Technology

Four Features That Make Two Way Radio an Essential Tool in Construction
The construction industry relies on technology and hardware. Understandably, most of the attention in this area goes on precision engineering tools, heavy plant machinery, cranes, excavators and so on. But the importance of another type of technology altogether should not be underestimated – communication equipment. Good communication is vital in

The future, today
Andrew Watts discusses construction’s move towards robotics and mass-customisation, which brings designers and makers together for positive disruption within and beyond the industry

Plant potential
John McAuliffe highlights the importance of new technology to the construction sector and encourages companies to invest in new solutions

In the drone
Previously only commonly used in the military, the benefits of using drones is becoming increasingly clear to a diverse range of sectors. Dave Bush, Director at Future Aerial, discusses the huge potential of using drones in the construction industry

Colcrete Eurodrill
Serving clients based in the civil engineering, nuclear, tunnelling, renewables and offshore industries, Derbyshire-based Colcrete Eurodrill is a leading manufacturer of mixing and pumping equipment and drilling tools

Mercury Engineering
People form the heart of Mercury Engineering’s specialist and unrivalled offering to the market as it continues to deliver quality and client-focused projects around Europe

Innovation on all levels
Tim Ensor takes a look at what will really be required to create truly smart buildings
Expanded vision
Thanks to a packaged solution delivered by SAS, Travis Perkins is transforming its capability to plan and forecast what products it should stock across its 1900 branches according to the very latest trading information
Tech partnership
Siemens Building Technologies Division has selected LLamasoft Supply Chain Guru as the standard application for supply chain design.