Digital: let鈥檚 do it better

digital-transformation-header-shutterstock_295642082

Everyone says they鈥檙e going digital, but are construction firms and their clients really making the most of the opportunities the process offers to increase efficiency?

It has been more than a year since the UK government announced a 拢5.4m fund to set up the Centre for Digital Built Britain with the aim of delivering a 鈥渟mart digital economy for infrastructure and construction for the future鈥. It outlines a future in which the internet of things, analytics and advances in manufacturing will combine to bring about better planned buildings and infrastructure built cheaply and efficiently.

Technology itself is developing in leaps and bounds 鈥 advances in robotics, artificial intelligence and offsite construction are written about almost every day 鈥 but conversations with experts always come back to one fact: digitisation is not about science but about people. 

Read more鈥

This is PREMIUM content, available to subscribers only

You are not currently logged in. Subscribers may LOGIN here.

to access this story

Gated access promo


A subscription will provide access to the latest industry news, expert analysis & comment from industry leaders,  data and research - including our popular annual league tables. You will receive:

  • Print/digital issues delivered to your door/inbox
  • Unlimited access to building.co.uk including our archive
  • Print/digital supplements
  • 好色先生TVletters - unlimited access to the stories behind the headlines

now 

 

Get access to premium content