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31 May 2019: 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

25 Jan 2019: Following the formation of the Digital Framework Task Group (DFTG) Alexandra Bolton, Deputy Director of the Centre for Digital Built Britain, sets out the next steps in defining the Information Management Framework for a digital built Britain.

21 Nov 2019: Tom is the lead for the Digital Twin Hub (DT Hub), a part of the National Digital Twin programme. In this role Tom is responsible for the continued growth of the DT Hub community, enabling knowledge sharing within the community, and advancing the DT

4 Apr 2019: Following the official launch of the Construction Innovation Hub (CIH), Programme Director, Keith Waller sets out the collaborative vision for transforming the UK construction sector.

15 Apr 2019: The “Information Management according to BS EN ISO 19650 - Guidance Part 1: Concepts” has been released.

22 Feb 2019: The Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) is pleased to announce their BIM Roundtable Discussion Series in association with the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).

2 Apr 2019: Following the announcement that Mott MacDonald has been appointed delivery partner for the UK Global Infrastructure Programme, Adam Matthews, Head of CDBB International, welcomes the news.

31 May 2019: Alexandra joined the National Digital Twin Programme at CDBB in May 2019. She is the Programme Manager for the DT Hub. Her role is to support the DTHub Chair and the Stream Delivery Lead in starting up and developing the newly born DTHub Community.

21 Nov 2019: James is an Advisory for the National Digital Twin programme.

8 Apr 2019: DFTG Chair Mark Enzer provides his thoughts on the DFTG Roadmap Publication and DT Hub

12 Apr 2019: Following the publication of the Digital Framework Task Group (DFTG) Roadmap, the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) is launching the Digital Twin Hub (DT Hub), a collaborative and learning community for those who own or develop Digital Twins.

8 Mar 2019: Digital transformation brings opportunity as well as challenge, says Vicki Holmes, Digital Manager at Multiplex and Women in BIM core team member. In this guest blog Vicki makes the case for diversifying to digitalise.

31 May 2019: 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

4 Jul 2019: Find out about the latest news from CDBB on events, our blogs, recent reports and more in the CDBB's June 2019 Newsletter [View Newsletter] July 2019 Newsletter Introduction: screenshot_2019-07-04_at_12.44.33.png This month the CDBB team have been

6 Mar 2019: The CDBB is establishing the Digital Twin Hub (DT Hub), a collaborative web-enabled community for those who own, or who are developing, digital twins within the built environment.

21 Nov 2019: Peter leads the National Digital Twin programme at CDBB. He is responsible for the delivery and strategic alignment of the programme. Peter's background is in civil engineering with a PhD in data-driven asset management. He is experienced in

26 May 2019: Applications are welcome from ambitious post-doctoral researchers looking to develop their careers with the Centre for Digital Built Britain

17 Apr 2019: In his new role as academic lead for CDBB, Professor Mark Girolami looks forward to building on, developing and delivering the Centre’s vision for a digital built Britain.

22 Feb 2019: At the last in our series of roundtable discussions run by the Centre for Digital Built Britain in association with Chartered Institute of Building, we brought together asset and facilities managers to share their insights and consider the progress

29 Jan 2019: Saturday 23 March: 1:30pm - 4:30pm

5 Jun 2019: 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

14 Nov 2019: Professor Campbell Middleton is the Professor of Construction Engineering and Director of the Laing O’Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology at the University of Cambridge. He joined the University of Cambridge in 1989 after

2 Aug 2019: Find out about the latest news from CDBB on events, our blogs, recent reports and more in the CDBB's August 2019 Newsletter [View Newsletter] August 2019 Newsletter Introduction: This month we are delighted to publish the results of nearly two years

11 Jan 2019: The Construction IT Alliance (CitA) supports the Irish construction sector to take full advantage of current and emerging information and communications technologies. Dr Alan Hore, Co-Founder of CitA and Head of Quantity Surveying at Dublin

8 Nov 2019: Find out about what happened at CDBB Week in the November 2019 Newsletter. [View Newsletter] November 2019 Newsletter Introduction: This month I'm pleased to officially welcome our post-doctoral researchers to the CDBB community.

