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Read more at: Case Study: Gemini Principles - Smart Mobility Living Lab, London

Case Study: Gemini Principles - Smart Mobility Living Lab, London

17 March 2021

As transport systems increase in complexity and mutual dependency the cost and requirement for real-world testing is also increas ing . T herefore , the automotive and transport industr ies are seeking to augment real-world testing with simulation and virtual analysis . In the past , controlled environments such as MIRA...

Read more at: Case Study: Gemini Principles - Colouring London

Case Study: Gemini Principles - Colouring London

15 January 2021

Colouring London is described by the ODI as an example of a 'successful collaborative data maintenance model ’ along with Wikipedia, Open Streetmap, Music Brainz, and O pen F ood F acts' . The problem: The building stock is the largest capital asset of a city and its most important socio-economic resource. It is also where...

Read more at: Dr Gokcen Yilmaz

Dr Gokcen Yilmaz

Research background

Gokcen is a systems engineer with a PhD in Information Systems. Her research interests include software engineering, smart buildings and cities, and BIM. Her application areas comprise software process assessment, BIM capability assessment, data analytics for smart city applications.

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Low Cost Construction Systems Development

Digital Construction on a Shoestring

Read more at: Case Study: National Underground Asset Register (NUAR) Pilot Programme

Case Study: National Underground Asset Register (NUAR) Pilot Programme

16 November 2020

Every construction and infrastructure project must source information on buried utility assets (e.g. cables, pipes, sewers, ducts) when preparing ground investigation and excavation work in order to avoid costly damage to assets, and to safeguard personnel and the general public. Multiple organisations have to be contacted...

Read more at: The Forge: Quantifying the value of P-DfMA and digital delivery

The Forge: Quantifying the value of P-DfMA and digital delivery

4 November 2020

The Centre for Digital Built Britain, as part of the Construction Innovation Hub , is supporting a ground-breaking commercial development. Thayla Zomer, a research student embedded in the project team, reports on her work assessing the benefits to industry of applying Modern Methods of Construction and a digital delivery...

Read more at: Dr Dan Summerbell

Dr Dan Summerbell

Research background

Dan Summerbell's background is in manufacturing operations. He has worked in a range of industries, across the UK, France, the US and Canada. He joined the Centre for Industrial Sustainability in 2017 to work on carbon efficeincy in cement manufacturing processes. In July 2020 he joined DIAL to work on the ACORN project, moving down the cement supply chain to look at the whole life carbon impact of construction.

Read more at: Dr Farhad Huseynov

Dr Farhad Huseynov

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Read more at: Darya Bahram

Darya Bahram

Research background

Darya Bahram is a chartered architect (RIBA), project manager (MAPM) and member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb) and has been working as  Research Associate at the Centre of Construction Law & Dispute Resolution, Kings College London for well over 5 years, since the completion the Centre’s MSC in Construction Law & Dispute Resolution.

Read more at: Nicola Moretti

Nicola Moretti

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Read more at: Dr Aurimas Bukauskas

Dr Aurimas Bukauskas

Research background

Aurimas recently completed his PhD at the University of Bath, developing new approaches for architects and structural engineers to design low embodied carbon structures using reclaimed structural elements and minimally processed timber. Prior to his PhD, Aurimas completed a Bachelor of Science in Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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