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31 Mar 2022: A Construction Innovation Hub enabled project by the University of Cambridge’s Centre for Natural Material Innovation (CNMI) aims to showcase the benefits of modular school design and construction through a demonstrator project at a primary school

27 Sep 2022: The Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) completed its five-year mission on 30th September 2022. Our website is now focused on looking back at our achievements and recalling our five hectic, inspiring, and hugely rewarding years, during which we

12 Sep 2022: At the core of the Shoestring ambition, each solution should have a matching specification, including a checklist of components for purchase, instructions for assembly, and instructions to download and integrate the

28 Mar 2022: Download a digital copyis CDBB’s blueprint for the future, showcasing the vital role that connected digital twins play in improving social, economic, and environmental outcomes, to create a better quality

22 Sep 2022: The bigger and more complicated the engineering problem, the more likely it is to have a digital twin. Firms that build rockets, planes and ships, for example, have been creating digital twins since the early 2000s, seeing significant operational

24 Mar 2022: “We’re either a massive brake or accelerator on climate resilience depending on our actions.” The UK’s built environment, of which the construction sector is a significant component, contributes approximately 40% of our nation’s carbon

5 Oct 2022: Off-site manufacturing delivers major benefits to the automotive, food and beverage industries, but construction has been slower to explore its potential, especially in the UK.

23 Mar 2022: Launched today (23 March) our Information Management Roadmap is designed to set out on one page how we are driving the digital transformation of the construction sector and contributing to the achievement of the Transforming Construction Challenge

22 Mar 2022: We all want the built environment to be safe and to last. However, minor movements over time from forces such as subsidence can impact how well our assets perform. It can also make connecting and modifying assets harder if they have shifted from the

25 Mar 2022: To asset owners and managers, understanding how people move through and use the built environment is a high priority, enabling better, more user-focused decisions. However, many of the methods for getting these insights can feel invasive to users of