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Ideas to improve the built environment have been received from across the world for the 2022 COINS Grand Challenge, a global competition organised by Construction Industry Solutions Ltd (COINS) to encourage innovation in the construction sector.
This year’s shortlist has now been announced, with finalists hailing from Estonia, US, UK, Macedonia, Switzerland, New Zealand, Malaysia and Ghana.
The challenge has two entry categories, professional (Open Competition) or student (Undergraduate Competition), with shortlisted ideas ranging from wall-climbing robots and technologies to optimise building circularity to passive daytime radiative cooling (PDRC) materials.
Open Competition finalists are:
Student Competition finalists are
Robert Brown, CEO of COINS, who has played a major role in the COINS Grand Challenge since its inception in 2015, comments: “It's great see such a wide variety of ideas aiming to improve construction sustainability, efficiency and safety shortlisted for this year's COINS Grand Challenge. We are very proud to see the challenge go from strength to strength and hope that all the finalists go on to pursue a career in construction whether they win the competition or not.”
The final judging will take place on 11 October 2022 in Birmingham (UK), when the finalists will present their idea to a panel of judges influential in the construction industry.
For more details visit www.coins-grandchallenge.com
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