Artificial intelligence (AI) can speed up many processes in construction, from design and scheduling to contract and risk management, but it won’t lead to any across-the-board productivity gains as long…

This month on the 21CC podcast, we’re checking in to see how the industry’s doing on race equality. The stats vary, but most counts show that people of colour are…

Your colleagues are likely to affect your happiness at work more than salary and benefits, the first Construction Happiness Barometer survey reveals. Nearly 300 construction professionals completed the survey during…

We know that the linear way we build now – where materials make a one-way trip from the earth to landfill – is dangerously unsustainable. It assumes too many infinites:…

Are you happy at work? Could you be? Should you be? The next episode of the 21CC Podcast will feature construction’s first “Happiness Barometer”, which will gauge the level of…

Three leaders of successful megaprojects delve into the nitty gritty of what it takes to lead them in the latest episode of the 21CC podcast. On the panel are: In…

Megaprojects, writes Bent Flyvbjerg, a leading expert on the topic, “are large-scale, complex ventures that typically cost more than 1 billion US Dollars, take many years to build, involve multiple…

Construction firms looking to cut their operational CO2 emissions shouldn’t wait for widespread plant electrification or the advent of green hydrogen because there are many ways to improve plant productivity…

Like many people, I’ve been concerned about the climate crisis for a long time. But also like many people, I could compartmentalise. Sometimes it’s top of my mind, other times…

To mark World Environment Day, this month’s 21CC podcast digs into a complex and difficult question: Should we just stop building? Construction is the single biggest source of greenhouse gases,…

The May episode of the 21CC podcast is out, featuring an in-depth interview with Andy Tyson, the man in charge of building Saudi Arabia’s from-scratch, high-end tourism region on its…

The April episode of the 21CC podcast is out, featuring a play by Swiss high-tech manufacturer ABB to promote site-based robotic micro-factories for UK affordable housing. High-tech companies down through…

In Australia, a voluntary alliance of tier 1 contractors, government agencies, specialist subcontractors, engineering firms, cost consultants, architects, and material manufacturers – representing the whole construction supply chain – are…

This month’s 21CC podcast is dedicated to the 190th Anniversary of the founding of the Chartered Institute of Building in 1834. To celebrate, we speak to three young CIOB people…

The industry’s chronic problems of poor quality, lack of skills, and stagnant productivity are often blamed on its hyper-fragmented nature, which allows those at the top to pass the cost…

People in the UK have an overwhelmingly negative perception of new-build houses, a report from the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) reveals. In December, it published results from a survey…

Dave Stitt FCIOB used to be hard as nails. A civil engineer, he came into the industry as a teenager and rose through the ranks at big UK contractors Taylor…

A 96-unit apartment complex built with Lego-style, snap-together blocks has opened its doors to residents in Palm Springs, Florida. It was put up by a small crew of unskilled workers…