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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 - Future Cities in the making – overcoming barriers to information modelling in socially responsible cities

Publication: Final Report - Future Cities in the making – overcoming barriers to information modelling in socially responsible cities

10 July 2019

future_cities_in_the_making.png Project background What questions are City Information Modelling (CIM) and Building Information Modelling (BIM) best suited to answer? This project examines what digital information is commonly available in UK cities and what new information can be retrieved from the built environment...


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 - 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: Case Study: Towards a digitally enabled estate: the University of Cambridge

Case Study: Towards a digitally enabled estate: the University of Cambridge

4 June 2019

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. cdbb_yearone_graphics_forpowerpoint10.png Outcomes In this project...


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: BIM4Water’s inaugural award celebrates digital transformation in the water sector
BIM4Water’s inaugural award celebrates digital transformation in the water sector

BIM4Water’s inaugural award celebrates digital transformation in the water sector

29 May 2019

The digitalisation of the water industry has been rewarded in the inaugural BIM4Water Award 2019 for Outstanding Achievement in Digital Delivery within the UK Water Industry.


Read more at: BIM Roundtable Discussion Series - Roundtable 5 - SME's

BIM Roundtable Discussion Series - Roundtable 5 - SME's

The fifth of our series of nine BIM roundtable events was held on Tuesday 5th March and saw a group of small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) from across the construction sector discuss the advantages of being small when delivering BIM, along with some of the challenges.


Read more at: Call for proposals: Evaluating BIM maturity and benefits measurement tools

Call for proposals: Evaluating BIM maturity and benefits measurement tools

The Centre of Digital Built Britain in partnership with the UK BIM Alliance invites proposals to conduct a research project to investigate BIM maturity and benefits tools evaluation.


Read more at: Call for proposals: Evaluating BIM maturity and benefits measurement tools
Call for proposals: Evaluating BIM maturity and benefits measurement tools

Call for proposals: Evaluating BIM maturity and benefits measurement tools

14 May 2019

The Centre of Digital Built Britain in partnership with the UK BIM Alliance invites proposals to conduct a research project to investigate BIM maturity and benefits tools evaluation.


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.