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Read more at: Read this month’s CSIC Smart Infrastructure Blog that sets out the ambition of the Center for Smart Infrastructure – in California

Read this month’s CSIC Smart Infrastructure Blog that sets out the ambition of the Center for Smart Infrastructure – in California

1 February 2022

Read this month’s Smart Infrastructure Blog by Professor Kenichi Soga, one of the founders of CSIC and currently Donald H. McLaughlin Professor at the University of California, Berkeley sets out the ambitions of the new Center for Smart Infrastructure in California. The blog titled ‘Smart move – the Center for Smart...


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Urban revolution

28 January 2022

CSIC Investigators talk making urban life more sustainable and building cardon neutral cities. A feature in the latest issue of the Cambridge Alumni Magazine (CAM) features CSIC Investigators talking about the benefits of applying data cohesively to better understand our infrastructure and retrofitting buildings to promote...


Read more at: Digital Roads of the Future

Digital Roads of the Future

24 January 2022

A new and collaborative initiative, Digital Roads of the Future, will explore how digital twins, smart materials, data science and robotic monitoring can work together to develop a connected physical and digital road infrastructure system. A collaboration between the University of Cambridge, Costain, and National Highways...


Read more at: CSIC Academic Director talks government agendas and the role of science and technology to Civil Engineering Surveyor

CSIC Academic Director talks government agendas and the role of science and technology to Civil Engineering Surveyor

20 January 2022

Professor Mark Girolami, CSIC Academic Director, Sir Kirby Laing Professor of Engineering at the University of Cambridge and Chief Scientist at The Alan Turing Institute features in the January issue of Civil Engineering Surveyor (CES) – the monthly journal of the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors , a...


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Smart Stories

10 January 2022

CSIC’s collaborative project to create two of the UK’s first ever smart bridges is featured on the Transforming Construction story catalogue that showcases innovations that are changing UK construction. The article titled ‘ Smart Bridges – fibre optics that give remote and real-time assessment of structural health ’ shines...


Read more at: Read the first Smart Infrastructure Blog of 2022 that makes the case for including young professionals' voices in shaping our infrastructure

Read the first Smart Infrastructure Blog of 2022 that makes the case for including young professionals' voices in shaping our infrastructure

4 January 2022

The CSIC Smart Infrastructure Blog series welcomes 2022 with a blog by Dr Sam Cocking, CSIC Research Associate and member of the UK National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) Young Professionals Panel (YPP). Titled ‘Perspectives on the future of civil engineering and smart infrastructure: net zero, maximising societal...


Read more at: Line of Sight Methodology featured in Infrastructure Intelligence ahead of Digital Construction Week
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Line of Sight Methodology featured in Infrastructure Intelligence ahead of Digital Construction Week

22 November 2021

An article presenting the CSIC Line of Sight Methodology that sets out a new approach to provide organisations with a line of sight between assets and organisational objectives to enable better outcomes, has been featured in industry publication Infrastructure Intelligence. The article is co-written by CSIC Director Dr...


Read more at: Read this month’s Smart Infrastructure Blog – ‘Digital change, new technology and opportunity for all’

Read this month’s Smart Infrastructure Blog – ‘Digital change, new technology and opportunity for all’

21 November 2021

The latest Smart Infrastructure Blog, published today, 1 December, is written by Ann Allen, Chief Executive Officer at the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CICES), who sets out three challenges to ensure that advances in technology and digital transformation bring opportunities throughout the...


Read more at: Carbon Reduction Code for Built Environment is key policy recommendation of the UKGBC Net Zero Whole Life Carbon Roadmap

Carbon Reduction Code for Built Environment is key policy recommendation of the UKGBC Net Zero Whole Life Carbon Roadmap

18 November 2021

The CSIC-convened Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment is included as a key policy recommendation in the Pathway to Net Zero for the UK Built Environment which was launched by the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) on 11 November, at the main COP26 venue on COP’s dedicated day for cities and the built environment...


Read more at: Smart Infrastructure Blog calls for organisations to sign up to the Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment

Smart Infrastructure Blog calls for organisations to sign up to the Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment

2 November 2021

This month’s Smart Infrastructure Blog announces the sign-up process for the Carbon Reduction Code – and calls for organisations to pledge commitment. The Blog, titled ‘ Committing to make a difference – sign-up to the Carbon Reduction Code’, written by CSIC Programme Manager Dee Dee Frawley, is published in the same month...


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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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