Welcome to Construct IT For Business

Construct IT For Business has been set up to coordinate and promote innovation and research in ICT in Construction in the UK to improve competitive performance of the UK construction industry and to act as a catalyst for academic and industrial collaboration.

This site will allow you to access reports covering the activities and research carried out by Construct IT For Business, presentations from Member's Meetings, construction IT related updates/bullitins and on-line resources.

LATEST NEWS
The CIOB CPD accredited Autum 2011 Event was held in conjunction with Oxford Brookes University & buildingSMART on the 24th November 2011 preceded by a half-day workshop on the 23rd November. The theme of the meeting focused on e-Business: Delivering Improved Efficiency through Electronic Trading Summary and Presentations from the event are available online ...more >

A report has been published which presents the findings of an industry survey that was part of a three-year research project undertaken at the Department of Civil and Building Engineering in Loughborough University focused on the current status of e-business and strategic implications of e-business in the AEC sector. Please contact Construct IT for further information.

The CIOB CPD accredited Spring 2011 Event was held in conjunction with the BRE on the 19th May 2011 preceded by a half-day workshop on the 18th May. The theme of the meeting was focused on BIM Today ... Where to Tomorrow? moving industry adoption forward. Summary and Presentations from the event are available online ...more >

The CIOB CPD accredited Autum 2010 Meeting was held in conjunction with the University of East London on the 25th November 2010. The theme of the meeting focused on Indstry Response to the New Coalition Government Targets. Summary and Presentations from the event are available online ...more >

A BIM Solutions Comparison event formed part of the Autumn 2010 meeting on the 24th November at the University of East London.
The first of a series of three IT benchmarking surveys has been published which are designed to provide specific analysis of IT usage, expenditure trends, IT strategy and plans for organisations operating in the UK construction industry ... more

The CIOB CPD accredited Spring 2010 Meeting was a Construct IT-buildingSMART-COMIT Uniting Construction Information (UCI) event held in conjunction with the University of Reading on 19th May 2010. The theme of the meeting was focused on Sustainability: The Impact and Challenges. ...more >

Construct IT Spring 2010 newsletter ...more >

The Future Generation of IT report from an ICT Vision Planning workshop held on 26th January 2009 has now been published ... more

Construct IT jointly hosted a seminar on the 13th May with the Research Institute for the Built and Human Environment (BuHu) Management and Management Sciences Research Institute (MaMS) University of Salford on Knowledge Driven Industries in relation to Improving Organisational Competitiveness ...more >

The 'Strategic Positioning of IT in Construction: An Industry Leaders' Perspective' report has been published and is available through Construct IT.

The results of research conducted by McGraw-Hill Construction Analytics during late-Spring 2007 are reviewed in the Interoperability in the Construction Industry SmartMarket Report ...more >

Construct IT For Business are actively engaged in the Unitingership-based organisations under 'one voice' in order to work much more collaboratively, reduce industry and Governemt confusion, celebrate divercity while avoiding duplication and pursuing common goals ... more >

Construct IT is engaging with SMEs in the North West through the ERDF CONNECT NW project which aims to deliver new employment and assist small businesses in property, housing management, cleaning and facilities management four elements of asset skills ... more >

Construct IT recently secured funding for a Business Development Portal for Construction SMEs ...more >