Innovation Knowledge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction

Lead Research Organisation: University of Cambridge
Department Name: Engineering

Abstract

Infrastructure is a large part of the UK's assets. Efficient management and maintenance of infrastructure are vital to the economy and society. The application of emerging technologies to advanced health monitoring of existing critical infrastructure assets will quantify and define the extent of ageing and the consequent remaining design life of infrastructure, thereby reducing the risk of failure. Emerging technologies will also transform the industry through a whole-life approach to achieving sustainability in construction and infrastructure in an integrated way - design and commissioning, the construction process, exploitation and use, and eventual de-commissioning. Crucial elements of these emerging technologies will be the application of the latest sensor technologies, data management tools and manufacturing processes to the construction industry, both during infrastructure construction and throughout its design life. There will be a very substantial market for exploitation of these technologies by the construction industry, particularly contractors, specialist instrumentation companies and owners of infrastructure.In this proposal, we seek to create the Innovation and Knowledge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction that will bring together four leading research groups in the Cambridge Engineering Department and the Computer Laboratory (sensors, computing, manufacturing engineering and civil engineering), along with staff in other faculties - the Judge Business School and the Department of Architecture. The Centre will develop and commercialise emerging technologies which will provide radical changes in the construction and management of infrastructure, leading to considerably enhanced efficiencies, economies and adaptability. We propose to create 'Smart Infrastructure' with the following attributes: (a) minimal disturbance and maximum efficiency during construction, (b) minimal maintenance for new infrastructure and optimum management of existing infrastructure, (c) minimal failures even during extreme events (fire, natural hazards, climate change), and (d) minimal waste materials at the end of the life cycle. The IKC will focus on the innovative use of emerging technologies in sensor and data management (e.g. fibre optics, MEMS, computer vision, power harvesting, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), and Wireless Sensor Networks). These will be coupled with emerging best practice in the form of the latest manufacturing and supply chain management approaches applied to construction and infrastructure (e.g. smart building components for life-cycle adaptive design, innovative manufacturing processes, integrated supply chain management, and smart management processes from building to city scales). It will aim to develop completely new markets and achieve breakthroughs in performance.The business opportunities in construction and infrastructure are very considerable, not only for construction companies but also for other industries such as IT, electronics and materials. The IKC is designed to respond directly and systematically to the input received from industry partners on what is required to address this issue. Through the close involvement of industry in technical development as well as in demonstrations in real construction projects, the commercialisation activities of emerging technologies will be progressed during the project to a point where they can be licensed to industry. The outputs of the IKC will provide the construction industry, infrastructure owners and operators with the means to ensure that very challenging new performance targets can be met. Furthermore the potential breakthroughs will make the industry more efficient and hence more profitable. They will also give UK companies a competitive advantage in the increasingly global construction market.

Planned Impact

The total value of existing civil engineering works in the UK is 800 billion. It is estimated that the UK will need to spend in the region of 400 billion on new and refurbished infrastructure by 2020 in order to address historic underinvestment and speed the transition to a low carbon economy. Since infrastructure is a large part of the UK's assets, it is vital to the economy and to society that efficient management and maintenance of infrastructure should be an ongoing commitment. The construction industry accounts for a significant proportion of the national GDP and both government and industry have been pushing an agenda aimed at improving the efficiency and quality of delivery of all constructed facilities. In addition, the industry accounts for a significant proportion of greenhouse gas emissions, particularly as a result of cement and steel production, and an entirely new approach to optimal use of resources is needed and being demanded by the UK government. Radical changes in the construction industry are needed, leading to dramatic improvements in a wide range of key performance indicators for the industry, not least of which is productivity as well as competiveness for UK industry in a global market. The proposed IKC will make the following impacts: (a) The IKC will foster scientific research in the application and adoption of emerging smart technologies to develop a new academic network in the area of Smart Infrastructure and Construction. (b) Systemisation, standardisation, and ultimately optimisation of construction processes. This will lead to a common systems architecture for construction, allowing transformation from 'one-off' projects to 'service oriented customisable construction factories' with clear commercial and economic benefit. (c) Creation of a 'living structure' which can be continually evaluated and thereby its performance and operation systematically assessed and improved over time. This will be done by constructing infrastructure composed of 'smart' building blocks (eg embedded fibre optic sensors, MEMS sensors and RFID). (d) Reconsideration of infrastructure design and construction in order to provide maximal future proofing through reconfigurability. The need for flexibility in infrastructure systems stems from considerable uncertainty about the scale of cost of, and demand on, that infrastructure, in the light of technological developments as well as changing government policies, macro-economics, demographics, and social behaviour. (e) Quantification of the extent of ageing and the consequent remaining design life of UK infrastructure, using emerging technologies, so that the risk of systemic failure will be reduced and public services improved. Infrastructure owners, both in the public and private sectors, and operators will have the means to ensure that very challenging new performance targets can be met and large cost savings can be made to maintain such assets. (f) Development of new skilled work forces that will realize the step changes addressed in the proposal and will make the construction and infrastructure industry more efficient and hence more profitable. It will reinvigorate the industry to adopt technologies and management methods that will rival other manufacturing sectors such as the aerospace and automotive industries. The construction and infrastructure industry will be more sustainable and competitive, thereby improving the environment, the economy and benefits to society.

