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7 Dec 2020: To understand the lifecycle of information across all assets and join the dots to make our current data structures work. Reviewing and developing tools with a clear emphasis on education across all levels removing the barriers which currently

28 Jan 2020: screenshot_2020-08-14_at_16.01.11.png Research background Abstract: With the rising adoption of building information modelling (BIM) for asset management within the architecture, engineering and construction sectors, BIM-enabled asset management

30 May 2020: Introduction pwc_2020_assessment_part_1.png In 2016 the UK Government mandated the use of Building Information Modelling (‘BIM’) Level 2 on all centrally procured public construction projects.

23 May 2020: This project builds on a tool developed by two Cambridge PhD students that allows for the generation of high-resolution geographical data heat maps. These heat maps can help to solve optimisation problems relevant to citizens’ everyday lives.

23 May 2020: This project aims to understand how check-in data from social media is distributed around Cambridge and what kinds of spatial segmentation can be identified. It validated the social media data on urban segregation using observation and questionnaires

25 May 2020: This project examines what digital information is commonly available in UK cities and what new information can be retrieved from the built environment through BIM to aid planning.

5 May 2020: This project provides new tools in support of a novel framework that can enhance the autonomy of vehicles based on specially designed built environments.

24 May 2020: This project aimed to create a toolkit for capturing occupant satisfaction with their environment in buildings in order to feed the next generation of smart buildings with a more holistic set of metrics for comfort and enjoyment of a space.

25 May 2020: new, more systematic processes for thinking about, managing and deciding on margins in planning and modifying hospital buildings;.

7 Dec 2020: To understand and articulate the procurement and contractual issues arising from the need for interoperability in Government-led projects and to consider what solutions may be possible.

24 May 2020: Can people who use hearing aids experience the detailed soundscapes of the buildings they are in? This project aimed to build multiple microphone sensors and ways to interrogate the acoustic environment into wearable technologies for

23 May 2020: This project initiated some baseline data gathering and primary analysis of the ways in which off-the-shelf IOT sensors are going to generate and distribute data, the services they will invoke, and the infrastructure dependencies that will thus be

23 Sep 2020: Project teams are becoming more diverse, and new ideas are being encouraged and celebrated more often. ... When I’ve discussed this with new graduates, they often say that they assumed the industry would have been more digitally advanced than it is.

25 May 2020: A new DT-based automated anomaly detection process flow is proposed. The data integration based on IFC and extension of O&M activities was developed.

25 May 2020: Information Resilience (IR) can be defined as the process of reducing the vulnerability of information to threats during its lifespan.

14 Aug 2020: Concern was also expressed that if incumbent firms fail to innovate and adopt new digital technologies, new market entrants will come in and do it for them.

16 Jul 2020: This project considers stakeholder engagement in Smart Cities and Digital Infrastructure Projects.

13 Jun 2020: This workpackage explores the capabilities needed: by government, by those involved in the specification, design and delivery of built assets and across a portfolio of services, through-life, for businesses and citizens, and the capabilities needed

25 Jun 2020: This was followed by a new workplan. This extended piece of work was dependent on available funding for technical writers and review.

18 Jun 2020: Lack of agreement on a definition can mean working with new definitions of BIM for every new project undertaken, wasting time and resource.

29 Jul 2020: As industry makes plans to adapt to the ‘new normal’, VR and AR can support construction to connect, collaborate, make decisions and operate effectively remotely, reducing the number of site visits

7 Dec 2020: To share UK BIM Framework compliant approaches to information requirements (IR), enabling increased interoperability thanks to information being procured in a standardised and repeatable way.

23 May 2020: 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

25 May 2020: 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.

18 Jun 2020: Once the process of transformation has been started momentum must be maintained. In the UK, the initial programme was planned as a project that concluded after a stated term.

18 Jun 2020: Construction is an important sector in every economy.

14 Aug 2020: The Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB), a partner of the Construction Innovation Hub (CIH) responsible for delivering the Government’s Building Information Modelling (BIM) programme and facilitating collaboration with industry, has published

18 Jun 2020: Learning is needed throughout a change programme of this scale and complexity.

13 Jun 2020: The past 20 years have witnessed a transformation in digital technologies that touches every part of life in Great Britain.

