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We are working with our partners to help deliver on the innovation agenda to enable the industry to deliver on the Construction Sector Deal which encompasses the Construction 2025 Strategy, the Transforming Infrastructure Pipeline and the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund which calls for transformation across the sector to eliminate waste, drive down greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, speed up delivery and lower costs. As a modern efficient industry we will gain recognition on a World stage and improve the export potential of UK companies.
The innovation programmes we are championing are enabling new technologies and solutions to disrupt the market in key areas such as:
- Digital – Delivering better, more certain outcomes using digital technologies
- Manufacturing – Improving productivity, quality and safety by increasing the use
of manufacturing - Performance – Optimising through-life performance though the development of smart assets, using digital technologies to deliver digital twins. This key area also encompass the development of integrated renewable energy technologies to decarbonise the built environment.
Related Opportunities
Horizon Europe 2025 EU Missions: 100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities by 2030
Opens: 06/05/2025 Closes: 20/01/2026
Funding available through Horizon Europe to support climate-neutral and smart cities, with up to €15m for the largest projects.
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Contracts for Innovation: Resource Efficient Construction Impacts
Opens: 14/07/2025 Closes: 27/08/2025
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £3 million, inclusive of VAT, to develop the impact validation of a demonstrated resource efficiency solution.
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DIATOMIC Digital Accelerator for West Midlands-based innovators
Opens: 21/07/2025 Closes: 31/08/2025
West Midlands-based innovators with a digital twin solution for cities and places are invited to address six challenge areas.
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Bristol Temple Meads Station Innovation Zone – Year Four
Opens: 16/07/2025 Closes: 24/09/2025
Supporting SMEs to develop and trial new ways of improving various aspects of the rail passenger experience, with Bristol Temple Meads as the testbed site.
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Contracts for Innovation: Novel shielding materials and technologies for fusion
Opens: 04/07/2025 Closes: 15/08/2025
The UK Atomic Energy Authority is offering up to £250k per project for novel shielding materials and technologies for fusion.
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Horizon Europe 2025: New European Bauhaus Facility
Opens: 06/05/2025 Closes: 12/11/2025
Aiming to revitalise European neighbourhoods with design for sustainability and inclusion, with up to €8m per project from a total budget of €118m.