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13 Oct 2021: 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

28 Apr 2021: 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

28 Sep 2021: The ‘My Collections’ box will tell you when the page was last saved, and allows you to download your filters to use later.

19 May 2021: Realising the digital transformation of the built environment sector and the benefits of the National Digital Twin will rely on the workforce having the necessary skills. The NDTp Skills and Competency framework and supporting resources are designed

12 Oct 2021: Sara Hogosson is Operations Manager for CDBB

29 Jun 2021: A new proof-of-concept project, enabled by the Construction Innovation Hub, has investigated whether actionable tasks could be used to guide organisations in their implementation of the ISO 19650 series of standards.

4 Mar 2021: Below are videos published in 2021. Four Futures, One Choice - Panel Discussion with Cambridge Zero - March 2021 Andy Boutle described the BIEG Interactive Tool - March 2021 Local councils urged to reap the rewards of digitalisation - February 2021

14 Jun 2021: Tom is the CReDo Project Architect.

14 Jun 2021: Matthew leads the work developing the technical core of the Information Management Framework for the National Digital Twin programme. He is a Chemical Engineer by original training, and did his PhD in numerical modelling. He worked for Shell for 30

11 Jun 2021: screenshot_2021-06-14_at_08.33.54.png Welcome to our Summer newsletter. As I reflect on this last quarter I have been greatly encouraged to see that, despite the continuing challenges we are all facing, there has still continued to be a wealth of

15 Dec 2021: Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! winter_newsletter.jpg Welcome to our winter news update.

8 Sep 2021: screenshot_2021-09-08_at_10.47.25.png Welcome to our Autumn newsletter. We are pleased to bring you an update of the activities from across CDBB, the National Digital Twin Programme, our Construction Innovation Hub work, our research teams, and

27 Oct 2021: DT Hub Community manager

12 Jan 2021: The vision for the Digital Built Britain Programme is to make better use of built assets, and provide better social outcomes to the challenges of urbanisation and an increasing population, improve the UK’s productivity and support growth.

9 Mar 2021: screenshot_2021-03-09_at_11.18.02.png Welcome to our Spring newsletter. Since our last newsletter we have had a new period of lockdown to contend with, which has presented challenges for all once again. However, it has been amazing to see the

9 Jun 2021: Ron Lang, Chief Technical Officer, Construction Innovation Hub We have seen over the past year how the COVID-19 response has accelerated the speed and scale of digital transformation. One of the most striking developments is the huge momentum

18 Aug 2021: Catherine joined CDBB in July 2021 to work on communications projects for the National Digital Twin programme and the Digital Twin Hub. She previously scoped the communications strategy to raise the public profile of research and technology

3 Nov 2021: Embracing digital ways of working will transform how the built environment sector works, giving it the tools to tackle the challenges of tomorrow, including the climate crisis, a new framework developed by the Construction Innovation Hub has found.

14 Sep 2021: Embedding digital innovation in the construction and built environment sectors will boost productivity and deliver better whole-life value for assets, according to a new report. Today, the Construction Innovation Hub publishes a new resource to

29 Jun 2021: A new proof-of-concept project, enabled by the Construction Innovation Hub, has investigated whether actionable tasks could be used to guide organisations in their implementation of the ISO 19650 series of standards.

7 Dec 2021: A range of CDBB projects and work was highlighted at Digital Construction Week which took place on 24 and 25 November at the ExCeL in London. The two day event was a celebration of innovation in the built environment.

27 Apr 2021: Ian Ronksley, Development Manager for The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS), the national accreditation body, provides an update on accreditation and its role in ensuring that the construction industry applies good information management

5 May 2021: The Government Soft Landings report provides guidance for the public sector in applying BS8536 parts 1 and 2 and reflects the changes introduced by the publication of the international standard suite ISO19650.

