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Read more at: ACORN project to reduce carbon impact of use of concrete in buildings features in RIBA Journal and Transforming Construction Story Catalogue

ACORN project to reduce carbon impact of use of concrete in buildings features in RIBA Journal and Transforming Construction Story Catalogue

24 February 2022

The CSIC-supported project Automating Concrete Construction (ACORN), which aims to change the way concrete is used in buildings to decarbonise construction, features in the RIBA Journal, published by the Royal Institute of British Architects, in an article titled ‘Thin vaulted floor slab could slash embodied carbon by 60...


Read more at: CSIC Director talks the value of data at Smart Infrastructure Seminar Series at University of California, Berkeley

CSIC Director talks the value of data at Smart Infrastructure Seminar Series at University of California, Berkeley

9 February 2022

Dr Jennifer Schooling, Director of CSIC, is among the prestigious line-up of speakers featuring in the online 2022 Smart Infrastructure Seminar Series at University of California, Berkeley. The Smart Infrastructure Seminar Series explores ideas around the topic of engineering resilient, sustainable and equitable...


Read more at: Read this month’s CSIC Smart Infrastructure Blog that sets out the ambition of the Center for Smart Infrastructure – in California

Read this month’s CSIC Smart Infrastructure Blog that sets out the ambition of the Center for Smart Infrastructure – in California

1 February 2022

Read this month’s Smart Infrastructure Blog by Professor Kenichi Soga, one of the founders of CSIC and currently Donald H. McLaughlin Professor at the University of California, Berkeley sets out the ambitions of the new Center for Smart Infrastructure in California. The blog titled ‘Smart move – the Center for Smart...


Read more at: Urban revolution

Urban revolution

28 January 2022

CSIC Investigators talk making urban life more sustainable and building cardon neutral cities. A feature in the latest issue of the Cambridge Alumni Magazine (CAM) features CSIC Investigators talking about the benefits of applying data cohesively to better understand our infrastructure and retrofitting buildings to promote...


Read more at: Digital Roads of the Future

Digital Roads of the Future

24 January 2022

A new and collaborative initiative, Digital Roads of the Future, will explore how digital twins, smart materials, data science and robotic monitoring can work together to develop a connected physical and digital road infrastructure system. A collaboration between the University of Cambridge, Costain, and National Highways...


Read more at: CSIC Academic Director talks government agendas and the role of science and technology to Civil Engineering Surveyor

CSIC Academic Director talks government agendas and the role of science and technology to Civil Engineering Surveyor

20 January 2022

Professor Mark Girolami, CSIC Academic Director, Sir Kirby Laing Professor of Engineering at the University of Cambridge and Chief Scientist at The Alan Turing Institute features in the January issue of Civil Engineering Surveyor (CES) – the monthly journal of the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors , a...


Read more at: Smart Stories

Smart Stories

10 January 2022

CSIC’s collaborative project to create two of the UK’s first ever smart bridges is featured on the Transforming Construction story catalogue that showcases innovations that are changing UK construction. The article titled ‘ Smart Bridges – fibre optics that give remote and real-time assessment of structural health ’ shines...


Read more at: Read the first Smart Infrastructure Blog of 2022 that makes the case for including young professionals' voices in shaping our infrastructure

Read the first Smart Infrastructure Blog of 2022 that makes the case for including young professionals' voices in shaping our infrastructure

4 January 2022

The CSIC Smart Infrastructure Blog series welcomes 2022 with a blog by Dr Sam Cocking, CSIC Research Associate and member of the UK National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) Young Professionals Panel (YPP). Titled ‘Perspectives on the future of civil engineering and smart infrastructure: net zero, maximising societal...


Read more at: Line of Sight Methodology featured in Infrastructure Intelligence ahead of Digital Construction Week
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Line of Sight Methodology featured in Infrastructure Intelligence ahead of Digital Construction Week

22 November 2021

An article presenting the CSIC Line of Sight Methodology that sets out a new approach to provide organisations with a line of sight between assets and organisational objectives to enable better outcomes, has been featured in industry publication Infrastructure Intelligence. The article is co-written by CSIC Director Dr...


Read more at: Read this month’s Smart Infrastructure Blog – ‘Digital change, new technology and opportunity for all’

Read this month’s Smart Infrastructure Blog – ‘Digital change, new technology and opportunity for all’

21 November 2021

The latest Smart Infrastructure Blog, published today, 1 December, is written by Ann Allen, Chief Executive Officer at the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CICES), who sets out three challenges to ensure that advances in technology and digital transformation bring opportunities throughout the...


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