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Read more at: Visit by Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
Visit by Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury

Visit by Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury

20 July 2018

Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury announces launch of the Centre for Digital Built Britain' Digital Framework Task Group during visit to the University of Cambridge

Read more at: Blog: Mark Enzer, Chair of the Digital Framework Task Group
Blog: Mark Enzer, Chair of the Digital Framework Task Group

Blog: Mark Enzer, Chair of the Digital Framework Task Group

20 July 2018

Government confirmation that the Centre for Digital Built Britain will form a Digital Framework Task Group (DFTG) to guide the development and adoption of a digital framework for infrastructure data is good news. Mark Enzer, Chief Technical Officer for Mott MacDonald, and Chair of the DFTG, sets out a view of the way forward for Digital Transformation in the UK’s infrastructure industry.

Read more at: Publication: Final Report - Visualising the Future: Big Data and the Built Environment

Publication: Final Report - Visualising the Future: Big Data and the Built Environment

20 July 2018

visualising.png Project background Building on four years of material generated by the Cambridge Forum for Sustainability and Environment, this report examines the future use of big data in the built environment. Experts from academia, government and private companies were invited to join monthly discussions in the Forum...

Read more at: Media Release: Mark Enzer to Chair Digital Framework Task Group
Media Release: Mark Enzer to Chair Digital Framework Task Group

Media Release: Mark Enzer to Chair Digital Framework Task Group

19 July 2018

The Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) will deliver key recommendations from the National Infrastructure Commission’s ‘Data for the Public Good Report’. In a speech today at the University of Cambridge, the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, Robert Jenrick presented the Government’s response to the report and launched the Digital Framework Task Group (DFTG).

Read more at: Announcing Mark Enzer as chair of Digital Framework Task Group

Announcing Mark Enzer as chair of Digital Framework Task Group

18 July 2018

The Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) will deliver key recommendations from the National Infrastructure Commission’s ‘Data for the Public Good Report’. In a speech today at the University of Cambridge, the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, Robert Jenrick presented the Government’s response to the report and launched the Digital Framework Task Group (DFTG).

Read more at: Guest Blog: Mark Harvey from DFID discusses new technologies and developing countries
Guest Blog: Mark Harvey from DFID discusses new technologies and developing countries

Guest Blog: Mark Harvey from DFID discusses new technologies and developing countries

12 July 2018

Mark Harvey, Head of Profession (Infrastructure) at the Department for International Development (DFID), reflects on how new technologies are driving positive change in developing countries.

Read more at: Publication: Final Report - Autonomous Image Recapture

Publication: Final Report - Autonomous Image Recapture

11 July 2018

screenshot_2020-07-01_at_15.16.53.png Project background This research project has used advanced image processing and computer vision techniques to recreate geospatial viewpoints of some historic, 17th century David Loggan line drawings of Cambridge Colleges. Subsequent drone flights then captured current images of the...

Read more at: CDBB Newsletter - July 2018
CDBB Newsletter - July 2018

CDBB Newsletter - July 2018

10 July 2018

July 2018 CDBB Newsletter

Read more at: Blog: Alexandra Bolton on the recent launch of the Global Infrastructure Programme
Blog: Alexandra Bolton on the recent launch of the Global Infrastructure Programme

Blog: Alexandra Bolton on the recent launch of the Global Infrastructure Programme

3 July 2018

This month Alexandra updates on current research funding, a new tender and the work of the international team, including the recently launched Global Infrastructure Programme, which is part of the Government’s Prosperity Fund.

Read more at: CDBB Supports the Global Infrastructure Programme

CDBB Supports the Global Infrastructure Programme

3 July 2018

The Global Infrastructure Programme and the UK Prosperity Fund.

 

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