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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
Heat Pump Ready Programme Round 2: innovation funding competition
Opens: 24/04/2026 Closes: 25/06/2026
Up to £2m per project to develop and bring forward innovative technologies focusing on four identified barriers to heat pump uptake.
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Growth Cohorts: Next generation low carbon concrete
Opens: 20/04/2026 Closes: 08/07/2026
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), will invest up to £11.5 million to create a cohort of ambitious businesses, across a two-stage competition, to accelerate concrete decarbonisation.
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National Materials Innovation Programme: Feasibility studies Rd 2
Opens: 04/05/2026 Closes: 24/06/2026
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £2 million for feasibility studies. These studies aim to speed the translation of advanced materials innovations in three prioritised high growth themes and one strategic opportunity theme.
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Emergent Sustainable Built Environment Materials Innovation Network
Driving rapid adoption of UK sustainable construction materials to reduce environmental impact.