Blog: DT Hub - Bringing together the digital twin community
19 February 2020
CDBB’s Digital Twin Hub is establishing and bringing together stakeholders in the digital twin space to create a collaborative web-enabled community to drive learning and accelerate progression through shared experience. Samuel Chorlton, DT Hub Chair, reflects on making headway and identifying next steps. This year will...
Blog: Alexandra Bolton on sustainability in digitalisation of the built environment
14 February 2020
Sustainability is a key driver to digital transformation in the built environment. Alexandra Bolton, Executive Director of the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB), considers the challenge, the opportunity and the potential prize. Addressing the challenges of the climate emergency is a pressing agenda for us all. The...
Atkins and Ordnance Survey appointed to research benefits of a national digital twin
6 February 2020
CDBB has awarded Atkins and Orndance Survey the tender to support the research into the benefits of creating a National Digital Twin of the UK's infrastructure. Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, and Ordnance Survey have been appointed by the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) to research the benefits of...
Third Edition of Guidance Part 2: Processes for Project Delivery
5 February 2020
Published today by the UK BIM Framework The UK BIM Framework today releases the third edition of Guidance Part 2: process for Project Delivery to support practitioners in embedding and implementing Building Information Modelling (BIM) Guidance Part 2: Processes for Project Delivery (Third Edition) This document is...
Blog: Digital Construction on a Shoestring - Duncan McFarlane
4 February 2020
Ahead of the Construction Innovation Hub’s inaugural Digital Construction on a Shoestring workshop, Duncan McFarlane, Professor of Industrial Information Engineering at the University of Cambridge and head of the Distributed Information & Automation Laboratory at the Institute for Manufacturing considers the benefits...
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