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The redevelopment of London Bridge Station has won Transport Project of the Year and the ICE 200 award at the British Construction Industry Awards (BCIA).Image: Head of CSIC and ICE President Professor Lord Robert Mair addresses the audience at the British Construction Industry AwardsThe BCIA recognise overall excellence, innovation, best practice …

Ahead of the Government’s response to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee report titled 'Off-site Manufacture for construction: building for change', Professor Lord Robert Mair, Head of CSIC, and a member of the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, is featured in the industry publication Infrastructure Intelligence. The …

Dr Jennifer Schooling, Director of CSIC, has been elected as a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).Image: Dr Jennifer Schooling, Director of CSIC, receives her fellowship certificate from ICE President and Head of CSIC, Professor Lord Robert MairDr Schooling was presented with her fellowship certificate by ICE President Professor Lor…

A collaborative project between CSIC and industry partners Geocisa UK, Dragados and Transport for London, monitoring heritage buildings with fibre optic sensors during the Bank Station Capacity Upgrade, has won the New Civil Engineer (NCE) TechFest 2018 Award for Research Impact: Application in the Industry.Photograph courtesy of New Civil Engineer…

The annual CSIC Industry Partner Garden Party, held at Peterhouse College, showcased a range of innovative Research Associate projectsThe event, which was held at the University’s oldest College (founded in 1284) welcomed a number of CSIC partners from a range of organisations including: Arup; BP; Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyor…

In an interview for the Civil Engineering Surveyor, the monthly journal of the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (ICES), Dr Jennifer Schooling, Director of CSIC, sets out how CSIC is working to transform infrastructure and construction through smarter information.Describing her role at CSIC, Dr Schooling says: “It’s about being a…

The Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (ICES) journal Geospatial Engineering 2018-2019 has published an article highlighting the work of Sakthy Selvakumaran. Geospatial Engineering is an annual publication that showcases developments in geospatial engineering. The article titled ‘Integrating InSAR with digital engineering models …

CSIC’s collaboration with the contractor Dragados, its monitoring arm Geocisa and London Underground has been featured in the leading industry publication Tunnelling Journal.The article titled ‘Monitoring Evolution’, which also features the work of CSIC industry partner Senceive, highlights CSIC’s novel monitoring programme that incorporates new ge…

Collaborations between CSIC, Geocisa UK, Dragados and Transport for London have been shortlisted for two New Civil Engineer (NCE) 2018 Tunnelling Awards.The Innovation in Instrumentation & Monitoring Award recognises innovation and excellence in site surveying and monitoring on tunnelling projects, and the Innovation in Technical Product or Equipme…

A partner event to show the value of data in supporting engineering, construction and asset management practices was hosted by CSIC and CIRIA (Construction Industry Research and Information Association).Image:  Jon Watson, Director of Infrastructure Inspection and Monitoring, Mistras Group, presents to delegates at the Value of Data in Construction…

A new House of Lords Science and Technology Committee report titled 'Off-site Manufacture for construction: building for change' recommends off-site manufacturing (OSM) to help to increase productivity in the construction sector in order to meet pressing housing and infrastructure needs. The report sets out actions required to enable the sector to …

Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, Robert Jenrick (MP) announced the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) will deliver key recommendations from the National Infrastructure Commission’s (NIC) Data for the Public Good report during his visit to the University of Cambridge (19 July).Image: (Left to right) Dr Haris Alexakis, CSIC Research Associat…

The opportunities, challenges and considerations required to make the most of data abundance provided the theme of this year’s CSIC Distinguished Lecture given by Dr Anne Kemp, Atkins Fellow and Chair of the UK BIM Alliance.Image by Chris Loades. Dr Anne Kemp giving the CSIC 2018 Distinguished LectureDr Kemp’s lecture titled ‘A glimpse into the fut…

This year’s Annual Review, which features a foreword by Sarah Hayes, Senior Regulatory Advisor for the National Infrastructure Commission, and a contribution from Dr Anne Kemp, Director at Atkins – BIM Strategy and Development Chair, UK BIM Alliance, brings focus to the role of data to drive improved value and deliver a better experience for infras…

Marking International Women in Engineering Day on 23 June, and supporting the national drive to inspire more women to build careers in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), CSIC features a series of interviews to showcase the talent and diversity of women working in science and engineering with CSIC.Timea Nochta is a Research Assistant…