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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 - Futures Cities and BIM

Publication: Final Report - Futures Cities and BIM

31 May 2019

future_cities_and_bim.png Project background This project addresses the question of how European cities are adapting to BIM, and what awareness there is of BIM in future city thinking and strategies, particularly around Smart Cities. It also looks at what tools and policies are being used to take forward BIM in city...


Read more at: Publication: Final Report - Digital Compliance Network (D-COM)

Publication: Final Report - Digital Compliance Network (D-COM)

16 May 2019

dcom.png Project background The entire lifecycle of the built environment is governed by a variety of regulations, requirements and standards. The checking of compliance against these is a complex task, which is currently performed manually, thus becoming resource intensive. Recently, the increased maturity of information...


Read more at: Monthly Paper: Citizen Requirements within a Smart Cities framework
Monthly Paper: Citizen Requirements within a Smart Cities framework

Monthly Paper: Citizen Requirements within a Smart Cities framework

13 May 2019

Our May Monthly Paper is by James Heaton and Ajith Parlikad looking at a framework for the alignment of infrastructure assets to citizen requirements within a Smart Cities framework.


Read more at: Future Capabilities Report: The Creation and Through-Life Management of Built Assets and Infrastructure

Future Capabilities Report: The Creation and Through-Life Management of Built Assets and Infrastructure

25 April 2019

Turner Harriss, 'Future Capabilities Report: The Creation and Through-Life Management of Built Assets and Infrastructure' (CDBB_REP_22) Report Foreward: The concept of a truly integrated lifecycle for digital asset care is not new. There are numerous case studies across the automotive and aerospace industries where complex...


Read more at: Publication: Final Report - Complex Systems Network

Publication: Final Report - Complex Systems Network

25 April 2019

screenshot_2020-07-01_at_12.23.50.png Project background This network takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the state-of-the-art in use of modelling support for infrastructure planning decision making, both in industry and policy practice, and in the research community; needs of the practitioner community...


Read more at: Information Management according to BS EN ISO 19650 - Guidance Part 1: Concepts
Information Management according to BS EN ISO 19650 - Guidance Part 1: Concepts

Information Management according to BS EN ISO 19650 - Guidance Part 1: Concepts

15 April 2019

The “Information Management according to BS EN ISO 19650 - Guidance Part 1: Concepts” has been released.


Read more at: Press Release: Roadmap from the DFTG and launch of Digital Twin Hub
Press Release: Roadmap from the DFTG and launch of Digital Twin Hub

Press Release: Roadmap from the DFTG and launch of Digital Twin Hub

5 April 2019

The Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) is delighted to publish the Roadmap - the next output of the Digital Framework Task Group (DFTG). The Roadmap sets out how the Information Management Framework for the built environment (the ‘Framework’) will be delivered, which in turn will enable the development of the National Digital Twin (NDT).


Read more at: Building Beautiful - March Paper by Prof Andy Neely

Building Beautiful - March Paper by Prof Andy Neely

26 March 2019

The March Paper in the CDBB Publication Series is by Andy Neely, who looks at how AR and VR can allow us to build beautiful.


Read more at: NIC Annual Monitoring Report 2019
NIC Annual Monitoring Report 2019

NIC Annual Monitoring Report 2019

22 February 2019

The Centre for Digital Built Britain and the Digital Framework Task Group commended in the National Infrastructure Commission Annual Monitoring Report 2019


Read more at: Publication: Case Study: Toward a Digitally Enabled Estate: Project Capella

Publication: Case Study: Toward a Digitally Enabled Estate: Project Capella

15 February 2019

screenshot_2020-07-10_at_09.42.08.png Background This report describes the uses of BIM technologies and implementation of BIM processes, examples of its benefits and some of the main lessons learned from BIM implementation during Project Capella, which forms part of the University’s Biomedical Campus. Outcomes In this...