that lead to costly project delays and the exposure of sensitive information. J. Paul Haynes, P.Eng., President and COO, eSentire explores how firms can use cybersecurity to protect themselves from ransomware attacks.
FARO Technologies has launched a first-of-its-kind Hybrid Reality Capture to deliver faster scanning for large-volume projects in architecture, engineering, construction, and public safety applications.
The construction industry has been slow to adopt digital technology, while productivity levels in the construction industry have remained consistently below the UK average. In this article, Sebastian Peck, partner at KOMPAS, explores how tech companies can advance in the sector.
FlowForma accelerates its US growth as it takes up residency in the Enterprise Ireland New York business hub and has announced plans to open its own premises in the next two years.
Across the hundreds of SymTerra users, the feedback proves that ground-up access to digital tools designed for fieldwork is not only hugely needed but has been long overdue to embrace digital change in the construction industry.
Eleco plc, a specialist international provider of software to the built environment, has launched Asta Connect, a new collaborative task management tool within its Powerproject solution.
Before embarking on any construction project, companies must take into account a multitude factors, including the various hidden costs of construction that could have a considerable impact on the final outcome, says Re-flow.
