Aims and objectives

The construction industry in Wales has the opportunity to create a world class system for developing and managing construction knowledge in academia and industry towards delivering sustainable development.  “Starting to Construct Differently” was produced in 2004 by Constructing Excellence in Wales in partnership with others and provided the framework for action.  In February 2005, Constructing Excellence in Wales in partnership with the WDA Future technologies programme organised a one day conference on “Sustainable Construction” to provide leading practitioners and researchers with an initial opportunity to map the way forward.  The conference concluded that an All-Wales Network should be built, consisting of industry practitioners and research groups focused on creating and maintaining a leading European knowledge base on sustainable construction and the built environment.

The Welsh Assembly (KEF) funded Technology Transfer Network (TTN) for Construction Knowledge Wales was set up in October 2005 between 6 research centres from Higher Education Institutions across Wales along with Constructing Excellence Wales.  The network is now supported by 12 main research institutions along with industry representatives, providing a wealth of expertise, knowledge, contacts and opportunities to facilitate the development of an industry led research agenda.