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The award-winning UtterBerry, a low-power, wireless sensing device, designed by CSIC PhD student Heba Bevan, is shortlisted for the Innovation category in the Constructing Excellence Awards 2015.The annual awards, to be announced on 2 July, recognise the companies, collaborations and projects that share best practice and inspire new and better ways…

Green cities is the theme of the Symposium on Applied Urban Modelling (AUM) 2015, which will take place from 24-26 June, at the Little Hall, Sidgwick Site, at the University of Cambridge. This year’s theme reflects the growing importance of urban ecosystem services and green space across the world’s city regions, attracting many disciplines involv…

CSIC secondment scheme provides a productive exchange between industry and academia facilitating knowledge transfer between both parties. Mahul Patel, a tunnel engineer at CH2M HILL, shares his experience of being seconded to CSIC. Name: Mahul PatelAge: 26Job title: Tunnel EngineerQualifications: Masters in Engineering at UCL. One year working in …

The key aim of CSIC is to apply innovation and smarter information, emerging from world-leading research at the University of Cambridge, to achieve sustainability in construction and transform the future of infrastructure.This year’s CSIC Annual Lecture, delivered by Dr Keith Bowers, Principal Tunnel Engineer at London Underground, will present a r…

CSIC has featured widely in the media and attracted industry acclaim, awards and nominations in the past year. Achievements include six nominations for the forthcoming Ground Engineering Awards 2015, to be announced in June, and winning the prestigious Ground Investigation and Monitoring Award for the Smart Tunnel at the International Tunnelling an…

Asset management is of increasing interest to industry and public sector property managers. CSIC’s Asset Management team has been working with Cambridgeshire County Council to apply a best value-based prioritisation tool to the council’s annual bridge maintenance programme. The novel value-based prioritisation tool is providing the managers w…

The work of CSIC is taking place at a particularly significant point in Britain’s development. It is widely acknowledged by government, industry and society that considerable and continuing investment in infrastructure, in all its forms, is essential for our nation to prosper.In order to create new and effective infrastructure we must first identif…

CSIC is showcasing its cutting-edge research, tools and technologies at a series of Ground Engineering and New Civil Engineer conferences and exhibitions held throughout this year.CSIC’s first appearance was at the Ground Engineering Instrumentation and Monitoring conference, held in March 2015, at Prospero House in London, followed by the Ground E…

The leading publication in underground construction, World Tunnelling magazine has published a lead feature on the CSattAR monitoring system, developed by CSIC’s Mehdi Alhaddad, in the May issue. The three-page feature, titled Photogrammetric monitoring of tunnel movements in the UK, examines the deployment of the camera-based technology on pro…

The construction/infrastructure sector has traditionally been slow in exploiting IT waves to their full potential. This has resulted in an industry that significantly lags others in most performance indicators: value for money, safety, sustainability and quality. Currently, the sector is experiencing the midpoint of the BIM IT wave. The next wa…

A fascinating time-lapse video marks a first for CSIC PhD student Mehdi Alhaddad who has successfully captured photogrammetric monitoring inside one of London’s busiest underground tunnels.The video footage shows London Underground (LU) trains passing in the tunnel while CSIC technology monitors the tunnel lining for movements caused by the excavat…

We would like to share the wedding news of CSIC Director, Dr Jennifer Schooling and John Downing, Communications Officer for the Institute of Manufacturing Education and Consultancy Services at the University of Cambridge. The ceremony took place at Our Lady Immaculate & St Etheldreda Church, Newmarket, on Friday 10th April, followed by genero…

Growing urban populations mean cities are under increasing pressure to function at levels beyond their design capacity. Innovative solutions to infrastructure planning and the challenges and benefits of creating underground space are currently the subject of much discussion and debate.CSIC Co-Investigator Dr Mohammed Elshafie, Laing O’Rourke Lectu…

CSIC PhD student Matthew Wilcock is one of three finalists invited to present their papers at the Institution of Civil Engineers, for the British Tunnelling Society Harding Prize 2015.Matthew worked in collaboration with CSIC Industry Partner, Costain, to instrument a number of segments on National Grid’s 32km London Power Tunnels project using inn…

Climate change, air quality and energy security present a triad of challenges to national, regional and local governments, requiring policies to control energy use and its impact. Such challenges are most acute in urban environments, where fixed infrastructure and high densities of energy demand technological and social intervention to curb the eff…