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19 Feb 2018: 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 Aug 2018: 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).

8 Aug 2018: 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).

18 May 2018: In this month’s guest blog Dr Jacqui Taylor, CEO and co-founder of FlyingBinary, a company recognised as one of the 20 global Internet of Things (IoT) companies building capacity for Society 5.0 in 2018, articulates how a digital built Britain can

16 Aug 2018: How can the infrastructure sector capitalise on the data opportunity? Ahead of the Shaping a Digital World event on 25 September, the Institution of Civil Engineers held a joint roundtable with construction sector advisors Invennt to explore the

20 Nov 2018: The United Kingdom’s Building Information Modelling [BIM] Standards are a tried and tested way to work more efficiently and effectively in a digital environment. They are helping organisations to improve their performance and reduce their risk by

23 Aug 2018: Following the announcement of three new funding opportunities at the CDBB Summer Showcase Event, Alexandra Bolton, Deputy Director of the Centre, looks forward to receiving bids for the new calls.

29 Jun 2018: 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

7 Jun 2018: Representatives from the Centre for Digital Built Britain will be speaking at this CIRIA and University of Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC) event on 6 July 2018.

8 Aug 2018: 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).

20 Jun 2018: This Mini-Project developed a case study of The Edge in Amsterdam, billed as the world’s smartest building, for the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB). Developing the future of the digital built environment will require intensive study of a

27 Jul 2018: The Centre for Digital Built Britain is pleased to announce three new funding opportunities.

20 Jul 2018: Government confirmation that the Centre for Digital Built Britain will form a Digital Framework Task Group (DFTG) to guide the development and adoption of a digital framework for infrastructure data is good news. Mark Enzer, Chief Technical Officer

5 Jul 2018: It is considered that allowing people to 'age in place' has benefits for all and this has become a major thrust underpinning UK policy on older people and housing - consequently this ... With today's society facing the prospect of housing an

19 Nov 2018: 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

3 May 2018: The Laing O’Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering Masters (CEM) Annual Debate brings informed insights and lively discussion to the subject of a national Digital Twin.

19 Jun 2018: The following frequently asked questions aim to answer some of the queries that may arise from this process. These have been developed in collaboration by BSI, CDBB, the UK BIM Alliance, Public Sector bodies, and the Home Nations Working Group.

26 Feb 2018: Call for expressions of interest in participating in network bids and potential future research programmes. An initial Workshop will bring together an academic community interested in the research to be done around enhancing the performance of built

1 Dec 2018: This next BIM4 clients workshop in collaboration with the UK BIM Alliance will provide participants with an update on the BIM Level 2 programme, introduction to the CDBB programme including some of its early outputs and an opportunity to hear from

1 Oct 2018: The Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) and the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) are teaming up for a programme of high-level ‘roundtable’ discussions, which aim to further accelerate adoption of the Government’s digital strategy for

28 Nov 2018: A collaborative project between Stanford University, in the US, and the University of Cambridge is combining Virtual Reality technology and education to bring the outside world to children who are not able to experience it. Kathy Ho, a teacher at

19 Feb 2018: 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

7 Feb 2018: Strategic Planning Workshop

22 Jun 2018: Dr Andrew Robinson is a co-founder and partner of Urban Innovation Labs, the organisation commissioned by the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) to report on the Level 2 Convergence (L2C) programme. In this blog Andy explains the importance of

22 May 2018: In this month’s blog Richard Lane, Programme Manager for the EU BIM Task Group and Delivery Manager for the CDBB International Programme, reflects on the achievements of the European programme to date and looks forward to the next phase.

8 Aug 2018: Actual consequences will depend on how people interpret the changes that are taking place. ... People are very creative and inventive which can have all sorts of consequences.

19 Nov 2018: 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

26 Feb 2018: Adam Matthews, who leads the international development stream of the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB), sets out the global scope of the Digital Built Britain programme.

24 Aug 2018: Prof Andy Neely, Director of the Centre for Digital Built Britain is speaking at an open Cambridge Network event on how a digital economy may affect the construction and building industry in the future.

28 Mar 2018: Richard Lane is Delivery Manager for the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) international development programme. In his first blog for CDBB, Richard reflects on the value of international collaboration and the benefits of lessons learned from

25 Apr 2018: Sharing a digital language for construction enables partner countries to secure domestic benefits and increase international growth says Adam Matthews, who leads the international Digital Built Britain team. In this blog Adam reflects on Chile’s

20 Jul 2018: 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

10 Sep 2018: The 2019 International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Construction (ICSIC) will bring together world-leading academics and practitioners from the fields of infrastructure planning, asset management and sensing.

3 Feb 2018: CDBB is not a Cambridge-only programme. We want to engage with the best people in the field – wherever they are. ... The Centre will bring particular focus to how people use built assets in their everyday lives.

21 Mar 2018: It is widely acknowledged that buildings and cities can have a fundamental affect on people. ... However, buildings are not simply about housing people in a well-designed and efficient structure.

9 Nov 2018: Graham Herries, Director of Digital Technologies at Laing O’Rourke, said: “In terms of security-mindedness, educating, re-educating and reminding our people is key. ... Laing O’Rourke’s three steps to secure security-mindedness include: creating

28 Aug 2018: There is fear around getting this approach wrong – people worry about the litigation aspect of play and risk with children. ... Designing for children has also become a bit of a numbers game which considers a few metrics about people, economic

20 Nov 2018: Contact corresponding author:. People.

14 Mar 2018: Any of our research calls for next year will be external and open; it is essential that we, as a Centre, work with the people who are best in their field ... to test a building for people with a range of conditions that affect processing sensory inputs;

31 Oct 2018: Globally, one in eight people lives in extreme poverty. Nearly 800 million people still suffer from hunger. ... People still use unclean water sources, and over 2 billion are without improved sanitation.

21 Feb 2018: Social connection can be a powerful tool. When people really connect with each other solutions can emerge. ... I hope people who hear about my travels will get in touch to tell me about their projects.

12 Jul 2018: Social media and smartphone technology are providing a link between infrastructure and people, showing how we behave in relation to our built environment. ... If we have monitoring systems producing data about infrastructure, and people with phones

13 Jun 2018: Inspire the next generation. Although respected, engineering and infrastructure are still not perceived as the most interesting or accessible career choices for many young people. ... Evolve to succeed. Increasingly the infrastructure industry is going

26 Sep 2018: We are also an open programme and want to engage with the best people in industry and academia to build research capability and capacity across the UK, inform policy, and support ... that understand people’; Dr Anil Madhavapeddy spoke about

14 Nov 2018: Our cities are a complex mix of diverse ecosystems, institutions, people and goods. ... but also the lives and livelihoods of individual people within cities.

21 Feb 2018: Worldwide there likely to be some 2billion people over the age of 60 by 2050 and so creating products to support an aging population will have clear social and commercial benefits. ... At its core is detailed planning and real people. He says we are

12 Feb 2018: They also outline the key priorities for the Centre and how it will interact with the various stakeholder communities involved, including details of how people can get involved.

8 Aug 2018: This ensures that the best possible people are delivering the research we need to progress the digital built Britain vision. ... There is a huge social component to this and we work with social scientists as well as the people developing the technologies.

10 Nov 2018: When great architecture gets discussed, people don't talk about how the drawings got done on time, or the way all the measurements added up. ... Architects could spend more time understanding what people really want and adding more design value to more

9 Aug 2018: UK Government BIM Working Group CDE Sub Group