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28 Aug 2020: Full Summer 2020 Newsletter Summer News Update - Introduction: screenshot_2020-08-28_at_13.13.47.png I am pleased to welcome you to the Summer edition of the CDBB newsletter.

12 Nov 2020: screenshot_2020-11-12_at_09.16.31.png The local authority (LA) sector is large and diverse with 343 councils in England who collectively spent around £25bn on capital expenditure in 2017/2018 and approx. £4bn on building maintenance and operation

7 May 2020: Setting the stage for society to flourish…

22 Jun 2020: Research background I completed my PhD on territorial stigma in the regeneration of Middlehaven Middlesbrough within the Department of Geography at Durham University. My research interests include urban marginality, territorial stigma, gentrification

22 Jun 2020: Research background Aurimas recently completed his PhD at the University of Bath, developing new approaches for architects and structural engineers to design low embodied carbon structures using reclaimed structural elements and minimally processed

4 Mar 2020: Helena Brimson is an Administrator for the National Digital Twin Programme.

6 Apr 2020: As Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues impact the construction industry, a number of resources have been made available to provide accurate information on what you can do to support your business.

18 Nov 2020: Research background Gokcen is a systems engineer with a PhD in Information Systems. Her research interests include software engineering, smart buildings and cities, and BIM. Her application areas comprise software process assessment, BIM capability

14 Sep 2020: Laura is a HR Coordinator for CDBB and Strategic Partnerships Office, and has joined us from the HR Administration team at the University. Her role includes coordinating recruitment and providing advice on HR policies and employment relations issues,

22 Jun 2020: Research background A human geographer by background, Dr Sabina Maslova's research interests include migrant housing, professional migration, housing decision-making, expatriates, residential mobility, and transnational work. She holds a PhD (cum

18 Sep 2020: The purpose of this work is to understand the breadth and depth of skills and roles required to successfully develop, implement and operate an Information Management Framework (IMF) and working towards a National Digital Twin as an ecosystem of

14 Sep 2020: Research background Dan Summerbell's background is in manufacturing operations. He has worked in a range of industries, across the UK, France, the US and Canada. He joined the Centre for Industrial Sustainability in 2017 to work on carbon efficeincy

22 Jun 2020: I have a MSc and a PhD in Geomatics Engineering-Remote Sensing. I have been a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Leeds since July 2019 and working with CDBB from Feb 2020. My research background is in monitoring crustal deformation

30 Jan 2020: READ - Blog by Professor McFarlane on the this event. One-day workshop: Low-cost automation for SME's Digital Construction on a Shoestring is an approach to increasing the digital capabilities of companies in the construction sector by deploying

26 Aug 2020: You can watch the sessions from last year’s Digital Construction Summit, look at last year’s programme and download the presentations at the links below. ... To view and download last year's presentations visit:.

7 Jan 2020: You can also subscribe to the CDBB YouTube Channel.

11 Dec 2020: While many worried that automation would lead to unprecedented levels of unemployment, the built environment in 2040 is powered both by a growing skilled workforce and supported by automation.

22 Oct 2020: This tender is for the development of a Global Digital Platform.

15 Apr 2020: In November 2018 Government announced a £72m award from UKRI to the Construction Innovation Hub, a four-year programme of work to transform the construction sector as part of the Industrial Strategy.

8 Oct 2020: How to find employers or training courses. Download our A-Z directory of consultancies who have interacted with us (e.g.

6 Nov 2020: The documents submitted in June 2016 are available below. Please note that some documents are large and may require time to download, and due to their size have been split into

21 May 2020: The Future is a Digital Twin – just like now (but better and with a twin) – In this blog we hear from Sarah Rock who is a Principal Associate in the Construction and Engineering team at international law firm Gowling WLG.

25 Aug 2020: Download our Cambridge CV and application book specifically for PhDs and postdocs.

22 Jun 2020: Research background Dr Farhad Huseynov is a Senior Research Associate at the University of Cambridge. His research interests lie in the Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of bridges. During his PhD studies at the University College Dublin, he

22 Jun 2020: Sakthy Selvakumaran (MEng, CEng, MICE, PhD) is the Isaac Newton Trust Fellow in Engineering at the University of Cambridge and the Founder of tech start-up BKwai: a software platform providing visualisations and data analytics for instrumentation

18 Nov 2020: The open access e-book will be available to download from December 2020, but in the meantime you can find a link to the summary preview and learn more about the

25 May 2020: This research network contributes to developing the research agenda, enhancing the level of performance and digitisation for future smart cities and smart construction at citizen, portfolio, organisation and project levels.

