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Dr Timea Nochta, CSIC Senior Research Associate, offers insights on digital twins and decarbonisation challenges in a report entitled States Regenerate: Greening Government for our Planet, Wealth, and Health by StateUp, an international intelligence and advisory firm for public-purpose technology that works with governments, international organisat…

The cover story of the Autumn issue of Partnerships Bulletin entitled ‘Getting smarter’ focuses on smart infrastructure and features expert contributions, including Dr Jennifer Schooling, Director of CSIC. The article considers the role of technology in smart infrastructure, future funding models, data security and taking a whole life view of asset…

Image courtesy of HS2Articles in industry titles New Civil Engineer, Ground Engineering and BIM+ showcase the HS2 trial of a standard ground-stabilising mesh woven with fibre optic cables co-developed by CSIC, the Huesker Group, a manufacturer of geosynthetic textiles, and infrastructure monitoring company Epsimon Ltd.An HS2 construction site has p…

A book setting out possible sustainable urban futures has been authored by CSIC Research Associate Dr Sinan Küfeoglu, who is part of the CSIC Digital Cities for Change(DC²) project.Titled ‘The Home of the Future: Digitalization and Resource Management’, and part of Springer Nature's Sustainable Development Goals Series, the book presents an in-dept…

This month’s Smart Infrastructure Blog follows the publication of the Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment Issue 1.0 and calls for organisations to sign up and make a difference.In the blog titled ‘Commit and collaborate to achieve net zero’, Dr Jennifer Schooling OBE, Director of CSIC presents the background to the Code, which was devel…

We are delighted to announce that the CSIC 2021 Distinguished Lecture is now available to watch on YouTube. The lecture was presented by Prof Jim Hall, Professor of Climate and Environmental Risk at the University of Oxford. Titled 'The data revolution in global-scale analysis of climate risks to infrastructure systems', Prof Hall’s lecture conside…

This month’s Smart Infrastructure Blog is published to coincide with the release of the ‘Line of Sight: an Asset Management Methodology to Support Organisational Objectives’ paper by CSIC in partnership with Costain and the Construction Innovation Hub (the Hub).Written by the paper's lead author Dr James Heaton, Digital Consultant at Costain and cu…

The ‘Line of Sight: an Asset Management Methodology to Support Organisational Objectives’ paper has been published today, 30 July 2021, by the Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC) and can be read here. This 10-page, accessible overview of the methodology is aimed at all stakeholders, both technical and non-technical, across asset…

CSIC marked its 10th Anniversary with a series of online events. CSIC works with industry and partner organisations to develop and demonstrate approaches to data acquisition and innovative applications of technologies to transform infrastructure and construction. The vision of CSIC – collaborating to transform infrastructure and construction throug…

CSIC is among only 11 shortlisted entries for the Royal Academy of Engineering Bhattacharyya Award which celebrates sustained and strategic collaboration that delivers real-world benefits.The Bhattacharyya Award is a new annual award celebrating collaboration between academia and industry and the prize of £25,000 will be awarded to the team who bes…

Ahead of the UN Conference on Climate Change (Cop26) – to be held in Glasgow from 31 October to 12 November 2021, Mace - in partnership with the North West Construction Hub and Manchester City Council - held a webinar on 15 July 2021 entitled ‘Meeting the Climate Emergency Challenge in the Built Environment’.The virtual event discussed how local au…

An article in The New Scientist - ‘World's first 3D-printed steel bridge opens in Amsterdam’ - celebrates an innovative four-year project involving a collaboration between CSIC and The Alan Turing Institute. The 3D-printed steel bridge was unveiled last week by Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, who cut the ribbon with the aid of a robotic arm, a wit…

The CSIC 2021 Annual Review, published online today, marks 10 years of CSIC transforming infrastructure through smarter information. Featuring a Foreword by Alison Baptiste, Director Project Delivery at the Infrastructure and Projects Authority, and a contribution from Baroness Brown of Cambridge, Julia King, our 2021 Annual Review demonstrates how…

An article presenting the Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment written by Dr Jennifer Schooling calls for commitment to collaborative action to achieve net zero.Following the publication of the Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment Issue 1.0 on 15 June, industry title Infrastructure Intelligence has published an article written…

This month’s Smart Infrastructure Blog is published ahead of the CSIC 2021 Distinguished Lecture on 13 July, which will be given by Professor Jim Hall, Professor of Climate and Environmental Risk at the University of Oxford. In the Blog, Professor Hall calls for system-of-systems modelling to enable sharing of information for the management of risk…