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8 Apr 2019: Find out about the latest news from CDBB on events, our blogs, recent reports and more in the CDBB's April 2019 Newsletter

3 Apr 2019: DAFNI is funded by EPSRC as part of the UK Collaboratorium for Research on Infrastructure and Cities. At the conference we will launch DAFNI 1.0, which is the culmination of 2 years of software development by DAFNI's delivery team at STFC.

14 Nov 2019: Dr Aftab Jalia. Dr Aftab Jalia studied architecture at the University of Pune in India before pursuing postgraduate degrees at MIT and the University of Cambridge.

4 Jun 2019: Urban Innovation Labs,. (2019). Integration and Optimisation of Services Embedded in the Built Environment. (CDBB_REP_21)

11 Mar 2019: Find out about the latest news from CDBB on events, our blogs, recent reports and more in the CDBB's March 2019 Newsletter

31 Jan 2019: Applying for Indefinite Leave to Remain/Settlement Note: for EU/EEA/Swiss nationals applying for ‘settled status’, that is a different legal route, and guidance on that can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families

19 Jan 2019: Please see the table provided in the 'Funding Requirement' section of Annex II for further guidance. ... staff directly incurred costs (RA)" of the Funding Requirements table of the application form (Annex II).

20 Nov 2019: Joan Lasenby received her undergraduate BA degree and Part III qualification, in Mathematics from Trinity College, Cambridge. Her PhD was in Radio and Molecular Studies of the Galactic Centre at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory (now the

4 Jun 2019: Cambridge Architectural Research,. (2018). Digital Tools in the Creation and Through-Life Management of Built Assets. (CDBB_REP_22)

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.

21 Nov 2019: Samuel Chorlton is chair of the Digital Twin Hub, a part of the Centre for Digital Built Britain. Samuel is helping to provide guidance and oversight to support industry and government as they look to leverage and adopt digital twin techniques to

11 Oct 2019: The following rates were uploaded into X5 on 24th September 2019. New August 2019 pay scales: for MRC (EPI, CU, BSU, MBU, CBU, TOX) grades for University grades (non-Clinical) and banded rates USS grades have retained the superannuation rate of 24.4%

21 Nov 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 Jun 2019: Urban Innovation Labs (2019). Making the Digitally Enabled Services and Supply Chain Work. (CDBB_REP_20)

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.

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

5 Jul 2019: The presentations from the recent RGUG meeting on 27th June are now available on the ROO website. One of the discussion points from the meeting last week was to gauge interest in having an Open Day at ROO during the Michaelmas Term. Options include

27 Jun 2019: Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury announces launch of the Centre for Digital Built Britain' Digital Framework Task Group during visit to the University of Cambridge, (2.38m)

28 Nov 2019: The form is designed to ensure compliance with the GDPR requirements related to data access.

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

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

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: 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 May 2019: X5 has been updated with a new salary file with an effective date of 01/04/2019 which contains the proposed USS pension rate of 24.2%. Users who wish to use the existing rate of 19.5% should select the 01/02/2019 salary file.

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

22 Feb 2019: At Cambridge we are committed to achieving excellence in research and scholarship, ensuring that our activities contribute to the well-being of society. As the research landscape becomes increasingly complex, we need to be more proactive in the

10 May 2019: The Research Grant User Group (RGUG) meeting is led by the Research Operations Office and is an open forum where research grant administration issues and developments are discussed. The next meeting will take place as follow Thursday 27th June 2019

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

18 Jan 2019: The numbering for Research Grants has changed. As of early January 2019 we ran out of the 5 digit RG number system RG99999 and instead we are now using the 6 digit numbering system G100000. Work has been undertaken to make changes in the CUFS and

26 Jul 2019: The Wellcome Trust have made some policy changes including laboratory gloves can now be requested on grant applications and charged to existing grants. Further details are available from their website under the section ”Materials and consumables

26 Apr 2019: The next Research Grants User Group Meeting will take place as follows Thursday 2nd May 2019 2pm – 3:30pm Norwich Auditorium, Roger Needham Building, 7 J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0RB Agenda for the meeting and minutes for the previous

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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).

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

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

29 Aug 2019: If you are awarded a full Cambridge Bursary, you’re automatically nominated (you do not need to apply) for these 3 other awards and scholarships that the scheme administers. They are funded by donors. If you’re successful you’ll be told at the

9 Aug 2019: There are a few spaces available at the next X5 training session which includes setting up an X5 using the Project Wizard as well as using the correct methodology for capturing costs. To book a place please contact Debbie.West-Lewis@admin.cam.ac.uk

22 Feb 2019: The new April 2019 USS pension rate of 19.5% (currently 18%) for employers has been added into X5. In the Rates tab, the Salary Files show as ‘Out of date file’ and users will need to update it by clicking on ‘Apply all updated files now’.

20 Jun 2019: This is designed to ensure full compliance with legislative requirements whilst providing a seamless transition which will allow the employee to continue working for the University without any interruptions or delays.

19 Dec 2019: We would like to gauge topic suggestions for a proposed Research Administration Open Day. This presents an opportunity to discuss what transforming research administration at Cambridge means for all of us together. To help us plan the event, it

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

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.

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