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7 May 2020: Setting the stage for society to flourish…

4 Mar 2020: Helena Brimson is an Administrator for the National Digital Twin Programme.

14 Sep 2020: Anne joined the National Digital Twin Programme at CDBB in May 2020 as a Senior Project co-ordinator of the Change Stream. Her role is to support the Change Stream Lead with the objective of facilitating the changes required to enable the

22 Jun 2020: Research background Aurimas recently completed his PhD at the University of Bath, developing new approaches for architects and structural engineers to design low embodied carbon structures using reclaimed structural elements and minimally processed

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

22 Jun 2020: Research background Dr Zakaria DAKHLI is a research associate in digital services and business models for off-site construction supporting the IfM (Institute for Manufacturing) and the CDBB (Centre for Digital Built Britain). Before joining the

11 May 2020: Read the Full Spring 2020 Newsletter here: Read the newsletter introduction below: Spring News Update - Introduction: CDBB was founded to explore how digital ways of working and emerging practices and technologies could transform the way we design,

25 Feb 2020: Research background Prior to Cambridge, Vladimir did a Msc in physics at the University of Namur (Belgium) where he started to work on low-cost optical system for the monitoring of precious manuscripts. He then pursues a doctoral degree at

15 Dec 2020: An interactive web-enabled toolkit which provides the requisite functionality for clients to dynamically generate their own personalised business case for investing in a digital twin.

25 May 2020: This research network contributes to developing the research agenda, enhancing the level of performance and digitisation for future smart cities and smart construction at citizen, portfolio, organisation and project levels.

12 Nov 2020: screenshot_2020-11-12_at_09.16.31.png The local authority (LA) sector is large and diverse with 343 councils in England who collectively spent around £25bn on capital expenditure in 2017/2018 and approx. £4bn on building maintenance and operation

7 Apr 2020: Blog: Organisational information requirements (OIR). Submitted by Angela Walters on Tue, 07/04/2020 - 14:11. ... Therefore, organisational objectives, asset management objectives and their respective information requirements are intrinsically linked and

6 Apr 2020: As Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues impact the construction industry, a number of resources have been made available to provide accurate information on what you can do to support your business.

18 Nov 2020: Research background Gokcen is a systems engineer with a PhD in Information Systems. Her research interests include software engineering, smart buildings and cities, and BIM. Her application areas comprise software process assessment, BIM capability

14 Sep 2020: Laura is a HR Coordinator for CDBB and Strategic Partnerships Office, and has joined us from the HR Administration team at the University. Her role includes coordinating recruitment and providing advice on HR policies and employment relations issues,

15 Jun 2020: Research Projects Research Theme Currently Funded Project Type A digital twin prototype for journeys to work in Cambridge Digital Twins, Cambridge Living Laboratory Research Facility Early Career Researcher 2018 Adaptive Design of Supported

14 Sep 2020: Research background Dan Summerbell's background is in manufacturing operations. He has worked in a range of industries, across the UK, France, the US and Canada. He joined the Centre for Industrial Sustainability in 2017 to work on carbon efficeincy

28 Aug 2020: Full Summer 2020 Newsletter Summer News Update - Introduction: screenshot_2020-08-28_at_13.13.47.png I am pleased to welcome you to the Summer edition of the CDBB newsletter.

19 May 2020: Our Challenge To support a flourishing society, economy and natural environment, substantial changes must occur across our cities and infrastructure in order to enable them to be more energy and material efficient, to be more durable and resilient

22 Jun 2020: Research background A human geographer by background, Dr Sabina Maslova's research interests include migrant housing, professional migration, housing decision-making, expatriates, residential mobility, and transnational work. She holds a PhD (cum

30 Jan 2020: READ - Blog by Professor McFarlane on the this event. One-day workshop: Low-cost automation for SME's Digital Construction on a Shoestring is an approach to increasing the digital capabilities of companies in the construction sector by deploying

15 Apr 2020: In November 2018 Government announced a £72m award from UKRI to the Construction Innovation Hub, a four-year programme of work to transform the construction sector as part of the Industrial Strategy.

19 May 2020: Our Challenge We share and create more data than ever before, and businesses have already taken advantage, piecing together insights about our individual shopping habits, lifestyles and interests.

13 Oct 2020: The document “The Pathway Towards an Information Management Framework” sets out the requirements for the technical core of an Information Management Framework that supports secure and resilient exchange, inter-operability, and

16 Nov 2020: This alignment of operational requirements and a risk-based legal approach has been a major milestone for the pilot project. ... The requirement is to share data without compromising critical national infrastructure or sensitive sites.

