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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 Britain
 
Read more at: Blog: Global Collaboration: Why the time is right to establish a global network for built environment policy makers

Blog: Global Collaboration: Why the time is right to establish a global network for built environment policy makers

15 March 2021

In the last of our Global Collaboration blog series, CDBB’s Policy and Public Affairs Manager Alanna Gluck shares her reflections on the Global BIM Summit pre-event series, and why the time is right to establish a global network for the built environment for and by the public sector. Governments all over the world are...


Read more at: Platform Approach to Construction: Progress towards data foundations

Platform Approach to Construction: Progress towards data foundations

11 March 2021

The Construction Innovation Hub’s Platform Design Programme is working in partnership with both government and industry to develop a platform construction system consisting of a standardised kit of parts to deliver social infrastructure buildings. Here Alexandra Luck, CIH Security Manager, explains the latest work on the...


Read more at: Blog: Global Collaboration: A UNOPS Perspective

Blog: Global Collaboration: A UNOPS Perspective

5 March 2021

The Centre for Digital Built Britain’s International work stream has championed the foundation of successful collaborations between international governments and regional public sector communities resulting in the forthcoming launch of a Global BIM Network for the public sector. Ahead of the CDBB-convened inaugural Global...


Read more at: Blog: Global Collaboration: An Argentine Perspective

Blog: Global Collaboration: An Argentine Perspective

5 March 2021

The Centre for Digital Built Britain’s International work stream has championed the foundation of successful collaborations between international governments and regional public sector communities resulting in the forthcoming launch of a Global BIM Network for the public sector. Ahead of the CDBB-convened inaugural Global...


Read more at: Blog: Global Collaboration: A Mott Macdonald Perspective

Blog: Global Collaboration: A Mott Macdonald Perspective

5 March 2021

The Centre for Digital Built Britain’s International work stream has championed the foundation of successful collaborations between international governments and regional public sector communities resulting in the forthcoming launch of a Global BIM Network for the public sector. Ahead of the CDBB-convened inaugural Global...


Read more at: Blog: Global Collaboration: A Latin American Perspective

Blog: Global Collaboration: A Latin American Perspective

5 March 2021

The Centre for Digital Built Britain’s International work stream has championed the foundation of successful collaborations between international governments and regional public sector communities resulting in the forthcoming launch of a Global BIM Network for the public sector. Ahead of the CDBB-convened inaugural Global...


Read more at: Blog: Global Collaboration: A Chilean Perspective

Blog: Global Collaboration: A Chilean Perspective

26 February 2021

The Centre for Digital Built Britain’s International work stream has championed the foundation of successful collaborations between international governments and regional public sector communities resulting in the forthcoming launch of a Global BIM Network for the public sector. Ahead of the CDBB-convened inaugural Global...


Read more at: Blog: Global Collaboration: A Colombian Perspective

Blog: Global Collaboration: A Colombian Perspective

26 February 2021

The Centre for Digital Built Britain’s International work stream has championed the foundation of successful collaborations between international governments and regional public sector communities resulting in the forthcoming launch of a Global BIM Network for the public sector. Ahead of the CDBB-convened inaugural Global...


Read more at: Locating OSM: Offsite construction is firmly on the agenda, but where exactly is offsite?
Map of the 350 UK businesses specialising in different types of OSM

Locating OSM: Offsite construction is firmly on the agenda, but where exactly is offsite?

16 February 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, panels, and steel and timber frames. They explore these geographies and...


Read more at: Blog: Using Statistical Tools to Support Development of Digital Twins - Professor Mark Girolami

Blog: Using Statistical Tools to Support Development of Digital Twins - Professor Mark Girolami

15 February 2021

Following publication of his collaborative landmark research synthesising computational mathematics and data science in engineering, Professor Mark Girolami, Sir Kirby Laing Professor of Civil Engineering, Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair at the University of Cambridge, Programme Director for Data-Centric...