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28 Jun 2019: Following the release of the Energy Data Taskforce report recommending a strategy for the digitalisation of the energy sector, Laura Sandys, Chair of the Taskforce, looks forward to change. Digitalisation is informing all sectors of our economy and

10 Jul 2019: screenshot_2020-07-01_at_15.28.01.png Project background How can buildings’ energy use and embodied energy both be optimized at the design stage? This project aims to enable the generation of real-time data from operational energy use and from

4 Nov 2019: Dr Algan Tezel, University of Huddersfield. 'Toward Blockchain – enabled construction supply chains: Potential, requirements and implementation'. ... Prof. Patricia Tzortzopoulos, University of Huddersfield. 'Recommendations for Automated Checking of

10 Sep 2019: As part of ongoing work under the UK’s Transforming Construction Challenge and the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, a new thought-leadership blog from the Construction Innovation Hub has been launched today.

1 Aug 2019: the most difficulties in implementation – including Information Requirements, Common Data Environment and Level of Information Need.

18 Oct 2019: CDBB and the Construction Innovation Hub have just completed the ‘6 week burst’ - an intense period of engagement activity starting with CDBB week, including UK Construction Week and concluding with Digital Construction Week this week.

15 Oct 2019: Industry innovators from a range of infrastructure sectors attended the Centre for Digital Built Britain’s (CDBB) inaugural event of CDBB Week – National Digital Twin Day.

4 Jun 2019: 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

6 Dec 2019: A year on from the publication of the Gemini Principles, Alexandra Bolton, Executive Director of CDBB, one of the partners in the Transforming Construction’s Construction Innovation Hub, reflects on the progress of the National Digital Twin

17 Jun 2019: PhD student at the Laing O'Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology receives research fellowship to continue work in satellite monitoring of infrastructure.

10 Jul 2019: screenshot_2020-07-06_at_14.06.09.png Project background This project developed a case study of The Edge in Amsterdam, billed as the world’s smartest building, for CDBB.

6 Nov 2019: The remaining clause 5 activities will be addressed in the January 2020 third edition alongside insight associated with information requirements and other themes within the ISO 19650 series.

18 Dec 2019: The portal and associated tools were developed to help publicsector organisations deliver on the requirements of the Scottish BIM policy and can be used to support the implementation of the UK

15 Apr 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

11 Dec 2019: brydon_wang.jpeg As part of CDBB’s series of blogs to mark Gemini Principles: One Year On, Technology and Construction Lawyer and Sessional Academic at Queensland University of Technology, Australia, Brydon Wang, considers the role of principles

4 Oct 2019: Industry innovators from a range of infrastructure sectors attended the Centre for Digital Built Britain’s (CDBB) inaugural event of CDBB Week – National Digital Twin Day.

7 Nov 2019: CCIMI Colloquium: Mark Girolami - The Statistical Finite Element Method The finite element method (FEM) is one of the great triumphs of applied mathematics, numerical analysis and software development. Recent developments in sensor and signalling

18 Jun 2019: Recommendations for Automated Checking of Regulations and Requirements Management in Healthcare Design. ... contribute towards the adoption of automation in healthcare building projects;. propose a categorisation of (a) building codes (HBNs, HTMs and

20 Aug 2019: Following on from this exercise, the DT Hub is eliciting a defined set of business values taking account of increased complexity and data requirements.

18 Dec 2019: Launched by HM Treasury in July 2018, the CDBB’s National Digital Twin Programme was set up to deliver key recommendations of the National Infrastructure Commission 2017 “Data for the Public Good Report”: to steer the successful development

19 Jul 2019: The Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) works closely with a range of leading organisations to drive change to deliver a smart digital built environment.

15 Feb 2019: screenshot_2020-07-10_at_09.42.08.png Background 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,

10 Jul 2019: screenshot_2020-07-01_at_17.23.50.png Project background Bridge collapses are expensive and often tragic events that need to be avoided by detecting faults early.

10 Jul 2019: screenshot_2020-06-30_at_22.17.11.png Project background This project represents an early trial to address the research gap on city-level digital twins. The pilot is focused on commutes, such as journeys to work, which are a key determinant of peak

11 Sep 2019: CDBB’s International team helps to grow the global digital construction market, facilitating trade across national borders.

