Deloitte picks TMT runners and riders to back this year

More investment in innovation would attract a new wave of diverse, tech-savvy workers to construction, helping address the sector’s skills shortage, the contracting giant argues in a paper calling for accelerated innovation in the industry.

Companies who do not manage risk and innovation better face the prospect of becoming inherently uncompetitive. That’s the message from the Institution of Civil Engineers, in a recent short paper focused on the UK built environment sector.

Mills & Reeve, the leading law firm with one of the top real estate law teams in the UK, has committed to PlaceTech for 2019 after enjoying a strong year of joint marketing activity.

PlaceTech spoke to Bev Taylor, head of energy at Bruntwood, about their bold advanced energy strategy.

Applicants are being asked to develop solutions relevant to rail that apply automated design to track layout, overhead line electrification, traction power supply systems, and signalling systems, and could win a share of up to £300,000.

If technology is the answer, what is the question? This is something the real estate industry has started to ask, and is in danger of asking itself many more times over the next 10-15 years, writes Simon Hughes of Liquid Real Estate Innovation.

Businesses looking to promote their brand and position themselves at the forefront of property transformation can get involved with PlaceTech's online activity and event in Cannes.

With smart buildings, electric vehicles, and increasingly digitized cities on the horizon, the question of how and where we get power has never been more critical.