Inside the factory

The Innovation Factory

Take the virtual tour in the link below to explore Built Environment, Smarter Transformation's 35,000 sq ft facility which is designed to support businesses to collaborate and innovate. It is the UK construction industry’s first dedicated digital manufacturing, prototyping and future skills centre of excellence and is home to a range of equipment for use by industry.

Access Equipment

Our hub can provide access to pioneering design, visualisation, manufacturing and construction equipment all geared towards enabling innovation and improving productivity.

Drones

Drones can collect real-time data about projects and understand what’s happening on site. Aerial insights improve progress tracking and help catch problems early.
360 Scanner

3D scans can be used to keep a record of in progress work mapping and overlaying changes as a job develops. Scanning is also fast efficient and cheaper than other forms of project mapping.
3D printer

3D printing is ideal for staged prototyping and product development. Working prototype models allow direct comparison and testing with the physical environment.
Robotics

Providing high performance automation and a flexible solution for your manufacturing needs.
Visualisation equipment

Opportunity to experience fully and immersive and augmented environments and users can efficiently interpret physical and digital information, and the spatial relations between them.
Heat Flow Meter

Heat Flow Meters (HFM) are exact, fast and easy-to-use instruments for measuring the thermal conductivity of low- conductivity materials such as insulations.
Constant Climate Chamber

The constant climate chamber ensures consistent environmental conditions for storing test specimens, helping to improve the accuracy of testing results.
CNC Machine

CNC moves a cutting tool along different axes simultaneously. This enables the machining of very complex parts and increases efficiency.

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