Digital Construction News

Stellar Services has joined the Asite Ecosystem to expand opportunities for Asite in North America and help the platform grow.

Mott MacDonald has joined forces with Igloo Vision to develop a 360° shared immersive space which will help clients rehearse construction processes ahead of time.

One of last year’s hot topics was the famous open letter from the AEC industry to Autodesk criticising the lack of improvements in the latest versions of their software. In response, tech companies are emerging in the AEC industry to fill these gaps. One is giving out some of the best Revit add-ins on the market for free…

While 2020 was no doubt a challenging year, there were some decidedly sunny breaks, says Jerry Hardy, integrated marketing director, architecture engineering and construction, FARO Technologies.

Powerproject Vision, a web-based portal for managing construction plans, has now been proven in use for well over a year. What a year it has been.

NPX, a joint venture between Network Plus and XEIAD, has secured a 10-year framework with Highways England for the Historical Railway Estate Examination contract.

Robin Lawson, managing director of building services engineering company, Ameon, looks at BIM in 2021 and shares his hopes for the sector.

Some companies may be in the slow lane while others are speeding ahead. But what is becoming clearer all the time, is that the industry now has a road map towards digital transformation and the journey is underway. Finbarr McMeel, technical director at Gilbert-Ash explains more.

NHBC has announced the roll-out of a new technology assisted inspection app to help improve construction quality.

SCIA Engineer assists the design and engineering of the DEWA Concentrated Solar Power Tower, part of the largest solar park on earth.

Project management solutions specialist, Viewpoint discusses how to achieve a golden thread of construction data.

Asite’s construction cloud platform will streamline project information and enhance collaboration across the full lifecycle of Aldar Properties’ assets.

Parm Bhangal, managing director at Bhangals Construction Consultants discusses BIM and how deeply it has established itself in the world of construction.

Construction is playing a leading role in the UK’s economic recovery but in an uncertain world, accurately forecasting costs and keeping them on track can be tricky. With new opportunities on the cards, forward-thinking firms are using digital technology, including estimating software, to win more tenders and improve the profitability of projects, as Andy Day, estimating, take off & surveying software consultant from Access Construction, explains.

Integrated Collaboration Platforms like Revizto are helping to challenge the idea that rework and waste are an inevitable part of complex construction projects.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been used to undertake a survey of the Lloyd’s building’s external façade in the heart of the City of London. Russell Cole, leader of façades UK at Arup, discusses this challenging project and the potential of drones in surveying dense urban areas.

SCIA Engineer assists the design and engineering of the “head with a boom” structure for the Bregenz Festival in Austria.

The Planning London Datahub harnesses digital twin technology to make close to real-time planning information accessible to all 36 Greater London planning authorities. Will Squires, associate director of digital at Atkins, explains its development and the endless possibilities it could open up.

Richard Hyams, director at astudio, explores how technology can help to improve the social and environmental impact for our built environment.

SCIA Engineer was used to analyse a global model of the Port House in Antwerp, including both the steel structure and the sculptural concrete forms. Find out more here.