22 Jun 2020: Research background My research focuses on technology adoption in construction organizations and project settings. For my PhD at the University of Hong Kong, I examined the sociotechnical interactions in a project-based ‘technology transfer’

15 Jun 2020: Research Projects Research Theme Currently Funded Project Type A digital twin prototype for journeys to work in Cambridge Digital Twins, Cambridge Living Laboratory Research Facility Early Career Researcher 2018 Adaptive Design of Supported

22 Jul 2020: The Buildings Client Group is a cross-sector leadership community working together to stimulate effective changes across the built environment. It aims to connect individuals who are leading digital adoption within their organisation.

2 Jul 2020: Computational Modelling group Prof Markus Kraft is a Fellow of Churchill College Cambridge and Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology. He is the director of CARES ltd., the Singapore-Cambridge CREATE Research Centre.

16 Nov 2020: Every construction and infrastructure project must source information on buried utility assets (e.g. cables, pipes, sewers, ducts) when preparing ground investigation and excavation work in order to avoid costly damage to assets, and to safeguard

8 Dec 2020: CDBB Convenes global BIM Summit to target savings of $250bn through the digitalization of construction The UK's Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) has announced today that the inaugural Global BIM Summit will take place, online, on 17 March 2021

11 Dec 2020: fourfutures_onechoice_2020._png.png Four Futures, One Choice uses a futures thinking methodology to explore four scenarios for the digital built environment in the year 2040, hinging on the age demographics in the UK and the achievement of the

18 Nov 2020: 126964055909. Useful reading: www.semlep.com/modules/downloads/download.php?file_name=2132.

13 Oct 2020: The Information Management Framework (IMF) aims to enable effective information management across the Built Environment.

22 May 2020: Our Challenge CDBB’s vision of the future involved buildings and infrastructure that are “smart”, capturing data about performance to predict when maintenance would be needed, understand how users are engaging with the services they provide

4 Apr 2020: screenshot_2020-06-18_at_17.09.03.png This review of CDBB funded literature revealed a wide array of tools - meaning digital technologies, processes and frameworks - at various stages of maturity, many of which could be transformative if they were

23 Jun 2020: Tim Wright has been at Leeds since 2006, initially as a Royal Society University Research Fellow and (since 2012) as Professor of Satellite Geodesy. His work has been at the forefront of developing the use of satellite radar interferometry (InSAR)

16 Apr 2020: CDBB, a partner in the Construction Innovation Hub, has published The Building Information Modelling (BIM) Interoperability Report.

3 Jul 2020: The DT Hub is pleased to present its second series of Digital Twin Talks! Join us on the 7th July for the first video in a eight part series exploring the interconnection of digital twins and the benefits that can be delivered. The series provides

22 Jun 2020: Research background I completed my Ph.D. in Earthquake Engineering in 2018 at Imperial College London. I have experience in computational methods for the characterisation of nonlinear structural behaviour and structural dynamics. Additionally, I

17 Apr 2020: The DT Hub is pleased to present Digital Twin Talks! Join us on the 28th April for the first video in a five part series exploring how digital twins are defined and the overarching concepts around them.

1 Dec 2020: Introduction: screenshot_2020-12-01_at_11.39.40.png Welcome to our Winter newsletter. I hope you enjoy reflecting on the wealth of activity that has continued, through the challenges that 2020 has brought us all, as much as I have.

19 Aug 2020: Greater data sharing could release an additional £7 billion per year of benefits across the UK infrastructure sectors [1] , equivalent to 25% of total infrastructure spend.[2] The Digital Framework Task Group (DFTG) launches the Gemini Principles,

17 Apr 2020: The DT Hub is pleased to present Digital Twin Talks! Join us on the 28th April for the first video in a five part series exploring how digital twins are defined and the overarching concepts around them.

14 Aug 2020: As further easing of the COVID-19 lockdown measures are implemented across the UK, our sector continues to focus on building back better. In a time like this it’s easy to become distracted by the here and now and focus solely on what needs repair

17 Sep 2020: For clarity, the BIM Information Requirement Wiki Tool work currently being tendered aims to create an easy to use collaborative database that allows specially selected restricted users (client organisations) to add and edit content in order to

1 Sep 2020: Written by Careers Consultants at the Cambridge University Careers Service - pick up a free copy or download the book below.

26 Mar 2020: routes. For more information see the 2019 commuter briefing and download the application form here..