S3 Ep5: Meet Building's digital champions — the ones who are driving a technological revolution

Digital transformation is the big challenge facing the construction industry – for too long it has been held back by traditional ways of operating and yet now it seems the circumstances have never been better for the mass take-up of new technologies. So, who are the people driving this revolutionary change? "There’s a misconception that BIM and digital are a nice to have or a surplus cost." "Most innovation is driven by economics … it’s about which technologies are accessible at an economic price point that makes them attractive to be implementable in the construction sector." "I have seen a robot that climbs and constructed lift shafts autonomously. It’s terrifying and brilliant at the same time." Read more from our Digital Champions at www.building.co.uk/digitalchampions This Building podcast is brought to you by Fenwick Elliott, the construction and energy law specialists. To find out more, go to www.fenwickelliott.com As ever, please do let us know your thoughts and feedback on these podcasts by leaving a review on iTunes or by emailing [email protected] - don’t forget, you can listen back to our archive of podcast episodes from this series and before by going to building.co.uk/podcasts or by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts.  We'll be back with a new series of Building podcasts in the autumn.

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The Building Talks Net Zero series, brought to you by the team at http://Building.co.uk, will feature influencers and disrupters who are key to finding solutions to the climate emergency. In the year the UK hosts COP26, the biggest ever climate change conference, the construction industry is focused on the carbon agenda like never before. Each of our guests will bring their unique perspective on the challenges ahead, how to tackle them and most importantly how to affect real change. This series will be co-hosted by Building’s editor Chloe McCulloch and Building Design’s assistant editor Elizabeth Hopkirk. As well as in-depth interviews each week, Chloe and Elizabeth will be joined by Simon Wyatt, sustainability partner at Cundall to unpick some net zero jargon and sort the greenwash from tangible action.