Organisations

Publications

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Abdalla Khalid (2019) Soil water retention curves representing tropical clay soils from Africa

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Acikgoz S (2017) Evaluation of the response of a vaulted masonry structure to differential settlements using point cloud data and limit analyses in Construction and Building Materials

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Acikgoz S (2017) Evaluation of the response of a vaulted masonry structure to differential settlements using point cloud data and limit analyses

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Acikgoz S (2016) Distributed sensing of a masonry vault during nearby piling

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Acikgoz S (2017) Vibration modes and equivalent models for flexible rocking structures in Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

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Acikgoz S (2020) Proceedings of ARCH 2019 - 9th International Conference on Arch Bridges

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Acikgoz S (2021) A Fibre-optic Strain Measurement System to Monitor the Impact of Tunnelling on Nearby Heritage Masonry Buildings in International Journal of Architectural Heritage

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Acikgoz S (2017) Vibration modes and equivalent models for flexible rocking structures

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Acikgoz S (2017) Distributed sensing of a masonry vault during nearby piling Distributed Sensing of a Masonry Vault in Structural Control and Health Monitoring

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Acikgoz S (2019) The Marsh Lane Railway Viaduct: 2 years of monitoring with combined sensing and surveying technologies

 
Title Four Futures, One Choice - Interactive Children's Book - Dr Didem Gürdür Broo 
Description A new book written during the COVID-19 pandemic and global climate crisis paints a picture of how the choices we make today are vital in shaping our future built environment world - and asks us all to decide what sort of society we want to live in. This is a vital moment in the global story, with many possible paths laid out ahead, but ultimately it is up to you to decide what you're going to do. What kind of future do you want to live in and what are you going to do to make it happen? Four Futures, One Choice Co-authored by CSIC and Laing O'Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology Research Associate, Dr Didem Gürdür Broo, 'Four Futures, One Choice - Options for the Digital Built Britain of 2040' presents possible futures for the built environment to provide insight into how we can take swift and decisive actions to support a flourishing future and reduce our negative impact on the global environment. Developed by the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) as part of the Construction Innovation Hub's transformative programme, the multi-disciplinary group of contributing authors are researchers at CDBB and includes: Kirsten Lamb, Richmond Juvenile Ehwi; Erika Parn, Antiopi Koronaki, Chara Makri and Thayla Zomer. 'Four Futures One Choice' brings focus to opportunities presented as we plan recovery from COVID-19, the role of data to support and enhance sustainability and equality, and the potential of the UN Sustainable Development Goals to shape the built environment world of the future. Highlighting four possible scenarios for 2040: A legacy of hope; Generation zero; Resigned to our fate; and Too little, too late; the book considers Britain's economy, society and environment to explore the influencing factors and trends involved in each scenario, and the complexities of the interconnecting systems that shape these dimensions. "While we can't guarantee, with any certainty, the outcomes our decisions as society, policy makers or decision-makers in the built environment will have, exploring future scenarios helps us identify the direction we would prefer and ultimately which way we should steer." 
Type Of Art Creative Writing 
Year Produced 2020 
Impact Promoted at Cambridge Festival 
URL https://indd.adobe.com/view/792c83c3-3ae0-4e70-8690-9f307a3ff063
 
Title Stand up comedy (PK) 
Description Phil Keenan our Business Development Manager did a solo stand up comedy performance at the renowned comedy sketch club evening 'The Bright Club' at the Portland Arms pub in Cambridge. The performance was about the CSIC Severn Trent fibre optic monitoring project. 
Type Of Art Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) 
Year Produced 2015 
Impact Outreach to a broad audience in a humorous and accessible way 
 
