Technology in the UK Construction Industry | Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/tech/ Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Wed, 18 Feb 2026 19:07:15 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://cdn.ca.emap.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/07/favicon-cn192-70x70.png Technology in the UK Construction Industry | Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/tech/ 32 32 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/tech/ 125 75 Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Smart moves: the man overseeing Balfour Beatty’s AI plan https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/interviews/smart-moves-the-man-overseeing-balfour-beattys-ai-plan-18-02-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/interviews/smart-moves-the-man-overseeing-balfour-beattys-ai-plan-18-02-2026/#respond Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:03:20 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=536055 Meet the man overseeing Balfour Beatty’s multimillion-pound plan to harness AI to drive a ‘productivity revolution’

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/interviews/smart-moves-the-man-overseeing-balfour-beattys-ai-plan-18-02-2026/feed/ 0 Sports modular specialist appoints administrators https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/financial/administrations/sports-modular-specialist-appoints-administrators-09-02-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/financial/administrations/sports-modular-specialist-appoints-administrators-09-02-2026/#respond Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:45:27 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=537755 A family-run modular business in Yorkshire that specialised in football projects has fallen into administration. Mockba Ltd – trading as Mockba Modular – called in administrators Carrie James and Simon Carvill-Biggs of Oury Clark, according to a notice on the official Gazette site last week.…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/financial/administrations/sports-modular-specialist-appoints-administrators-09-02-2026/feed/ 0 Severfield axes ‘non-core’ modular arm after strategic review https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/tech/offsite-mmc/severfield-axes-non-core-modular-arm-after-strategic-review-29-01-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/tech/offsite-mmc/severfield-axes-non-core-modular-arm-after-strategic-review-29-01-2026/#respond Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:42:38 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=537194 Steel giant Severfield has discontinued its Modular Solutions business after concluding the division was “non-core” to the group’s future strategy. The decision followed a strategic review of markets and operations led by new chief executive Paul McNerney, who joined the firm in November. In a…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/tech/offsite-mmc/severfield-axes-non-core-modular-arm-after-strategic-review-29-01-2026/feed/ 0 New Merit venture rises from ashes of collapsed firm https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/tech/new-merit-venture-rises-from-ashes-of-collapsed-firm-16-01-2026/ Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:21:41 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=536227 Investors and former directors of failed contractor Merit Group Services have launched a new modular construction business. Merit Industrialised Construction has been formed following an asset purchase completed through the administration process, which began when the Northumberland-based Merit Group and Merit Holdings collapsed in November…

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]]> AI and construction disputes: an alternative to adjudication and humans? https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/legal/ai-and-construction-disputes-an-alternative-to-adjudication-and-humans-15-01-2026/ Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:21:00 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=535756 Charlie Morgan (pictured left) is a partner; Georgia Di Salle is an associate; and James Doe is head of construction and infrastructure disputes at law firm Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer  News that the American Arbitration Association and the International Centre for Dispute Resolution have launched…

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]]> AI is turning Britain’s buildings into living systems https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/tech/ai-is-turning-britains-buildings-into-living-systems-12-01-2026/ Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:50:08 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=532890 Michael Murphy is head of information management and data analytics at Bam Imagine if your local hospital or school could sense when it’s too hot, adjust the temperature and even schedule its own maintenance. That future isn’t decades away. It’s already here. “This isn’t just…

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]]> CN’s most popular long reads of 2025 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/features/cns-most-popular-long-reads-of-2025-23-12-2025/ Tue, 23 Dec 2025 10:00:19 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=535023 10. Inside the BSR bottleneck: part two In the second instalment of a two-part series investigating the Building Safety Regulator's progress, Charlotte Banks explored whether change was on the horizon.   9. 10 people to watch in 2025 Chatbots, Tilbury Douglas chief executive Craig Tatton…

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]]> Little hope for supply-chain creditors of collapsed modular firm https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/financial/administrations/little-hope-for-supply-chain-creditors-of-collapsed-modular-firm-19-12-2025/ Fri, 19 Dec 2025 12:45:56 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=535079 Subcontractors of Elements Europe will only receive a fraction of the £8.7m they were owed when the modular construction company entered administration last June. A progress report by Interpath joint administrators Samuel Birchall and Stephen Absolom showed that they have secured just over £5m from…

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]]> MMC gets modular momentum in new Homes England strategy https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/government/mmc-gets-modular-momentum-in-new-homes-england-strategy-15-12-2025/ Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:05:00 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=534757 Last week, Homes England published its new strategic plan to support the government in achieving its commitment to build 1.5 million new homes by the end of the current parliament. So far, net additions to the housing stock between July 2024 and November 2025 amount to only…

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]]> Homes quango doubles down on MMC funding https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/homes-quango-doubles-down-on-mmc-funding-11-12-2025/ Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:45:25 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=534538 Homes England has committed to providing more cash to get the construction industry to adopt modern methods of construction (MMC), despite its recent financial losses in the sector. On Thursday (11 December), the quango published its new strategic plan and investment strategy covering the next…

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