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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: Government Soft Landings Performance Insights Tool

Tender: Government Soft Landings Performance Insights Tool

21 July 2021

The Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) has been housed at the University of Cambridge since September 2017. Uniquely, it is a partnership between government (BEIS) and the University of Cambridge, working in partnership with industry, government, and academia to develop a digital built environment that improves...


Read more at: Tender: Global Digital Platform

Tender: Global Digital Platform

22 October 2020

This tender is for the development of a Global Digital Platform. The Global Platform is conceptualized as an online self-navigable and interactive knowledge product, repository and platform which will act as a central source of truth for all public sector institutions seeking guidance, tools and evidence related to the...


Read more at: Tender: Skills to implement the IMF Part 2

Tender: Skills to implement the IMF Part 2

13 October 2020

The Information Management Framework (IMF) aims to enable effective information management across the Built Environment. The document “The Pathway Towards an Information Management Framework” sets out the requirements for the technical core of an Information Management Framework that supports secure and resilient exchange...


Read more at: Tender: Professional Services to support Roundtables and Strategic Planning

Tender: Professional Services to support Roundtables and Strategic Planning

2 October 2020

This purpose of this tender is to explore and strengthen the connective tissue between the UK Building Information Modelling Framework (BIMF) and the Information Management Framework (IMF). The proposed approach is to undertake a series of roundtables (~5) with selected stakeholders to explore and identify the elements of...


Read more at: Tender: Skills to implement the Information Management Framework Part 1: Capability framework

Tender: Skills to implement the Information Management Framework Part 1: Capability framework

18 September 2020

The purpose of this work is to understand the breadth and depth of skills and roles required to successfully develop, implement and operate an Information Management Framework (IMF) and working towards a National Digital Twin as an ecosystem of connected digital twins. The Information Management Framework (IMF) aims to...


Read more at: Tender: BIM Information Requirements Tool

Tender: BIM Information Requirements Tool

17 September 2020

For clarity, the BIM Information Requirement Wiki Tool work currently being tendered aims to create an easy to use collaborative database that allows specially selected restricted users (client organisations) to add and edit content in order to develop sets of standard information requirements, primarily OIR and AIR...


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: Tender: Graduate Digital Capabilities - online workshops

Tender: Graduate Digital Capabilities - online workshops

10 August 2020

CDBB is looking for an organisation to event-manage and facilitate two series of online workshops and dissemination of outputs to the built environment sector. The objective of the project is to gain broad agreement on the digital capabilities required by graduate entrants across the built-environment. This will generate a...


Read more at: Atkins and Ordnance Survey appointed to research benefits of a national digital twin

Atkins and Ordnance Survey appointed to research benefits of a national digital twin

6 February 2020

CDBB has awarded Atkins and Orndance Survey the tender to support the research into the benefits of creating a National Digital Twin of the UK's infrastructure. Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, and Ordnance Survey have been appointed by the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) to research the benefits of...


Read more at: Tender: Provision of services for the organisation of the Global BIM Summit

Tender: Provision of services for the organisation of the Global BIM Summit

9 January 2020

CDBB, in partnership with the Construction Innovation Hub, Department for International Trade and Foreign Commonwealth Office are holding a Global BIM Summit in London to bring together the international community developing and delivering national digital transformation programmes in construction that improve...