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Read more at: National Engineering Day – engineering better lives

National Engineering Day – engineering better lives

2 November 2022

National Engineering Day champions engineers making a difference in the world – #EngineerBetterLives. This year's Royal Academy of Engineering National Engineering Day celebrates engineers across the country who are working on projects and products that are improving lives. CSIC’s research and collaborative projects values...


Read more at: Digital Cities for Change workshop coming to Smart City Expo World Congress

Digital Cities for Change workshop coming to Smart City Expo World Congress

20 October 2022

The CSIC Digital Cities for Change team will be hosting a workshop at the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona next month. The workshop titled ‘Leadership for Responsible Urban Digital Innovation’ is designed to expose participants to the knowledge needed to address competency-related challenges for the successful...


Read more at: CSIC Partner Party research presentations now available to watch

CSIC Partner Party research presentations now available to watch

12 October 2022

This year’s CSIC Partner Summer Party featured short presentations by researchers showcasing a range of CSIC projects. The four-minute presentations are now available to view on the CSIC YouTube channel. CSIC was delighted to welcome colleagues from industry and other partner organisations to the in-person Summer Partner...


Read more at: Watch CSIC 2022 short film: Data, performance, decision-making

Watch CSIC 2022 short film: Data, performance, decision-making

5 October 2022

A new CSIC short film presents the Centre’s vision and work to transform infrastructure through smarter information. CSIC’s film introduces the collaborative work of the Centre that values data to support better decisions to deliver a safe, more sustainable, economically equitable and resilient infrastructure system – that...


Read more at: CSIC Research Associate wins grant to identify policy instruments supporting low-carbon infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa

CSIC Research Associate wins grant to identify policy instruments supporting low-carbon infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa

3 October 2022

Dr Kwadwo Oti-Sarpong has received a grant from the Energy Interdisciplinary Research Centre for a policy-driven collaborative project to guide the delivery of low carbon emissions infrastructure projects in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Working with Dr Rehema Msulwa, a Research Associate at the Bennett Institute for Public...


Read more at: CSIC features at the 11th International Symposium on Field Monitoring in Geomechanics (ISFMG 2022)

CSIC features at the 11th International Symposium on Field Monitoring in Geomechanics (ISFMG 2022)

29 September 2022

Members of the CSIC leadership team, International Advisory Group (IAG) and research team featured at the 11 th International Symposium on Field Monitoring in Geomechanics (ISFMG 2022), held at Imperial College London in September. The Symposium brings together people from across the geotechnical monitoring sector to...


Read more at: Read latest CSIC Smart Infrastructure Blog 'Accelerating decarbonisation – winning the race to a net zero carbon future'

Read latest CSIC Smart Infrastructure Blog 'Accelerating decarbonisation – winning the race to a net zero carbon future'

27 September 2022

This month’s Smart Infrastructure Blog, by Dr Heleni Pantelidou, Associate Director at Arup, civil engineer and champion of sustainable development and decarbonisation of the built environment , calls for new market mechanisms to enable reversing built environment degradation to reduce carbon, increase resilience and...


Read more at: Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment included in the Construction Playbook

Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment included in the Construction Playbook

9 September 2022

The refreshed UK Government Construction Playbook published this week includes the CSIC-hosted Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment. The update to the Construction Playbook , which sets out key policies and guidance for how public works projects and programmes are assessed, procured and delivered, was published...


Read more at: CSIC Investigator calls for decision-making for critical infrastructure systems to be more fluent in resilience
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CSIC Investigator calls for decision-making for critical infrastructure systems to be more fluent in resilience

17 August 2022

An article by CSIC Investigator Dr Kristen MacAskill highlighting the importance of resilience in decision-making for our critical infrastructure systems has been published in the industry publication Infrastructure Intelligence . Dr MacAskill, and Assistant Professor in Engineering, Environment and Sustainable Development...


Read more at: Forward planning – making resilience a certainty in an uncertain world

Forward planning – making resilience a certainty in an uncertain world

4 August 2022

Read the second in our series of Smart Infrastructure Blogs highlighting the themes and pressing policy challenges discussed at the recent Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC) and Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy (CPIP) hosted UK-US workshop ‘ Funding, Financing & Emerging Technologies in...


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Tongji University and University of Cambridge Forge Stronger Civil Engineering Ties Through Graduate Forum

23 June 2025

The Civil Engineering Division of the Department of Engineering at Cambridge welcomed a distinguished delegation from Tongji University, China, for a week-long graduate forum titled "From Concrete to Code: Civil Engineering in the Digital Era" , held from 17 -20th June 2025. The visit marked a significant milestone in the...

Cambridge Researchers Battle for Summer Research Support in CSIC’s “Dragon’s Den” Event

20 June 2025

CSIC hosted a dynamic and engaging "Dragon’s Den" event this week, where researcher associates and PhD and Master’s students pitched their innovative ideas to a panel of industry experts in the hopes of winning research support for the summer. Held on Wednesday morning 18 June at the University’s Cambridge West site, the...

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