22 Oct 2020: This tender is for the development of a Global Digital Platform.

22 Jun 2020: I have a MSc and a PhD in Geomatics Engineering-Remote Sensing. I have been a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Leeds since July 2019 and working with CDBB from Feb 2020. My research background is in monitoring crustal deformation

22 Jun 2020: Sakthy Selvakumaran (MEng, CEng, MICE, PhD) is the Isaac Newton Trust Fellow in Engineering at the University of Cambridge and the Founder of tech start-up BKwai: a software platform providing visualisations and data analytics for instrumentation

22 Jul 2020: The Buildings Client Group is a cross-sector leadership community working together to stimulate effective changes across the built environment. It aims to connect individuals who are leading digital adoption within their organisation.

22 Jun 2020: With industry experience in both consulting and on-site roles serving clients and contractors on various building projects, Kwadwo has extensive teaching experience at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

22 Jun 2020: Research background Dr Farhad Huseynov is a Senior Research Associate at the University of Cambridge. His research interests lie in the Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of bridges. During his PhD studies at the University College Dublin, he

2 Jul 2020: Computational Modelling group Prof Markus Kraft is a Fellow of Churchill College Cambridge and Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology. He is the director of CARES ltd., the Singapore-Cambridge CREATE Research Centre.

25 May 2020: Digital Compliance Network (D-COM). The entire lifecycle of the built environment is governed by a variety of regulations, requirements and standards. ... The D-COM Network brought together academic and industrial participants in the interest of; (a)

11 Dec 2020: fourfutures_onechoice_2020._png.png Four Futures, One Choice uses a futures thinking methodology to explore four scenarios for the digital built environment in the year 2040, hinging on the age demographics in the UK and the achievement of the

25 May 2020: This network takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the state-of-the-art in use of modelling support for infrastructure planning decision making, both in industry and policy practice, and in the research community; needs of the

26 Aug 2020: CDBB is pleased to be a partner for Digital Construction Summit 2020, which is an annual event for digital decision-makers in the built environment sector. ​Following the Covid-19 outbreak, we postponed our 2020 event, planned for 3 June, in line

11 Dec 2020: While many worried that automation would lead to unprecedented levels of unemployment, the built environment in 2040 is powered both by a growing skilled workforce and supported by automation.

19 Aug 2020: Guidance. These guidance papers were developed to help industries understand how to meet information management requirements through the whole life of built assets and complex systems.

16 Apr 2020: CDBB, a partner in the Construction Innovation Hub, has published The Building Information Modelling (BIM) Interoperability Report.

4 Apr 2020: screenshot_2020-06-18_at_17.09.03.png This review of CDBB funded literature revealed a wide array of tools - meaning digital technologies, processes and frameworks - at various stages of maturity, many of which could be transformative if they were

25 May 2020: This research network aims to take a user-centric approach to interacting with information, from search and retrieval to browsing and exploration, and to consider the following three dimensions: (1) the lifecycle of information, from its creation,

17 Nov 2020: The survey papers identify the requirements and inform the ontological choices for a Foundation Data Model (FDM). ... There are four Top-Level Ontologies that meet all the technical requirements: BORO, IDEAS, HQDM and ISO 15926-2.

31 Mar 2020: However, there is a risk that investments in Digital Twins will not align with market requirements and will not deliver the anticipated benefits.

22 Jun 2020: Research background I completed my Ph.D. in Earthquake Engineering in 2018 at Imperial College London. I have experience in computational methods for the characterisation of nonlinear structural behaviour and structural dynamics. Additionally, I

3 Jul 2020: The DT Hub is pleased to present its second series of Digital Twin Talks! Join us on the 7th July for the first video in a eight part series exploring the interconnection of digital twins and the benefits that can be delivered. The series provides

25 May 2020: This research project has used advanced image processing and computer vision techniques to recreate geospatial viewpoints of some historic, 17th century David Loggan line drawings of Cambridge Colleges. Subsequent drone flights then captured current

17 Apr 2020: The DT Hub is pleased to present Digital Twin Talks! Join us on the 28th April for the first video in a five part series exploring how digital twins are defined and the overarching concepts around them.

20 Nov 2020: This ensures that the new building reflects the school’s requirements for building functionality and operational performance, but is sufficiently flexible and adaptable to accommodate future changes. ... their own specific plan that responds to their

18 Nov 2020: 2020 has certainly asked a lot of us. Our industry and wider society has been stretched almost to capacity in terms of handling the pressure that’s been placed upon us, and it’s provided a rather stark glimpse of a future landscape I’m sure

17 Apr 2020: The DT Hub is pleased to present Digital Twin Talks! Join us on the 28th April for the first video in a five part series exploring how digital twins are defined and the overarching concepts around them.