Standardised QR codes are used on bundles of rebar provided by each CARES-certified rebar manufacturer. An available mobile app scans rebar that is received and used on the project, providing a ...

Sterling DCS has launched a cost and carbon estimating software, Smart Builder, that it claims will revolutionise the discipline. According to Sterling, the key differentiator for Smart Builder is its ...

A £5.5m EU research project is investigating whether telecommunication fibre-optic cables can be turned into sensors to detect natural disasters. It is hoped cables could be used to detect earthquakes ...

Employing a document controller and resourcing them with the right tools is an often overlooked element in digital information management. Ignore them at your peril, Sarah Cole declares. “A lot of ...

Researchers have modelled how intelligent technology could be more integrated in the design processes of future smart neighbourhoods. The Shanghai Vanke Future City (NEXUS) project combines the use of ...

A round-up of BIM and digital construction stories you might have missed in the past fortnight, including Buildots raising $15m investment. AI construction software company Buildots has secured $15m ...

The Digital Construction Awards attracted 165 entries this year, 84 of which have been shortlisted. Here, we detail the shortlisted entries for Digital Innovation in Health, Safety and Wellbeing.

Digital Construction Week has unveiled more than 170 educational sessions for this year’s show at London’s ExCel on 5-6 June. The speakers are drawn from across the built environment supply chain, ...

A former dressage champion who was nearly killed by her horse is on a mission to have women comprise 30% of construction tradespeople in Australia by 2030, up from just 3% now. Hacia Atherton, founder ...

Balfour Beatty, Kier and Costain will be working with National Highways to trial new AI-powered technologies to improve roadworks projects. National Highways chose the three solutions through an ...

From digital twins to digital shadows, and now sleeping digital twins. The latter is a theory, being advanced by net-zero technology specialist IES, that posits that dormant 3D design, compliance and ...

How can the urban digital twin be kick-started? Helber López of Bentley Systems Germany sets out his plan. Several industries have used digital twins for many years. However, their adoption to support ...