Technology

Specialist contractor McGee Group wanted to streamline its business processes while increasing compliance – and found that widespread adoption of apps was the way to do it.

Offsite manufacturing has been touted a lot in the last year or so as a potential silver bullet for the UK’s housing crisis.

You might think that flying taxis belong in the realm of science fiction – but they’re potentially closer than you might think.

PaveGen, a British tech start-up, is aiming to use the built environment and the people within it to generate truly sustainable electricity. CN pays a visit to its first major public installation in Britain.

Construction News visits the testing and R&D facility of a leading manufacturer to see how industry products are put through their paces against freezing temperatures, intense humidity and – crucially – fire.

Balfour Beatty has made some stark predictions for the future of the industry – not least the fact it believes construction sites will be human-free by 2050. 

Long-term research at the University of Strathclyde has seen a number of exciting, practical innovations develop, which could change the face of ground engineering forever.

With offsite construction back on the agenda, the precast concrete sector should have reasons for optimism.

Project information management was the theme of a think tank hosted by Construction News in association with Autodesk, which brought together a multidisciplined range of senior industry figures.

Three companies – Arcadis, AR Demolition and Alford Technologies – have come together to form Atom, a collaboration that proposes a safer method for explosive demolition in the wake of the tragedy at Didcot. Daniel Kemp takes a look at just what Atom is proposing.