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Built to Innovate

An initiative by Enterprise Ireland under the Housing for All programme

Grant Aid Packages

30 companies have already taken the leap to work better, faster and leaner. These companies, supported by our grant aid packages, will build over 20,000 homes over the next three years.  

To set up a call with the team and understand if your business can be supported, contact builttoinnovate@enterprise-ireland.com

Built To Innovate – Lean

Built To Innovate – Lean

Our Built to Innovate Lean Offer is designed to deliver higher levels of on time and on budget project delivery.

Implementing these projects can have better subcontractor engagement leading to higher quality first time finishes.

LEAN BUSINESS OFFER

Built To Innovate – Digital

Our Built to Innovate Digital Offer supports you to implement projects that will give you better and more reliable project and financial information.

These projects remove management headaches and are designed to give you the information you need when you need it.

DIGITAL INNOVATION OFFER
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Built To Innovate – Research & Innovation

Built To Innovate – Research & Innovation

If you have a new idea or you can see a way to improve a product or system, these grant packages could help you bring these to market.

R&D INNOVATION SUPPORTS

Initiated under the Government’s Housing for All programme, the Built to Innovate initiative is aimed at increasing productivity and innovation with a view to reducing the cost of construction. It seeks to support Irish companies active within the residential construction sector who wish to enhance the operational performance of their business via:

  • Increasing the usage of Modern Methods of Construction.

  • Implementing Lean training in both manufacturing and onsite environments.

  • Improving the use of digital tools to drive company-wide productivity benefits.

  • Advancing research concepts or process innovation ideas.

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The Built to Innovate initiative seeks to support companies in the sector who wish to pursue:

  • Enhanced usage and implementation of Modern Methods of Construction,

  • Implementing Lean training in both manufacturing and onsite environments,

  • Improving the use of digital tools that can bring productivity benefits,

  • Funding for research concepts or process innovation ideas.

Eligible Companies

To be eligible for supports businesses must:

  • Be Irish companies with a minimum of 10 full time employees,

  • Construction services and manufacturing companies that have a minimum of 20% of revenue derived from home building.

 

Eligible Activities

Projects seeking grant funding will be assessed as follows:

  1. For productivity projects, the project to be undertaken must involve a new process or a significant improvement to an existing process which can demonstrate an impact on the cost of home building in Ireland.

  2. For Innovation projects, the project must result in a new product or process which will have a demonstrable impact on the cost of home building in Ireland.

Each specific grant aid package will be subject to specific eligibility criteria that is detailed on the respective webpages.

 

Ineligible companies/activities

  • Projects seeking support for capital equipment expenditure – machinery, computers, electronic devices, software licenses etc. will not be supported.

  • Property developers who do not self-perform construction work.

  • Sole traders and partnerships.

Businesses we’ve helped to grow

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LiveCosts: Revolutionising the construction software sector with the Competitive Start Fund

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How Agile Innovation enabled Evercam to capitalise on the AI revolution

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Changing Construction – How GreenStart has Powered Passive Sills

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Suir Engineering: Delivering successful mission critical projects in the Nordics

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Lidan Designs – Innovating for Sustainability

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Lidan Designs – Innovating for Sustainability

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