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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.

26 Feb 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

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

17 Mar 2021: As transport systems increase in complexity and mutual dependency the cost and requirement for real-world testing is also increasing. Therefore, the automotive and transport industries are seeking to augment real-world testing with simulation and

19 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

26 Feb 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

6 Sep 2021: Since its creation in 2018, the National Digital Twin programme (NDTp) has had three objectives: Enable a National Digital Twin – an ecosystem of connected digital twins to foster better outcomes from our built environment Deliver an Information

27 Oct 2021: Digital twins can help organisations achieve various goals. In some cases, the end goal is for buildings and infrastructure to last longer, use less energy, and be safer. In others, it is enhancing the lives of people who interact with the built

17 Jun 2021: Cross-discipline collaboration, cultural barriers and compelling questions. Better data can help us understand the complex interactions between the urban systems we create and the natural systems in which they operate.

1 Feb 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

15 Jan 2021: Positive feedback on platform and data categories and features and gradual increase of upload and download of data. ... Openness. Thisisan open data initiative.Anyone can view, edit and download data.

18 Aug 2021: An enhanced suite of training has been launched to support the global implementation of Building Information Modelling (BIM).

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

3 Nov 2021: The COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (31 October to 12 November 2021) is sending a strong message to all countries to put the targets set at the COP21 2015 summit into action in order to achieve Net-zero goals and stop climate change.

17 May 2021: In a proof-of-concept collaboration between TWI Ltd and the University of Cambridge and enabled by the Construction Innovation Hub, researchers have developed a sustainable process to rapidly join timber elements using linear friction welding.

26 Feb 2021: cdbb.cam.ac.uk/fourfutures, where you can download the Four Futures, One Choice e-book and summary.

3 Sep 2021: Mike Turpin, Technical Adviser for the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) explains how the recently released enhanced suite of online training will help to support the global implementation of Building Information Modelling (BIM).

12 Feb 2021: A panel discussion with the authors Chair: Dr Erika Parn cz_logo_rectangle.png Four Futures, One Choice, a new, plain-language e-book written by experts from the Centre for Digital Built Britain in Cambridge, presents four future scenarios for what

12 Aug 2021: Building a global evidence base to support government investment in built environment innovation that delivers benefits for people and places Following its launch, the Global BIM Network is now initiating a Call for Knowledge to all public sector

20 Apr 2021: framework_for_composition.png The Construction Innovation Hub's  (the Hub) Platform Design Programme (PDP) working in partnership with both government and industry to develop a platform construction system consisting of a standardised kit of

12 Feb 2021: Explore what the UK’s buildings, places and spaces could be like in 2040 & how the choices we make today could lead to fairer greener future. An interactive story sets out four future visions for the built environment and will be available

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

22 Nov 2021: Read and download the overview document first. It explains the various components of the Toolkit, how to use each of the resources, and provides advice on how to best start your ... Click the links below to read and download the resources you need.

20 Oct 2021: CDBB is seeking suppliers for a package of work to showcase the real-world impact of CDBB. Ever since its inception in 2017, the CDBB has been instrumental in helping create the artefacts of a digital built Britain.

28 Sep 2021: The Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB), enabled by the Construction Innovation Hub, has developed a tool to help navigate the broad, diverse knowledge base it has created over the last three and a half years.

11 Mar 2021: The Construction Innovation Hub’s Platform Design Programme is working in partnership with both government and industry to develop a platform construction system consisting of a standardised kit of parts to deliver social infrastructure buildings.

27 Jan 2021: Dr Sakthy Selvakumaran, Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge, and Dr Cristian Rossi, Satellite Applications Catapult, call for infrastructure owners to work with the research teams leading cutting-edge work exploring the

25 May 2021: Today (25 May) a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been announced between representatives for the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States of America (U.S.) cementing a pledge to work together on the development of the US National Building

26 Feb 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

2 Feb 2021: Local authorities across the UK are being encouraged to ‘go digital’ in their approach to the design, construction and operation of their buildings and estates.

21 Oct 2021: screenshot_2021-10-21_at_09.33.52.png Abstract This guidance document describes six key factors that will help construction firms to transform their project delivery through the adoption and use of BIM and OSM.

21 Sep 2021: Mark Enzer OBE, FREng, Director of the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB), Head of the National Digital Twin Programme, Digital Director and board member for the Construction Innovation Hub and Chief Technical Officer of Mott MacDonald has

12 Feb 2021: Odysseus, a collaborative project led by The Alan Turing Institute, is featured by Microsoft On the Issues, the organisation’s global public affairs content hub that explores ways technology impacts society.

11 May 2021: The launch of the Global BIM Network, which took place at the Global BIM Summit held online on 17 March, attracted more than 1000 representatives from 97 countries around the world.

16 Jun 2021: The Value of Information Management in the Construction and Infrastructure Sector, commissioned by the University of Cambridge’s Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) as a partner of the Construction Innovation Hub and produced by KPMG and Atkins

11 May 2021: An Editable Template of this DT Navigator is also available for download..

12 Feb 2021: Explore what the UK’s buildings, places & spaces could be like in 2040 & how the choices we make today could lead to fairer, greener future. An interactive story sets out four future visions for the built environment and will be available throug

20 Apr 2021: architecture.png The Architecture Principles This document builds on the National Digital Twin (NDT) Programme’s The Pathway Towards an Information Management Framework: A Commons for a Digital Built Britain.

19 Mar 2021: Many industries and businesses have been converted into more efficient, dynamic, and productive forms. The construction industry, on the other hand, still relies heavily on labour combined with onsite work, which is no longer compatible with the

22 Mar 2021: The Infrastructure Mapping Application for London (IMA) seeks to address London’s need for improved coordination around infrastructure delivery to minimise disruption.

19 Jan 2021: Hear from experts in application of digital technologies from the University of Cambridge (UoC) that are helping SMEs in the construction sector overcome digital transformation challenges.