18 Dec 2019: The Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) has developed an online toolkit designed to help the public sector to improve the performance of its built assets through the use of digital technologies.

30 Sep 2019: In Greek mythology, the minotaur was a ferocious creature of half bull and half man. So dangerous was the minotaur, that Minos, King of Crete, tasked Daedalus, the great architect and engineer, to build a labyrinth to house the minotaur.

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

10 Jul 2019: At the seventh in our series of roundtable discussions run by the Centre for Digital Built Britain in association with Chartered Institute of Building, we brought together specialist BIM consultants to share their insights and consider the progress

12 Jul 2019: Following the results of the Construction Innovation Hub (CIH) and Ministry of Building Innovation and Education (MOBIE) Student Design Challenge 2019, Gerry Ruffles, Head of Education for MOBIE, champions the talent and innovation of the young

10 Jul 2019: One cause of over-engineering is a cumulative effect of different stakeholders adding margins to the requirements and the specification of the system to mitigate against their own risks. ... The stakeholders often know that their system is overdesigned,

10 Jul 2019: screenshot_2020-06-30_at_21.51.57.png Project background This project investigates how to understand infrastructure complexity, using the digital twin.

14 Oct 2019: Join us at our forthcoming event where the Construction Innovation Hub along with key partners the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) and Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) will explore how value-based procurement tools can drive

13 Sep 2019: CDBB Week 2019 Research Blog: Dr Tom Beach Digitisation of Requirements, Regulations and Compliance Checking Processes in the Built Environment. ... Digitising and automating the system is crucial as the entire lifecycle of the built environment is

14 Nov 2019: needed, and on the interests, motivations and requirements of the different stakeholders.

4 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

8 Nov 2019: Disclaimer: owing to purdah, we have not made reference to Government in this article CDBB awards Turner Harris tender to support development of a National Digital Twin The Centre for Digital Built Britain has appointed Manchester-headquartered

12 Aug 2019: CDBB is partnering with the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) to present National Digital Twin Day on Monday 9 September, as part of CDBB Week 2019. National Digital Twin Day will bring together organisations and people with an interest in the

4 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

17 Oct 2019: The Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) has appointed BSI as Hub Facilitators for the Digital Twin Hub (DT Hub), a web-enabled community for early adopters, suppliers and creators of digital twins.

9 Jul 2019: This research will be further extended to the development of a decision-making assessment tool to measure capabilities and requirements in the entire lifecycle of built assets.

14 Nov 2019: The construction and housing industries lag behind most other fields in taking advantage of new technologies. Transforming construction is a social, cultural, economic and political challenge and not just a technical problem.

14 Nov 2019: The Stafford Area Improvement Programme was a joint venture by Atkins, Laing O’Rourke, Volker Rail and Network Rail to remove a bottleneck in the West Coast Main Line that resulted in high- speed trains being impeded by slower local passenger

10 Jul 2019: screenshot_2020-07-01_at_15.45.33.png Project background This project aims to develop a Balanced Score Card (BSC) to support the adoption of automation in construction.

10 Jul 2019: future_cities_in_the_making.png Project background What questions are City Information Modelling (CIM) and Building Information Modelling (BIM) best suited to answer?

19 Nov 2019: Why interoperability is so important when delivering BIM. Interoperability is vital to ensure that BIM continues to thrive and deliver key benefits and to support UK BIM adoption.

23 Aug 2019: The Centre for Digital Built Britain’s Summer Research Showcase brings focus to the Centre’s research agenda and national academic network. Ahead of the event, on 12 September, Paul Clarke, Chief Technology Officer at Ocado, who will present the

7 Jun 2019: Dr Karen Blay is a Lecturer in Quantity Surveying at Loughborough University and a CDBB Early Career Researcher (ECR). Following a workshop in Brazil to design accessible infrastructure for the education and mobility of the blind, Dr Blay reflects

19 Aug 2019: As we look out of our windows and wonder just what the summer weather will bring next, our Executive Director Alexandra Bolton reflects on what CDBB has achieved so far and looks forward to a busy autumn with the upcoming CDBB week events, and

23 Oct 2019: screenshot_2020-08-14_at_16.26.55.png Abstract Over the past few years, deep learning (DL) based electricity demand forecasting has received considerable attention amongst mathematicians, engineers and data scientists working within the smart grid