Airedale General Hospital is saving time monitoring its issues with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) thanks to a digital twin developed by BIS Consult.

A round-up of BIM and digital construction stories that you might have missed in the past month, including the robot that builds stone walls autonomously.

Construction researchers at Loughborough University have created a digital, machine-learning tool that can analyse thousands of pictures of building interiors to detect the presence of distressed RAAC structural elements and predict how they’ll behave.

The industry and government must work together to digitalise faster to avoid further crises like the current reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) crisis.