The Wind Twin Consortium , Agility3 modelling and simulation, Brunel Innovation Centre, Dashboard Ltd., ESI Group and TWI Ltd , are developing an innovative solution for preventive and predictive maintenance of wind turbines. TWI is hosting a WindTwin open day, with industry expert speakers, on 28 January at TWI’s Cambridge facilities. Discover more and register…
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Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced new measures which go faster and further to improve building safety. The slow pace of improving building safety standards will not be tolerated, the Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick warned today (20 January 2020), as he announced measures that go further and faster to ensure residents are safe in their…
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The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Nuclear Innovation Programme (NIP) is hosting an event for suppliers on 30th Jan. The event aims to disseminate information on progress from initial phases of parts of the wider £180 million BEIS investment through the NIP and promote opportunities for the next phase of the Advanced Manufacturing and Materials…
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We are currently looking to revamp our Innovation Portal with a new ‘look and feel’ that will showcase past, current and future innovations, highlight our competitions and challenges, and engage with our innovation community both inside and outside of Highways England. We are seeking your input please…. Have you ever visited our portal? If so,…
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Going Digital with Big Data: How to Harness its Value to Improve Design, Construction, and Operation. i3P member Mark Coates from Bentley Systems shares his report below, identifying why we should be making the most of data & how we can mobilise it in the short-term and long-term within the construction & design…
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Last month, i3P hosted its first Carbon Conference – aiming to shape our industry carbon reduction programme through innovation and collaboration. Supported by Volvo’s Construction Climate Challenge (CCC), the day brought leading organisations together, from clients and the supply chain in the infrastructure sector, to agree on the priorities for innovation that will reduce…
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How Exoskeletons Are Changing Construction i3P is interested in how Exoskeletons are changing construction and how the technology is making revolutionary strides within the industry. We are aware of one i3P member who has some onsite experience, and another who is interested in collaboration. We are very interested to hear from other i3P members if…
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The latest in a series of regional conferences championed by i3P members, this sustainability event attracted a diverse audience to discuss the carbon challenges facing the infrastructure sector, notably investment in next generation rail (as highlighted by Network Rail’s recent open call to help manage carbon in design, build and operational phases). The full report-…
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Your opportunity to shape the i3P SME Programme i3P recently launched a new programme to unlock innovation hidden in the SME supply chain, announced at September’s TechFest. For more about the i3P SME programme click here. Over the following weeks, i3P and IAND and are running a set of roundtable discussions, to understand and target the barriers…
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Competition briefing event for SBRIs in ‘Innovation in Automated Survey Processing for Railway Structure Gauging’ and ‘Innovation in Railway Platform End and Edge Technology’ Network Rail, through Innovate UK, are to invest £2.88 million in two SBRI competitions to improve the safety and efficiency of our railways. The competitions launch on Monday 2nd December and…
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