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25 May 2020: This project aims to develop a Balanced Score Card (BSC) to support the adoption of automation in construction.

10 Nov 2020: Building a Sustainable, Net Zero London The UK is legally committed to being zero carbon by 2050. Engineered Timber is the only large-scale construction material that can be grown.

14 Aug 2020: screenshot_2020-04-17_at_11.25.18.png CDBB, a partner in the Construction Innovation Hub, has published The Building Information Modelling (BIM) Interoperability Report for consultation.

13 Jun 2020: It also looks to identify what new capabilities the UK will need; what research, development and demonstration is necessary to build, deploy and disseminate such capabilities; and where the basis for

25 May 2020: How could Blockchain be implemented in construction? As an emerging technology, Blockchain is being explored for various industries including, but not limited to: health care, manufacturing, insurance, real estate, logistics, finance, banking and

8 Jul 2020: Abstract screenshot_2020-08-14_at_17.31.51.png Visual inspection and human judgement form the cornerstone of daily operations and maintenance (O&M) services activities carried out by facility managers nowadays.

6 Feb 2020: twin to asset owners and people with new ideas about the use of data to provide new services in the UK and countries across the world.

19 Aug 2020: What is the Information Management Framework (IMF)?

3 Jun 2020: Bridge collapses are expensive and often tragic events that need to be avoided by detecting faults early. This project aims to create a coordinated aerial swarm system to inspect the cracks in bridge structures, improving the monitoring coverage and

1 Jun 2020: Research background Drawing on the literature on dynamic capabilities and digital transformation, this paper conceptualises and investigates the relevant antecedents of an essential capability for digital transformation – the digital transforming

23 May 2020: The proposed digital twin model builds on established transport modelling methods and incorporates new explanatory variables relating to the type of employment and the demands on the built environment.

27 Aug 2020: performance cannot be understood without taking into account not only ‘what’ new processes exist in a BIM project and its interdependencies but also ‘who’ implements and engages with them and ‘how’ ... In alignment with recent research

25 May 2020: BIM-based tools for automated compliance checking can potentially mitigate some of the negative effects of complexity in healthcare design.

24 May 2020: Data from the private rented sector has historically been lacking, but the rise of digital technology in this sector means there is a new resource for understanding this part of the

11 Mar 2020: This fellowship will enable her to undertake a new research project in collaboration with Professor Leifer’s designX research lab at Stanford University. ... Several characteristics of these systems are new (for example, intelligence, autonomy,

5 Nov 2020: Submitted by Angela Walters on Thu, 05/11/2020 - 16:04. A new publication explores the actions that will need to be taken by the construction sector over the next 20 ... Our Platform Design Programme will develop and embed these principles, helping to

24 May 2020: What part does city and regional governance play in how a city-level digital twin develops?

28 Jan 2020: screenshot_2020-08-14_at_16.01.11.png Research background Abstract: With the rising adoption of building information modelling (BIM) for asset management within the architecture, engineering and construction sectors, BIM-enabled asset management

7 Dec 2020: To understand the lifecycle of information across all assets and join the dots to make our current data structures work. Reviewing and developing tools with a clear emphasis on education across all levels removing the barriers which currently

22 Jun 2020: Research background I completed my PhD on territorial stigma in the regeneration of Middlehaven Middlesbrough within the Department of Geography at Durham University. My research interests include urban marginality, territorial stigma, gentrification

30 May 2020: Introduction pwc_2020_assessment_part_1.png In 2016 the UK Government mandated the use of Building Information Modelling (‘BIM’) Level 2 on all centrally procured public construction projects.

2 Sep 2020: Built Environment Digital Twinning has been published and is available for download.

23 May 2020: This project builds on a tool developed by two Cambridge PhD students that allows for the generation of high-resolution geographical data heat maps. These heat maps can help to solve optimisation problems relevant to citizens’ everyday lives.

