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Read more at: Fostering innovation and discovery through smart construction

Fostering innovation and discovery through smart construction

17 May 2021

A new report titled 'Life Sciences Innovation: Building the Fourth Industrial Revolution', which presents international experts from across the life sciences industry to join the dots between investors, academics and the real estate sector, features a case study completed as part of a CSIC industry secondment with global...


Read more at: Full programme of CSIC Anniversary events now published

Full programme of CSIC Anniversary events now published

11 May 2021

The CSIC 10th Anniversary page has been updated and now lists the full programme of events to celebrate this important milestone. Running from 3 June to 13 July, the events include the publication of the 2021 Annual Review and conclude with the CSIC Distinguished Lecture by Professor Jim Hall, Professor of Climate and...


Read more at: UKCRIC workshop explores the challenges and opportunities of digitalisation in the built environment

UKCRIC workshop explores the challenges and opportunities of digitalisation in the built environment

7 May 2021

On Thursday 29 April, CSIC hosted an online workshop for UKCRIC academics and researchers to investigate the challenges and research opportunities around digitalisation in the built environment. Dr Jennifer Schooling, Director of CSIC welcomed delegates and Professor Mark Girolami, Sir Kirby Laing Professor of Civil...


Read more at: Industry and academia unite to support a new bold Vision for the built environment

Industry and academia unite to support a new bold Vision for the built environment

6 May 2021

CSIC Director Jennifer Schooling was a member of the Steering Group selected to develop a strategic and collaborative document focusing on the zero-carbon challenge and change agenda of the construction industry. Titled ‘ Our Vision for the built environment ’, and published by the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB)...


Read more at: Read the latest CSIC Smart Infrastructure Blog that asks if it’s time to embrace failure?

Read the latest CSIC Smart Infrastructure Blog that asks if it’s time to embrace failure?

3 May 2021

This month’s CSIC Smart Infrastructure Blog by Hassan Butt, HS2 Graduate Innovation Analyst, and Andrew Pestana, HS2 Innovation Strategy Lead, reflects on learnings from the HS2 Innovation Engine Week (IEW) where discussion and thinking considered innovation, risk and what can be learned from failure. At the event...


Read more at: Infrastructure industry report urges action to achieve UK’s net-zero carbon target

Infrastructure industry report urges action to achieve UK’s net-zero carbon target

27 April 2021

A recent report from the Net Zero Infrastructure Industry Coalition launched this month – titled ' Is our Carbon Wallet Empty? ' – focuses on embodied carbon and highlights the major shortfall in carbon reporting within the UK’s infrastructure industry. The report, led by Skanska UK , a member of the Coalition, sets out...


Read more at: Infrastructure Carbon Review Seven-Year report concludes ‘good progress but not fast enough’

Infrastructure Carbon Review Seven-Year report concludes ‘good progress but not fast enough’

20 April 2021

A new report by the Green Construction Board – the net zero and sustainability technical lead for the Construction Leadership Council – warns that the rate at which infrastructure projects are decarbonising is not fast enough to reach the UK government’s 2050 achieving net zero target. The latest report references the...


Read more at: Read CSIC paper on pile monitoring

Read CSIC paper on pile monitoring

15 April 2021

A paper on the distributed fiber optic (FO) monitoring of a continuous flight auger (CFA) pile has been published in the Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering journal. The open access paper, authored by Yi Rui, Nicholas de Battista, Cedric Kechavarzi, Xiaomin Xu and Mei Yin and titled ‘ Distributed fiber optic...


Read more at: CSIC Smart Infrastructure Blog on Computer Vision for civil engineering published today

CSIC Smart Infrastructure Blog on Computer Vision for civil engineering published today

31 March 2021

This month’s CSIC Smart Infrastructure Blog by Vladimir Vilde, CSIC Research Associate, invites industry practitioners interested in deploying Computer Vision-based solutions to join a new special interest group. The Blog follows a CSIC workshop, led by Vilde, held earlier this year where there was expressed interest from...


Read more at: ‘It’s a green revolution and it’s powered by data’ – Growing Underground

‘It’s a green revolution and it’s powered by data’ – Growing Underground

30 March 2021

Growing Underground, the project led by CSIC Investigator Dr Ruchi Choudhary, is said to be a ‘green revolution’, which is ‘powered by data’ in a new feature published by the University of Cambridge . Cambridge researchers are working alongside the founders of the underground farm – located 120 ft below the busy streets of...


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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...

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