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Read more at: Head of CSIC makes the case for smart infrastructure solutions to support post-Covid-19 recovery strategies at House of Lords debate
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Head of CSIC makes the case for smart infrastructure solutions to support post-Covid-19 recovery strategies at House of Lords debate

12 June 2020

Professor Lord Robert Mair, Head of CSIC, contributed to a House of Lords debate taking note of the case for post Covid-19 recovery strategies that will contribute to a fairer, cleaner, and more sustainable economy, held on Thursday 11 June. Opening the debate, Baroness Lady Hayman said: “This crisis offers us a once-in-a-...


Read more at: Flourishing Systems - Re-envisioning infrastructure as a platform for human flourishing

Flourishing Systems - Re-envisioning infrastructure as a platform for human flourishing

12 May 2020

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Read more at: Two researchers secure funding aimed at improving construction using Digital Twins
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Two researchers secure funding aimed at improving construction using Digital Twins

1 May 2020

Dr Ioannis Brilakis , Director of the Department’s Construction Information Technology (CIT) Lab group (part of the Laing O’Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology) and visiting Professor Rafael Sacks , have been awarded grant funding to enhance building progress monitoring and quality control through...


Read more at: Could the Covid crisis be a catalyst to change construction for good?

Could the Covid crisis be a catalyst to change construction for good?

30 April 2020

A new article has been published by Infrastructure Intelligence. Written by Didem Gurdur Broo and Jennifer Schooling, this article suggests that if we applied future thinking, scenario building, and foresight activities to imagine and understand the future ahead of us, and if we proactively sought to adopt emerging...


Read more at: Future Studies on the impact of COVID-19 on the built environment
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Future Studies on the impact of COVID-19 on the built environment

28 April 2020

Researchers are contributing to a study to understand the possible post-pandemic futures for the built environment. In an effort to raise awareness of different future-alternatives, as well as of the possibility that these future alternatives can be shaped by different strategies that we can start to work on today, a group...


Read more at: Deciding our (urban) futures: the role of data and digital modelling
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Deciding our (urban) futures: the role of data and digital modelling

17 April 2020

Modelling has been at the front and centre of the UK government’s coronavirus response. The past few weeks has seen mainstream media outlets bombarding the general public with constant news about different models developed by various research groups – and the diversity of scenarios and projections these models produce...


Read more at: Digital Cities for Change video conference seminar considers infrastructure and impact
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Digital Cities for Change video conference seminar considers infrastructure and impact

14 April 2020

The first-ever video-conference Digital Cities for Change (DC2) seminar brought together research students and academics to consider ethnographic approaches to infrastructure and impact. The series of seminars usually takes place at the Civil Engineering Building, at the West Cambridge Site of the University of Cambridge...


Read more at: Increasing resilience of terrestrial transportation networks with GIS
A GIS-based infrastructure management system to increase resilience of terrestrial transportation networks

Increasing resilience of terrestrial transportation networks with GIS

9 April 2020

The SAFEWAY project, a GIS-based infrastructure management system for optimised response to extreme events on terrestrial transport networks, has been featured in an article by CSIC researchers Dr Ajith Parlikad, Reader in Asset Management, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge and CSIC Investigator, and Dr...


Read more at: CICES becomes licensed member of the Engineering Council
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CICES becomes licensed member of the Engineering Council

25 March 2020

The Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CICES) and Engineering Council have announced that CICES has received approval to become a Licensed Member of the Engineering Council and assess its members for professional registration at the grades of Chartered Engineer and Incorporated Engineer. The institution...


Read more at: Collaborative projects feature in Civil Engineering Surveyor
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Collaborative projects feature in Civil Engineering Surveyor

20 March 2020

A three-year collaborative project to drive a new culture in the construction industry to improve whole-life sustainability and productivity has been featured in Civil Engineering Surveyor, the monthly journal of the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors. The innovative research is being carried out by Dr...


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