“Digital construction has moved on. Has the industry?”

Our Director of Digital Construction, Nick Leach, asks whether the industry is keeping up with the pace of change in digital capabilities

Despite significant investment in BIM, digital workflows and AI, our industry continues to struggle with consistent digital adoption.

Those are the thoughts of our Director of Digital Construction, Nick Leach, in an article penned for Construction Wave.

Nick examines the importance of digital confidence, capability development and continuous learning, arguing that successful transformation depends as much on people and culture as it does on technology.

IThe article also highlights why building strong digital foundations will be critical as AI continues to reshape the construction sector.

“From my experience leading digital transformation across major projects and programmes,” Nick writes, “construction does not have a technology problem. Rather, it has a people problem: best summarised as a digital confidence and capability challenge.”

Read the full article in Construction Wave.

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