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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
 

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.

Read more at: Monthly Paper: A Bayesian Definition of Most Probable Parameter
Monthly Paper: A Bayesian Definition of Most Probable Parameter

Monthly Paper: A Bayesian Definition of Most Probable Parameter

29 October 2018

October Monthly Paper - 'A Bayesian Definition of 'Most Probable' Parameters' by Yingyan Jin, Dr Giovanni Biscontin and Prof. Paolo Gardoni


Read more at: Blog from Alexandra Bolton on this months CDBB activities
Blog from Alexandra Bolton on this months CDBB activities

Blog from Alexandra Bolton on this months CDBB activities

23 October 2018

Alexandra Bolton, Deputy Director of the Centre for Digital Built Britain, gives an update of the latest CDBB activity and looks forward to upcoming events and announcements.


Read more at: Blog: Security and a digital built Britain
Blog: Security and a digital built Britain

Blog: Security and a digital built Britain

15 October 2018

Ahead of the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) and Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC)-hosted ‘Security-Mindedness for Smart Infrastructure: Challenges and Opportunities’ event on 1 November, Alexandra Luck, security project manager for CDBB, sets out how a security-minded approach is central to the CDBB programme and the operation and integration of assets and environments.


Read more at: International Blog - DIT/BEIS Event 10 October 2018
International Blog - DIT/BEIS Event 10 October 2018

International Blog - DIT/BEIS Event 10 October 2018

11 October 2018

The trade opportunities arising from the international adoption of BIM standards being pioneered in the UK was the focus of a Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Department for International Trade (DIT) event in collaboration with the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB). Adam Matthews, lead for CDBB International reflects on growing opportunities for UK export trade.


Read more at: Blog: Guest Blog on Sustainable Buildings by Dr Alice Moncaster
Blog: Guest Blog on Sustainable Buildings by Dr Alice Moncaster

Blog: Guest Blog on Sustainable Buildings by Dr Alice Moncaster

4 October 2018

Dr Alice Moncaster, Senior Lecturer at the School of Engineering & Innovation at the Open University and Visiting Fellow at the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge considers how increasing digitisation will make buildings more sustainable.


Read more at: 2018 CDBB October Newsletter
2018 CDBB October Newsletter

2018 CDBB October Newsletter

2 October 2018

Find out about the latest news from CDBB on events, recruitment, our blogs, BIM updates, and more in CDBB's October newsletter.


Read more at: CDBB and CIOB collaborate on Digital and BIM Roundtables
CDBB and CIOB collaborate on Digital and BIM Roundtables

CDBB and CIOB collaborate on Digital and BIM Roundtables

1 October 2018

The Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) and the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) are teaming up for a programme of high-level ‘roundtable’ discussions, which aim to further accelerate adoption of the Government’s digital strategy for the built environment especially the successful embedment of BIM across industry.


Read more at: Blog: Alexandra Bolton tells us the latest news from CDBB
Blog: Alexandra Bolton tells us the latest news from CDBB

Blog: Alexandra Bolton tells us the latest news from CDBB

26 September 2018

In her monthly CDBB round-up Alexandra Bolton, Deputy Director of the Centre for Digital Built Britain offers an update on some of the events and activities that have been underway this month.


Read more at: TechFest 2018
TechFest 2018

TechFest 2018

20 September 2018

This year CDBB was pleased to sponsor the New Civil Engineer TechFest 2018. Held in the heart of London this event aimed to provide a forum for civil engineers to debate the industry’s biggest tech challenges, stimulate opportunities to further innovation. It also provided a forum for rewarding great innovations that are shaping the industry with a series of awards announced in an award ceremony at the end of the day.


Read more at: Blog: Challenges and Opportunities of Data in Construction and Infrastructure by Jennifer Schooling
Blog: Challenges and Opportunities of Data in Construction and Infrastructure by Jennifer Schooling

Blog: Challenges and Opportunities of Data in Construction and Infrastructure by Jennifer Schooling

20 September 2018

While the construction and infrastructure sector generates huge amounts of data the full value of that data is yet to be realised. Dr Jennifer Schooling, Chair of the Research Strategy Steering Group at the Centre for Digital Built Britain considers the opportunities and challenges ahead.