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<p>The Government’s long-term commitment to drive productivity in the construction
industry includes support for civil engineering through the UK’s National Infrastructure
and Construction Pipeline, which is worth over £400bn of planned public and private
investment in nearly 700 projects, programmes and other investments. This includes
around £190bn to be invested by 2020/21. It is estimated the next decade will see
over £600bn of public and private investments in infrastructure. The National Productivity
Investment Fund (NPIF) has also been increased to £37bn and has been extended by another
year until 2023-24. The NPIF is the cornerstone of the Government’s plan to boost
growth in areas critical to productivity.</p><p> </p><p>The investments we are making
from the Construction Sector Deal to transform the sector’s productivity includes
our commitment to invest £170m, matched by £250m from industry in the Industrial Strategy
Challenge Fund (ISCF) in the Transforming Construction: Manufacturing Better Buildings
programme. The programme will improve productivity through promoting the development
and commercialisation of digital, manufacturing, energy generation and storage technologies
for the construction and built environment sectors. The Transforming Construction
programme will also promote a range of R&D and demonstration projects through
cross sector collaboration; and £72m will be invested in the Transforming Construction
Alliance – a consortium of the Centre for Digital Built Britain, the Manufacturing
Technology Centre and the Building Research Establishment to support collaboration.
The sector deal will aim to create a new business model, driven by investment, and
embedded throughout the UK.</p>
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