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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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

7 Nov 2019: In this role he will provide academic leadership for the Centre for Digital Built Britain across the University and more broadly throughout the national and international research communities. ... Professor Girolami is an elected fellow of the Royal

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

14 May 2019: The Centre of Digital Built Britain in partnership with the UK BIM Alliance invites proposals to conduct a research project to investigate BIM maturity and benefits tools evaluation.

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 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

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.

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

18 Dec 2019: The Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) has developed an online toolkit designed to help the public sector to improve the performance of its built assets through the use of digital technologies.

26 Jul 2019: The 2019 BIM4Heritage Annual Conference attracted speakers and delegates from a wide range of organisations interested in the role of BIM to preserve the historic built environment. Edonis Jesus, BIM Leader at Lendlease and founder of BIM4Heritage,

18 Oct 2019: Despite the complexity of the challenge, most existing research focuses largely on technical aspects and not on the contextual factors that determine their implementation. ... These challenges require social as well as technical solutions – a gap my

15 Feb 2019: screenshot_2020-07-10_at_09.42.08.png Background 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,

11 Sep 2019: CDBB’s International team helps to grow the global digital construction market, facilitating trade across national borders.

10 Jul 2019: screenshot_2020-07-01_at_17.23.50.png Project background Bridge collapses are expensive and often tragic events that need to be avoided by detecting faults early.

18 Dec 2019: Launched by HM Treasury in July 2018, the CDBB’s National Digital Twin Programme was set up to deliver key recommendations of the National Infrastructure Commission 2017 “Data for the Public Good Report”: to steer the successful development

15 Apr 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

19 Jul 2019: Blog: CDBB's Director of Applied Research Dr Jennifer Schooling OBE. Submitted by Angela Walters on Fri, 19/07/2019 - 11:57. ... UK Collaboratorium for Research in Infrastructure & Cities (UKCRIC) funded through the Engineering and Physical Sciences