14 May 2020: We pay a lot of attention to new projects and capital expenditure but valuing and maintaining our existing assets, shifting to a whole-life system view of the economics, is essential ... Simon Duddy, Director of Business Development at the Office for

18 Jun 2020: Faced with the potential benefits that come with digital transformation – improved productivity, better value for money and sustainable efficiencies – what are the outcomes of different parties, such as government, industry and academia, working

24 May 2020: This project aims to define the barriers and opportunities for adopting BIM in the UK housing sector, and to highlight the potential benefits of BIM to this sector.

7 Dec 2020: The BIEG has published a new Information interoperability: business benefits case tool, which helps organisations to understand and unlock the benefits of information interoperability.

18 Jun 2020: The UK acknowledged the challenges it faced in construction, including low productivity, late delivery of projects, and lack of value for public money.

18 Jun 2020: Changing the way people think and work is no small task. This is not a linear process and it requires identifying people across a broad skills base to engage a range of communication activities.

4 Sep 2020: New content explores ISO 19650-3 (Guidance 3) the information management function (Guidance A) and responsibility matrices (Guidance F). ... Co-Editor of the Guidance, Sarah Davidson said: “This new suite of guidance has been developed to offer

2 Nov 2020: A conference paper titled “Digital Twinning of Railway Overhead Line Equipment from Airborne LiDAR Data” authored by PhD student Mahendrini Ariyachandra and Dr Ioannis Brilakis received the Best Paper Award (best out of 221 papers) presented at

21 Aug 2020: By Sarah Hayes, Change Stream Lead of the National Digital Twin programme The DT Hub was launched at the end of March 2020 and now in August has grown to over 500 members.

22 Jul 2020: Amada Prorok, at Cambridge University’s Department of Computer Science and Technology, has made it their mission to find new ways of coordinating artificially intelligent agents, such as autonomous cars, to ... supports this new technology.

3 Jun 2020: ML technology has enabled a revolutionary leap in many digital economies generating growth in activity and business mainly for the ITC sector. Part of the growth is generated through sharing of IP, knowledge, tools and datasets. We want to adopt

7 Dec 2020: To explain how technologies can enable the client organisation functions of procuring, assuring, managing and maintaining interoperable data, in order to ensure that the full benefits of data management can be achieved throughout an asset’s life

14 Aug 2020: 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

15 Dec 2020: These two survey papers; ‘A survey of Top-Level Ontologies’ and ‘A Survey of Industry Data Models and Reference Data Libraries’, form the foundation for the work described in ‘The Pathway towards and Information Management Framework’ (IMF

14 May 2020: screenshot_2020-08-14_at_16.41.50.png Abstract A digital twin (DT) refers to a digital replica of physical assets, processes, and systems.

25 Jun 2020: The approach to delivering a National Digital Twin for the United Kingdom summary_tech_report_may29.jpg Published today, The approach to delivering a National Digital Twin for the United Kingdom outlines the National Digital Twin Programme’s

20 Nov 2020: Kicking off this December, the workshops will form the first phase of the Graduate Digital Capabilities for Built Environment Professionals Project, a new collaborative initiativeto identifyand addressthe digital skills gap for ... There are many

24 May 2020: The next steps would be to develop toolsets to support digital planning into programme management and operational activities, and to investigate policy options around a new ‘digital social contract’ between the

31 Jan 2020: On 29 January 2019 The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) of Peru signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of the United Kingdom to the improvement and development of Infrastructure investments in the country.

25 May 2020: To alleviate this bottleneck, a major upgrade of the line was undertaken, including the construction of 10 new bridges. ... The assessment work is specialist and UK-based companies have an opportunity to be at the forefront of this new dimension of

8 Jan 2020: Digital Twins: The Next Phase of the AI Revolution? The Turing Talk: Part of the IET EngTalk Series and BCS Lecture Series The idea of an Intelligent Digital Avatar conjures up many images from a complete virtual world that one can safely define,