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Frank Mason · 4 min read

Two-Thirds of Construction Firms Now Use AI - But Only 19% Have Got Past the Pilot Stage

RICS's biggest-ever AI survey finds the industry has crossed the adoption threshold, then largely stopped. A global quantity surveying congress this week showed exactly where the technology is actually being put to work.

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21 August 2026

Frank Mason · 4 min read

RICS Sounds the Alarm: Construction Is Drowning in AI Pilots It Can't Graduate

New RICS data published this week finds two-thirds of construction firms now use AI in some form, yet regular, embedded use sits at just 19% - half the rate seen in commercial property. The sector has an implementation crisis, not an adoption crisis.

14 August 2026

Frank Mason · 3 min read

CIOB Fires Its Shot as MHCLG Built-Environment Professions Consultation Closes

The deadline just passed on the government's 79-question call for evidence that will shape who regulates every builder, surveyor and site manager in England. The CIOB wants the client in the dock first.

7 August 2026

Frank Mason · 4 min read

Google Rolls an AI Van Into Screwfix: What the Trades Sector's Biggest Skills Push Means for Small Builders

Google is running AI training pop-ups inside Screwfix stores from Newcastle to Belfast this summer, targeting the two million tradespeople who already use AI on the job but have no idea where to learn more. Five days after the EU AI Act's most substantive obligations came into force, the timing is harder to ignore than the initiative's own branding.

31 July 2026

Frank Mason · 3 min read

AI Eats the Build: Data Centres Muscle Out Housing as UK Construction Hits Two Speeds

Turner & Townsend's annual market intelligence report, covering 112 markets, confirms AI infrastructure demand is now redirecting construction capacity away from homes and offices. The MEP trades are feeling it hardest.

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