Build the register before you write the policy
A policy written without knowing what is happening governs an imaginary firm. How to run a four week AI discovery exercise and build a register people trust.
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Notes on AI in construction
Practical, no-hype writing on automation, site reporting, data and adoption.
AI can read the contract. It cannot become the dutyholder
UK construction is built around named people carrying statutory duties. That architecture, not human exceptionalism, is why the professions survive.
The AI in your business that nobody procured
Most AI in a construction business arrived with no procurement, register entry or owner. Why that is a governance failure, not a discipline problem.
Construction does not have an AI adoption problem. It has a depth problem
UK construction has plenty of AI pilots and almost no AI in production. The published evidence on adoption depth, the real barriers, and where you sit.
A fourteen part syllabus on AI for UK construction
A fourteen part taught course on artificial intelligence for UK construction, running daily for two weeks. Contents, evidence base and how to work through it.
Everyone in Construction Is Talking About AI. Almost Nobody Knows Where to Start.
UK construction has plenty of AI pilots and no shared method for choosing where to start. Eight questions, a maturity map, and what the evidence shows.
What If Buildings Were Designed Like Products?
Buildings already have specifications. What they never get is a second run. The repetition sits in the delivery process, and that is the part to automate.
Your Best People Should Not Be Moving Information Around
Construction has a repetitive-work problem, not a productivity problem. What senior people lose to moving information, and how to value the hours back.
Liverpool Docklands Regeneration: The Next Phases and Who Is Building Them
Central Docks breaks ground, the stadium effect spreads north and a 2bn pound investment fund opens. The next phases of Liverpool regeneration, mapped.
Andy Burnham’s Housing Plans: What the New PM Means for UK Construction
Andy Burnham enters No 10 promising the biggest council housebuilding programme since the post-war period. What the agenda means for UK construction firms.
The Trade Everyone Is Waiting For
The AI build-out has hit a physical limit: transformers, power and skilled trades. Why UK construction holds more leverage than at any time in fifty years.
JCT vs NEC: which notices are conditions precedent?
Under NEC a late notice can bar the claim. Under standard JCT it usually cannot. Amended JCT is where the assumption gets expensive.