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2 social and environmental outcomes. “The UK construction industry is facing a once-in-a-generation opportunity to change and modernise,” says Keith Waller, CIH’s Programme Director. “Ensuring the UK’s construction industry is best equipped and fit-forthe future will increase safety on sites, with fewer workers put into dangerous environments. This in turn will make the sector attractive to a more diverse workforce.”
As a shape of things to come CIH has teamed up with the George Clarke’s Ministry of Building Innovation and Education (MOBIE) to challenge school students in the UK to design a home for the 21st Century. The 2019 MOBIE and CIH Student Design Challenge will ask students to design the ultimate 21st century house which may begin as a starter home but be extended to accommodate a multi-generational family. It is MOBIE and the CIH’s intent for the winning home design to be developed by architects and
3 professionally structurally engineered, enabling the manufacture and assembly of modules at the MTC in Coventry. It is hoped that elements of the design will be showcased at major home and design events later in the year, with the full design showcased in virtual reality. Images: 01-03. The CIH is set to be at the forefront of changing the approach to construction and digital design. Courtesy MTC/BRE/CSIC
CONSTRUCTION INNOVATION HUB Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) The MTC is established to provide innovative manufacturing processes and technologies in an agile environment in partnership with industry, academia and other institutions. The MTC houses some of the most advanced manufacturing equipment in the world, creating a high quality environment for the development and demonstration of new technologies on an industrial scale. This provides a unique opportunity for manufacturers to develop new and innovative processes and technologies. For more information visit: www.the-mtc.org BRE BRE is a world leading, multi-disciplinary, building science centre with a mission to improve buildings and infrastructure. BRE generates new knowledge through independent research and uses this to underpin the delivery of standards, testing, certification and qualifications that help to ensure buildings, homes and communities are safe, efficient, productive, sustainable and enjoyable places to be. BRE customers use the organisation’s expertise and services to deliver their social, environmental and economic goals. For more information visit: www.bregroup.com Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) The CDBB is a partnership between the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and the University of Cambridge to deliver a smart digital economy for infrastructure and construction for the future and transform the UK construction industry’s approach to the way we plan, build, maintain and use our social and economic infrastructure. It seeks to understand how the construction and infrastructure sectors could use a digital approach to better design, build, operate, and integrate the built environment. For more information visit: www.cdbb.cam.ac.uk The Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) The ISCF builds on the UK’s world-class research base and delivers the science that business needs to transform existing industries and create new ones. The ISCF is delivered by Innovate UK and UK Research and Innovation, the single voice for the UK’s research and innovation landscape. The ISCF Transforming Construction Challenge seeks to revolutionise the way the UK designs, constructs and operates buildings and infrastructure by realising the potential for the integration of advanced manufacturing both off, and onsite, with state-of-the-art digital design, while realising the potential for Active Buildings powered by integrated energy generation and storage technologies. For more information visit: www.ukri.org
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