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10 Mar 2022: The mobilisation of an active, collaborative community from across academia, the public and private sectors has been remarkable to watch and be part of and I am sure that both new

4 Mar 2022: On 30th September 2022, the Centre for Digital Built Britain completes its mission to advance the digital transformation of the built environment.

30 Mar 2022: Growing the Future at Fawcett Primary School. Building work is due to start in August 2022 on a new school extension at Fawcett Primary School in Cambridge.

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.

27 Sep 2022: From 31 March 2022, CDBB moved into its final phase – passing the baton on to new organisations, while completing our work within the Construction Innovation Hub.

24 Mar 2022: • Boost your skills and capabilities. • Apply the Digital Twin Flex Standard. • Explore the Global BIM Network. • Adopt the UK BIM Framework Standards and Guidance. • Explore our Digital Twin Journeys research projects. • Find out how a

31 Mar 2022: The design for a new school extention at the Fawcett Primary School in Cambridge uses engineered timber to create flexible and adaptable spaces.

18 Mar 2022: A new Information Requirements Tool for the Information Management Community. Submitted by Jo Daye on Fri, 18/03/2022 - 13:00. ... The Construction Innovation Hub (the Hub) is launching a new Information Requirements tool to support client information

16 Mar 2022: This physical and digital book celebrates the extraordinary progress we have made with our partners in industry, academia and government in creating a solid foundation for a digital built Britain.

7 Feb 2022: To create a just and inclusive digital built Britain, we need to have ongoing critical dialogues about the ethics of the decision-making involved in creating smart cities. None of us will get it exactly right to begin with, but better outcomes for

9 Mar 2022: We found that the UK excels at investing in start-ups which enables a host of new services and products to emerge into the market. ... The opportunity to take risks and try new things is central to the sector meeting its sustainability and productivity

22 Mar 2022: • Boost your skills and capabilities. • Apply the Digital Twin Flex Standard. • Explore the Global BIM Network. • Adopt the UK BIM Framework Standards and Guidance. • Explore our Digital Twin Journeys research projects. • Find out how a

10 Mar 2022: The Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) publishes the Gemini Papers today (Thursday 10 March) to outline a blueprint for the future - demonstrating the value of connected digital twins and how they can enable people and nature to flourish

22 Sep 2022: In the long run, for many engineering firms, digital twins must also offer new business model opportunities such as increased revenue streams and profitability beyond increased efficiencies and safety.

28 Mar 2022: From 31 March, CDBB moves to its final phase – passing the baton on to new organisations, while completing its work within the Construction Innovation Hub.

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

9 Feb 2022: This is not about building new schools and roads in a sustainable way, but equally about improving the operational performance of the built environment that already exists.

24 Mar 2022: Winners: Team Accountable Futures. Problem: How can new builds achieve net-zero?

12 Sep 2022: Working with SME partners in construction, the Shoestring research has generated new low-cost solutions and is compiling these into a Shoestring Digital Construction solutions catalogue.

23 Mar 2022: Launched today (23 March) our Information Management Roadmap is designed to set out on one page how we are driving the digital transformation of the construction sector and contributing to the achievement of the Transforming Construction Challenge

12 Apr 2022: CIOB and the Buildings Client Group develop a new partnership to drive digital adoption. ... grow new career, business and export opportunities for the UK. For more information, visit2024 University of Cambridge.

4 Oct 2022: Development at the University of Cambridge’s West Cambridge campus offered an opportunity to demonstrate and address challenges associated with the production of a National Digital Twin (NDT).

22 Mar 2022: We all want the built environment to be safe and to last. However, minor movements over time from forces such as subsidence can impact how well our assets perform. It can also make connecting and modifying assets harder if they have shifted from the

17 Jan 2022: Digital Twins Journeys: a new infographic on ecosystems of services enabled by connected digital twins. ... A new infographic presents a conception of how this might work in the future.

