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Artificial intelligence and construction’s weak margins: learning the lesson of chess 3 April 2020

Artificial intelligence and construction’s weak margins: learning the lesson of chess
No need to touch: Office building made contactless in a hurry 27 March 2020

No need to touch: Office building made contactless in a hurry
Modular feats: Copenhagen’s new radiology clinic built in two weeks 12 March 2020

Modular feats: Copenhagen’s new radiology clinic built in two weeks
Vienna university demonstrates its “umbrella” method of bridge building 9 March 2020

Vienna university demonstrates its “umbrella” method of bridge building
Singapore to spend $139m promoting modular and digital construction 6 March 2020

Singapore to spend $139m promoting modular and digital construction
40 times faster than humans: How dogs are tackling Japanese Knotweed on building sites 13 February 2020

40 times faster than humans: How dogs are tackling Japanese Knotweed on building sites
Self-growing masonry: Researchers claim breakthrough in living bacterial bricks 16 January 2020

Self-growing masonry: Researchers claim breakthrough in living bacterial bricks
BAM tries high-tech AI concrete-cure prediction system 29 November 2019

BAM tries high-tech AI concrete-cure prediction system
World’s tallest modular hotel goes up in New York, with help from Autodesk 20 November 2019

World’s tallest modular hotel goes up in New York, with help from Autodesk
Dubai twin tower scheme with “world’s largest cantilever” praised for 4D modeling 5 November 2019

Dubai twin tower scheme with “world’s largest cantilever” praised for 4D modeling
Injection systems, fuel performance and machine failure: the hidden connection 4 November 2019

Injection systems, fuel performance and machine failure: the hidden connection
Air instead of concrete: Plastic bubbles take 1,600 tonnes out of tower 23 October 2019

Air instead of concrete: Plastic bubbles take 1,600 tonnes out of tower
French tech company Carl Software to launch “revolutionary” maintenance system 7 October 2019

French tech company Carl Software to launch “revolutionary” maintenance system
Skanska goes digital for $680m European particle accelerator campus scheme 4 October 2019

Skanska goes digital for $680m European particle accelerator campus scheme
MIT scientists demonstrate carbon-free method for making cement 17 September 2019

MIT scientists demonstrate carbon-free method for making cement
“It’s magic”: Construction is digitalising more rapidly than you might think 15 August 2019

“It’s magic”: Construction is digitalising more rapidly than you might think
Eindhoven university unveils “Green Energy Mill” to power festivals renewably 9 August 2019

Eindhoven university unveils “Green Energy Mill” to power festivals renewably
54 finalists revealed in Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure 2019 Awards programme 8 August 2019

54 finalists revealed in Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure 2019 Awards programme
China aims to improve safety on site with “intelligent helmets” 6 August 2019

China aims to improve safety on site with “intelligent helmets”
Cemex names 10 smartest start-ups in global construction 22 July 2019

Cemex names 10 smartest start-ups in global construction
Researchers at Saudi university invent device to produce electricity and clean water 10 July 2019

Researchers at Saudi university invent device to produce electricity and clean water
Abu Dhabi opens record breaking solar plant – and puts out tenders for bigger one still 8 July 2019

Abu Dhabi opens record breaking solar plant – and puts out tenders for bigger one still
How tech helped a Bosnian engineering firm succeed in the US 8 July 2019

How tech helped a Bosnian engineering firm succeed in the US
Young engineer invents brick made from waste plastic 19 June 2019

Young engineer invents brick made from waste plastic
South Australia approves cold asphalt mix for state roads 17 June 2019

South Australia approves cold asphalt mix for state roads
Arup heads for paperless design in Australasia 12 June 2019

Arup heads for paperless design in Australasia
Stuttgart University designs world’s first “self-shaping” building 5 June 2019

Stuttgart University designs world’s first “self-shaping” building
Landmark Christian monument with a million talking bricks planned near Birmingham 22 May 2019

Landmark Christian monument with a million talking bricks planned near Birmingham
Fuseproject to design world’s first 3D printed community for Latin American poor 20 May 2019

Fuseproject to design world’s first 3D printed community for Latin American poor
Robots will lead to millions of construction job losses, report warns 12 April 2019

Robots will lead to millions of construction job losses, report warns