As part of the Clean Growth Grand Challenge within the Government’s Industrial Strategy, a £420m Construction Sector Deal was announced in 2018. A key part of the Sector Deal is an investment by the Government of £170m in the Transforming Construction Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) in line with the Transforming Infrastructure Performance (TIP) Strategy and the Transport Infrastructure Efficiency Strategy (TIES). £10m MMC, Digital and Whole-Life Performance (CR&D) Programme: UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £10m for CR&D projects that go beyond the state-of-the-art in improving productivity, quality and performance of the UK construction sector. £26m Demonstrator Programme: An investment of up to £26m is available in Demonstrator projects that demonstrate improvements in productivity, quality and performance of the UK construction sector. These will include new validations of business models, digital approaches to design, construction and management, advancements in modern methods of construction and approaches to whole-life performance of a building or assets. The webcast recording is now available: https://youtu.be/VHZfvipnfCs Find out more about the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund at https://ktn-uk.co.uk/interests/iscf

1. Head of Construction
Simon Hart
@SimonBIM
Transforming Construction
ISCF Programme

2. Competition Landscape
Research  Development  Commercialisation 
£26m Demonstrators£10m R&D
Platform Design
Competition
Small Projects
Round 2*
*Launches 19th Sept 2019

3. New Competitions

4. The Innovate UK
Competitions
£36m total R&D funding available
Two competitions in parallel:
£26m Demonstration fund
£10m Collaborative R&D fund
Spending Profile:
£27m in FY20/21
£8m in FY21/22
£36m total R&D funding available
Two competitions will run in parallel:
£10m Collaborative R&D fund
£26m Demonstration fund
Spending Profile:
£27m in FY20/21
£8m in FY21/22 (minus overheads)
Projects Start: 1st April 2020
£26m Demonstration
• Live 5th August 2019
• Opens 28th August 2019
• Closes 6th November 2019
• Projects start 1st April 2020
£10m CR&D
• Live 5th August 2019
• Opens 28 August 2019
• Closes 30th October 2019
• Projects start 1st April 2020

7. General Scope Guidance
You must show how your project will assist delivery of the sector commitments detailed in the
Sector Deal and the objectives of the TIP Strategy.
We welcome projects submitted by members of I3P, Construction Leadership Council and its
working groups. We also welcome projects that involve Government departments or ALB
detailed in the TIP or TIES strategies.
Where applicable, your project should utilise Project 13 and Gemini principles.
Projects will be expected to work closely with and share information, metrics and KPI’s with
programme stakeholders including Frontier Economics and the CIH.
Projects must be business led, (academic institutions cannot lead a project)
Normal State Aid rules apply.

8. Competition Guidance
Projects will be expected to work closely and share information with programme stakeholders and the wider Transforming
Construction ecosystem. We will not fund projects that duplicate the work of DFTG, CDBB or CLC.
Significant industry investment is expected as part of the Sector Deal commitments. Our
assessors will take into account the extent to which you have secured private funding and
other sources of funding.
Previous winners who failed to exploit their projects will not be eligible for future funding.
Source:
www.gov.uk/guidance/innovate-uk-
funding-general-guidance-for-
applicants

9. Common issues
• Non-collaborative project
• Outside of funding limits (project costs)
• Out of scope
• Missed deadline

10. Essential Reading
Waste:
57%The Gemini Principles
To guide the national digital twin and
the information management
framework that will enable it.
Project 13
Outlines a series of core principles
that are fundamental to creating the
right commercial environment for an
enterprise model to be realised.

11. Essential Support

12. Platform Design Open Call

13. Network Plus: Small Projects

14. Network Rail SBRI

15. KTN Innovation Exchange
www.ktninnovationexchange.co.uk

16. Questions?
Official funding guidance is available from Innovate UK: