Perspectives

AI’s not going away, so embrace it

When you hear the term “artificial intelligence” (AI), what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Perhaps it’s the rise of ChatGPT, or the thought of robots taking over from…

44% of our staff are female, so every week is ‘Women in Construction Week’

To build green, we need innovation, collaboration and commitment

#PPEthatfits: Lessons from the US on inclusive PPE regulations

Barriers begin at birth, leading women in construction say

This year, unpredictability’s the one sure thing

Is timber better for climate than steel and concrete? It’s actually not that simple

Stop giving orders! Project managers should coach on site: industry veteran

Rushing to fail: Understanding construction disputes in Saudi Arabia

Saudi giga projects and the CIOB’s new corporate plan

Refugees like Omar can help us build

Tier 1 contractors no longer ‘do construction’: Prof Stuart Green

Any takers in Ukraine’s fire-sale of state assets?

Image by Sora Shimazaki/Pexels

A good day for adjudication in Ireland: DNCF Ltd v Genus Homes

The 15th BRICS Summit “family photo”, August 2023. From left, President Lula da Silva of Brazil, President Xi Jinping of China, President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (15th BRICS Summit/PDM 1.0 Deed/Public domain)

We should not ignore BRICS

Saudi Arabia is becoming a global centre of construction and real estate

Crane diva Katie Kelleher finds the funny side of the bizarre way the industry welcomes new people

It’s hard not to laugh at the sheer, switched-off obtuseness

Damage in Kharkiv after Russian shelling on 9 September 2022 (State Emergency Service of Ukraine/CC BY 4.0)

‘A new heritage’: Seven Ukrainian designers on rebuilding their country

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaking in 2021 (Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0)

As US states mull banning foreign ownership, here’s what investors need to know

“A Roman bricklayer observing his counterpart on a modern UK building site would see many similarities to the way they worked on Hadrian’s mega project in the 120s AD (Hadrian’s Wall by Toa Heftiba/Unsplash)

Why construction needn’t fear AI

Nine million people are expected to live in The Line, more than in any other city in Saudi Arabia (Render courtesy of Neom)

Why Saudi Arabia’s “The Line” is not a revolution in urban living

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