A round-up of BIM and digital construction stories you might have missed in the past fortnight, including the impact on digitalisation of delays to data centre construction.

A round-up of BIM and digital construction stories that you might have missed in the past month, including Leica’s new smartphone scanner.

Rather than being a vision of the future, machine control should be adopted en masse to help tackle construction’s current problems.

Topcon Positioning Systems has launched Digital Layout, an “easy-to-use” building construction software to enable more contractors to adopt a digital layout workflow for increased efficiency, accuracy, and productivity.

South West, Wales and Midlands civil engineering contractor Griffiths is using enhanced machine control to remotely run multiple sites.

To fully maximise the benefits of integrated digital solutions, the industry must continue to focus on developing and upskilling its workers, argues Andy Flood.