Construction Scotland Innovation Centre

Industry leaders and stakeholders joined together this week to learn about the Advanced Industrialised Methods for the Construction of Homes (AIMCH) project aims to transform how homes are built through industrialisation. Funded by Innovate UK, AIMCH is a collaborative innovation project with the am

At Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) we have developed a free Building Information Modelling (BIM) e-learning platform with support from Scottish Enterprise and in conjunction with a range of industry partners. This free to access platform will allow people who can’t get alon

The first of a series of collaborative workshops to explore ways to increase offsite construction of affordable homes has been launched at Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) by housing minister Kevin Stewart.

Academic researchers are conducting a study into an innovative housing construction method which could help to bring down the cost for homebuyers. The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment at Robert Gordon University (RGU) is collaborating with the Construction Scotland Innov

Twenty-one of Scotland’s senior policy-shapers and key building experts, academics, and commentators were welcomed to a roundtable in Edinburgh earlier this year to debate: “What Kind of a Britain are we Building: Scotland?” The event was hosted by Niall Trafford, CEO of BRE a

A collaborative innovation project, which aims to help tackle the UK housing crisis by using industrialised offsite solutions to deliver high quality homes faster, more reliably and at the same cost of masonry-built homes, has been awarded funding under the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. The &p

Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) is to launch a funding call to provide an opportunity for housing associations to trial fresh ideas with new prototypes and processes for future development programmes. A partnership with the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) aims to pr

Stephen Good, Construction Scotland Innovation Centre chief executive and Sally Thomas, CEO of SFHA, sign the new agreement Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) and the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) have announced a new partnership which aims to use innovation to incre

Housebuilder and offsite manufacturer the Stewart Milne Group has teamed up with the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) and Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) to better understand and measure current site productivity, downtime and waste. CSIC and GCU also have a longer term ambition of

Professor Sean Smith will chair the new working group The Scottish Government is to work with key stakeholders to ensure the right skills are available for housing and construction developments.