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18 Mar 2019: Innovation in construction helps the industry to increase safety and work more efficiently making better use of resource to lower carbon impact while creating new businesses opportunities. ... New techniques are emerging to do this using nanopores,

6 Dec 2019: A new Industry Pricing Policy has been approved by the Research Policy Committee and guidelines are currently being drafted for Departments.

29 Mar 2019: In her monthly round-up of the latest CDBB activities, Deputy Director Alexandra Bolton welcomes the forthcoming publication of the Digital Framework Task Group Roadmap and the official launch of the Construction Innovation Hub at Futurebuild.

29 Mar 2019: CDBB was delighted to host its first event in the Cambridge Science Festival, on 23 March 2019. We focused on the future of construction as we wanted to highlight the contribution digital technology will make to jobs and construction of the future.

22 Nov 2019: The Grand Prix was awarded for the creation of an interactive web platform called 'History Radar 1938', which relays the Nazi annexation of Austria as a 24 hour news stream.

1 Oct 2019: In the spring of 2019 applications were received for the Teaching, Learning and Innovation Fund awards. We were delighted by the enthusiastic response, with 17 applications received across the University's six Schools.

7 Mar 2019: SMEs also felt they were well positioned to support delivery of increased diversity in the workplace, given their flexibility and ability to provide new opportunities and ways of working digitally, which ... they felt helped to attract new potential

28 May 2019: CDBB was pleased to sponsor of the recent Infrahack event in London this month (May), bringing together leading technology and infrastructure experts to build new solutions to address the challenges of

9 May 2019: For example, an architect or contractor have adopted a new tool because they have realised the benefits from working with it.

1 Oct 2019: The University's provision for emergency leave for dependants is being extended with effect from 1 October 2019. The changes include up to 5 working days' paid leave in any rolling 12-month period (pro-rated for part-time employees), with a limit of

16 Aug 2019: Search site. Human Resources. Returning Carers Scheme Round 14. Bulletin Date:. Monday, 19 August, 2019. Action:. Information Only. Audience:. All staff. Author:. Bulletin ID:. 80. Bulletin Summary:. Round 14 of the Returning Carers Scheme launches

5 Mar 2019: The first University Staff Survey is now open and closes at midnight on 25 March 2019. The survey provides all employees with the opportunity to say what they think about a range of workplace topics. All responses are anonymous. All staff members

14 May 2019: The Centre of Digital Built Britain in partnership with the UK BIM Alliance invites proposals to conduct a research project to investigate BIM maturity and benefits tools evaluation.

8 Jul 2019: The Student-Led Teaching Awards are hosted annually by the Cambridge Students' Union. These awards, which reward outstanding teaching and student support across the Collegiate University, are entirely led by students: nominations are submitted by

6 Nov 2019: UK BIM Framework Publishes two new reports to support BIM implementation. ... The second edition of Guidance Part 2: Processes for Project Delivery provides an update including a new section on the common data environment.

11 Jan 2019: a platform for industry professionals to come together and learn more about the construction landscape and new methods and technologies that bring change. ... Digital Market and Data Protection, where we announced new partnerships with NBS (National

13 May 2019: Our May Monthly Paper is by James Heaton and Ajith Parlikad looking at a framework for the alignment of infrastructure assets to citizen requirements within a Smart Cities framework.

4 Apr 2019: Data will drive future decisions, not simply ‘custom and practice’. And when we do need to build new assets – be they schools, hospitals or highways – we need to think of how

5 Apr 2019: This, in its turn, will expand the market for technology providers and mean they are in a better position to develop new products that will address current points of tension.

22 Jan 2019: Please find below details of the next phase of the Home Office pilot of the EU Settlement Scheme, which opened on 21 January 2019, including how those eligible can apply in this pilot phase. What is the EU Settlement Scheme? In advance of the UK’s

14 Jan 2019: Playscheme ethos At Playscheme we understand and promote the value of play for every child’s development and wellbeing. We tailor our activity timetable to provide a wide variety of play types, all of which are beneficial to your child’s

4 Feb 2019: The second session focussed on the new ISO 19650 standards. Dr Anne Kemp - BIM Strategy & Development Director, Atkins, provided the context for the new standards and emphasised the importance of collaboration

25 Sep 2019: Companies can see the opportunities that are being created in this new experience and platform-led economy, and at the same time they can see the threat of new competition emerging ... the kind of service transformation shift demanded of them in the new

7 Oct 2019: This year's World Mental Health Day on Thursday 10 October had a theme of suicide prevention. On Thursday, Yvonne McPartland, Deputy Head of the Staff Counselling Centre, delivered a session on suicide prevention for staff in Cambridge. The shocking

1 Feb 2019: In this month’s blog we hear from Fiona Moore, CDBB’s BIM Programme Manager, who discusses her thoughts on the importance of BIM in construction and how a change management approach can be key in making progress and releasing the benefits of BIM.

