News Microsoft to build $3.3bn AI centre in Wisconsin Microsoft plans to invest $3.3bn in a data centre for artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing in Racine County, Wisconsin. The site in Mount Pleasant will employ 2,300 during construction…
News Comprehensive music museum coming to New Orleans Architecture firm EskewDumezRipple has produced a concept design for the planned Louisiana Music and Heritage Experience Museum in New Orleans. The 120,000-sq-ft The Louisiana Music and Heritage Experience will be…
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…
News Amazon and Hyundai plan autonomous ‘site of the future’ Amazon has joined forces with South Korea’s Hyundai to work on the development of autonomous construction sites. The team will use Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a connectivity platform for…
News Trust a bot to run your project? Check out October’s 21CC podcast The October edition of the 21CC podcast, brought to you by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), is now available. It examines the growing influence of artificial intelligence on construction…
News CIOB artificial intelligence conference: register today The CIOB has launched a new online conference evaluating the role of artificial intelligence in construction. Discussions will focus on how AI will work in construction and the wider built…
Perspectives Why construction needn’t fear AI On balance, AI seems likely to do what technology has always done: reshape work and remove the need for some occupations while creating many more and raising productivity. Never has…
Innovation AI designs statue with styles of Michelangelo and Rodin Swedish engineering group Sandvik has unveiled a statue designed by artificial intelligence (AI) to incorporate styles of five famous sculptors no longer living, including Michelangelo. The stainless steel Impossible Statue,…
Trends Ferrovial gives staff AI “virtual assistant” for day-to-day tasks Ferrovial says it has become the first infrastructure company in the world to give staff a generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool to use in their day-to-day work. Employees will be…