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Read more at: CSIC Head backs tunnelling as antidote to Cambridge congestion
CSIC Head backs tunnelling as antidote to Cambridge congestion

CSIC Head backs tunnelling as antidote to Cambridge congestion

27 January 2015

Solutions to Cambridge’s traffic problems are on the agenda following a call for the City Deal assembly to consider more radical solutions.

Read more at: Making visible the invisible – what consultants want to know
Making visible the invisible – what consultants want to know

Making visible the invisible – what consultants want to know

21 January 2015

CSIC's Kenichi Soga, Cedric Kechavarzi, Philip Keenan, Laing O'Rourke's Musa Chunge and Arup's Vivien Kwan explain how embedding distributed fibre optic sensors in concrete offers a new approach to visualising underground concrete structural quality and assessing subsurface structural performance.

Read more at: Wireless sensing article by CSIC's Kenichi Soga in Infrastructure Intelligence
Wireless sensing article by CSIC's Kenichi Soga in Infrastructure Intelligence

Wireless sensing article by CSIC's Kenichi Soga in Infrastructure Intelligence

16 January 2015

In recent years sensor and communications research has been undergoing a quiet revolution, promising to have significant impact on a new generation of monitoring technologies for civil engineering infrastructure, says Professor Kenichi Soga of CSIC.

Read more at: Smart talking by CSIC’s Campbell Middleton on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
Smart talking by CSIC’s Campbell Middleton on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

Smart talking by CSIC’s Campbell Middleton on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

16 January 2015

CSIC’s Cam Middleton appeared on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire’s Sue Dougan show to discuss how CSIC technologies are helping to safeguard the future of the Scotland’s Forth Road Bridge along with various other key strategic structures.

Read more at: Ground-breaking moment as James Dyson Building comes to life
Ground-breaking moment as James Dyson Building comes to life

Ground-breaking moment as James Dyson Building comes to life

15 January 2015

Sensing tools developed at the Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC) will provide a central nervous system to the new James Dyson Building creating a hi-tech ‘living lab’. Construction has begun on the building, which will give those working inside it a chance to use their surroundings for research and teaching.

Read more at: Where the smart money is
Where the smart money is

Where the smart money is

15 January 2015

Leading industry magazine New Civil Engineer interviews CSIC Director Jennifer Schooling for its Infrastructure Report 2015 to learn the latest about the future of fibre optic sensing technology. CSIC’s Phil Keenan talks business for the feature, which can be read here with kind permission from NCE (nce.co.uk).

Read more at: CSIC CSattAR and UtterBerry technologies shortlisted for Construction News Specialist Awards 2015
CSIC CSattAR and UtterBerry technologies shortlisted for Construction News Specialist Awards 2015

CSIC CSattAR and UtterBerry technologies shortlisted for Construction News Specialist Awards 2015

5 January 2015

CSattAR and UtterBerry - two technologies that have been developed at CSIC - have been shortlisted in the Company Innovation section of the renowned Construction News Specialist Awards 2015.

Read more at: CSIC features in online news programme: `Working to Engineer a Better World'

CSIC features in online news programme: `Working to Engineer a Better World'

9 December 2014

CSIC features in an online news programme, promoting a greater understanding of the role engineering plays in our society and economy.

Read more at: CSIC photograph hits the headlines
CSIC photograph hits the headlines

CSIC photograph hits the headlines

7 December 2014

A photograph taken by CSIC’s Dr Mohammed Elshafie is one of 10 images to appear on The Telegraph online from the University of Cambridge’s Department of Engineering Photography Competition. The image is from a series of photographs Mohammed has taken showing a number of engineers and students at work on sites and projects, both under and above ground.

Read more at: CSIC wins industry recognition at International Tunnelling Awards
CSIC wins industry recognition at International Tunnelling Awards

CSIC wins industry recognition at International Tunnelling Awards

4 December 2014

CSIC has won the prestigious Ground Investigation and Monitoring Award for The Smart Tunnel at the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards, announced yesterday at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel.

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CSIC event in Cambridge to honour 63 Rankine Lecturer Professor Kenichi Soga

24 March 2025

On 21 March 2025, the Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC) hosted an event in honour of Professor Kenichi Soga, Donald H. McLaughlin Chair in Mineral Engineering and a Distinguished Professor at the University of California Berkeley. The event at the West Hub, University of Cambridge was chaired by CSIC...

Challenges in Transforming the UK’s Transport Infrastructure

19 March 2025

In a recent Smart Infrastructure blog, titled "Unwinding the Complex Path to a Net-Zero UK Transport Infrastructure", Dr Omar Abo Madyan, a Research Associate in Material-Efficient Construction at the Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC), discusses the significant challenges and opportunities the UK...

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