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Read more at: CSIC digital twin projects featured in Royal Academy of Engineering’s magazine

CSIC digital twin projects featured in Royal Academy of Engineering’s magazine

28 June 2021

An article exploring how digital twins are transforming engineering spotlights a number of pioneering CSIC projects Charting the emergence and development of digital twins in engineering, the article titled ‘Creating a Virtual Replica’, and published in the June issue of Ingenia , the magazine of the Royal Academy of...


Read more at: Registration open for CSIC 2021 Distinguished Lecture by Professor Jim Hall

Registration open for CSIC 2021 Distinguished Lecture by Professor Jim Hall

25 June 2021

The CSIC 2021 Distinguished Lecture will be presented by Professor of Climate and Environmental Risk at the University of Oxford Jim Hall and will take place on Tuesday 13 July. Registration is now open for this year’s Distinguished Lecture, which concludes a month of events celebrating 10 Years of CSIC. Jim Hall FREng is...


Read more at: Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment published today

Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment published today

15 June 2021

Today, 15 June 2021, Issue 1.0 of the Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment has been published on the Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC) website. The Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment has been developed on behalf of the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) and is part...


Read more at: Read this month’s CSIC Smart Infrastructure Blog ahead of the launch event for the Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment

Read this month’s CSIC Smart Infrastructure Blog ahead of the launch event for the Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment

1 June 2021

The latest CSIC Smart Infrastructure Blog by Charmaine Hughes, Programme Manager and Head of Frameworks (North West Construction Hub) at Manchester City Council and Peter Yates Vice Chairman, National Association of Construction Frameworks (NACF) and Regional Framework Director at Constructing West Midlands (CWM) reflects...


Read more at: Read collaborative CSIC paper on precision error analysis in strain monitoring

Read collaborative CSIC paper on precision error analysis in strain monitoring

26 May 2021

A paper on precision error analysis in strain monitoring has been published in Structural Control and Health Monitoring , the journal of the International Association for Structural Control and Monitoring. The paper, titled ‘Repeatability precision error analysis of the distributed fiber optic strain monitoring’, is the...


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...


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