Description CSIC's research has resulted in a range of outcomes which have delivered direct insights to assist in delivery of smart infrastructure and construction. These include:

• A robust and innovative Distributed Fibre Optic Sensing (DFOS) optical fibre installation technique for piles, retaining walls and tunnels which was used and refined in a series of case studies, providing important new insights into detailed microstrain soil-structure interaction mechanisms in large, complex civil engineering structures

• Development of a range of other sensing technologies for civil engineering applications, including photogrammetry, MEMS strain sensors, MEMS energy harvesting solutions,

• Use of developed sensing solutions to research behaviour of real infrastructure, including developing further fundamental research insights into challenges such as soil-structure interaction; behaviour and condition of ageing masonry structures; behaviour of tunnels and shafts;

• Tools for whole life, value based asset management, including futureproofing frameworks, decision support frameworks, machine learning solutions for assessing criticality and optimising maintenance strategies;

• Research into use of the ground to provide heating and cooling solutions at a district level, and the impacts of underground development on this; '3-dimensional' planning of the sub-surface.

We have also delivered outputs to enable exploitation of our research outputs by industry and funders. These include:

• Development of guidance and policy inputs including: 4 ICE Guidance Books https://bit.ly/2O2NmyY; Report for DfT on smart infrastructure https://bit.ly/2XVhRLA - this was picked up in DfT policy documents; Input to National Infrastructure Commission 'Data for the Public Good' report;

• Three monitoring/ sensing spinouts: 8Power; Utterberry; Epsimon

• Industry training courses: CSIC delivered several training courses to industry, including open courses and tailored courses at request. Attendees came from a wide range of contractors, consultants and asset owners

• CSIC staff have been invited to speak at industry-focussed conferences and meetings, including Ground Engineering, EcoBuild, National Infrastructure Forum, Institution of Civil Engineers.
Exploitation Route CSIC's work is already being implemented and taken forward, both within academia and outside.
The Phase 1 funding has resulted in further Phase 2 IKC funding (£5M), and in £5M of additional grant funding from a range of sources including EPSRC, Innovate UK, Horizon 2020 and industry funding.

CSIC's technologies have been deployed to monitor a range of infrastructure including Network Rail bridges and cuttings, tall building under construction, heritage assets subject to impact from new construction.

CSIC has been active in influencing policy. The Department for Transportation (DfT) commissioned a report from CSIC (https://bit.ly/2XVhRLA), and our work has been referenced by National Infrastructure Commission in, 'Data for the Public Good' December 2017, and the Infrastructure Projects Authority (IPA) Report 'Transforming Infrastructure Performance' Dec 2017.
Sectors Aerospace

Defence and Marine

Communities and Social Services/Policy

Construction

Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software)