14 Jun 2021: Chris Dent is Professor of Industrial Mathematics in the School of Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh, and a Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute. He has broad interests across operation and planning of energy systems, and wider issues of

28 Apr 2021: Henry Fenby-Taylor is the Head of Information Management for the Centre for Digital Built Britain. He brings with him a breadth of experience from research to implementation that includes everything from getting his hands dirty on projects to

29 Mar 2021: Information management using building information modelling (BIM) is important in both the delivery and operation of our buildings and infrastructure. There is a need for this to be supported by effective training which is accessible to individuals

29 Jul 2021: Last Monday, the Cyber-Physical Fabric Summit explored a new, bold vision for the Cyber-Physical Fabric and how we can stitch together our physical and digital worlds at a national scale. If you missed the Summit, a full video of the day can be

15 Mar 2021: Local councils across Britain are being urged to take advantage of a new BIM Early Steps Roadmap which will make the switch towards a data-led approach to the management of buildings and estates easier than ever.

14 Jul 2021: 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

29 Jun 2021: A timber pavilion featured at the 2021 London Design Biennale explored how we can use nature based solutions to build back better and address the challenges of the built environment including the climate crisis.

21 Jul 2021: Digital Twins are a way of getting better insights about the assets you commission, design, construct or manage, increasing their whole-life value and enhancing their performance and the outcomes for people who use them. But how do you get started

13 Dec 2021: The Construction Innovation Hub (the Hub) is working with NHS Scotland to accelerate the digitisation of Scotland’s healthcare estate.

25 Feb 2021: The Gemini Programme of the Centre for Digital Built Britian’s National Digital Twin programme (NDTp) have today released the Digital Twin (DT) Toolkit. This toolkit is a simple guide outlining the key areas of consideration in the approach to

8 Jan 2021: matthew_west.jpg There is enough bad news at the moment so it makes a pleasant change to be able to share some good news.We are pleased to announce that Matthew West, Technical Lead for the National Digital Twin programme (NDTp) has been awarded an

8 Oct 2021: Published in the International Journal of Construction Management and titled, ‘Digital twins in infrastructure: definitions, current practices, challenges and strategies’ a new paper features interviews with top UK infrastructure executives to

1 Mar 2021: Top Trump Role Profile Cards - click on each to view the pdf file of the role profile.

19 Mar 2021: What is the workshop about? Previous research carried out by the Cambridge Service Alliance (CSA), University of Cambridge has demonstrated that digital twins are an opportune conduit for business model innovation.

23 Mar 2021: The Construction Innovation Hub's Digital Impact Director, David Philp, was recently interviewed on the BeyondBIM podcast series, where he discusses the evolution of BIM and policy.

21 Jul 2021: Exploring the possibilities and challenges of predicting a building’s thermal performance, CDBB researcher Dr Xiang Xie, reports on a collaborative project that is developing a new approach.

5 Jul 2021: Exploring the Power of Federated Digital Twins and Cyber-Physical Fabric at a National Scale The emerging perspective is that the pandemic has driven seven years of digital progress in one year.

21 Apr 2021: screenshot_2021-04-21_at_14.20.53.png A bold new Vision for the Built Environment is published today (Thursday 22 April).

25 Feb 2021: The Construction Innovation Hub’s new Information interoperability: business benefits case helps organisations to understand and unlock the benefits of information interoperability.

15 Mar 2021: Local authorities have varied responsibilities and populations, but all are grappling with increasing budget pressures -not least due to the Covid-19 relief and recovery.

20 Dec 2021: To read the comic, click the image to get the download link.

1 Jul 2021: Alexandra Bolton, Executive Director, CDBB on the upcoming Cyber-Physical Fabric Summit The pandemic has highlighted the need to make better, data-driven decisions that are focussed on creating better outcomes.

28 Sep 2021: Assessing the performance of a building or other asset during the procurement, design and construction phase remains a significant challenge for the industry and its operational energy use and emissions can come as a shock.

5 Mar 2021: The Centre for Digital Built Britain’s International work stream has championed the foundation of successful collaborations between international governments and regional public sector communities resulting in the forthcoming launch of a Global

15 Dec 2021: Published in MDPI Sustainability a new open access paper from Antiopi Koronaki, Aurimas Bukauskas, Aftab Jalia, Darshil U. Shah and Michael H.

19 Feb 2021: The Centre for Digital Built Britain (supported by the Construction Innovation Hub), BSI and the UK BIM Alliance, have today released an updated suite of guidance documents to support the BS EN ISO 19650 series.

21 Jul 2021: The Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) has been housed at the University of Cambridge since September 2017.