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The latest in a series of CSIC Future Technologies Workshops, Big Data – the Art of the Possible, attracted 50 leading professionals and academics from more than 30 organisations keen to discuss big data in the context of smart infrastructure and construction.The event, held at the Institute of Manufacturing, was the first of its kind to explore th…

The Government Office for Science publishes CSIC’s Head, Professor Robert Mair’s Thought Piece as part of its Foresight Future Cities projectImage: Transforming King's Cross Station area, London. Copyright BAM Design for the King's Cross Central Limited PartnershipThe potential exists in the world’s cities for creating high quality infrastructure, …

CSattAR monitoring system, developed by CSIC’s Mehdi Alhaddad, has been shortlisted for three NCE Tunnelling & Underground Space Awards – Design Innovation of the Year, Ground Investigation and Monitoring Award and Technical Innovation of the Year.This innovative photogrammetric system, which offers a new approach to monitoring the structural healt…

The International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Construction (ICSIC) 2016, organised and hosted by CSIC, will bring together world-leading academics and practitioners from the fields of infrastructure planning, asset management and sensing.Key speakers at the three-day event, taking place from 27 to 29 June 2016, include: Professor Tom O’R…

Innovation must enable us to work smarter, not harder says Keith Bowers, head of tunnels at London UndergroundAs head of tunnels for London Underground, Transport for London (TfL), I’ve spent more time in London Underground tunnels than most. The oldest metro system in the world, our Underground is a pioneer of engineering and design and has been p…

Dr Keith Bowers CEng, FICE, MIMMM, FGS is Principal Tunnel Engineer at London Underground Transport for London and a member of CSIC’s Steering GroupThe CSIC Annual Lecture 2015 was presented by Keith Bowers,Principal Tunnel Engineer at London Underground Transport for London and a member of CSIC’s Steering Group, and titled London’s transport; infr…

The CSIC Annual Lecture 2015 called for bold ideas and the need for change and innovation in transport infrastructure.Delivered by Dr Keith Bowers, Principal Tunnel Engineer at London Underground, the lecture, titled London’s transport; infrastructure, value and the case for innovation presented a railway civil engineer’s perspective on innovation …

UtterBerry wireless sensors, devised and developed by CSIC PhD student, Heba Bevan, will “revolutionise civil engineering instrumentation and monitoring, rendering the task easier to perform, with better measurement precision, and yielding dependable results in real time” according to judges at the Constructing Excellence Awards 2015.UtterBerry has…

A paper co-authored by CSIC colleagues and Industry Partners, has been awarded the Institution of Civil Engineers’ (ICE) prestigious Russell Crampton Prize, the prize for the best paper in the journal Geotechnical Engineering.The paper, titled Fibre optic monitoring of a deep circular excavation, appeared in Geotechnical Engineering (Vol 167 Issue …

CSIC’s Asset Management team has won a prize for the Best Poster and Presentation at the Institute of Asset Management (IAM) Annual Conference 2015.In a bid to find the best and the brightest in the world of asset management, the IAM, the professional body for those involved in acquisition, operation and care of physical assets, invited conference …

Industry Partner Cementation Skanska explains the benefits of its long-term collaboration with CSIC in the leading monthly industry title Ground Engineering.CSIC’s innovative work on fibre optic smart sensors for a number of Cementation Skanska projects has provided data “that could be the key to pile testing giving results that enable performance-…

UtterBerry, a CSIC spin-out, swept the board at the prestigious Ground Engineering Awards 2015, announced today at London’s Hilton Park Lane.CSIC PhD student Heba Bevan’s UtterBerry wireless sensor system, using miniature, ultra low-power sensors, scooped two awards - the Award for Technical Excellence and the Product and Equipment Innovation Award…

The key to long-term management of infrastructure lies in futureproofing, say Duncan McFarlane and Dr Tariq Masood.We live in an increasingly short-term society where goods and equipment are built for very brief life cycles. There are, however, exceptions and the long-term management of key infrastructure is one.Maintaining performance from infrast…

CSIC has published its second Annual Review. Subtitled Delivering Impact, the 30-page publication showcases the award-winning work of CSIC and its Industry Partners through case studies, academic research and collaboration with industry. To read the annual review, click here to read the electronic version or here to download the PDF version.

The Department of Engineering’s new James Dyson Building is taking shape. During the past six months, CSIC engineers have been instrumenting specific parts of the structure to create a hi-tech ‘living lab’. Currently standing three storeys high, the finished four-storey structure, due to complete in November this year, will house postgraduates a…