Trimble has released the X7 3D laser scanner and Trimble FieldLink software that is integrated with Boston Dynamics' robot dog, Spot.

Edinburgh Council has appointed Cruden Building to deliver the design of a net-zero-carbon housing development as part of the £1.3bn regeneration of Granton Waterfront.

An additional 1,600 homes are to be provided over the next five years across the Falkirk area, the council has announced.

Irish Cranes & Lifting has installed the first two of four Raimondi cranes that will be used to build a 21-storey tower in Dublin city centre.

HS2 Ltd has shortlisted three teams to become the Phase 2a design and delivery partner for the planned section of high-speed rail connecting the West Midlands and Crewe.

Phoenix Brickwork has taken on a £2.4m package of works for Wates Construction’s Throstle Recreation Ground development in Leeds.

Kier has formally started site work at Elfreda House, a sheltered housing complex for vulnerable residents in Colchester, Essex.

Building services specialist JS Wright has secured a £9m contract to install the engineering infrastructure systems for the third and largest phase of one of London’s biggest regeneration projects.

The Timber Trade Federation says that is ‘highly likely’ there is now enough timber in the county – so if you still can’t get wood, blame the lorry driver shortage.

Research funded by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) shows that the availability of land is the biggest of several obstacles facing small local house-builders.