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Welcome to the news section of the CDBB website. Here you will find the latest updates, reports, blogs and news from the centre. If you would like to sign up to receive the CDBB newsletter please register here.

Digital Innovation in Planning - Insights from Scotland

31 May 2019

Franziska Sielker and Amarynth Sichel are researchers at the University of Cambridge Department of Land Economy working on the CDBB-funded project ‘Future Cities in the Making—overcoming barriers to information modelling in socially responsible cities’ that explores digitisation in the UK’s planning system. Following a visit to Scotland for meetings with stakeholders across the Scottish planning system, Franziska and Amarynth report on the range of projects and approaches to digitalisation in planning and asset management across the border.

BIM4Water’s inaugural award celebrates digital transformation in the water sector

29 May 2019

The digitalisation of the water industry has been rewarded in the inaugural BIM4Water Award 2019 for Outstanding Achievement in Digital Delivery within the UK Water Industry.

Blog: Alexandra Bolton

28 May 2019

Alexandra Bolton welcomes the response to the publication of the Digital Framework Task Group (DFTG) Roadmap and looks forward to further industry engagement at the launch of the Data and Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure (DAFNI).

BIM Roundtable Discussion Series - Roundtable 7– BIM Consultants

27 May 2019

In common with previous roundtables, the prevailing view was that although there are some shining examples of good practice, there is still work to be done, particularly in the private sector. It was felt that the benefits of BIM throughout the lifecycle of an asset need to be more clearly articulated and its processes and...

Blog by Head of Change and Knowledge Transfer - Nicola Pearson

16 May 2019

Head of Change and Knowledge Transfer for the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB), Nicola Pearson introduces how CDBB is working to support transition to ISO 19650 and makes a new call for proposals. The Change programme is where CDBB engages with industry, including the public sector, both within the UK and abroad.

Publication: Final Report - Digital Compliance Network (D-COM)

16 May 2019

dcom.png Project background The entire lifecycle of the built environment is governed by a variety of regulations, requirements and standards. The checking of compliance against these is a complex task, which is currently performed manually, thus becoming resource intensive. Recently, the increased maturity of information...

Call for proposals: Evaluating BIM maturity and benefits measurement tools

14 May 2019

The Centre of Digital Built Britain in partnership with the UK BIM Alliance invites proposals to conduct a research project to investigate BIM maturity and benefits tools evaluation.

Monthly Paper: Citizen Requirements within a Smart Cities framework

13 May 2019

Our May Monthly Paper is by James Heaton and Ajith Parlikad looking at a framework for the alignment of infrastructure assets to citizen requirements within a Smart Cities framework.

Blog: International Collaboration with the United States

9 May 2019

In his blog highlighting CDBB activities from an international perspective, Adam Matthews, Head of International, reflects on an emerging collaboration with the United States.

CDBB May 2019 Newsletter

7 May 2019

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