Project delivery & digital stream

The stream will cover topics such as procurement routes, risk allocation, new methods and technology, and productivity challenges.

In the age of artificial intelligence, what remains of the architect?

2026-02-13T07:00:00+00:00By Martha Tsigkari

In a special long read comment piece, Martha Tsigkari and Sherif Tarabishy consider how the need for critical human reflection remains paramount in a profession that might otherwise risk becoming a recycling service

Purpose, not process – the future of project management in an age of AI

2025-12-08T07:00:00+00:00By Simon Venner

The opportunities of digital transformation are inspiring and bring many benefits, but good project management remains a human discipline, generating something that AI cannot, Simon Venner at Ward Williams writes

A vision for a construction project in 2030

2024-09-10T06:00:00+01:00By Brian Sheil

We need to stimulate new thinking, debate and research directions to carry the industry into the next decade, says Dr Brian Sheil

How AI can help us to create a more inclusive and equitable world

2024-07-09T06:00:00+01:00By Diego Padilla-Philipps

In the final part of his examination of the role artificial intelligence can play in our future, Diego Padilla-Philipps envisions a world in which human creativity and individualism, passions and emotions will always have a place

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