A 4D BIM platform for temporary works and improved interoperability were two of the winners in an innovation challenge led by Trimble’s SketchUp division.

Data, ethics and the law are the first topics to consider when bringing AI into a construction project or organisation.

Trimble Connect can now handle the massive data sets associated with reality capture with a new extension.

A building’s constructible 3D model is a mine of information that can be used to enable a circular economy approach. Here, Steve Insley of Trimble, explores how a digital approach can open the doors to material reuse and construction circularity.

Trimble has revealed the 2024 updates to its Tekla software for constructible BIM, structural engineering and steel fabrication management.

COBie, open-standard BIM, future trends and the end of the road for Word and Excel. These were the key topics that grabbed your attention this year among the 39 opinions we published.

Steve Insley considers how the cloud will enable construction’s and engineering’s digital transformation.

Highways maintenance is not necessarily associated with innovation, but at Milestone Infrastructure Services, head of digital and innovation Steven Frost has been breaking the mould. Denise Chevin caught up with him.

The Digital Construction Awards attracted more than 140 entries, 62 of which have been shortlisted. Here we detail the shortlist for the Digital Innovation in Productivity award.

Trimble BIM ambassador Leif Granholm offers his vision of an open-standard framework for 3D modelling data. He says we need to think about data flows not just data storage.

Trimble has revealed the 2023 updates to its Tekla software suite. The updates bring improvements to Tekla Structures, Tekla Structural Designer, Tekla Tedds and Tekla PowerFab.

Parametric design can offer many benefits to engineers, yet widespread adoption still remains to be achieved: why?

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?

A round-up of BIM and digital construction stories that you might have missed in the past seven days.

BAM has been trialling the new software from BIM 360 and Trimble on The Rowe £80m office development in London’s Whitechapel.

Duncan Reed explores how maintaining a digital, structural golden thread can be hugely valuable as the industry moves into a more sustainable age.

Accuracy and 3D coordination were essential for the design of temporary works for a £250m project that features London’s iconic Piccadilly Lights at its core.

rimble has integrated its X7 3D laser scanner and FieldLink software with Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot for autonomous 3D data capture on site.