Government in talks to export smart construction know-how

By Jamie Harris2019-10-07T05:00:00

Strategy to boost overseas trade in technologies such as BIM set to be unveiled in coming months

The government has been holding meetings with several construction businesses about exporting the UK’s expertise in smart construction such as BIM, Building can reveal.

The Department for International Trade (DIT) wants to increase the UK’s share of the global smart construction market and in its Construction 2025 document, published six years ago, told the industry it wanted to see it being more proactive about exporting its skills.

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