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Tom Boland is head of digitisation at software provider Zutec Planning Gateway 1 arrived at the start of August, forming a crucial part of the UK government’s strategy for addressing risks in the residential property sector in the aftermath of the Grenfell tragedy. The requirements set out in Gateway 1…

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Mark Farmer is chief executive of Cast Consultancy While the opportunities for innovation through research and development in construction are immense, it is also well recognised that the industry is in reality a collection of very different sub-markets, all with their own business models and ways of working. One of…

Winner: Lucas Since its founding in 1968, fit-out and finish specialist Lucas has aimed to be at the forefront of its trade. It was among the industry’s early adopters of the ISO 9001 quality standard, achieving compliance in 1994 – the same year it launched one of the sector’s first…

Winner: Willmott Dixon – Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Building, University of Warwick The University of Warwick’s new Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Building (IBRB) is a six-storey, 7,000 square-metre facility for up to 300 biomedical researchers. It comprises five floors of labs, plus social and collaborative spaces and a 400-seat lecture theatre. It…

There is less than a year to go until the starting guns are fired at the Commonwealth Games, but the related building work will be a marathon effort, not a sprint. Mark Smulian speaks to Birmingham City Council on what it is delivering, and what it expects from its contractors

Construction has changed dramatically since CN was founded in 1871. Lem Bingley assesses some of the key breakthroughs that have come to define today’s industry

Turning to digital construction can help reduce litigation, enhance safety and save money, Greg Pitcher reports

Getting construction workers to clock in on time, manually entering time data for payroll and correcting timesheet errors are just a few examples of the challenges construction business owners face when managing teams. But a study* conducted by QuickBooks Time, a mobile time-tracking app by Intuit, revealed that 44 percent…

From predicting the days when accidents are more likely to happen, to million-pound project savings, James Wilmore discovers how artificial intelligence is transforming the way projects are planned