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  Transforming Construction Network Plus (N+) has released their first digest!     The digest summarises influential ideas about business models and business model change from industry and academia.   The digest was created for businesses wanting to understand more about business models, and to provide a structure for exploring how their business models can…

  On the 6th November 2019 in Central London, i3P will be holding its first Carbon Conference. The event concludes 12 months of a priority project activity and be used to prioritise future i3P carbon innovation activity. This event is free to i3P members and is designed to engage the membership in future activity. Register…

  Maintenance of infrastructure assets using geospatial insights “How can we look after our assets to increase lifetime and value using geospatial insight?” Following on from a successful Investment Readiness and Pitchfest event, KTN’s Geospatial Insights Special Interest Group is once again supporting innovation and community building. The next event will be on the topic of maintenance of infrastructure assets….

  Dear all, Thanks to i3P for inviting me to narrate TechFest 2019. It was a really great event, made even greater knowing we were supporting digital industrialisation of our industry, with i3P at the top table coordinating transformation efforts. Read more about the key takeaways: NCE TechFest 2019 Highlights Thanks to Sarah, Nick and Colin…

Network Rail is investing £10m working with universities to help prepare a railway that can better cope with extreme weather and increased demand. The national rail body has agreed eight framework contracts with the universities of Southampton, Birmingham, Sheffield, Huddersfield, Newcastle, Nottingham, Heriot Watt and Loughborough to help the company deliver its R&D portfolio through…

i3P Would like to say a big thank you to everyone who contributed to the brilliant 2019 NCE TechFest Event. I think we can all agree it was a good day for i3P with both reports well received and great enthusiasm and interest for the i3P SME Engagement Programme. A more substantial write up will…

ISCF Transforming Construction programme is now open, with the ‘whole-life asset performance’ theme of particular relevance to the chemicals sector. The Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) Transforming Construction (TC) programme is now inviting CR&D project bids for a share of £10M.  As KTN has previously described, the chemicals sector has the capability to help deliver…

This week sees the official launch of i3P’s first ever Annual Report, as well as the Innovation Investment Priorities Report.   i3P 2019 Annual Report – Innovating the future of Infrastructure   i3P is a client-led community of organisations with a focus on innovation. Its purpose is to transform the performance of the infrastructure sector, delivering…

The second round of funding calls for Small Projects is now open for applications. As part of this ambition there is up to £600,000 to invest in a raft of new research projects, which will address the biggest problems facing the construction industry, in line with the expectations of the Industrial Strategy and the Transforming Construction…