Closer collaboration needed to drive innovation take-up, industry told ahead of Connected Places Summit 2026

2026-03-18T07:00:00

Connected Places Catapult built environment director says: ‘We don’t have an innovation problem. We have a scaling and adoption problem’

UK construction struggles to scale and adopt new technologies effectively despite a thriving innovation sector, the industry has been told.

Geoffrey Stevens, Connected Places Catapult director of built environment and urbanism, said large construction and infrastructure clients would only reap the benefits of the wide range of new technologies on offer if they worked more closely together.

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