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Meet the innovator tackling cross-sector climate risk with predictive tech
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Meet the innovator tackling cross-sector climate risk with predictive tech

Dr Amit Bhave is working closely with the Catapult to develop a digital platform to boost infrastructure’s resilience to a changing climate.
Combining satellite and terrestrial signals to strengthen mobile communications
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Combining satellite and terrestrial signals to strengthen mobile communications

UniVirtua is taking its connectivity technology into the maritime sector with support from Connected Places Catapult.
Breaking the deadlock on low carbon concrete 
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Breaking the deadlock on low carbon concrete 

Construction material specifiers are being urged to consider calcined clay, a cement replacement used in concrete to reduce carbon and minimise waste, and championed by i3P – the Infrastructure Industry Innovation Partnership.
Meet the innovator producing green hydrogen with seawater 
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Meet the innovator producing green hydrogen with seawater 

Joseph Ely’s is generating renewable maritime power from salt water.
Disabled Adult People Travel In Wheelchair At Airport
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Helping blind people navigate stations with technology

Assisted travel platform Ostrum and its digital companion Purple Door started out with trials at two UK airports. Now the developer has signed commercial deals with operators.
Professional demolition of reinforced concrete structures using industrial hydraulic hammer. Rods of metal fittings. Wreckage and crumbles of concrete.
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Infrastructure clients can drive productivity by scaling green solutions

We speak to the experts leading the Infrastructure Industry Innovation Partnership’s (i3P) focus on the adoption of low carbon technologies and circular economy principles.
M1 motorway at sunset in England. United Kingdom
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Investor predicts brighter future for scale-ups seeking finance 

Enthusiasm to invest is returning to transport and construction, says Alex Bateman of Ambition Capital, who is supporting a new scale-up accelerator delivered by Connected Places Catapult.
West Mids battery company expands its global reach
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West Mids battery company expands its global reach

Batteries powered by salt rather than rare earth minerals are about to be launched by a Catapult-backed West Midlands company; which is growing its operations in Africa.
Meet the innovator striding forward with walking deliveries
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Meet the innovator striding forward with walking deliveries

Joey Grigg and colleagues from Osta Studios have designed a walking delivery cart to transform last mile logistics, with support from the Transport Research and Innovation Grants programme.
Helping blind people navigate stations with technology
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Helping blind people navigate stations with technology

WeWALK is to showcase its Smart Cane and assistance system for visually impaired persons at InnoTrans in Germany, alongside Connected Places Catapult.
An aerial view of a HS2 site preparing for major motorway bridging works
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Cracking the productivity challenge in infrastructure

Collaboration and new thinking encouraged by i3P – the Infrastructure Industry Innovation Partnership – are helping major project clients improve productivity.
Journey Alerts travel assistance podium with QR code to access personalised public transport information
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Making journeys smoother with personalised instructions

Journey Alerts will showcase its passenger assistance technology at the InnoTrans event in Berlin, after joining a Station Innovation Zone scale-up accelerator programme delivered by Connected Places Catapult.
Keeping people safe in transport hubs using AI
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Keeping people safe in transport hubs using AI

Createc will be demonstrating its crowd monitoring technology that helps keep people safe in train stations and airports at InnoTrans in Germany, alongside Connected Places Catapult.
Meet the innovator using AI to improve the school run
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Meet the innovator using AI to improve the school run

Moria Bennett is growing a tech business whose AI platform is helping to make the school run safer, greener and smarter.
Powering infrastructure without waiting for the grid
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Powering infrastructure without waiting for the grid

Access to reliable, affordable power is becoming an increasing challenge for transport and infrastructure organisations looking to reduce emissions and modernise operations.
Energy storage firm sets its sights on success
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Energy storage firm sets its sights on success

Catapult-backed H2CHP is securing investment and growing its customer base for shore-side energy generators used in maritime applications.