Case Studies

Aerial view of a coastal city featuring a large port with multiple ships, surrounded by urban buildings, green open fields, and a sandy beach along the shoreline.

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How has Somerset Council used innovation procurement to tackle coastal erosion and flood resilience challenges

Somerset Council have worked with the Innovation Procurement Empowerment Centre (IPEC) to address a challenge around asset management and environmental monitoring.

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Making Rail Accessible: Reducing Travel Anxiety with Digital Support at Bristol Temple Meads

Through the Station Innovation Zone, Journey Alerts trialled their app-free digital support service.

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Stations as spaces for placemaking

Understanding local experiences, challenges and opportunities in operating community-focused offerings from stations

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Supporting innovators to make transport operations safer

How Connected Places Catapult helped the SME Rhevia to trial its radar and AI technology, delivering insights and improving safety on roads and in workplaces.

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Providing UK businesses with a platform to grow

Supporting UK businesses to grow through the provision of networking, collaborations, and introductions

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Transforming manual asset verification from two weeks to 35 seconds at HS2

AI company, BuildPrompt, were partnered with the high-speed rail programme through the HS2 Accelerator to create a solution designed specifically for infrastructure delivery.

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Improving energy efficiency in Birmingham’s homes

Delivering home retrofit at scale is essential for meeting the UK’s net zero targets, but for local authorities it can be complex, time-consuming and fragmented.

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Harnessing AI to enhance passenger experience

The AI in Transport Enhancing Passenger Experience competition, a collaboration between the Department for Transport (DfT) and Connected Places Catapult, aimed to find innovative ideas that embed responsible AI into a resilient transport system, in alignment with the UK government’s vision.