Main contractor Suffolk Construction, which has offices across the US, has teamed up with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to produce a report on how specifically AI can boost…

UK-headquartered consultant Turner & Townsend has issued its 2026 office cost fit-out guide, which found that demand is rising for premium, highly amenitised office space and that costs are rising…

Developers, governments and investors are starting to broaden their definition of what constitutes value in urban development, moving from short-term project profitability to a holistic view over time, says a…

The Institution of Structural Engineers has published a design manual espousing the use of bamboo in construction around the world. GCR caught up with the lead author, Dr. David Trujillo,…

Demand for data centers and power facilities may be spiralling, but contractors have “dampened” expectations for 2026 amid fears over recession, tariffs, ICE raids and trouble finding qualified workers, a…

The rapid growth of artificial intelligence and cloud computing is driving a global construction surge for data centres with some projects now costing more than $20bn, according to a new…

A report in the British scientific journal Nature has found that the construction industry’s global carbon footprint has doubled over the past three decades and is on track to double…

New York is the most expensive city to build in and San Francisco comes second in UK consultant Turner & Townsend’s 2025 ranking of the costliest cities in the world…

A report by UK-headquartered Mace has analysed 5,000 mega- and giga-projects worldwide, finding that 11% are at risk of delays or cancellation, with a potential loss of $1.5tn in global…

Two independent reports from human rights groups published today issue fresh warnings of thousands of preventable migrant construction-worker deaths in Saudi Arabia as it prepares for the 2034 World Cup.…

Your colleagues are likely to affect your happiness at work more than salary and benefits, the first Construction Happiness Barometer survey reveals. Nearly 300 construction professionals completed the survey during…

Researchers from the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) have launched a new global survey to address mental health problems in the industry. The last report in 2020 revealed that more…

A contractor in Texas has warned that construction will suffer if Donald Trump fulfils his main campaign pledge to round up and deport millions of undocumented migrants. Around 295,400 undocumented…

Hamburg Commercial Bank’s latest survey of sentiment among construction’s purchasing managers has shown that the Eurozone’s industry remains obscured by gloom, with new orders continuing to fall as prices and…

Swedish research on the suicide rate among construction workers finds that deaths tend to come as a shock to colleagues who were unable to detect any warning signs.  It was…

Eight companies involved in international construction have made it onto the first Time Magazine-Statista ranking of the world’s 500 most sustainable companies. They include infrastructure builders Eiffage, Webuild, and Ferrovial,…

The key to boosting construction project efficiency lies in shifting focus from solely what is being delivered to how it is being executed, according to Buildots. By optimising the underlying…

Contrary to common belief, it’s a big oversimplification to say “material X is more sustainable than material Y”, our research suggests. It was conducted using a state-of-the-art, AI-powered conceptual design…