Construction expertise at Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh houses a wide range of expertise which supports companies looking to innovate in the Construction sector.

AIMday Construction is an event at which companies can meet interdisciplinary teams of academics with significant practical experience within the construction industry, providing the opportunity to explore and address the specific challenges each company faces, often with novel and innovative outcomes.

Expertise here at the University includes but is not limited to:

• Construction management (e.g. health, safety and wellbeing in constructio,  cost assurance)
• Building performance and building user evaluation
• Post-occupancy performance of buildings
• Big data in Construction (e.g. the development of BIM)
• Off-site Construction
• Governance and performance measurement in large construction programmes
• Operational efficiency and risk
• Novel building systems and innovative building materials
• Performance and design of buildings
• Effectiveness of building design
• Resource efficiency and waste management
• Maintenance and retrofit
• Building procurement and infrastructure needs
• Robotics and 3D printing,
• Sensors and systems

More information about the expertise, capabilities and facilities available to companies at The University of Edinburgh can be found at Construction Edinburgh

Company questions posed to AIMday will be communicated via the AIMday website to academics throughout the University allowing them to self-select those Company questions they feel they could add most value to, according to their individual expertise.  On the day, the Company and the academics will then explore the question and aim to identify possible pathways to a solution.