A picture is worth a thousand words, they say – but, when that same picture has a powerful artificial intelligence (AI) software behind it, it also yields millions of valuable data points. StructionSite, a 360 degree photo documentation software, has recently developed a product to automatically track progress made on your jobsite using only photos and AI.

Wages in the construction sector have fallen more than any other area of the economy, according to new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Weekly earnings in August stood at £631, which was 3.2 per cent lower than 12 months ago. By comparison,…

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A chief inspector of building safety is expected to be appointed in early 2021, following a recruitment process that started last week. The new inspector will be appointed by government to lead the new regulator of building safety. The body will initially operate under the…

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Royal Bam topped September’s league table as total orders rose again. Big jobs in the leisure and entertainment sectors helped to propel the group to the top of the league with £469.7m of new work secured. The largest of these was a £230m contract to…

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Cyber attacks can have a significant effect, both internally and on prospects of winning work. Ian Weinfass investigates what can be done to minimise this disruption and looks at why openness and transparency is being urged in this often-secretive element of business risk

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The second phase of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry is exposing a broken system, Dame Judith Hackitt has said. Dame Judith, who led the independent review of building regulations in 2018, and is chairing the board setting up a new building safety regulator, told Construction News…

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Galliford Try, Interserve and Murphy have been appointed on Thames Water’s £4bn AMP7 framework. AMP7 is the utility firm’s five-year round of spending, running from 2020-2025. Works delivered through the framework will include both clean and wastewater projects, schemes to provide additional resilience to water…

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Tottenham Hotspur Football Club has won planning permission to develop a new “cultural quarter” next to its stadium. A new live music space and recording studio are at the centre of the plans, with the club in talks with the Universal Music Group about becoming…

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Frameworks for the construction of public buildings and infrastructure worth a combined £1.6bn have been launched. Framework provider LHC is seeking contractors for a £750m framework in England, a £750m framework for Scotland and £100m framework in Wales. All three frameworks will be divided into six…

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Men make up the majority of the construction workforce, so it follows that male attitudes have a great bearing on how women fare in the sector. For example, bias among men, both conscious and unconscious, can greatly influence both the day-to-day experience and the long-term…

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