Category: Digital Construction
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JN Bentley adopts safe operating envelope for plant
XW5 is a machine safety solution that creates a defined working area around the excavator. It monitors and restricts the machine’s height, slew and lifting capacity, ensuring the excavator stays within safe limits at all times. This helps protect both the operator and the site, whether the machine is working near overhead hazards, in tight…
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Lack of information requirements devalues asset data
Poor definition of information requirements at the tender stage is making it harder to unlock the value of built asset data, according to Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB). In its latest Procurement Trends Survey, RLB interviewed 108 main contractors from across the UK and across sectors. According to the respondents, half of tenders feature either no…
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Mace transforms MoJ information management approach
Information Management Framework AtkinsRéalis Pioneering Practical Information Management XD House Smart Motorways Programme Alliance Fluor/Jacobs/WSP/Costain/Balfour Beatty/BAM Nuttall-Morgan Sindall JV/National Highways Transforming information delivery planning Tilbury Douglas/Asite View the original article and our Inspiration here
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Skyline Cockpit’s tower crane remote control system changes the game
Skyline Cockpit’s remote control system for tower cranes won the Digital Innovation in Productivity category at the Digital Construction Awards 2025. Skyline Cockpit collects Meital Sharon (second right) of Skyline Cockpit collects the trophy from Karolina Orecchini at Digital Construction Week (far left), Melissa Zanocco at Accenture (second left) and Sally Phillips (far right) (Photo…
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SMP Alliance’s collaborative effort reaps massive benefits
SMP Alliance won the Digital Collaboration of the Year category, sponsored by Bluebeam, at the Digital Construction Awards 2025. The SMP Alliance team collects the trophy from Justin Stanton of DC+ (far left), Sally Phillips (second right) and Chris Curling from Bluebeam (far right) (Photo © 2025 – ASV Photography Ltd. www.ASVphotos.com). The Smart Motorways Programme…
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Non-destructive testing of bridges with muon tomography
The AI-enabled muon tomography non-destructive testing system developed by GScan, National Highways and AtkinsRéalis won the Product Innovation of the Year category, sponsored by Digital Construction North, at the Digital Construction Awards 2025. The GScan team collect their trophy from Justin Stanton of DC+ (far left), Sally Phillips (second right) and Calum Kelly-Campbell (far right)…
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SmartViz takes first class honours at Cardiff Met
The AI and IoT-powered approach of SmartViz on Cardiff Metropolitan University’s estate deservedly won the Asset Management Best Practice category, sponsored by DC+, at the Digital Construction Awards 2025. The SmartViz team collect their trophy from Karolina Orecchini of Digital Construction Week (far left), Simon Kelly of DC+ (second left) and Sally Phillips (far right)…
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A solution for structural steel reuse
RESTOR’s challenge was to create a scalable, digital-first framework to overcome technical, logistical and cultural barriers around reused steel – chiefly, a lack of confidence in repurposed material, no standardised data on its properties, and no digital infrastructure to support its integration into new builds. Collaborators included architecture firm Chetwoods and reused steel supplier Cleveland…
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BuildPrompt’s AI revolutionises HS2’s document verification
BuildPrompt and HS2 won the Best Use of AI category at the Digital Construction Awards 2025. The BuildPrompt team collect their trophy from Karolina Orecchini of Digital Construction Week (far left), Lilian Ho of Aecom (second right) and Sally Phillips (far right) (Photo © 2025 – ASV Photography Ltd. www.ASVphotos.com) BuildPrompt’s AI solution for HS2…
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McLaren Construction’s digital team makes the difference
“The team has demonstrated measurable benefits from overcoming a clearly expressed challenge. It is brilliant to see benefits for the business and people as well as clients – it really demonstrates how digital is creating new opportunities in construction, which in turn will attract new people to the sector. Impressive.” View the original article and…