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Kier has signed the contract to build a new £400m prison in East Yorkshire with construction set to start this autumn.

Andrew Carpenter, chief executive of the Structural Timber Association talks to Build in Digital about the growth of offsite timber construction.

Work is underway on the construction of Birmingham’s first smart-enabled building, Enterprise Wharf, at the Innovation Birmingham Campus.

Laing O’Rourke has launched global sustainability targets which include a commitment to decarbonise its operations by 2030 and to achieve equal numbers of men and women among its 5,500 staff.

Q-Bot is a ‘Queen’s Award for Innovation’ winning developer of intelligent systems to inspect, monitor and maintain the health of buildings using Robotics and AI.

In a UK first, Kier has trialled a carbon-saving flywheel technology similar to that used in Formula 1 which could reduce the energy required to power a static crane.

Carbon Literacy Trust’s Robin Lawler outlines the issues inherent in the government’s approach to sustainable housing.