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19 May 2021: Enabled by the Construction Innovation Hub, we have published a Skills and Competency Framework report, which sets out requirements for different roles, from ontologists to data regulators, while emphasising the need

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

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.

12 Oct 2021: Sara Hogosson is Operations Manager for CDBB

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

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

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

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

28 Sep 2021: knowledge_base_nav.png About the Knowledge Base Navigator The CDBB Knowledge Base Navigator is a tool designed to help you find outputs that are relevant to you.

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

14 Jun 2021: Tom is the CReDo Project Architect.

15 Mar 2021: curated throughout the lifecycle of a building or an asset and putting the end user and their requirements at the center of the process.

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.

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

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

27 Oct 2021: DT Hub Community manager

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

17 Mar 2021: As transport systems increase in complexity and mutual dependency the cost and requirement for real-world testing is also increasing.

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

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.

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

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

15 Dec 2021: Given the urgency of this requirement and in order to achieve Net Zero carbon emission targets we must reassess and reconsider the method of designing and building schools so that they ... projects. The work concludes with an overview of the developed

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 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

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

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.

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.

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.

28 Sep 2021: The reporting requirements are supported by flowcharts that show what data and information are required for each gateway.

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.

5 Mar 2021: Whatever the challenge is – be it the initial planning of a project, the incorporation of technical requirements in a tender process or the creation of a roadmap for the development of

19 Feb 2021: Framework. Part D now reflects the asset information requirements as set out in ISO 19650-3 and Part E includes new guidance about the UK BIM Framework information protocol template and

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).

3 Sep 2021: Whether or not a business case for change is required the exercise of developing one will still provide useful information in understanding the requirements and outcomes of the programme. ... specific requirements.

26 Feb 2021: Without this momentum, we may not have achieved our 2020 goal initiating the incorporation of the BIM requirement in a standardised way in public projects.

21 Jul 2021: As part of our Construction Innovation Hub programme we desire to lead in the development of information requirements for managing energy and carbon emissions.

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.

11 Mar 2021: The pragmatic and technical requirements for the Foundation Data Model have now been developed and consideration has been given as to whether any existing Top-Level Ontologies could be used as ... There are four Top-Level Ontologies that meet all the