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Thoughts on AI, digital transformation, and building products at the intersection of technology and the built environment.
21 September 2026
The Hidden Cost of Searching: Why Construction Teams Lose Hours They Never Get Back
Knowledge workers lose hours a week just hunting for the right document or clause, and construction feels it harder than most industries. A look at what the research says, and why that's a tooling problem, not a people problem.
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11 August 2026
Creating the Operational Brain: How AI Will Transform Infrastructure Decision-Making
An interview with Digital Built World Summit 2027 organiser Rod McLauchlan on where AI in infrastructure is genuinely heading, past the productivity-tool framing, into what it means to build systems that stay trustworthy and auditable as they take on more of the work.
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28 July 2026
Connecting AI from Preconstruction to Delivery
Most AI tools in construction solve one phase of a project in isolation. The real value shows up when the same intelligence layer follows a project from bid through handover.
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17 April 2026
Build vs. Buy: Making Smarter Decisions on Construction AI
Should a construction or engineering firm build its own AI tooling in-house, or buy a purpose-built platform? The honest answer depends on what you're actually trying to solve, not just what's trendy.
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08 April 2026
Trimble Acquires Document Crunch: What It Means for Construction AI
Trimble's acquisition of Document Crunch signals that AI-powered contract and risk analysis is becoming core infrastructure for construction, not a bolt-on. Here's what it means for how AEC teams should think about AI tooling.
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15 March 2026
Why Your PMs Are Losing a Day a Week to Admin
Status reports, chasing updates, and re-reading email threads quietly eat a full working day a week from most project managers. A look at where that time actually goes, and what it takes to get it back.
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04 August 2025
Winning Back Time: WisyPlan's AI Revolution for Project Managers
How WisyPlan's agentic AI assistant is helping project managers reclaim the hours lost to contract hunting, status reporting, and admin.
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11 May 2025
AI-Powered Project Management: How AI Agents Can Supercharge Decision-Making in Construction
An interview on how AI agents are moving beyond automation to become the project manager's 'Deputy PM' — parsing unstructured data, predicting risk, and supporting decisions in real time.
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28 April 2025
How Forgetting My Guidebook in Vietnam Inspired Me to Build Wayfarer
Forgetting a guidebook in Vietnam exposed how messy modern travel planning has become — and inspired My Wayfarer, a personal AI travel companion.
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07 November 2024
DigitalGreenTwin: Leveraging Technology for Carbon Footprint Analysis
How digital engineering and generative AI are helping the construction industry measure, optimise, and reduce carbon emissions across the project lifecycle.
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