Innovate Uk

Mackenzie Construction has appointed smart surface research associate Bruna Lopes to support the development of its sustainable surfacing offering Smart Surface. The appointment comes after the firm was successfully awarded funding from Innovate UK for a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP

Work is underway today to deliver a £25 million low carbon innovation centre being built on the outskirts of Edinburgh.

A team of experts exploring the mainstream use of homegrown timber in the construction sector has secured funding for the next phase of a demonstrator project which will see the first two-storey modular home manufactured from Scottish mass timber displayed during COP26.

North east environment technology firm Recycl8 has been awarded a grant by the UK’s innovation agency Innovate UK to accelerate the R&D phase of its ground-breaking low carbon process for the construction and concrete industry. Recycl8 secured an Innovate UK Transforming Foundati

As a key part of its ongoing mission to find solutions to systemic supply chain issues, the Scottish Construction Leadership Forum (CLF) is making an industry-wide appeal to manufacturers to support the building sector’s crucial recovery.

Scots innovator Gravitricity has successfully commissioned its 250kW energy storage demonstrator proving the capability of its novel gravity-powered technology.

The University of Strathclyde’s Centre for Energy Policy (CEP) has been named the lead academic partner in a new £30 million UK Government-funded initiative called Scotland’s Net Zero Infrastructure (SNZI).

Balfour Beatty has teamed up with higher education institutions to create a carbon calculation tool for the construction and infrastructure industry - offering a consistent, practical solution for the measurement of embodied carbon.