The Hub Blog
The power of data for ‘Defining the Need’ – an evidence-based approach
The Construction Innovation Hub’s ‘Defining the Need’ work has generated a cross-Governmental data set that is delivering some surprising new insights into the public sector estate, as well as a solid basis for the design of platform construction systems. Platform...
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BS EN ISO 19650-5:2020: Supporting a secure future for digital construction
One of the key drivers of the Construction Innovation Hub’s mission is to quicken the pace towards greater digitalisation in the construction industry. In recent years, the UK’s built environment has undergone a notable shift towards digitally enabled collaboration,...
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Value Toolkit: Mapping out our market enablers
With the nights drawing in and summer already feeling like a distant memory, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the journey we’ve taken with the Value Toolkit since its inception back in July. Within this collaborative force of a project, I’ve had the privilege...
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The Need for a Platform Approach to Construction – new survey reports published
The Construction Innovation Hub’s Platform Design Programme, working in partnership with both government and industry, is developing a platform construction system consisting of a standardised kit of parts that we believe will be able to deliver social infrastructure...
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Residential – a complex market that calls for a range of construction solutions
The Hub's Platform Design Lead, Jaimie Johnston, looks at the scale of the UK’s need for more and better housing. Meeting this challenge will require a range of solutions, and this blog sets out how the Hub’s Platform programme will make a vital contribution. Last...
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Assurance: Building quality into construction
In July, I took to the Hub blog to give my first update as the new Impact Director for Assurance. A lot has happened since then. As a nation, we’ve continued to live our sci-fi movie-like reality, riding what feels like an eternal wave of not really knowing what’s...
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Value Toolkit: How it can drive behaviour change and create a sustainable model for our industry
“Recovery must be about delivering better, not just more of the same.” This was the clear message from the launch of the Construction Innovation Hub’s Value Toolkit earlier on in the summer - and it's a message that is very close to my heart. As well as working with...
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Diversity and inclusion in construction: The importance of allies
At the end of August, I had the pleasure of presenting at the Women in BIM ‘How to be an effective ally’ webinar. Women in BIM (WiB) – of which I am the Regional Lead for Scotland – is a global online community with a vision to support, empower and celebrate inclusion...
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Value Toolkit: Defining value is the keystone of a transformed construction sector
In the Hub blog last month, Ron Lang, the Hub’s Impact Director for Value, set the scene for what the next few months will look like for our transformative Value Toolkit project. In this article, I am delighted to introduce the first – and perhaps most fundamental -...
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