Nvidia buys into autonomous buildings software PassiveLogic

The central London station is one of the busiest in Europe – a new comms app for construction workers enabled contractors to deliver on time and budget the complex platform extension and renovations needed for the new Elizabeth Line.

The modular homes platform brings design, costing and programming into one place along with supply chain to enable developers to build modular homes without needing a factory.

As the Great Dispersion follows the Great Resignation developers’ work is spreading to smaller cities. General contractors increasingly need to manage their teams remotely. Major general contractor Brasfield & Gorrie is working with 360-degree photo-documentation software, OpenSpace, showing how it can be done.

Intelligent City is one of the first North American companies to combine automation with prefabricated mass timber buildings.

A startup that cuts material and emissions in concrete by up to 90% with 3D printing is among nine selected for the latest RElab scale-up programme, dominated by construction and sustainability innovations.

In the fastest recruitment of anchor participants in its accelerator’s history, MetaProp has chosen three startups from within the co-working, construction and residential property management sectors.

Reporting a host of new and repeat business wins, the company is now working with users including Taylor Woodrow, GMI Construction, McLaughlin & Harvey and Henry Boot Construction.

The Access Group, a £300m turnover software provider, has acquired construction specialist EasyBuild for an undisclosed sum.

Tech investor Oded Eliashiv shares his picks from his stable of startups.