Education

Electronics

Energy

Environment

Healthcare

Government

Democracy and Justice

Manufacturing

including Industrial Biotechology

Security and Diplomacy

Transport
URL http://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/
 
Description NOTE - Due to the wide scope of CSIC activities, only the briefest description can be given here. For further information please see our CSIC Annual Reviews and at our website http://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/newsletters. The engineering, management, maintenance and upgrading of infrastructure has required fresh thinking to minimise use of materials, energy and labour whilst still ensuring resilience. This can only be achieved by a full understanding of the performance of the infrastructure, both during its construction and throughout its design life, through the application of innovative sensor technologies and other emerging technologies. The key aim of CSIC is to transform the construction industry through a whole-life approach to achieving sustainability in construction and infrastructure in an integrated way, employing emerging technologies from world-leading research at Cambridge. This covers: design and commissioning, the construction process, exploitation and use, and eventual de-commissioning Crucial elements of these emerging technologies are the innovative application of the latest sensor technologies, data management tools, manufacturing processes and supply chain management processes to the construction industry, both during infrastructure construction and throughout its design life. CSIC has sought to integrate these innovations for exploitation and knowledge transfer - something which was new to the UK construction and infrastructure industry. CSIC work in development of sensor systems, use of the resultant data to understand the behaviour of structures, and work on improving value-based asset management approaches in construction and infrastructure, over the last 7 years (and some founding research preceding this), has led to the following impacts to industry: • development of robust sensing systems which have been deployed by industry including development of Fibre Optic Strain and Temperature Sensing including 'industry ready' solutions that can be deployed by on-site operatives, leading to Skanska, with substantial investment, setting up their own fibre optic sensing unit, CEMOPTICS • deployment of such sensing systems on a range of real construction and infrastructure projects has led to substantial savings and opportunities to do things differently. These include CSIC's project at Bevis Marks and St Mary Abchurch, where the deployment of the systems saved £6M (Bevis Marks) and over £1M (St Mary Abchurch), and led to wider benefits such as carbon savings (Bevis Marks and St Mary Abchurch) and preservation of a significant heritage asset in the heart of London (St Mary Abchurch) • a broad range of other monitoring deployments by industry including: monitoring of 150 year old operational structures by Network Rail (in collaboration with contractors and consultants e.g. Laing O Rourke, Aecom, Arup, Costain); monitoring of heritage assets by Dragados during the Bank station capacity upgrade works; monitoring of axial shortening in a tall building (Principle Tower). • as a result of the research and demonstration activities of CSIC, we have had direct input to a number of industry standards for deployment and use of sensors and resultant data in infrastructure and construction projects including input to ASTM fibre optic standards and inclusion of Fibre Optic Strain Sensing as a preferred method for monitoring pile load tests in the ICE Specification for piling and embedded retaining walls. • development of asset management theories and frameworks has led to a substantial change in the industry's approach to use and curation of actual data (as generated by the above sensors systems and other systems). Frameworks developed during CSIC work are now being deployed actively by industry partners, including Mott McDonald adopting the BIM maturity assessment tool (BMAT), and discussions with industry on wider adoption of BMAT As well as individual success cited above, there has been systemic influence of the combined CSIC outputs, both on industry practice and government policy. This is evidenced in our reports being specifically referenced by government (NIC and IPA) in calls for evidence and policy papers, and by National Infrastructure Commission in their 'Data for the Public Good' report, which led to the setting up of a national Digital Framework Task Group to deliver on the NIC's recommendations to government (and which Parlikad and Schooling remain closely involved with). Highways England has invested in an innovation project on Embedded Asset Sensing, which will evaluate and demonstrate different sensing solutions as part of the 'Smart Motorways' project, to improve condition monitoring on highways. This is currently in the 'Develop' phase, but will have completed its 'Develop' and possibly some 'Demonstrate' phases before REF submission. Total investment by HE in this programme of work is likely to be upwards of £500K before the REF deadline. We have further examples of CSIC being called in to advise industry when they have been unable to get solutions from existing industry practice. Many of these are confidential and cannot be referenced here. Aa an example CSIC has been employing new technologies for Network Rail to ameliorate concerns that a mainline route may be closed by rock falls when no mainstream monitoring technology has proved successful. CSIC have key roles on UK national infrastructure bodies driving policy and government investment plans for open information sharing. Spin-outs - Three start-up companies have spun out from CSIC - Epsimon, 8Power, and UtterBerry, creating new jobs and meeting the need for new technologies in the marketplace.
Sector Construction,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Energy,Environment,Government, Democracy and Justice,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections,Transport,Other
Impact Types Societal

Economic

Policy & public services
 
Description 'Design Engineer Construct!' Digital Twins workshop-Didem Gurdur Broo
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact Dr Didem Gürdür Broo, CSIC Research Associate, champions the education of young people in data science and was delighted to be asked to be part of a virtual Digital Twins workshop for Class of Your Own secondary school students held this month (July). Class of Your Own (COYO) was launched as a Social Business in 2009 to provide STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths)-focused creative curriculum and built environment student engagement programmes. Created by land surveyor Alison Watson, the Design, Engineer Construct! (DEC) learning programme includes fully-accredited qualifications and is delivered in schools and colleges across the UK and internationally, and is supported by industry leaders, professional bodies and universities. "My involvement came from a chat I had with a former colleague at the University of Cambridge who is now at Bentley Systems, Maria Gkovedarou, about how important it is to educate the current and future workforce on data science and digital twins. I have a huge respect for and big expectations of our future generations because they are growing up in a different world and have access to tools and resources that I believe can change the future." Bentley Systems supports the DEC programme and hosted the first ever Future Infrastructure Challenge: DEC Hyperloop in 2019, which required sixth form students, aged 16 to 18, from four schools in the UK to conceptualise a design of a hyperloop transport system and stations for Singapore. A number of students who have been working on their hyperloop infrastructure projects for 18 months were invited to attend a week of intensive workshops held this summer to complete their programme of study, and be the first in the world to gain a brand new DEC qualification for young people aged 16 plus. Alison Watson, CEO and Founder of COYO, invited Didem to lead the Digital Twins workshop, which was supported by Alison and Maria. "Preparing to communicate data science and Digital Twins to a younger audience during the hour-long workshop presented the greatest challenge," said Didem. "Describing the concepts in a simplified way without using academic jargon was a useful exercise. I did not know if the students would engage with my teaching or not, but their confidence and ability to ask questions and engage with discussions made everything easy. The rewarding part of it was to work with so many bright minds and to initiate some thinking out-of-the-box process with them. It was a very interactive way of teaching and the students engaged with the topic, asked me really important questions and answered my questions with honesty - they did not hesitate to criticise the whole concept and its applications. "They immediately saw the value of using Digital Twins and asked me some questions about how and what they should think about. I enjoyed the whole process and felt really hopeful after the workshop. I am very thankful for this opportunity - I would be happy to do it again." Class of Your Own launches the Level 3 'Design Engineer Construct! Future Infrastructure' qualification this autumn and once again, the organisation has the support of significant leaders. Alison Watson said: "COYO might be a small organisation, but our mission is as big as ever; to educate the Future of Construction, the incredible digital talent that sits in classrooms around the world. Great champions like Didem inspire our students and give genuine context to their studies. I'm thrilled she agreed to get involved and I look forward to next time."
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/csic-research-associate-leads-design-engineer-con...
 
