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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.

Publication: Final report from the Pedagogy and Upskilling Network

15 January 2019

screenshot_2020-06-24_at_13.39.58.png Research background This research network aims to: establish the existing landscape; determine the current position and future vision in relation to other industry bodies that are fundamental in shaping the future of built environment education and training; establish the bottlenecks...

Guest Blog from Dr Alan Hore, CitA and the case for digital

11 January 2019

The Construction IT Alliance (CitA) supports the Irish construction sector to take full advantage of current and emerging information and communications technologies. Dr Alan Hore, Co-Founder of CitA and Head of Quantity Surveying at Dublin Institute of Technology, sets out the case for the transition to digital.

January 2019 Newsletter

10 January 2019

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

Dr Jennifer Schooling receives New Year's Honour

7 January 2019

DR JENNIFER SCHOOLING OBE, Chair of the Strategic Research Advisory Group at the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB), Interim Academic Lead for the Core Innovation Hub of the Transforming Construction Alliance, and Director of the Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction at the University of Cambridge receives Order of the British Empire in New Year’s Honours 2019.

Publication: Final Report - Housing Digital Built Britain Network

30 December 2018

screenshot_2020-06-30_at_21.21.47.png Project background The Housing Digital Built Britain Network focused its attention on residential housing. It brought together academics, practitioners, policy makers and government to facilitate dialogue and determine the key areas of inquiry. Working with these partners, it outlined...

Blog: Alexandra Bolton rounds off the year!

18 December 2018

To coincide with the publication of the Centre for Digital Built Britain’s ‘Year One: Towards a digital built Britain’ report, Alexandra Bolton, Deputy Director of CDBB, reflects on the digital journey to date and looks ahead to 2019.

CDBB Year One Report: Towards a digital built Britain

17 December 2018

CDBB's Year One Report: Towards a digital built Britain, has now been released.

Blog: Thayla Zomer discusses the University of Cambridge BIM Journey

11 December 2018

The University of Cambridge is creating a digital estate and delivering fully integrated BIM across design, construction and facilities management. Thayla Zomer, a PhD student at the Centre for Digital Built Britain investigating practices that influence the successful execution and completion of BIM projects, sets out the University’s digital journey.

Publication: Final Report - Building Impulse: A novel digital toolkit for productive, healthy and resource-efficient buildings

10 December 2018

screenshot_2020-06-30_at_21.46.07.png Project background This project aimed to create a toolkit for capturing occupant satisfaction with their environment in buildings in order to feed the next generation of smart buildings with a more holistic set of metrics for comfort and enjoyment of a space. The toolkit consists of a...

Publication: Final Report - Vision Network