Nick Leach MCIOB, director of digital construction at Sir Robert McAlpine, has revealed some of the secrets of the contractor’s successful adoption of digital tools and processes.

Sir Robert McAlpine’s adoption of materials passports on 1 Broadgate, in the City of London, triumphed in the Delivering Sustainability with Digital Innovation category, sponsored by Zero, at the Digital Construction Awards last night (2 July).

Can a heritage building be smart too? That’s the plan for the new Museum of London in London’s historic Smithfield market, opening in 2026 under the name of London Museum.

The Digital Construction Awards attracted 165 entries this year, 84 of which have been shortlisted. Here, we detail the shortlisted entries for Delivering Sustainability with Digital Innovation.

The Sir Robert McAlpine team delivering the 1 Broadgate scheme in the City for British Land is using XYZ Reality’s augmented reality (AR) technology.

Technology and acting on the data it produces is helping IHP, the Vinci Building/Sir Robert McAlpine, to transform healthcare construction, according to Mark Gibson of Sir Robert McAlpine.

The construction industry must focus on the quality of the data it generates and the skills of those interfacing with it.

Sir Robert McAlpine’s glorious renovation of the iconic Elizabeth Tower in Westminster is the deserved winner of the digital construction project of the year accolade – sponsored by Revizto – for 2023, announced at the Digital Construction Awards last night (4 July).

Construction isn’t making the most of the data it generates, argues Sir Robert McAlpine head of data & analytics Gareth Parkes. Here he discusses the problem and the ways forward.

Sir Robert McAlpine has adopted the AI technology platform Buildots as a preferred partner.

The Vinci Building/Sir Robert McAlpine JV, Integrated Health Projects, is testing the final version of the HP SitePrint robot site printer at Derby Kingsway hospital.

Shortlist for the Digital Construction Awards 2023 Delivering Net Zero with Digital Innovation award category.

The Vinci Construction UK/Sir Robert McAlpine joint venture, Integrated Health Projects (IHP), has deployed Buildots helmet-mounted 360-degree cameras for site monitoring on the construction of the Royal Bournemouth Hospital.

What really mattered in BIM and digital construction in 2022? We’ve crunched the data to compile the 10 most read stories on BIMplus overall this year.

Digital adoption, standards, carbon calculators, Interserve’s data breach fine and Dave Philp’s new role were among the most popular BIM news stories this year.

How did steel frame specialist William Hare meet the complexity of detailing and coordinating both temporary works and permanent structural steelwork on the 21 Moorfields project?

GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre has set out the cyber security protocols for construction joint ventures working on major infrastructure projects.

Sir Robert McAlpine is set to roll out a 360-degree site monitoring tool from Dalux.