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11 Mar 2022: CDBB was created to drive forward the digitalisation of the built environment to create a better future for people and the planet. In the past five years, it has brought together people from across industry, academia, and policy to meet that goal.

12 Sep 2022: Digital Construction on a Shoestring follows the Shoestring Approach that emerged from Digital Manufacturing on a Shoestring, a University of Cambridge Institute for Manufacturing project helping SME manufacturers benefit from digitalisation.

27 Sep 2022: CDBB’s overarching role was to bring people together- to convene, connect and coordinate across the whole of the built environment. ... Thanks also to all those individuals and organisations who have partnered with CDBB, and those people and

4 Feb 2022: Small companies in the construction sector are invited to discover how to introduce simple, low-cost digital solutions at an online workshop on Thursday 3 March. Join a virtual webinar at 1.30-3pm on Thursday 3 March to find out more about the

21 Mar 2022: To those who take these lessons forward, make sure to bring people along with you. ... Our work proves that the way forward must be people-led and technology-enabled.

11 Aug 2022: All Rights Reserved. Who we are. Acknowledgements. Our Vision. A built environment whose explicit purpose is to enable people and nature to flourish together for generations. ... Improving outcomes for people and nature depends on the services that these

22 Sep 2022: The bigger and more complicated the engineering problem, the more likely it is to have a digital twin. Firms that build rockets, planes and ships, for example, have been creating digital twins since the early 2000s, seeing significant operational

4 Mar 2022: We have been developing materials to celebrate the foundational work that has been done over the last five years, highlighting our learnings, and hearing from the people behind the programmes and

10 Mar 2022: The Gemini Papers set the Centre for Digital Built Britain’s vision for the future, showcasing the vital role that connected digital twins play in improving social, economic, and environmental outcomes, to create a better quality of life for all.

5 Oct 2022: Off-site manufacturing delivers major benefits to the automotive, food and beverage industries, but construction has been slower to explore its potential, especially in the UK.

22 Mar 2022: We must recognise the connection between high-quality data sharing and added value to business, people and nature. ... Success also depends on human and organisational factors. • Work must be people-led and technology-enabled.

4 Feb 2022: Join us on for an all day Hackathon on Friday 4th March to explore one of the biggest challenges we face as an industry: Information Interoperability.

24 Mar 2022: Around 40 people came together  to join the highly collaborative approach to problem-solving with additional participants joining remotely for the hybrid event. ... What we learned is that data alone won’t save the world by Itself, but the collective

22 Sep 2022: Applying a sociotechnical lens, researchers were able to identify six categories of inhibitor to greater BIM and OSM uptake: technology (e.g., digital literacy gaps), people (e.g., attitude, skills), culture ... A programme of organisational change

16 Mar 2022: CDBB’s overarching role was to bring people together, to convene, connect and coordinate across the whole of the built environment.

4 Oct 2022: Researchers also initiated additional lines of enquiry, consulting some of the people who will use Oriel’s services about inclusive service design. ... The concept of digital twins is new to these stakeholders. While the technology to guide

6 May 2022: digital transformation of infrastructure will provide better outcomes for businesses, people, and nature. ... As one interviewee told us, “When people price big infrastructure jobs, they price what they don’t know.

10 Mar 2022: they can enable people and nature to flourish together for generations to come. ... By working together, enabling secure information flow across organisational and sector boundaries, we can achieve better outcomes for people, society and nature.

4 Oct 2022: By simply integrating basic employment records and up-to-date information about space allocation (whose office is whose), the system can ensure people can retrieve their own data. ... Digital twins also provide the foundation for integrating city-scale

7 Feb 2022: None of us will get it exactly right to begin with, but better outcomes for more people are worth the effort. ... What solutions to these problems are presented? How are people brought in or made aware of opportunities to participate?

22 Sep 2022: As of 2019, the UK Government has committed to a “presumption in favour” of off-site construction for procurement of all new buildings by all key government departments.

28 Mar 2022: The interview sees them sharing the extraordinary role the Centre has played over the five-year programme – showcasing their incredible journey from just two people in an office, to connecting with ... Digital tools and processes are critical to

31 Mar 2022: A Construction Innovation Hub enabled project by the University of Cambridge’s Centre for Natural Material Innovation (CNMI) aims to showcase the benefits of modular school design and construction through a demonstrator project at a primary school

25 Mar 2022: One of the key innovations in Matthew’s technique is that no images of people are actually stored or processed outside of the camera. ... Instead, it is programmed to count and track people without capturing any identifying information or images.