25 May 2020: Dr Krisztina Kelevitz (Leeds) designed a new array of reflectors suitable for infrastructure monitoring. ... Matthew Bray, SatSense Ltd. Combining a range of monitoring technologies enables assessment of new generation techniques such as satellite

23 May 2020: This project aims to understand how check-in data from social media is distributed around Cambridge and what kinds of spatial segmentation can be identified. It validated the social media data on urban segregation using observation and questionnaires

25 May 2020: This project examines what digital information is commonly available in UK cities and what new information can be retrieved from the built environment through BIM to aid planning.

5 May 2020: This project provides new tools in support of a novel framework that can enhance the autonomy of vehicles based on specially designed built environments.

24 May 2020: This project aimed to create a toolkit for capturing occupant satisfaction with their environment in buildings in order to feed the next generation of smart buildings with a more holistic set of metrics for comfort and enjoyment of a space.

7 Dec 2020: To understand and articulate the procurement and contractual issues arising from the need for interoperability in Government-led projects and to consider what solutions may be possible.

25 May 2020: new, more systematic processes for thinking about, managing and deciding on margins in planning and modifying hospital buildings;.

23 May 2020: This project initiated some baseline data gathering and primary analysis of the ways in which off-the-shelf IOT sensors are going to generate and distribute data, the services they will invoke, and the infrastructure dependencies that will thus be

24 May 2020: Can people who use hearing aids experience the detailed soundscapes of the buildings they are in? This project aimed to build multiple microphone sensors and ways to interrogate the acoustic environment into wearable technologies for

25 May 2020: A new DT-based automated anomaly detection process flow is proposed. The data integration based on IFC and extension of O&M activities was developed.

25 May 2020: Information Resilience (IR) can be defined as the process of reducing the vulnerability of information to threats during its lifespan.

23 Sep 2020: Project teams are becoming more diverse, and new ideas are being encouraged and celebrated more often. ... When I’ve discussed this with new graduates, they often say that they assumed the industry would have been more digitally advanced than it is.

14 Aug 2020: Concern was also expressed that if incumbent firms fail to innovate and adopt new digital technologies, new market entrants will come in and do it for them.

16 Jul 2020: This project considers stakeholder engagement in Smart Cities and Digital Infrastructure Projects.

13 Jun 2020: This workpackage explores the capabilities needed: by government, by those involved in the specification, design and delivery of built assets and across a portfolio of services, through-life, for businesses and citizens, and the capabilities needed

25 Jun 2020: This was followed by a new workplan. This extended piece of work was dependent on available funding for technical writers and review.

18 Jun 2020: Lack of agreement on a definition can mean working with new definitions of BIM for every new project undertaken, wasting time and resource.

7 Dec 2020: To share UK BIM Framework compliant approaches to information requirements (IR), enabling increased interoperability thanks to information being procured in a standardised and repeatable way.

29 Jul 2020: As industry makes plans to adapt to the ‘new normal’, VR and AR can support construction to connect, collaborate, make decisions and operate effectively remotely, reducing the number of site visits

23 May 2020: 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

25 May 2020: This project set out to show the benefits of a manufacture-led approach to construction, showing how it would support the commitments made by the UK government to improving the construction sector.

18 Jun 2020: Once the process of transformation has been started momentum must be maintained. In the UK, the initial programme was planned as a project that concluded after a stated term.

18 Jun 2020: Construction is an important sector in every economy.

18 Jun 2020: Learning is needed throughout a change programme of this scale and complexity.

14 Aug 2020: The Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB), a partner of the Construction Innovation Hub (CIH) responsible for delivering the Government’s Building Information Modelling (BIM) programme and facilitating collaboration with industry, has published

13 Jun 2020: The past 20 years have witnessed a transformation in digital technologies that touches every part of life in Great Britain.

18 Jun 2020: Faced with the potential benefits that come with digital transformation – improved productivity, better value for money and sustainable efficiencies – what are the outcomes of different parties, such as government, industry and academia, working