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The Inclusive Transport Strategy is one and has marked this by committing £20m to a range of accessibility improvements across the rail network Disabled rail passengers across the UK are set to benefit from a raft of accessibility improvements with the opening of a £20 million government fund. It marks a year since the launch…

  i3P is putting together its first annual report to be launched at the September NCE Techfest event. We want to include examples of some of the great innovations that have been shared. Please send us your favourite (with a link to the post on the portal please) and it will be entered into a…

KTN is hosting a webinar with Simon Hart, Head of Construction at Innovate UK, on the 6th August, 11:00-12:30. A new competition will open on 28th August as part of the Transforming Construction Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund covering up to £10m in a Collaborative R&D programme and up to £26m in a Demonstrator programme. KTN will…

The government has announced its Green Finance Strategy, setting out plans to increase investment in sustainable projects and infrastructure. Ministers say the strategy is also a call for collective action, setting out how the UK will work with industry, regulators, academia and international partners to deliver the urgent and far reaching change that is needed….

Costain has been appointed as sole maintenance service provider by United Utilities under a framework contract for an initial period of five years, with an option to extend to ten years. The deal will see Costain provide overall management and delivery of United Utilities’ larger-scale water and waste water asset maintenance activities across the entirety…

WSP has been appointed through Highways England’s specialist, professional and technical services (SPaTS) framework contract on ten existing highway-related design, build, finance and operate (DBFO) projects. Running to December 2020, WSP will provide technical support to Highways England in managing their day-to-day business for ten existing projects, collectively covering over 10% of the strategic road…

The housing, communities and local government committee has warned the government that an over-reliance on traditional building methods will see the UK fall far short of its target to build 300,000 new homes a year by the mid-2020s. In its report published today, the committee urged the government to unlock the potential for modern methods…

Highways England has commissioned a project to look at the potential value of using Connected and Autonomous Plant (CAP) on construction sites. Attached is a flyer with a short summary of the project which also gives background and purpose.  An ultimate goal of the commission is to develop a “roadmap” with industry stakeholders. The target…

i3P recently attended the ISCF Transforming Construction – Year 1 Review Workshop which was held in Birmingham. The presentations from the day, including the project pitches can be found online here. In this folder you will also find the final delegate list spreadsheet, with emails for those who opted in to share. This also includes those unable to attend on the day. Please note this is…

Lead engineers on HS2’s Old Oak Common station, WSP, have revealed a 27% reduction in the structural steel for the station roof at the west London super-hub. WSP, with Expedition Engineering, have continued to undertake a series of value engineering reviews for Old Oak Common, following the station designs which were revealed in February this…