Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction

CSIC 2022: Data, performance, decision-making

This short film introduces the collaborative work of the Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC).

The Report from the EPSRC–NSF Infrastructure Workshop

The Report presents recommendations for policy, industry and future research.

Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment

For clients, consultants, contractors and supply chain members

Line of Sight paper

An overview aimed at all stakeholders, both technical and non-technical, across asset management organisations

Flourishing Systems paper

Re-envisioning infrastructure as a platform for human flourishing

Smart Infrastructure paper

CSIC collaborative paper produced by leading professionals and academics

UKCRIC NRFIS

CSIC is hosted at NRFIS, an interdisciplinary centre for research to explore the development and application of novel sensor systems.

Latest news

Read this month’s Smart Infrastructure Blog “A non-rigid view about digitalisation for ‘smart cities’ opens greater understandings” by Dr Kwadwo Oti-Sarpong.

16 November 2023

Written by CSIC Senior Research Associate Dr Kwadwo Oti-Sarpong, member of the CSIC Digital Cities for Change team, the blog advocates that embracing a dynamic outlook on digitalization is crucial for the advancement of 'Smart Cities’. The blog emphasizes the need for a nuanced perspective as global digitalization...

Enhance your leadership skills in the dynamic realm of urban digital innovation with LeadUP, the two-day Executive Education Course in Leadership of Urban Digital Innovation for Public Value, 26-27 February 2024.

13 November 2023

In a follow-up to the successful launch of the two-day Executive Education Course in Leadership of Urban Digital Innovation for Public Value (LeadUP) last September, the Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC) is excited to announce the re-run of the course on 26-27 February 2024. The LeadUP course is...

CSIC Distinguished Lecture 2023 by Professor Lord Robert Mair CBE now available to view on YouTube

25 October 2023

The CSIC Distinguished Lecture 2023 titled "Infrastructure - can't measure, can't improve?" is now available to view on the CSIC YouTube channel . During his Distinguished Lecture, Professor Mair provided a detailed account of the 13-year history of the Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC). The...

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CSIC is an Innovation and Knowledge Centre funded by EPSRC, Innovate UK and industry. We develop cutting edge sensing and data analysis models to provide a powerful platform for delivering data to enable smarter whole-life asset management decisions, for both new infrastructure and existing assets. CSIC collaborates with partner organisations across policy, standards and industry adoption to effect transformative change.

Through the University of Cambridge, CSIC is an active member of the UK Collaboratorium for Research on Infrastructure and Cities (UKCRIC) and is hosted in the UKCRIC-funded National Research Facility for Infrastructure Sensing (NRFIS).