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Built to Innovate

Support Irish residential construction companies in improving operational performance by embracing modern methods of construction, lean training, and digital tools. These approaches help drive companywide productivity benefits.

How Enterprise Ireland Supports the Residential Construction Industry:

Modern Methods of Construction (MMC)

  • Be innovative and boost project timelines, efficiency and quality by encouraging utilising off-site manufacturing, modular building, and timber frame systems.

Lean Training

  • Implement Lean principles in both factory and onsite environments to deliver projects on-time and on-budget, with improved subcontractor cooperation and first-time quality.

Digital Tools

  • Deploy digital technologies to improve performance — BIM, tracking systems, dashboard analytics — to support productivity gain, better project-lead insights, better collaboration and real-time decision-making.

Research & Process Innovation

  • Support pilot projects and R&D to pioneer new concepts, materials, or workflows aimed at lowering construction costs through innovation.

Sustainability

  • Implement carbon and waste reduction projects that lower costs, meet regulations, attract clients, and future-proof their business while minimizing environmental impact.

Who is it relevant for?

  • Irish companies with a minimum of 10 or more full time employees
  • And who are engaged in construction services and manufacturing that have at least 20% of revenue is from residential construction
  • Each specific grant aid package will be subject to specific additional eligibility criteria.

Further details are available from Enterprise Ireland.