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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.

Guest Blog from Anne Kemp on the UK BIM journey to date

8 February 2019

Following the British Standards Institution (BSI) launch event marking the publication of the BS EN ISO 19650 documents, National Annex and Transition Guidance, Dr Anne Kemp, BIM Strategy & Development Director, Atkins and Chair of UK BIM Alliance sets out the UK BIM journey to date and invites input and support.

CDBB's February Newsletter

4 February 2019

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

ISO 19650 Launch event

4 February 2019

The Centre for Digital Built Britain [CDBB] was delighted to support the British Standards Institution [BSI] launch event and celebration of the recently published BS EN ISO 19650 Documents, National Annex and Transition guidance held at the Institute of Civil Engineering [ICE] on 31 January 2019, in conjunction with the UK BIM Alliance.

Blog from Fiona Moore - CDBB's BIM Programme Manager

1 February 2019

In this month’s blog we hear from Fiona Moore, CDBB’s BIM Programme Manager, who discusses her thoughts on the importance of BIM in construction and how a change management approach can be key in making progress and releasing the benefits of BIM. Fiona also reports on progress to date of the CDBB and Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) programme of ‘roundtable’ discussions, with the aim of gaining improved understanding of progress to date towards achieving BIM Level 2 as business as usual and what still remains to be achieved.

BIM 4 Clients – 2019 Q1 Meeting

31 January 2019

The first BIM4Clients [BIM4C] of 2019 workshop was held on 16th January at the Institution of Engineering and Technology with a full house of client organisations. The workshop was a collaboration between the Centre for Digital Built Britain [CDBB] and the UK BIM Alliance [UKBIMA] to provide participants with an introduction to the CDBB programme, including some of its early outputs and an opportunity to hear from peer clients on their BIM Level 2 and wider digital journeys.

Publication: Final Report - Network for Ontologies (FOuNTAIN)

30 January 2019

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Blog from Alexandra Bolton on the work of the DTFG

25 January 2019

Following the formation of the Digital Framework Task Group (DFTG) Alexandra Bolton, Deputy Director of the Centre for Digital Built Britain, sets out the next steps in defining the Information Management Framework for a digital built Britain.

Service Business Model Innovation: the digital twin technology

22 January 2019

January Paper in the CDBB Publication Series paper by Veronica Martinez and Andy Neely, Audrey Ouyang, University of Cambridge, Caroline Burstall, Caterpillar and Dav Bisessar, International Business Machines Corporation

Prof Mark Girolami announced as the Sir Kirby Laing Professors of Civil Engineering

17 January 2019

We are pleased to announce that Mark Girolami will be joining the Centre for Digital Built Britain in March 2019 from the Department of Mathematics at Imperial College London, where he holds both the Chair of Statistics and the Lloyds Register Foundation-Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair in Data Centric Engineering.

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