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Professor Lord Robert Mair, Head of CSIC, states the case for smart infrastructure as key to the success of smart cities in an article featured in the Journal of The Foundation for Science and Technology.In ‘Taking a smart approach to 21st century infrastructure’, Professor Mair considers how science and engineering can contribute to the smooth run…

Dr Scott Steedman CBE, Director of Standards at The British Standards Institution (BSI), has given evidence to the House of Lords EU Justice sub-committee regarding European Standards regulation post-Brexit.As reported by the BBC, Dr Steedman warned that the UK’s membership of European bodies that set industry-wide standards cannot be taken for gra…

Professor Lord Robert Mair, Head of CSIC, has written a letter published in the Royal Academy of Engineering’s magazine and website Ingenia (Issue 71, June 2017) outlining the ways in which virtual reality (VR) has a crucial role to play in transforming infrastructure and construction. In ‘Virtual and mixed reality is transforming construction’, P…

The 2017 CSIC Annual Review is now available online and in print.  This year’s Review, which features a preface from Tony Meggs, Chief Executive of the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) and a contribution from Mark Enzer, Group Technical Director at Mott MacDonald, brings focus to the case for Smart infrastructure and seizing the opportun…

An article written by CSIC Research Associates Liam Butler and Nicky de Battista that highlights the benefits of installing fibre optic sensors in rail infrastructure has been published in industry title Rail Technology Magazine (RTM). Two self-sensing prototype bridges were completed as part of the Stafford Area Improvements Programme, a £250m aw…

The annual symposia AUM (Applied Urban Modelling) 2017 featured the CSIC-hosted workshop, Emerging Connections: Tomorrow’s Cities and their Infrastructure, which marked the first event in the Centre’s new Transitioning Cities programme, which is sponsored by the Ove Arup Foundation.Image: Andrea Silberman, Senior Economic Adviser, UK National Infra…

Industry publication Infrastructure Intelligence has published an article highlighting a collaborative research project that aims to address challenges to the development of sustainable energy in Africa.Image: Pieterjan Grobler/FlickrDespite a wealth of renewable energy resources, particularly wind, the growth of this type of power generation has b…

A new report by CSIC and ICE Asset Management group that introduces the concept of smart infrastructure and intelligent assets is now available.Image: Illustration showing assets empowered to manage most of its own operations, maintenance and repair, by Duncan McFarlaneCSIC Co-Investigators, Professor Duncan McFarlane, Head of the Distributed and I…

CSIC assisted researchers at the Cornell Geotechnical Lifelines Large-Scale Testing Facility, in Ithica, New York, last month to install fibre optic sensors in readiness for a first-of-its-kind experiment.Photograph: CSIC technicians oversee the installation of fibre optic sensors at the Cornell Geotechnical Lifelines Large-Scale Testing Facility i…

Professor Lord Robert Mair was one of three speakers at the Foundation for Science and Technology (FST) debate on 24 May at the Royal Society - Making cities work, the application of technology, science and infrastructure improvements to create a place where citizens wish to live.The Foundation's purpose is to provide a neutral platform for debate …

PhD Studentship in Thermal Integrity Testing of Deep Foundations, Instrumentation and InterpretationA fully funded 4-year PhD studentship funded through a CASE award sponsored by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and Arup is available in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge under the supervision of Drs M…

Dr W. Allen Marr, the founder and CEO of leading US-based, real-time performance monitoring and active risk management Geocomp Corporation, will present the CSIC Distinguished Lecture 2017.The Distinguished Lecture, titled Managing Risks to Infrastructure with Real-Time Monitoring of Performance, willtake place at the Department of Engineering at t…

The AUM2017 symposia and the CSIC Emerging Connections Workshop will take place on the 22 – 23 June 2017, at Robinson College, Cambridge, UKAUM2017AUM2017 is the sixth in a planned series of annual symposia on applied urban simulation models that offer insights into urban change and the realisation of practical policy initiatives.  Since the launch…

Dr Nicky de Battista, a research associate at CSIC, is featured in the journal Electro Optics in a feature about photonics technology and smart cities.In the article Bright Buildings, the relationship between smart infrastructure and smart cities is explained by Nicky: “Smart infrastructure is an enabler for smart cities. Smart cities are a collect…

The International Symposium for Next Generation Infrastructure (ISNGI 2017), to be held in London from 11 to 14 September 2017, will explore future infrastructure challenges to enable new research collaborations. Suggested topics for presentations should be submitted by Sunday 21 May.Registration for the ISNGI 2017 is now open. This year the Sympos…