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30 Sep 2019: We were delighted to have SMEs as active participants at this year's National Digital Twin Day, which was held during CDBB week. Following the event, we invited them to give us their thoughts and insights into their digital twin journey.

2 Aug 2019: Together the reports set out a long term research agenda for digital built Britain. ... and contributors to research networks and tender projects over the period 2018-2019.

17 Oct 2019: The good news is that there is already strong interest in this type of collaborative working, spanning public, private sectors and academia.

18 Dec 2019: As we approach the start of a new year, Adam Matthews, Head of CDBB’s International Programme reflects on some of the highlights of 2019 and looks forward to the year ahead.

6 Jun 2019: Search site. Centre for Digital Built Britain completed its five-year mission and closed its doors at the end of September 2022. This website remains as a legacy of the achievements of our five-year foundational journey towards a digital built

30 Sep 2019: It seems that somehow stringent planning laws in the UK - and especially in London - inadvertently helped the UK to be in the forefront of the digital twins market for cities.

29 May 2019: Search site. Centre for Digital Built Britain completed its five-year mission and closed its doors at the end of September 2022. This website remains as a legacy of the achievements of our five-year foundational journey towards a digital built

26 Jan 2019: This pilot study is investigating how collaboration between public authorities, private business and other city stakeholders could enhance the benefits of ‘smart’ digitally enabled infrastructure and other built assets for the benefit of urban

14 Jun 2019: Adam Matthews, lead for the Centre for Digital Built Britain’s (CDBB) International Programme, reflects on a successful workshop in Indonesia and how adoption of UK infrastructure methodologies is supporting the country’s infrastructure

15 Jan 2019: Research background. This research network aims to: establish the existing landscape; determine the current position and future vision in relation to other industry bodies that are fundamental in shaping the future

5 Apr 2019: The Industrial Strategy sets out a clear vision on how the UK will use data and digital technology to lead the fourth industrial revolution – investing in science and research to

27 May 2019: In common with previous roundtables, the prevailing view was that although there are some shining examples of good practice, there is still work to be done, particularly in the private sector.

5 Jun 2019: Search site. Centre for Digital Built Britain completed its five-year mission and closed its doors at the end of September 2022. This website remains as a legacy of the achievements of our five-year foundational journey towards a digital built

5 Apr 2019: CDBB and the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) teamed up for the fifth event in a programme of high-level ‘roundtable’ discussions, which aim to further accelerate adoption of the government’s digital strategy for the built environment,

16 May 2019: defining, together with industrial and policy making stakeholders, the future pathways for development, (d) defining the capabilities and research required to deliver the defined pathways and (e) building a community that ... can conduct this research

8 Nov 2019: Five flagship pillar programmes support the discovery to delivery engine: Future research programme; National Digital Twin programme; Emerging practices and technologies programme; International programme; and UK Implementation programme.

11 Jul 2019: Together the reports set out a long term research agenda for digital built Britain. ... and contributors to research networks and tender projects over the period 2018-2019.

10 Sep 2019: As part of ongoing work under the UK’s Transforming Construction Challenge and the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, a new thought-leadership blog from the Construction Innovation Hub has been launched today.

10 Jul 2019: screenshot_2020-07-01_at_15.28.01.png Project background How can buildings’ energy use and embodied energy both be optimized at the design stage? This project aims to enable the generation of real-time data from operational energy use and from

20 Sep 2019: It will be collaboration between research institutions, universities and the private sector which will accelerate our progress towards the National Digital Twin.

4 Jun 2019: This report describes the uses of BIM technologies and implementation of BIM processes, examples of its benefits and some of the main lessons learned from BIM implementation during Project Capella, which forms part of the University’s Biomedical

4 Jun 2019: Search site. Centre for Digital Built Britain completed its five-year mission and closed its doors at the end of September 2022. This website remains as a legacy of the achievements of our five-year foundational journey towards a digital built

27 Nov 2019: A Building Information Modelling approach to the alignment of organisational objectives to Asset Information Requirements Our December Monthly Paper is a Journal paper by James Heaton and Ajith Parlikad from the Institute for Manufacturing, and

21 Sep 2019: CDBB Week 2019: Summer Research Showcase Summary. Submitted by Angela Walters on Sat, 21/09/2019 - 20:30. ... Supporting the research which will lead to new technologies and help us to understand the complex economic, social and ethical issues

13 Sep 2019: CDBB Week 2019 Research Blog: Dr Franziska Sielker. Submitted by Debra Royal on Fri, 13/09/2019 - 14:51. ... To overcome barriers, our research suggests that focusing on individual types of barriers will be necessary, but not sufficient.

