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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: Tender: Professional Services Report on Economic Value of Digital in Construction Sector

Tender: Professional Services Report on Economic Value of Digital in Construction Sector

27 August 2020

The University of Cambridge is approaching the market to engage with potential suppliers for the provision of a report on the economic impact of the implementation of Building Information Management (BIM). This work is necessary to articulate the value and impact of BIM to influential stakeholders in the built environment...


Read more at: Publication: A Practice-Based Conceptual Model on Building Information Modelling (BIM) Benefits Realisation

Publication: A Practice-Based Conceptual Model on Building Information Modelling (BIM) Benefits Realisation

27 August 2020

Abstract screenshot_2020-08-27_at_08.33.23.png Most of the existing research on BIM implementation and benefits realisation has departed from a technocentric perspective and instead promoted the belief that the benefits of using BIM technologies are an inevitable outcome of adoption in and of itself. Recently, scholars...


Read more at: Explaining the Information Management Framework (IMF)

Explaining the Information Management Framework (IMF)

What is the Information Management Framework (IMF)? “A built environment information management landscape and data environment which will adequately define parties, processes, information, technology to support the National Digital Twin.” - DT Hub Glossary An IMF aims to establish the building...


Read more at: Support for BIM Interoperability Report Recommendations from Public Consultation

Support for BIM Interoperability Report Recommendations from Public Consultation

The Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB), a partner of the Construction Innovation Hub (CIH) responsible for delivering the Government’s Building Information Modelling (BIM) programme and facilitating collaboration with industry, has published a summary report following the public consultation...


Read more at: The Building Information Modelling (BIM) Interoperability Report

The Building Information Modelling (BIM) Interoperability Report

screenshot_2020-04-17_at_11.25.18.png CDBB, a partner in the Construction Innovation Hub, has published The Building Information Modelling (BIM) Interoperability Report for consultation. It forms part of the Construction Innovation Hub’s work to grow the digital economy for the construction and...


Read more at: BIM Roundtable Discussion Series Roundtable 8: asset and facilities management

BIM Roundtable Discussion Series Roundtable 8: asset and facilities management

At the last in our series of roundtable discussions run by the Centre for Digital Built Britain in association with Chartered Institute of Building, we brought together asset and facilities managers to share their insights and consider the progress being made towards BIM as ‘business as usual’...


Read more at: BIM Roundtable Discussion Series Roundtable 7: specialist BIM consultants

BIM Roundtable Discussion Series Roundtable 7: specialist BIM consultants

At the seventh in our series of roundtable discussions run by the Centre for Digital Built Britain in association with Chartered Institute of Building, we brought together specialist BIM consultants to share their insights and consider the progress being made towards BIM as ‘business as usual’...


Read more at: BIM Roundtable Discussion Series - Roundtable 6 – technology providers
BIM Roundtable Discussion Series - Roundtable 6 – technology providers

BIM Roundtable Discussion Series - Roundtable 6 – technology providers

The sixth of our series of eight BIM roundtable events was held on Monday 25 March and saw 15 technology companies join us around the table to discuss how technology was helping – or hindering – BIM to become business as usual. The technology vendors described some of the advances in the tools they...


Read more at: Blog: CDBB's BIM International Programme featured in Columbian magazine, Revista Urbana

Blog: CDBB's BIM International Programme featured in Columbian magazine, Revista Urbana

6 August 2020

CDBB is committed to promoting the UK BIM value to the international public sector community . Our International Development Programme, headed by Adam Matthews, aims to facilitate trade across countries by developing capabilities of foreign governments and public clients in digital construction, enabling them to achieve...


Read more at: UK BIM Framework publishes new resource to support BIM training providers

UK BIM Framework publishes new resource to support BIM training providers

29 July 2020

The UK BIM Framework has released a free resource to support the development of training content for building information modelling (BIM) aligned with current standards. The UK BIM Framework Learning Outcomes and other helpful resources are available on th e UK BIM Framework website . Based upon the BIM Academic Forum’s ‘...