12 Apr 2019: This project set out to show the benefits of a manufacture-led approach to construction, showing how it would support the commitments made by the UK government to improving the construction sector.

25 Sep 2019: Group Leader Meri Huch of the Wellcome Trust/ Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute has been awarded this year's BINDER Innovation Prize by the German Society for Cell Biology, for her world-leading research on 'Liver organoids for the study of liver

1 Mar 2019: In her monthly round-up of activities at the Centre for Digital Built Britain, Alexandra Bolton, Deputy Director at CDBB, welcomes the latest report from the National Infrastructure Commission and looks forward to talking digital transformation at

8 Feb 2019: BSI as our National Standards Body triggered this as a new work item within ISO as the international standards organisation, and then through what is known as the Vienna Agreement at

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.

29 May 2019: The digitalisation of the water industry has been rewarded in the inaugural BIM4Water Award 2019 for Outstanding Achievement in Digital Delivery within the UK Water Industry.

31 Jan 2019: New terminology. Terry Stocks, CDBB BIM L2 Programme Lead, presented on using the PwC BIM Level 2 Benefits Measurement Methodology [BMM].

14 Mar 2019: Research governance refers to a set of principles, regulations and standards of good practice which ensure that organisations and individuals deliver high quality research.

20 Nov 2019: The big picture on big data” article published at Wan-IFRA the world news publishing association. ... 29 January 2016- Career Talks- Video: Data disruption and new business models in the education sector, Cambridge University Press Education department

17 Dec 2019: the soil, which may limit future forest growth and recovery, a new study suggests.

31 May 2019: The 2017 Scottish BIM mandate brought focus to using digital tools for infrastructure management across the Scottish Government, which is in the process of redesigning the planning system through a new

4 Oct 2019: Twitter is a source of abundant and free data that can be obtained for analysis. In this session, I will explain the methods that I used to collect data from Twitter, as well as the R codes used to clean and analyse the tweets. This will also

30 Aug 2019: Search site. Conservation Research Institute. Charlotte Milbank. My research examines whether "wild foods", including bushmeat, insects, wild fruits and vegetables, can contribute safely to food and nutritional security and human health in rural

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.

4 Oct 2019: Professor Diaz Anadon will lead this workshop on how to examine and evaluate the available options to implement the goals generated by government policies and policy makers. Register Here

16 Sep 2019: Soumya Banerjee has a PhD in Computer Science. He analyzes complex problems and implements new statistical and machine learning techniques for deriving insights from large amounts of data.

30 Aug 2019: Search site. Conservation Research Institute. Dr Cicely Marshall. I am a botanist, plant ecologist and conservationist with an interest in the flora of tropical Africa, in particular West Africa, and the UK flora. I joined the University of Cambridge

24 Sep 2019: Hence, my interest. Would you say that the UK and New Zealand are facing similar challenges? ... Private Bag 92019. Auckland 1142. New Zealand. Email: trebor@cs.auckland.ac.nz.

25 Sep 2019: The Cambridge Masters in Conservation Leadership is a ground-breaking course that equips students with the applied leadership and management skills needed to create positive change in conservation.

23 Sep 2019: Gordana works in the Research Strategy Office, which provides research strategy and policy support to the Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Cambridge. Prior to joining the University in 2005, she worked in a variety of marketing,

4 Oct 2019: All are welcome to meet senior academics and fellow ECR's from within UCCRI's conservation network. There will be key presentations from key academics followed by an overview of the research within UCCRI, followed by lunch.

5 Jun 2019: In addition, we have 9 Post-Doctoral research positions available to work with CDBB as well as one working on a new CDBB research project working with Michael Ramage on Precision

23 Sep 2019: Search site. Conservation Research Institute. Prof Emily So. Dr Emily So is a chartered civil engineer and a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Architecture. Before coming to Cambridge she worked at Arup as a senior geotechnical engineer and has

22 Aug 2019: Cambridge Infectious Diseases are putting together a wide-ranging programme, highlighting areas where working closer together can make an impact in human and animal health. We are now welcoming abstracts to be considered for 4 minute flash talks

4 Jul 2019: This week this has required us to move to a new office space, the address for which is at the end of this email. ... We look forward to welcoming our visitors to our new space, and to our next phase of work in our new home.