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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: 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: Report: Blockchain and Smart Contracts: What the AEC sector needs to know
Report: Blockchain and Smart Contracts: What the AEC sector needs to know

Report: Blockchain and Smart Contracts: What the AEC sector needs to know

28 August 2018

Lamb, K. (2018). Blockchain and Smart Contracts: What the AEC sector needs to know.


Read more at: Report: Challenges of Digitalisation in the Aerospace and Aviation Sectors
Report: Challenges of Digitalisation in the Aerospace and Aviation Sectors

Report: Challenges of Digitalisation in the Aerospace and Aviation Sectors

28 August 2018

Lamb, K. (2018). Challenges of Digitalisation in the Aerospace and Aviation Sectors


Read more at: Publication: Final Report - Exploiting traffic data to improve asset management and citizen quality of life

Publication: Final Report - Exploiting traffic data to improve asset management and citizen quality of life

10 August 2018

screenshot_2020-06-30_at_22.09.10.png Project background This project builds on a tool developed by two Cambridge PhD students that allows for the generation of high-resolution geographical data heat maps. These heat maps can help to solve optimisation problems relevant to citizens’ everyday lives. Specifically, we...


Read more at: Asset Information Management - Common Data Environment
Asset Information Management - Common Data Environment

Asset Information Management - Common Data Environment

9 August 2018

UK Government BIM Working Group CDE Sub Group


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: Report: Challenges of Digitalisation in the Offshore Oil and Gas Sector
Report: Challenges of Digitalisation in the Offshore Oil and Gas Sector

Report: Challenges of Digitalisation in the Offshore Oil and Gas Sector

3 July 2018

Lamb, K. (2018). Challenges of Digitalisation in the Offshore Oil and Gas Sector.


Read more at: Level 2 Convergence Reports
Level 2 Convergence Reports

Level 2 Convergence Reports

8 June 2018

Read the latest reports from the Level 2 Convergence programme.


Read more at: Publication: Final Report - Crowdsourcing Data in Mining Spatial Urban Activities

Publication: Final Report - Crowdsourcing Data in Mining Spatial Urban Activities

4 June 2018

crowdsourcing.png Project background This project aims to understand how check-in data from social media is distributed around Cambridge and what kinds of spatial segmentation can be identified. It validated the social media data on urban segregation using observation and questionnaires. We conducted pilots at Cambridge in...


Read more at: PwC BIM Benefits Methodology and Report
PwC BIM Benefits Methodology and Report

PwC BIM Benefits Methodology and Report

1 June 2018

To evaluate the actual impact BIM deployment has on asset planning, delivery and operation, PwC were commissioned to develop a BIM Benefits Measurement Methodology (BMM).