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On 23rd June we held a very different kind of Tideway Innovation Forum – in the original studios where the BBC TV series ‘Dragons’ Den’ was filmed! The chosen Tideway innovators pitched their five ideas to the Tideway Dragons: Andy Mitchell, Roger Bailey, Janet Greenwood and Tracey Lee-Lewis. At stake was a maximum of £20,000 per idea, from a combined…

A wonder material for construction? Two weeks ago, Tideway hosted the first industry graphene/cement for underground construction. Graphene was discovered in 2004 and has been called by many a “wonder material”. Some of its properties include: strongest material on earth (200 times stronger than structural steel), thinnest possible material at only one atom thickness, it’s also…

Our regular guest blogger, Harrison O’Hara, gives us the highlights from the latest COMIT conference. On the 24th & 25th May the annual Construction Opportunities for Mobile IT (COMIT) Conference took place in the Building Centre, London. The event promised to be thought provoking and very interesting with a packed agenda. Here are some highlights…

Interesting piece in Future of Construction. An industry ripe for tech disruption Despite some reticence, the construction industry is on the cusp of a technology revolution which will reshape its future. see page 6

Our Colleagues from Atkins are working with Scottish Water. A Scottish Water / Atkins Innovation Partnership Project The Sustainable Rural Communities Project aims to enhance social, economic and environmental sustainability throughout the most remote communities in Scotland. To do this, Scottish Water wants to better engage with SMEs to define and address the key challenges…

A showcase of robotics for academia, industry and the public Registration is now open for the International Robotics Showcase, the pinnacle event of UK Robotics Week 2017. Jointly organised by the EPSRC UK-RAS Network and the IET, the International Robotics Showcase will take place at IET Savoy Place London on Friday 30th June, 9.00am –…

To celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit of Tideway innovation, we are hosting TIF 8 @ Dragons’ Den TV studio on the 23rd June 2017 as we seek to Imagine, Innovate and Inspire a reconnection with River Thames. Dragons’ Den Flyer May 2017 We welcome new ideas seeking £10,000 to £20,000 of investment which are likely to improve Tideway delivery or secure a legacy…

For those of you who did not see it I can highly recommend the BBC program The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway. An insight into the work that friends at Crossrail are doing. Link to the iplayer or the program page BBC’s website

Monday, 15 May 2017 at 9:30 am etc.venues St Paul’s, London, United Kingdom more detail UK businesses can apply for a share of £8.5m to fund feasibility studies in infrastructure systems or health and life sciences. This is a pilot programme for Innovate UK. It provides simultaneous grant funding and venture capital investment for early…

I headed down to Lyndhurst Primary School in Southwark yesterday morning to present to 60 very keen future innovators in Year 2 about the Tideway project, and had a brilliant time telling them not only about the tunnel and what a great job we’re doing at transforming the river, but hopefully sparking their interest in the concept of…