Arguably the biggest external factor influencing the construction industry is the world’s rising population. A recent World Economic Forum publication on the future of construction reported that the population of the world’s urban areas is increasing by 200 000 people per day.

With rapid population growth and increased demand for resources being two of the major challenges the construction industry is currently facing, PlanBEE student Will Marshall takes a look at how Hyperloop could potentially revolutionise the way we live, work and travel. In part two, he looks at what’s being developed and the challenges those developers face.

With rapid population growth and increased demand for resources being two of the major challenges the construction industry is currently facing, PlanBEE student Will Marshall takes a look at how Hyperloop could potentially revolutionise the way we live, work and travel. In part one, he looks at the history behind the concept and the benefits of adopting it.

Phil Simpson takes a look back at the last 12 month with BIM Alliance and pulls out his top take aways for 2018.

Digital Information Specialist at Bond Bryan, Emma Hooper, gives us her view on what needs to change when it comes to value engineering. 

In a new series of articles we ask city dwellers - including artists, gamers and sound designers - how their work informs the way they see the built environment

In a new series of articles we ask city dwellers - including artists, gamers and sound designers - how their work informs the way they see the built environment

NBS, the leading provider of technical information, specification and BIM tools, has released a new survey looking into the use of digital technologies across the industry.

We look at some of the real issues the construction industry faces, and how digitisation can help address them.

At our recent series of NBS Discover events around the UK, we held roundtable discussions with delegates. We wanted to use these events to ask for your thoughts about a number of relevant industry themes including collaboration, specification, office knowledge and customer support.

At the recent Discover events there were a number of presentations from NBS customers. We take a look at their stories in respect to how they are integrating NBS into their existing workflows.

Sit up straight and get stuck into these ten talks exploring machine learning, smart cities, data and lots more