25 Mar 2022: To asset owners and managers, understanding how people move through and use the built environment is a high priority, enabling better, more user-focused decisions. However, many of the methods for getting these insights can feel invasive to users of

9 Mar 2022: Enabled by the Construction Innovation Hub (the Hub) the report details the positive impact accelerators can have on new companies - supporting entrepreneurs and enabling new services and products to enter the

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

11 Aug 2022: Benefits to business: New markets, new services, new business models, new entrants.

30 Mar 2022: Growing the Future at Fawcett Primary School. Building work is due to start in August 2022 on a new school extension at Fawcett Primary School in Cambridge.

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.

11 Aug 2022: Build. Exploit new and emerging. digital construction, information management, and manufacturing technologies to improve safety, quality and production during construction. ... Benefits to business: New markets, new services, new business models, new

5 Oct 2022: The research should support deployment of such technologies in future schemes such as the new high speed railway line (HS2). ... In addition, the researchers investigated how new metal reflector designs (creating satellite monitoring points) might

5 Oct 2022: New approaches, such as modular and off-site manufacturing, need to be adopted at scale, with digital technology and new services generating additional value. ... The answer lies in finding new ways of providing value: our research focuses on emerging

7 Feb 2022: Keep an eye on the news page for the announcement of the next Global BIM Network event.

8 Mar 2022: Motion sensors, CO₂ sensors and the like are considered to be benign forms of monitoring, since they don’t capture images or personal data about us as we move through the buildings we visit. Or at least, that’s what we want to believe.

17 Jan 2022: The app (linked to the BDT) notifies Suhani. With its help, she navigates to the hospital canteen and toilet to get refreshed before heading to the new location.

12 Sep 2022: The new Shoestring Unit, embedded in the Institute for Manufacturing, continues to refine the design for an interface that can help construction-industry users identify and implement solutions independently (that is, ... Construction is not well known

22 Sep 2022: Making advances in policy and practice, CDBB researchers at the University of Cambridge’s Centre for Natural Material Innovation have demonstrated the potential for timber construction to meet demand for new ... The research has provided an

17 Feb 2022: PRESS RELEASE The Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) will be hosting a webinar on Thursday, 10 March at 12.00pm – 1.00pm (GMT) to launch the Gemini Papers: a blueprint for the future. Industry professionals are being invited to attend the

12 Jul 2022: Submitted by Sevcan Birdal on Tue, 12/07/2022 - 13:52. A new whitepaper explores how digital twin technology can play its role in the future of a service-oriented environment – ... A Cambridge-based research team worked with multiple stakeholders –

22 Sep 2022: This project developed a framework designed to help scale the value of digital twins beyond operational efficiency towards new revenue streams. ... These include an overview (2020), a feature on business model archetypes (March 2021), and digital twins

1 Aug 2022: Version 1.0 of BSI Flex 1965: v1.0 2022, which was sponsored by the Construction Innovation Hub via Centre for Digital Built Britain’s IM programme, is available for download now and is open for comment via the Standards Development Portal until

5 Oct 2022: The value-based model developed by CDBB researchers assesses new capabilities, new organisational structures, processes and cultures. ... This enables new digital services benefiting from digital and data-driven capabilities to analyse data at scale,

31 Mar 2022: Clients and industry are invited to examine and adopt the IIMC as a new means to improve value and reduce risks by agreeing directly their mutual information management commitments on one ... The new model is already being used to combine BIM with early

7 Jul 2022: He explained that resistance to the PMV approach was expected, because it was new and because adopting this approach requires a different way of thinking, as well as overcoming major education

10 Jan 2022: Sources also include sensing systems including fibre optics embedded in new structures to understand their capacity over the whole life of the asset.

21 Apr 2022: As key investors, the finance community has an opportunity to realise the benefits of digital twins by using them to add value, track sustainability targets, attract new investments, and manage risk

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

16 May 2022: Comment on direction of the new Construction Playbook (climate change requires joined-up whole life thinking through procurement, delivery to operational asset management).

6 Apr 2022: Benefits. Influence. Reputation as progressor. Latest news/developments. New thinking. Access to expert/peer network. ... Access to resources that include the latest news and developments within the world of digital twins.