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What the thirty-nine per cent automation figure does and does not meanThirty-nine per cent of non-physical construction work ‘within theoretical reach of automation’ is a circulated ceiling, not a production forecast. Interrogate the limbs — non-physical, theoretical, automation — before you quote the number.23 Jul 2026 · Research · AI ·

A photocopied cream board-pack page on a dusty in-situ concrete slab, its unlabelled paper pie chart torn so a two-fifths wedge lies curled aside while the remaining pie stays pressed into the grit beside a faint yellow setting-out line.

Where ISO 55000 and ISO 19650 meet, and where they collideA concept-level reconciliation of ISO 55000 asset management with ISO 19650 information management: AIM is not a SAMP, a CDE is not an AMIS, and handover is not whole life.26 May 2026 · Research · Operations ·

A worn vinyl corridor crossing in a UK plant-services wing: one passage recedes toward plant-room doors and pipework, the other toward archive shelving; two anonymous bound volumes sit at the join beside a dark floor scuff, with short AM and IM wayfinding plaques and no readable clauses.

What the labour-exposure data says about construction and AIPublished occupational-exposure research typically puts construction near the bottom of current AI coverage and office work near the top. That ranking describes the work. It is a position, not a consolation.7 May 2026 · Research · AI ·

A construction-company corridor split by a scuffed fire door: a labourer with a tool bag and spirit level steps in from a dusty concrete landing, while an office worker leans toward glowing, unreadable screens behind glass.

Where the thirty per cent of lifecycle data lost at handover actually goesThe thirty per cent figure is a circulated slogan, not a census. Trace the loss to five ordinary moments — export, rename, inbox, USB, and a missing AIM owner — and the statistic becomes a map, not a mystery.17 Feb 2026 · Research · Handover ·

Five handover leak points in a line on a pale facilities table: a blank optical disc in an open jewel case on a paper dump, a manila wallet whose tab is covered by a yellow rename sticker, a wire inbox stuffed with envelopes, a black USB on a signed receipt, and an empty office chair at the far end.

The information obligations buried in NEC4, FIDIC and JCTNEC4 ECC, the FIDIC Red Book and JCT SBC all require notices, programmes and records. They do not require the same objects, on the same clock, or with the same sanction.28 Oct 2025 · Research · Contracts ·

A mahogany solicitor's table in overcast chambers light: a pale-blue NEC volume, a thick open red FIDIC book and a dark-green JCT volume, a yellow highlighter resting on the word notice.

Computer vision on site: what it catches, what it misses, what it costsPublished detectors catch helmets and vests in good light at mid-70s mAP on their own test sets, then drop when the camera or the weather changes. They still cannot see a closed permit. Here is what the record actually prices.27 May 2025 · Research · Safety ·

A pole-mounted unbranded site camera aimed at a scaffolded concrete frame on an overcast muddy site, with a second camera still shrink-wrapped in its carton on the ground.

Safety documentation grew. Incident rates did not move.A sourced pairing of HSE construction injury rates with the published record on safety paperwork: what the official series shows, what no national document-volume series can show, and what would falsify the claim.15 Apr 2025 · Research · Safety ·

In a construction-materials warehouse, a tall floor-level stack of unmarked safety manuals and lever-arch files stands opposite a single dead-flat chalk line drawn across the dusty concrete, with pallet racking behind and no desk.

A ninety-day information maturity audit you can run without a consultantA ninety-day rubric a document controller can run on one live project: who can find the current issued set, who can reconstruct a transmittal, and whether suitability codes constrain action. A method, not a completed survey.29 Oct 2024 · Research · Foundations ·