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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 - Aerial Swarm Robotics for Active Inspection of Bridges

Publication: Final Report - Aerial Swarm Robotics for Active Inspection of Bridges

10 July 2019

screenshot_2020-07-01_at_17.23.50.png Project background Bridge collapses are expensive and often tragic events that need to be avoided by detecting faults early. This project aims to create a coordinated aerial swarm system to inspect the cracks in bridge structures, improving the monitoring coverage and efficiency...


Read more at: Publication: Final Report - Ancillary Sensing for Building Information Modelling: Current Practice and Future Research

Publication: Final Report - Ancillary Sensing for Building Information Modelling: Current Practice and Future Research

10 July 2019

screenshot_2020-07-01_at_17.29.00.png Project background The goal of this project is to develop two separate current frameworks for practice, policy and future research under the umbrella theme of ancillary (additional) sensing for BIM. Ancillary sensing in the context of BIM concerns drawing new sources of useful...


Read more at: Publication: Final Report - The Edge: Showcasing an exemplary IoT building

Publication: Final Report - The Edge: Showcasing an exemplary IoT building

10 July 2019

screenshot_2020-07-06_at_14.06.09.png Project background This project developed a case study of The Edge in Amsterdam, billed as the world’s smartest building, for CDBB. This was not only for the sake of sharing this specific case, but also to use it as a template to build the “standard case study template.” When we...


Read more at: Publication: Final Report - Analysing Systems Interdependencies using a Digital Twin

Publication: Final Report - Analysing Systems Interdependencies using a Digital Twin

10 July 2019

screenshot_2020-06-30_at_21.51.57.png Project background This project investigates how to understand infrastructure complexity, using the digital twin. This work provides a first step toward next-generation systems engineering by demonstrating the feasibility of using a digital twin to generate new insight on systems...


Read more at: Publication: Final Report - A digital twin prototype for journeys to work in Cambridge

Publication: Final Report - A digital twin prototype for journeys to work in Cambridge

10 July 2019

screenshot_2020-06-30_at_22.17.11.png Project background This project represents an early trial to address the research gap on city-level digital twins. The pilot is focused on commutes, such as journeys to work, which are a key determinant of peak-time travel demand. It aims to develop a digital twin model prototype for...


Read more at: Publication: Final Report - Information Resilience – exploring ways to leverage data and information to deliver a digital built Britain

Publication: Final Report - Information Resilience – exploring ways to leverage data and information to deliver a digital built Britain

9 July 2019

screenshot_2020-07-01_at_15.37.10.png Project background Information Resilience (IR) can be defined as the process of reducing the vulnerability of information to threats during its lifespan. The aim of this project is to develop a holistic IR model that will systematically demonstrate how information in digital built...


Read more at: Research Landscape: Scoping Review

Research Landscape: Scoping Review

25 June 2019

The June monthly paper, by Kirsten Lamb, outlines the digital built Britain research landscape by means of a scoping review and gap analysis. This has informed the Capability Framework and Research Landscape work being conducted by CDBB on identifying the research capabilities needed to create a digital built Britain...


Read more at: Making the Digitally Enabled Services and Supply Chain Work
Making the Digitally Enabled Services and Supply Chain Work

Making the Digitally Enabled Services and Supply Chain Work

4 June 2019

Urban Innovation Labs (2019). Making the Digitally Enabled Services and Supply Chain Work. (CDBB_REP_20)


Read more at: Integration and Optimisation of Services Embedded in the Built Environment
Integration and Optimisation of Services Embedded in the Built Environment

Integration and Optimisation of Services Embedded in the Built Environment

4 June 2019

Urban Innovation Labs,. (2019). Integration and Optimisation of Services Embedded in the Built Environment. (CDBB_REP_21)


Read more at: Digital tools in the creation and through-life management of built assets
Digital tools in the creation and through-life management of built assets

Digital tools in the creation and through-life management of built assets

4 June 2019

Cambridge Architectural Research,. (2018). Digital Tools in the Creation and Through-Life Management of Built Assets. (CDBB_REP_22)