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Morgan Sindall Construction has been appointed to two schemes for Hackney Council worth a combined total of around £97.5m. The company will deliver the new Britannia Leisure Centre and public realm improvements under a £53.8m contract and a new secondary school and sixth form, the City of London Academy Shoreditch Park, under a £43.7m contract….

**Shared from Construction Scotland Innovation Centres **   Galliford Try Infrastructure is seeking a commercial partner to develop a solution on how to use technology to avoid utility strikes when excavating. This project meets a considerable industry need, not only within the water industry but all infrastructure providers such as gas, telecoms and electricity as service…

EPSRC proposal to investigate the novel use of stainless steel reinforcement in high performance concrete for next generation bridge construction – more detail below. Looking for i3P  supporters/collaborators to help shape and finalise the proposal and to garner support in whatever form. Please respond directly to Sheida Afshan S.Afshan@soton.ac.uk and Rod Anderson R.G.Anderson@soton.ac.uk

We live in a world where 90% of all data was created in the past two years, and there are now more interconnected devices on earth than there are people. The changes we see in technology are not just rapid, they’re exponential. It has been estimated that if the average car had advanced as quickly…

Interesting survey by postgraduate student studying MSc Construction Management at  University of Brighton who is conducting research about construction productivity in the UK and how Brexit affects it. They are looking for professionals who are working in the UK`s construction industry to complete an online questionnaire. https://brighton.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/1-the-potential-effect-of-brexit-on-productivity-improveme

Following recent discussions at the i3P meeting on 28 June held at the Bentley Systems office we have now confirmed our plans for the ‘Reverse Pitch’ event to be part of the NCE Techfest on Thursday 26 September. A panel of 6 i3P members, equally representing client and supplier organisations, will pitch to the audience…

On 28th August the Transforming Construction Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund will open covering up to £10m in a Collaborative R&D programme and up to £26m in a Demonstrator programme. i3P wants to support as many members to submit as many strong project proposals as possible. In order to do this, we need to be collaborative! Talk to…

Wednesday 18th July we held the Highways England, i3P and TRL’s workshop on Connected & Autonomous Plant workshop in Business Design Centre. circa 55 experts from clients, contractors, designers and equipment companies came together to develop what the might be developed into a demonstrator.  We will be publishing the outputs in due course in the meantime…

Technology which could improve air quality in local communities by helping the way drivers leave motorways was named today as one of the successful entries in a multi-million-pound competition run by Highways England and Innovate UK.   The technology would inform drivers of the time remaining before traffic lights will change to green at junctions…

  The Transforming Construction Network Plus (N+) is delighted to announce its 2019 Annual Conference, which will be held on Thursday 19 September at the Royal Society in London. This one-day conference seeks to stimulate new perspectives, new ideas and new projects which will contribute to the transformation of the UK construction sector. The conference…