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Read more at: AutoID for Smart Assets and Cities
AutoID for Smart Assets and Cities

AutoID for Smart Assets and Cities

27 October 2014

Engineers from CrossRail, Laing O’Rourke, and ATC were among key speakers at CSIC’s Workshop on AutoID for Smart Assets and Cities which discussed the challenges of tackling asset identification.


Read more at: Lightening the Load
Lightening the Load

Lightening the Load

27 October 2014

CSIC has completed the first ever deployment of distributed fibre optics to monitor sprayed concrete tunnel linings at Crossrail’s Liverpool Street station.


Read more at: American Civil Engineering Magazine covers CSIC
American Civil Engineering Magazine covers CSIC

American Civil Engineering Magazine covers CSIC

27 October 2014

The CSIC website story about the proposed testing of vibration energy harvesting on the Forth Road Bridge has made front page news on the award-winning, monthly flagship magazine of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Civil Engineering. Reaching an audience of 140,000 civil engineers worldwide, this magazine has the largest circulation in the engineering market.


Read more at: Smart talking at International Infrastructure Symposium
Smart talking at International Infrastructure Symposium

Smart talking at International Infrastructure Symposium

24 October 2014

CSIC presented the Second International Smart Infrastructure Symposium at Kansai University in Osaka, Japan.


Read more at: Vision On
Vision On

Vision On

24 October 2014

Head of CSIC, Professor Robert Mair talked Research, Innovation and Infrastructure at a joint BSI/ISO event held recently at the Royal Academy of Engineering, titled ‘A Vision for Infrastructure’.


Read more at: Setting Standards in Rail-Led Urban Innovation
Setting Standards in Rail-Led Urban Innovation

Setting Standards in Rail-Led Urban Innovation

22 October 2014

CSIC jointly convened a specialist workshop on rail-led urban innovation with the UK Science and Innovation Network (British Consulate General) in San Francisco, with industry sponsorship from AECOM and Arup.


Read more at: UtterBerry sensor scoops award for industry
UtterBerry sensor scoops award for industry

UtterBerry sensor scoops award for industry

22 October 2014

The UtterBerry, an intelligent wireless sensor system using the world’s smallest wireless sensors, has won an innovation award and is poised to take industry by storm.


Read more at: Industry partners 'chit-chat'
Industry partners 'chit-chat'

Industry partners 'chit-chat'

22 October 2014

There was competition on the croquet lawn at Trinity Hall but the CSIC Summer Event for Industry Partners was altogether convivial and informative.


Read more at: Managing the value of assets - the foundations of smart infrastructure asset management
Managing the value of assets - the foundations of smart infrastructure asset management

Managing the value of assets - the foundations of smart infrastructure asset management

14 October 2014

In February this year the ISO 55000 family of standards on asset management was published bringing worldwide attention to through-life management of physical assets.


Read more at: When sensors make sense
When sensors make sense

When sensors make sense

12 September 2014

High-quality infrastructure is the backbone of modern society, not only supporting economic growth and social mobility, but also everyday life itself. Structural monitoring of infrastructure is crucial but can be valueless unless it is carefully designed and deployed. CSIC's Dr Phil Catton, explores the importance of understanding the value of information to directly support informed decisions.


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