7 Mar 2019: Presenters: James HeatonInstitute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge ‘The use of BIM and asset classification within a Smart Cities framework’Dr Isolda Agusti Juan The Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management, University

14 Nov 2019: Research background Dr Darshil Shah is a senior researcher within the Centre for Natural Material Innovation, working to combine sustainability with performance and functionality in natural materials. He collaborates with scientists across

27 Jun 2019: D-COM: Digitisation of Requirements, Regulations and Compliance Checking Processes in the Built Environment.

14 Nov 2019: Antiopi Koronaki is an architect engineer working in the Centre for Natural Material Innovation. Her research explores the potential of engineered timber in off-site manufactured school buildings in the UK. She holds a PhD from the University of

31 May 2019: Franziska Sielker and Amarynth Sichel are researchers at the University of Cambridge Department of Land Economy working on the CDBB-funded project ‘Future Cities in the Making—overcoming barriers to information modelling in socially responsible

5 Jun 2019: CSTI Policy Seminar regarding Smart Cities - This seminar aims to address these various opportunities and challenges associated with smart cities and relevant policy implications. Two international scholars are invited to share their recent studies

11 Dec 2019: Neil has nearly 20 years of experience in implementing new technology and processes in the construction industry. He has worked for most types of firm in the sector, from founding his own business and social enterprises to leading roles in large

5 Apr 2019: Shaping the future of global manufacturing supply networks: Delivering sustainable value for producers and consumers through digital platforms

17 Jan 2019: Adam Matthews, CDBB’s Head of International, reflects on the success of the India-UK Future Tech Festival and looks forward to working bilaterally with India to promote high-tech digital construction.

11 Jul 2019: Pauline is a programme manager for the Change workstream of CDBB, working both on the delivery of the UK and International BIM programmes.

30 Sep 2019: It is commonplace to receive models close to the end of construction with a FM deliverable and COBie requirements, but when the models are reviewed there is no asset data, there

22 Feb 2019: The Centre for Digital Built Britain and the Digital Framework Task Group commended in the National Infrastructure Commission Annual Monitoring Report 2019

19 Nov 2019: Research background Xiang Xie is a research associate working in the Asset Management group in Institute for Manufacturing. Xiang’s research mainly focuses on the application of building level and campus level Digital Twin to support

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15 Feb 2019: The CDBB International programme engages with countries in Europe, Latin America, Asia, North America and Africa. Adam Matthews, head of the International team, reports on the latest collaboration in Uruguay.

3 May 2019: Following the recent release of the BS EN ISO 19650 Concepts Guidance, co-editor and contributing author Sarah Davidson, Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture and Built Environment at the University of Nottingham, sets out the

19 Nov 2019: Research background Paul joined the Department of Engineering in 1995, initially to work on the development of a yield-line analysis program for concrete bridges. In recent years, Paul's research has been on using new sensing technologies such as

29 Mar 2019: The shape of future architecture, engineering and construction was subject of the Construction Engineering Masters Annual Debate

19 Nov 2019: Dr Michael H. Ramage is Reader in Architecture and Engineering in the Department of Architecture, where he founded and leads the Centre for Natural Material Innovation, Fellow and Vice Master of Sidney Sussex College, a Chartered Engineer, Member of

6 Jun 2019: The Government announced the launch of this centre of excellence in Cambridge in order to champion the digital revolution in the built environment. The Centre was part of a landmark government-led investment in growing the UK’s construction sector.

20 Nov 2019: Having studied in the Department of Geography at the University of Cambridge, completing a BA, MPhil and PhD, Dr Gemma Burgess joined CCHPR in 2007 and is now the Centre's Acting Director. Her research interests include the opportunities that

14 Aug 2019: 18th 2020 International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering 37th 2020 International CIB W78 Conference

7 Sep 2019: The National Digital Twin (NDT) has been cited by the National Infrastructure Commission as having the potential to unlock an additional £7 billion per year of benefits across the UK infrastructure sector.

25 Jun 2019: The June monthly paper, by Kirsten Lamb, outlines the digital built Britain research landscape by means of a scoping review and gap analysis. This has informed the Capability Framework and Research Landscape work being conducted by CDBB on

30 Jul 2019: As part of CDBB Week CDBB will be officially launching the National BIM Strategy Online Training Programme on Wednesday 11 September of CDBB Week. The launch will consist of a digital communications campaign to include blog articles of partner