{"id":34909,"date":"2017-09-12T11:31:57","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T10:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=34909"},"modified":"2022-10-19T16:00:42","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T15:00:42","slug":"scotland-innovation-centre-dcw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/digital-construction-news\/scotland-innovation-centre-dcw\/34909\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland Innovation Centre to debut at DCW"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Following its official launch this week, the UK\u2019s first factory dedicated to digital fabrication and innovation in construction \u2013 The Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CS-IC) in Lanarkshire &#8211; will be showcasing its expertise and equipment as part of Digital Construction Week from October 18-19, at London\u2019s ExCeL<\/h2>\n<p>This week\u2019s opening of the \u00a33m <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs-ic.org\/\">Construction Scotland Innovation Centre<\/a>, which will allow\u00a0construction businesses and collaboration projects of all\u00a0sizes to access its\u00a030,000 sq. ft. of workspace, was attended by industry leaders including Digital Built Britain\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/bim-news\/delivering-bim-mandate\/19568\">David Philp<\/a> and Crossrail\u2019s Andrew Wolstenholme, along with Scotland\u2019s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Good,\u00a0chief executive of The Construction Scotland Innovation Centre, said: \u201cWe have seen a steady increase in construction innovation over the past few years, and I hope that this new facility will inspire even more people within the industry to think outside the box. The calibre of speakers at our launch event is testament to the importance of the Innovation Factory in accelerating innovation within the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Filled with state-of-the-art\u00a0production and prototyping\u00a0equipment and technology for testing and developing new products, processes, systems and solutions, from initial stage ideas to full commercialization, the CS-IC also provides collaboration facilities to allow organisations in the private, public and academic sectors to share knowledge and information. The centre will also be used to help the industry attract and develop the next generation of construction workers, building skills with training in the latest virtual reality and drone technology, automated manufacturing equipment and advanced robotics.<\/p>\n<p>Register for your free pass to Digital Construction Week*, to meet the team from the\u00a0\u2018Innovation Factory\u2019, as they demonstrate the tech available at the CS-IC, including their AR\/VR kit,\u00a0Sawyer Collaborative Robot and 3D scanner,\u00a0as well as a mini WikiHouse structure.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about the Innovation Factory and how to take advantage of it, contact the CSIC team on\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:hello@cs-ic.orgor\">hello@cs-ic.orgor<\/a>\u00a0or 0141 212 5250.<\/p>\n<p>*Register for Digital Construction Week before 1st October for free entry. \u00a320 per ticket thereafter.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Digital Construction Week, contact Kirsty Collings by emailing <a href=\"mailto:kirsty@digitalconstructionweek.co.uk\">kirsty@digitalconstructionweek.co.uk <\/a>\u00a0or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalconstructionweek.com\">www.digitalconstructionweek.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following its official launch this week, The Construction Scotland Innovation Centre will be showcasing its expertise and equipment as part of the DCW event<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[141293],"tags":[172721,688,273],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-34909","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-digital-construction-news","7":"tag-digital-built-britain","8":"tag-digital-construction","9":"tag-research-innovation"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Scotland Innovation Centre to debut at DCW | Planning, Building &amp; 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