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The continuing shortage of construction skills is possibly the biggest obstacle to delivering vital infrastructure and easing the acute housing shortage. In this special news feature we look at some of the latest initiatives to close the skills gap

Though often dismissed as a technologically conservative industry, construction is beginning to embrace the potential benefits of artificial intelligence. Helen Parton reports

Specialised hydraulic equipment has been used to lift an historic cottage out of harm’s way and end years of flooding misery. David Taylor reports

HSS – the UK’s oldest tool-hire business – has transformed itself into a “tech-based, asset-light marketplace”. David Taylor reports

Ukraine is preparing what could become Europe’s largest reconstruction programme in generations. With hundreds of billions of pounds of work on the horizon, Kyiv is urging UK contractors to take a more active role — but most are still watching from the sidelines, writes Eugene Gerden