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Government launches multimillion-pound fund for research to make construction cheaper and quicker

By 2025-12-03T00:01:00

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Share of £4m pot will go towards work on industrialising and digitising sector

The government has launched a new research fund, challenging UK innovators to find ways to cut the cost and time taken to build new infrastructure and buildings.

The Industrialising and Digitising Construction Research and Innovation Challenge was first announced as part of a suite of investments last week at UK Research and Innovation’s growth summit.

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