As part of the Clean Growth Grand Challenge within the Government’s Industrial Strategy, a £420m Construction Sector Deal was announced in 2018. A key part of the Sector Deal is an investment by the Government of £170m in the Transforming Construction Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) in line with the Transforming Infrastructure Performance (TIP) Strategy and the Transport Infrastructure Efficiency Strategy (TIES). £10m MMC, Digital and Whole-Life Performance (CR&D) Programme: UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £10m for CR&D projects that go beyond the state-of-the-art in improving productivity, quality and performance of the UK construction sector. £26m Demonstrator Programme: An investment of up to £26m is available in Demonstrator projects that demonstrate improvements in productivity, quality and performance of the UK construction sector. These will include new validations of business models, digital approaches to design, construction and management, advancements in modern methods of construction and approaches to whole-life performance of a building or assets. The webcast recording is now available: https://youtu.be/VHZfvipnfCs Find out more about the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund at https://ktn-uk.co.uk/interests/iscf

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6. 10:05 Transforming Construction: the Industrial Strategy, Sector Deal and the Challenge Fund
Sam Stacey, Challenge Director Transforming Construction, Innovate UK
10:20 Transforming Infrastructure – the Government Strategy
Catherine de Marco, Deputy Director Skills & Efficiency, Department for Transport
10:40 Competition Launch – Objectives & Scope – followed by Q&A
Simon Hart, Head of Construction, Innovate UK
11:20 Break
11:50 Competition Process – followed by Q&A
Julie Brown & Lydia Weir-Blankenstein, Innovate UK
12:20 Construction Innovation Hub Overview and Platform Design Competition
Keith Waller, Programme Director, Construction Innovation Hub
12:45 Active Building Centre Overview
Jan Bell, Director of Operations, Active Building Centre
13:00 Close
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