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1 Feb 2021: 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

12 Feb 2021: A panel discussion with the authors Chair: Dr Erika Parn cz_logo_rectangle.png Four Futures, One Choice, a new, plain-language e-book written by experts from the Centre for Digital Built Britain in Cambridge, presents four future scenarios for what

26 Feb 2021: As part of the Cambridge Festival we are inviting Cambridgeshire residents to join us to explore what the future might be for UK’s buildings, infrastructure, places and spaces.

8 Sep 2021: screenshot_2021-09-08_at_10.47.25.png Welcome to our Autumn newsletter. We are pleased to bring you an update of the activities from across CDBB, the National Digital Twin Programme, our Construction Innovation Hub work, our research teams, and

20 Apr 2021: framework_for_composition.png The Construction Innovation Hub's  (the Hub) Platform Design Programme (PDP) working in partnership with both government and industry to develop a platform construction system consisting of a standardised kit of

1 Mar 2021: The Skills and Competency Framework, is the people enabler needed to develop and drive adoption of the IMF. ... There will be opportunities for technical and non-technical people who are equipped with the right skills, ranging from data fundamentals,

12 Feb 2021: Explore what the UK’s buildings, places and spaces could be like in 2040 & how the choices we make today could lead to fairer greener future. An interactive story sets out four future visions for the built environment and will be available

13 May 2021: It also supports a smooth transition (soft landing) between design and construction teams and the people that operate and use public buildings and facilities. ... putting people's needs at the heart of construction.

22 Mar 2021: The Infrastructure Mapping Application for London (IMA) seeks to address London’s need for improved coordination around infrastructure delivery to minimise disruption.

2 Feb 2021: Local authorities across the UK are being encouraged to ‘go digital’ in their approach to the design, construction and operation of their buildings and estates.

12 Feb 2021: Odysseus, a collaborative project led by The Alan Turing Institute, is featured by Microsoft On the Issues, the organisation’s global public affairs content hub that explores ways technology impacts society.

26 Apr 2021: Resource: Skills and Competencies for the National Digital Twin. With a growing digital transformation movement, there are a wealth of new and exciting career and training opportunities for people, regardless of ... The elements that make up the Skills

25 Mar 2021: Resigned to our fate). The people and businesses of the UK have placed greater value on lower-carbon activities, such as creative pursuits, sharing and repairing economies, careers in caring and ... spending time in nature with the people we love.

11 May 2021: The Construction Playbook (2020) highlights the need for appointing parties, such as asset owner clients, to further embed digital technologies and processes, especially the UK BIM Framework and digital twins, as a vehicle to improve the performance,

16 Jun 2021: s productivity gap, but could also unlock economic, environmental and social gains to create a better future for people and the planet.”.

20 Apr 2021: Asset System lifecycle and a periodic process lifecycle – to support the management of information for any large system of people, organisations, assets and, crucially, the activities in which they are involved.

19 Mar 2021: Many industries and businesses have been converted into more efficient, dynamic, and productive forms. The construction industry, on the other hand, still relies heavily on labour combined with onsite work, which is no longer compatible with the

1 Dec 2021: Thank you also to those people that have provided invaluable feedback that continues to shape the direction of the guidance.”.

19 Jan 2021: Hear from experts in application of digital technologies from the University of Cambridge (UoC) that are helping SMEs in the construction sector overcome digital transformation challenges.

16 Feb 2021: In this blog from Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research (CCHPR), Hannah Holmes and Gemma Burgess, explain how they mapped the locations of over 350 UK businesses specialising in different types of OSM, including modular buildings, pods,