The Hub Blog
Construction after COVID-19: let’s keep calm and carry on improving
There has been a lot of talk about how COVID-19 will change everything. I don’t think it will. COVID-19 will change some things. We will have to adapt elements of how we live and work, but they will be variations on themes, not fundamental departures from the past. We...
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Putting digitalisation at the heart of sector recovery
The Construction Innovation Hub (Hub) was launched in 2018 to drive a transformation in the UK construction sector through manufacturing technologies and digital ways of working that are trusted and secure. As we begin to emerge from the COVID19 crisis, this...
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Doubling Down on Impact: An Introduction to the Hub’s Value Theme
As we start a new financial year, I find myself reflecting on just how far we’ve come at the Construction Innovation Hub. The programme has brought together three vastly different organisations, and in the process, created one of the most passionate, diverse and...
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Organisational information requirements (OIR)
Since the release of BS EN ISO 19650 (Parts 1 and 2) there has been a noticeable industry shift towards a standardised approach to information briefing, delivery and management using building information modelling (BIM). ISO 19650 is a series of international...
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Delivering innovation to transform construction
UK Research & Innovation’s Transforming Construction Challenge partners are joining forces at Futurebuild 2020. Ahead of the event, Trudi Sully, Impact Director for Manufacturing at the Construction Innovation Hub, considers the drive to deliver innovation to...
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LEXiCON: A new phase in a collaborative journey
The construction industry is one of the last to become fully digitised. The construction industry is made up of several sectors, all communicating in different ways, across many subjects. The products sector is not immune to this fragmentation, and despite various...
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Meeting the Transforming Construction Challenge through Active Buildings
Have you ever thought about how you can change the way your life impacts on the planet? An emerging public consensus recognises that the world is at a tipping point in relation to carbon emissions and global warming. The requirement for immediate action is being led...
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So much change, so little time – The Network Plus needs you!
Seeking to revolutionise the way the UK designs, constructs and operates buildings, the Transforming Construction Challenge aims to transform the construction sector - enabling it to produce safe, healthy, and efficient buildings. At last, we have a legitimate chance...
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Only by understanding value will we really transform construction
The arguments about the need to transform construction are well rehearsed. Likewise, there is no shortage of reports, articles and recommendations telling the construction industry what it should do to “fix” itself; I should know - I wrote some of them myself. And...
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