In conjunction with testing/development facilities, these technologies could accelerate problem finding and solving..

on transforming the delivery of rural housing via design optimisation and prototyping, in order to facilitate faster, scalable and digitally integrated production.The project also offered the added benefit of attracting digital natives into housing construction.

: A program by the University of Sussex in association with the British Parking Association, TransPark explored how car parking could be revolutionised.With an increase in the number of electric cars on the road, and our need to be connected all the time, the program investigated how car parks could function in an integrated and digitally enabled way..Currently, the TCN+ stakeholders are in the process of articulating their findings, and plan to share their observations with the business community over the next six months.

Due to the longstanding fragmentation of the construction industry there won’t be a panacea, but most companies in the sector will find something interesting in the conclusions.The projects have served as catalysts for change, helping to progress us further toward our goal of modernising and positively shaping the future of construction..

The research has also led to interesting collaborations and networking opportunities with other Transforming Construction Challenge partners and beyond.

For example, Dr. Tom Beach at Cardiff University has been funded through one of the projects, with significant scholarly interest in his research on digital compliance checking.The rise of the Construction Innovation Hub.

My journey in government began in 2010.I was involved in the nuclear sector when I was first approached to be an advisor in the UK Government Department of Energy and Climate Change.

I quickly transitioned to a forerunner of the Infrastructure and Projects Authority where I spent nine years in central government before taking on my current role as Programme Director for the Construction Innovation Hub, with the aim of delivering the Construction Sector Deal.I’ve worked through three different governments - Labour, Coalition and Conservative - but through them all there has been an increasing focus on the importance of infrastructure and transforming construction.. One thing I’ve noticed through this period is that we tend to think of ourselves in the engineering community as being innovators.