28 Jun 2019: Following the release of the Energy Data Taskforce report recommending a strategy for the digitalisation of the energy sector, Laura Sandys, Chair of the Taskforce, looks forward to change. Digitalisation is informing all sectors of our economy and

10 Jul 2019: screenshot_2020-07-06_at_14.06.09.png Project background This project developed a case study of The Edge in Amsterdam, billed as the world’s smartest building, for CDBB.

13 Sep 2019: Mott MacDonald, led by its Smart Infrastructure business, was appointed by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) as the Delivery Partner for the BIM Pathfinder Programme in January 2019. As part of our series of International blogs to mark CDBB

5 Jun 2019: Search site. Centre for Digital Built Britain completed its five-year mission and closed its doors at the end of September 2022. This website remains as a legacy of the achievements of our five-year foundational journey towards a digital built

17 Jun 2019: Sakthy Selvakumaran awarded Newnham College Research Fellowship. Submitted by Angela Walters on Mon, 17/06/2019 - 14:27. ... For details about the developing research group, please contact Sakthy at ss683@cam.ac.uk.

19 Jan 2019: This research aims to propose recommendations for the adoption of automated checking of regulatory compliance in the design of healthcare facilities. ... The project is part of the activities of the Innovative Design Lab research centre, University of

27 Mar 2019: The technology vendors described some of the advances in the tools they have developed and how better functionality is supporting increased collaboration. Among the topics provoking lively discussion were software interoperability, the Common Data

5 Jun 2019: In addition, we have 9 Post-Doctoral research positions available to work with CDBB as well as one working on a new CDBB research project working with Michael Ramage on Precision ... and share with your colleagues to come and hear the latest on our

29 May 2019: The digitalisation of the water industry has been rewarded in the inaugural BIM4Water Award 2019 for Outstanding Achievement in Digital Delivery within the UK Water Industry.

4 Jun 2019: Urban Innovation Labs (2019). Making the Digitally Enabled Services and Supply Chain Work. (CDBB_REP_20)

5 Apr 2019: The sixth of our series of nine BIM roundtable events was held on Monday 25 March and saw 15 technology companies join us around the table to discuss how technology was helping – or hindering – BIM to become business as usual.

4 Feb 2019: February Newsletter Introduction:. We have had a busy start to the year, and are pleased to share with you some of our activities and news. ... In this role he will provide academic leadership for CDBB across the University and more broadly throughout

7 Jan 2019: In her role as Chair of the Strategic Research Advisory Group of CDBB, Dr Schooling oversees the identification and delivery of the Digital Built Britain research programme to develop world-leading ... Her ability to drive developments from blue-sky

7 Mar 2019: The fifth of our series of nine BIM roundtable events was held on Tuesday 5th March and saw a group of small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) from across the construction sector discuss the advantages of being small when delivering BIM, along with

7 May 2019: Find out about the latest news from CDBB on events, our blogs, recent reports and more in the CDBB's May 2019 Newsletter

8 Apr 2019: Find out about the latest news from CDBB on events, our blogs, recent reports and more in the CDBB's April 2019 Newsletter

4 Jun 2019: This Report is the Final Report of a study carried out within the Centre for Digital Built Britain’s research programme “Defining the Research Agenda and Research Landscape for Digital Built ... The study was carried out by Cambridge Architectural

29 Mar 2019: Futurebuild marked the official launch of the Construction Innovation Hub (CIH) that brings together world-class expertise from the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), Building Research Establishment (BRE) and CDBB to transform

11 Mar 2019: This month we've seen some exciting news, including the commendation in the National Infrastructure Commission's annual monitoring report for 2019, which has highlighted the work of CDBB as key ... from the networks and contributing community to review

16 May 2019: Head of Change and Knowledge Transfer for the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB), Nicola Pearson introduces how CDBB is working to support transition to ISO 19650 and makes a new call for proposals. The Change programme is where CDBB engages

28 May 2019: DAFNI is funded by EPSRC as part of the UK Collaboratorium for Research on Infrastructure and Cities. ... Two years of intense software development has resulted in the next generation platform for infrastructure planning and research.

9 May 2019: Collaboration. Considering future areas of development for research and practice around specifying information requirements.

15 Apr 2019: The “Information Management according to BS EN ISO 19650 - Guidance Part 1: Concepts” has been released.

29 Mar 2019: CDBB was delighted to host its first event in the Cambridge Science Festival, on 23 March 2019. We focused on the future of construction as we wanted to highlight the contribution digital technology will make to jobs and construction of the future.

29 Apr 2019: Blog: Alexandra Bolton on latest DFTG news. Submitted by Angela Walters on Mon, 29/04/2019 - 12:11. ... The well-attended event brought focus to the latest industry best practice, academic research and innovation around how digital is enabling smarter