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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
 
Read more at: Publication: Final Report - Network for Ontologies (FOuNTAIN)

Publication: Final Report - Network for Ontologies (FOuNTAIN)

30 January 2019

screenshot_2020-07-01_at_12.06.22.png Project background This research network aims to take a user-centric approach to interacting with information, from search and retrieval to browsing and exploration, and to consider the following three dimensions: (1) the lifecycle of information, from its creation, delivery, capture...


Read more at: Service Business Model Innovation: the digital twin technology

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


Read more at: Publication: Final report from the Pedagogy and Upskilling Network

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...


Read more at: Publication: Final Report - Housing Digital Built Britain Network

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...


Read more at: CDBB Year One Report: Towards a digital built Britain
CDBB Year One Report: Towards a digital built Britain

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.


Read more at: Publication: Final Report - Vision Network

Publication: Final Report - Vision Network

10 December 2018

vision.png Project background This research network contributes to developing the research agenda, enhancing the level of performance and digitisation for future smart cities and smart construction at citizen, portfolio, organisation and project levels. The objective of the Vision Network is to delineate the current...


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

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...


Read more at: Press Release: Principles to guide the development of the National Digital Twin released
Press Release: Principles to guide the development of the National Digital Twin released

Press Release: Principles to guide the development of the National Digital Twin released

6 December 2018

CDBB has published the first output of its Digital Framework Task Group, The Gemini Principles. The paper sets out proposed principles to guide the national digital twin and the information management framework that will enable it.


Read more at: Rail Sector Deal emphasises use of digital
Rail Sector Deal emphasises use of digital

Rail Sector Deal emphasises use of digital

6 December 2018

Sector Deal between government and the rail industry.


Read more at: IOT Network Behaviours and Dependencies

IOT Network Behaviours and Dependencies

20 November 2018

November Paper in the CDBB Publication Series paper by Poonam Yadav, Qi Li and Richard Mortier, from the Department of Computer Science & Technology, University of Cambridge