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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: High-level introduction and summary of the SFT BIM Return on Investment (ROI) Tool

High-level introduction and summary of the SFT BIM Return on Investment (ROI) Tool

18 December 2019

The Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) lead the Scottish Building Information Modelling (BIM) programme at a national level on behalf of the Scottish Government; it has developed a suite of tools and guidance on its BIM Portal https://bimportal.scottishfuturestrust.org.uk/ . The portal and associated tools were developed to help...


Read more at: Capability Framework and Research Agenda for a Digital Built Britain

Capability Framework and Research Agenda for a Digital Built Britain

2 August 2019

Capability Framework and Research Agenda One of the questions the Department for BEIS originally asked CDBB was - “ what do we need to do to build a digital built Britain”? We have since conducted roughly two years of work - with over 90 researchers in six research networks, four consultancy studies and a series of...


Read more at: Research Landscape: Scoping Review

Research Landscape: Scoping Review

25 June 2019

The June monthly paper, by Kirsten Lamb, outlines the digital built Britain research landscape by means of a scoping review and gap analysis. This has informed the Capability Framework and Research Landscape work being conducted by CDBB on identifying the research capabilities needed to create a digital built Britain...


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: Gemini Principles

Gemini Principles

CDBB has published the first output of its Digital Framework Task Group, The Gemini Principles. The paper sets out proposed principles to guide the national digital twin and the information management framework that will enable it.


Read more at: Press Release: Principles to guide the development of the National Digital Twin released
Press Release: Principles to guide the development of the National Digital Twin released

Press Release: Principles to guide the development of the National Digital Twin released

6 December 2018

CDBB has published the first output of its Digital Framework Task Group, The Gemini Principles. The paper sets out proposed principles to guide the national digital twin and the information management framework that will enable it.


Read more at: BIM Roundtable Discussion Series - Overview

BIM Roundtable Discussion Series - Overview

The Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) and the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) are teaming up for a programme of high-level ‘roundtable’ discussions, which aim to further accelerate adoption of the Government’s digital strategy for the built environment especially the successful embedment of BIM across industry.