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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: Blog: Professor Mark Girolami on the history of digital twins

Blog: Professor Mark Girolami on the history of digital twins

15 January 2020

Ahead of his Turing Talk touring lecture series, Professor Mark Girolami, Sir Kirby Laing Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Cambridge, Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair, Academic Director of CDBB, and Director of the Lloyd’s Register Foundation Programme on Data Centric Engineering at The Alan...


Read more at: Digital Twins: The Next Phase of the AI Revolution? The Turing Talk: Part of the IET EngTalk Series and BCS Lecture Series

Digital Twins: The Next Phase of the AI Revolution? The Turing Talk: Part of the IET EngTalk Series and BCS Lecture Series

Monday, 17 February, 2020 - 18:00

Digital Twins: The Next Phase of the AI Revolution? The Turing Talk: Part of the IET EngTalk Series and BCS Lecture Series The idea of an Intelligent Digital Avatar conjures up many images from a complete virtual world that one can safely define, develop and play in to rogue robots running amok and destroying mankind. The...


Read more at: CCIMI Colloquium: Mark Girolami - The Statistical Finite Element Method

CCIMI Colloquium: Mark Girolami - The Statistical Finite Element Method

Wednesday, 13 November, 2019 - 17:00 to 19:00

CCIMI Colloquium: Mark Girolami - The Statistical Finite Element Method The finite element method (FEM) is one of the great triumphs of applied mathematics, numerical analysis and software development. Recent developments in sensor and signalling technologies enable the phenomenological study of systems. The connection...


Read more at: Digital Twin Hub - Supply Chain Workshops

Digital Twin Hub - Supply Chain Workshops

Tuesday, 3 December, 2019 - 15:30 to 17:30

This is the first in a series of DT Hub Supply Chain Workshops. The workshop will provide an opportunity to learn more about CDBB’s National Digital Twin Programme, and to get involved in the start-up of newly launched Digital Twin Hub. Participants will hear from Sam Chorlton, DT Hub Chair, about the Hub’s progress so far...


Read more at: Blog: Alexandra Bolton

Blog: Alexandra Bolton

15 October 2019

Reflecting on our inaugural ‘CDBB Week’ and looking forward to Digital Construction Week, Alexandra Bolton, Executive Director for the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) is positive about the digital transformation in the construction industry and how the Construction Innovation Hub is aiming to be the catalyst for...


Read more at: CDBB's inaugural National Digital Twin Day

CDBB's inaugural National Digital Twin Day

4 October 2019

Industry innovators from a range of infrastructure sectors attended the Centre for Digital Built Britain’s (CDBB) inaugural event of CDBB Week – National Digital Twin Day. Outputs from the NDT Day Media Release for NDT Day Presentations National Digital Twin - Mark Enzer, Chair DFTG The DT Hub - Samuel Chorlton, Chair DT...


Read more at: CDBB Week: BIM Roundtable Garden Reception

CDBB Week: BIM Roundtable Garden Reception

16 September 2019

[Flikr Photos from the day] On 11 September, bathed in afternoon sunshine and amid the vibrant colours of St Catharine’s College’s gardens, CDBB and the Construction Innovation Hub hosted a reception for industry insiders, researchers and policymakers – all with an interest in making Building Information Modelling (BIM) ‘...


Read more at: CDBB Week 2019 Research Blog: Dr Franziska Sielker

CDBB Week 2019 Research Blog: Dr Franziska Sielker

13 September 2019

CDBB Week 2019 showcases CDBB’s diverse range of work and engagement with our industry, academic and policy networks. As part of Friday’s #CDBBWeek2019 Digital Roundup, the Centre invited a number of researchers from CDBB funded research networks and early career researchers to shine a light on their projects supporting a...


Read more at: National Digital Twin Day Monday 9 September - Package for SMEs and Start-Ups

National Digital Twin Day Monday 9 September - Package for SMEs and Start-Ups

12 August 2019

CDBB is partnering with the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) to present National Digital Twin Day on Monday 9 September , as part of CDBB Week 2019 . National Digital Twin Day will bring together organisations and people with an interest in the opportunities provided by Digital Twins (DT), helping delegates to make useful connections and advance their digital twin knowledge and adoption.


Read more at: Recommendations for Automated Checking of Regulations and Requirements Management in Healthcare Design

Recommendations for Automated Checking of Regulations and Requirements Management in Healthcare Design

Monday, 1 July, 2019 - 13:00 to 17:00

The aim of this workshop is to present the research findings and discuss future research with healthcare client representatives, designers, software developers and policy makers. This will contribute towards defining future directions for code checking research in healthcare. The research team engaged in the project is...