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National framework provider Pagabo<\/a> has forged a research agreement with the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC<\/a>) to challenge current methods in the construction sector<\/h2>\n

The collaboration aims to research fresh ideas and innovations that embrace new technology<\/a> and advanced manufacturing methods.<\/p>\n

Joining them in the venture are C4DI<\/a>, the Hull-based incubator company that promotes growth in tech businesses, specialist data centre company Yondr<\/a> and Lord Bob Kerslake<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The University of Sheffield AMRC is a network of research and innovation centres that work with manufacturing companies of all sizes around the globe. It has particular strengths in the automotive and aerospace industries.<\/p>\n

Its pioneering research develops innovative methods that are of practical use to the manufacturing industry.<\/p>\n

The organisation transforms industrial and economic performance by making step changes in productivity<\/a>, increasing competitiveness, developing new products and processes and training new talent and skills.<\/p>\n

Just a few weeks into the new relationship, vital research into harnessing technology to streamline health and safety methods on construction sites is already underway.<\/p>\n

The sector needs a ‘revolutionary moment’<\/h3>\n

Gerard Toplass, executive chairman of Pagabo, said: \u201cEveryone agrees that construction is a sector that has been left behind in terms of new ways of working and innovation. Many methods in construction have been used for decades.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we want to do as a group is to totally shake up the construction sector \u2013 and create real change to drive economic growth and establish the UK as a global innovator.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s vital that we think about the industry as a whole and how we can promote new technologies<\/a> to improve how we do things.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis new collaboration between Pagabo and the AMRC will bring the sector together, unify common objectives and drive forward real change.<\/p>\n

“We will be building an enterprise<\/a> that seeks to leverage new techniques, innovation and automation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dave Newitt, CEO of Yondr, the specialist data centre operator, is involved with Pagabo and its TFOC initiative. He said: \u201cWe believe that construction has a great deal to learn from manufacturing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to look at modularisation and taking works off-site \u2013 so, building off-site rather than on-site. It\u2019s how the manufacturing world operates, and we want to emulate that to improve productivity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Steve Foxley, CEO of the University of Sheffield AMRC, said: \u201cWe see construction as a wildly exciting and opportunity-filled industry to benefit from our learnings over the past 20 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to work closely with Pagabo to create a real catalyst for change. Pagabo has a unique and important role within the industry as a framework provider and has influence across a wider portion of the industry via its ecosystem of contractors and supply chain partners.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will be learning from the automotive and aerospace industries and seeing where we can adapt methods and innovations that would work in the construction sector.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to look at areas like enterprise architecture, the future of buildings in a digital world, and how standards and interfaces will enable the digital world in construction.\u201d<\/p>\n

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