9 Mar 2022: Henry Fenby-Taylor, the Centre for Digital Built Britain’s Head of Information Management explores the start-up ecosystem in construction and how a new report from the Construction Innovation Hub can help those looking to set up or invest in

9 Feb 2022: Through our Hackathon event we aim to bring people together and work in collaboration to look at how we can make better use of available data to boost the built environment

11 Aug 2022: All Rights Reserved. Tony Fish 2021. The Vision. Our Vision is for a built environment whose explicit purpose is to enable people and nature to flourish together for generations. ... Improving outcomes for people and nature depends on the services that

21 Apr 2022: Also, by taking on a greater role in the digital transformation of infrastructure, investors can be involved in providing better outcomes for businesses, people, and nature.

22 Sep 2022: Our research is contributing knowledge that will lead to practical changes in people and organisations as we transform our construction industry.”.

4 Oct 2022: Sight loss is an increasing problem. By 2050 it’s estimated that four million people will be living with sight loss in the UK. ... According to WHO, more than 2.2 billion people currently live with a form of sight impairment.

31 Mar 2022: Our world is changing: the way local authorities provide products and services, as well as people’s expectations of how they are delivered, are changing. ... To reduce cost and waste. To increase team productivity and less stressed people (who are able

3 Mar 2022: It will be an opportunity to reach different people and industry sectors, scale innovation, expand resources and increase knowledge exchange. ... We provide impartial ‘innovation as a service’ for public bodies, businesses, and infrastructure

12 Jul 2022: A new whitepaper explores how digital twin technology can play its role in the future of a service-oriented environment – highlighting the potential benefits and opportunities as well as the challenges that can arise when implementing innovative

30 Jun 2022: Sight loss is an increasing problem in the UK. Currently, it is estimated that two million people in the UK are living with sight loss – of which 360,000 are blind ... or partially slighted – (The Telegraph, 2021), while it’s estimated that four

10 Jan 2022: Digital twins are not just a useful resource for understanding the sakthy.jpg here-and-now of built assets. If an asset changes condition or position over its lifecycle, historical data from remote sensors can make this change visible to asset

10 Mar 2022: Better decisions, based on better analysis of better data, drive better outcomes for people.4. ... They allow people to voice their challenges and aspirations to inform policy, planning, and design.

31 Mar 2022: The Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) as a partner in the Construction Innovation Hub is pleased to announce the launch of a multi-party ‘Integrated Information Management Contract’ (‘IIMC’), developed by the King’s College London

31 Mar 2022: 1.1. Executive Summary. Our world is changing: the way local authorities provide products and services, as well as people’s expectations of how. ... below). • To reduce cost and waste. • To increase team productivity and less stressed people (who

12 Apr 2022: A cross-sector leadership community is beginning a new chapter in partnership with the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), working to stimulate change and drive digital innovation across the built environment sector.

22 Sep 2022: Engineered timber offers a cost-effective solution to the UK’s building needs, improving construction productivity and performance.

7 Jul 2022: The Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research, on behalf of CDBB, hosted a stakeholder round table discussion about Pre-Manufactured Value (PMV) on 27th April 2022.

12 Sep 2022: These SMEs see their main constraints in the management of their People and Information.

14 Jul 2022: be through continuing study or through experience) Incentivise people with digital skills to consider joining the built environment professions. ... In addition, the following outcomes are sought:. Attract people with digital skills into the

22 Sep 2022: A major rail upgrade programme to remove a bottleneck on the West Coast Main Line saw collaboration between Atkins, Laing O’Rourke, Volker Rail and Network Rail.

26 Sep 2022: Digital twins will improve organisational safety, productivity and efficiency and provide the foundation for integrating city-scale data to optimise city services to provide better outcomes for people.

10 Mar 2022: Services. Figure 5. Intertwined worlds are connected to deliver outcomes for people and nature. ... sites/default/files/the_london_plan_2021.pdf5. The Cyber-Physical Infrastructure - Empowering innovation, people, robots and smart machines to.

28 Feb 2022: This blog by Kwadwo Oti-Sarpong and Konrad Graser identifies the DFAB House project in Switzerland as a case study which captures learning for faciliating the digitalisation of offsite manufacturing aligned to the Construction Innovation Hub's

25 May 2022: In an increasingly digitalised built Britain, smart city initiatives are seen as a way to give local authorities the opportunity to boost their inter-urban competitiveness and to harness urban data to shape urban decision making and service delivery,

18 May 2022: A significant proportion of the work undertaken by CDBB has focussed on the macro level, working with national and international policymakers and businesses. However, most businesses that make up the construction sector are small and medium-sized

25 Mar 2022: Connect these information sources to people who can use it to make better informed decisions. ... Understand how people use your asset/service. What are their needs and expectations?