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Read more at: Tender: Professional Services for the Digital Twin Hub
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Tender: Professional Services for the Digital Twin Hub

18 June 2019

CDBB invites proposals to overview and plan the work of the Digital Twin Hub collaborative learning community, facilitated via an online portal, that will support collaboration related to the development, management and integration of digital twins for the built environment, including economic and social infrastructure. A...

Read more at: Sakthy Selvakumaran awarded Newnham College Research Fellowship
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Sakthy Selvakumaran awarded Newnham College Research Fellowship

17 June 2019

PhD student at the Laing O'Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology receives research fellowship to continue work in satellite monitoring of infrastructure. We are delighted to announce that Laing O’Rourke Centre student Sakthy Selvakumaran has been awarded the Isaac Newton Trust/Newnham College Research...

Read more at: Blog by Adam Matthews who reflects on a workshop in Indonesia
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Blog by Adam Matthews who reflects on a workshop in Indonesia

14 June 2019

Adam Matthews, lead for the Centre for Digital Built Britain’s (CDBB) International Programme, reflects on a successful workshop in Indonesia and how adoption of UK infrastructure methodologies is supporting the country’s infrastructure development plans. Indonesia is one of six partner countries working with CDBB as part...

Read more at: Blog: Karen Blay reflects on digital inclusion in designing accessible infrastructure

Blog: Karen Blay reflects on digital inclusion in designing accessible infrastructure

7 June 2019

Dr Karen Blay is a Lecturer in Quantity Surveying at Loughborough University and a CDBB Early Career Researcher (ECR). Following a workshop in Brazil to design accessible infrastructure for the education and mobility of the blind, Dr Blay reflects on the need for ‘digital inclusion’. karen-blay.jpg My academic research...

Read more at: CDBB's June 2019 Newsletter

CDBB's June 2019 Newsletter

5 June 2019

Find out about the latest news from CDBB on events, our blogs, recent reports and more in the CDBB's June 2019 Newsletter

Read more at: Making the Digitally Enabled Services and Supply Chain Work
Making the Digitally Enabled Services and Supply Chain Work

Making the Digitally Enabled Services and Supply Chain Work

4 June 2019

Urban Innovation Labs (2019). Making the Digitally Enabled Services and Supply Chain Work. (CDBB_REP_20)

Read more at: Integration and Optimisation of Services Embedded in the Built Environment
Integration and Optimisation of Services Embedded in the Built Environment

Integration and Optimisation of Services Embedded in the Built Environment

4 June 2019

Urban Innovation Labs,. (2019). Integration and Optimisation of Services Embedded in the Built Environment. (CDBB_REP_21)

Read more at: Digital tools in the creation and through-life management of built assets
Digital tools in the creation and through-life management of built assets

Digital tools in the creation and through-life management of built assets

4 June 2019

Cambridge Architectural Research,. (2018). Digital Tools in the Creation and Through-Life Management of Built Assets. (CDBB_REP_22)

Read more at: Case Study: Towards a digitally enabled estate: the University of Cambridge

Case Study: Towards a digitally enabled estate: the University of Cambridge

4 June 2019

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 Campus. cdbb_yearone_graphics_forpowerpoint10.png Outcomes In this project...

Read more at: Publication: Final Report - Futures Cities and BIM

Publication: Final Report - Futures Cities and BIM

31 May 2019

future_cities_and_bim.png Project background This project addresses the question of how European cities are adapting to BIM, and what awareness there is of BIM in future city thinking and strategies, particularly around Smart Cities. It also looks at what tools and policies are being used to take forward BIM in city...

 

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