Technology

Rob Hughes is head of  built environment at charging infrastructure provider Pod Point England’s building regulations will mandate electric-vehicle (EV) charging points in new-build properties from 15 June. The move is a world first, and forms part of the government's strategy to reduce emissions and act as a world leader…

Experts assembled for a Construction News roundtable to assess whether the spread of digital payment technology might finally accelerate construction’s notoriously slow cashflow. Adam Branson reports

A survey of attitudes towards payment modernisation has found plenty of optimism, despite resignation among some respondents about poor practices. Lem Bingley reports

For McLaren, the future of construction is tied to the effective use of data – and the business intends to gather as much information as it can, while retraining staff and recruiting external experts. Ian Weinfass gets an exclusive insight into its new digital strategy

In a roundtable chaired by CN editor Lem Bingley, industry experts discussed the ups and downs of ongoing supply chain constraints. Adam Branson reports

Even the most ambitious businesses will struggle to deliver lasting changes for decarbonisation without cooperating with partners and other supporting organisations across the supply chain

The current obstacles in homebuilding data management are clear: today’s IT infrastructure and systems across the full homebuilding ecosystem tend to be rigid, difficult to change, and expensive to update. Different methods may not be able to exchange information quickly. Without information sharing, it is difficult to pool data and…

The construction industry accounts for approximately 60 per cent of UK material use and a third of all waste. By maximising total material resource efficiency and moving beyond the 3R’s of reduce, reuse and recycle, introducing sustainable materials and the concept of a circular economy in construction is certainly achievable.…

It is versatile, strong and the industry’s favourite material – but cement is also a huge contributor to construction’s carbon emissions. Can it be used differently to cause less harm to the environment?

Construction News recently convened a webinar to discuss how the terms of construction contracts can encourage – or discourage – creative solutions for the clients that sign them. Lem Bingley reports