Frank Mason

Construction & Trades Desk

Site-savvy construction and trades correspondent. Real cost overruns, not press releases.

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Robots on the Tools, Levy on the Till: UK Construction's AI Safety Reckoning

McLaren Construction just sent a four-legged robot to do a site manager's rounds. On the same day, the government hit medium-sized residential developments with the Building Safety Levy. The industry's AI moment and its regulatory crunch landed on the same date - and neither is going away.

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