Description APESS - CK
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description Acikgoz, S. Presenting research to Members of Parliament as a part of SET 2016
Geographic Reach Europe 
Policy Influence Type Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health
 
Description As Chairman of the Department of Transport's Science Advisory Council, Professor Lord Robert Mair has influenced Department of Transport policy on Artificial Intelligence in Transport
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Membership of a guideline committee
Impact See above
 
Description As Chairman of the Department of Transport's Science Advisory Council, Professor Lord Robert Mair has influenced Department of Transport policy on Autonomous Vehicles
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Membership of a guideline committee
Impact See above
 
Description As Chairman of the Department of Transport's Science Advisory Council, Professor Lord Robert Mair has influenced Department of Transport policy on Future of Flight
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Membership of a guideline committee
Impact See above
 
Description As Chairman of the Department of Transport's Science Advisory Council, Professor Lord Robert Mair has influenced Department of Transport policy on Future of Mobility
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Membership of a guideline committee
Impact See above
 
Description As Chairman of the Department of Transport's Science Advisory Council, Professor Lord Robert Mair has influenced Department of Transport policy on Hyperloop
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Membership of a guideline committee
Impact See above
 
Description As Chairman of the Department of Transport's Science Advisory Council, Professor Lord Robert Mair has influenced Department of Transport policy on Transport Infrastructure Efficiency Strategy
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Membership of a guideline committee
Impact See above
 
Description As Head of CSIC responsible for producing Guidelines for Department of Transport on Condition Monitoring and Intelligent Infrastructure Professor Lord Robert Mair has Influenced systematic reviews, guidelines and policy documents
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Membership of a guideline committee
Impact See above
 
Description As a member of the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology, Professor Lord Robert Mair has influenced Government policy on the following topic (through publication of reports): Nuclear Research and Technology (published May 2017)
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Membership of a guideline committee
Impact See above
 
Description As a member of the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology, Professor Lord Robert Mair has influenced Government policy on the following topic: Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (published March 2017)
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Membership of a guideline committee
Impact See above
 
Description Best practice guides - contract with Institution of Civil Engineers for 6 publications on best practice due for publication in mid-late 2016
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description CSIC Annual Review 2014
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/files/CSIC_Annual_Review2014smlr.pdf/view
 
Description CSIC Annual Review 2015
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/files/CSIC-Annual-Review-2015/view
 
Description CSIC Annual Review 2016
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/files/csic-annual-review-2016/view
 
Description CSIC Annual Review 2017
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/news-and-events/newsletters/csic-annual-review-2017-no...
 
Description CSIC Annual Review 2018
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/news-and-events/csic-annual-review-2018-now-online
 
Description CSIC Annual Review 2019
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/news-and-events/annualreview2019
 
Description CSIC hosted the workshop on Smart Infrastructure for the DFT Scientific Advisory Committee and DFT Agencies
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health
 
Description CSIC-convened Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment is included as a key policy recommendation in the Pathway to Net Zero for the UK Built Environment which was launched by the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) at COP26
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to new or Improved professional practice
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/carbon-reduction-code
 
Description CZPF witness session: strategic land use planning - Jennifer Schooling
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to new or Improved professional practice
Impact Cambridge Zero Policy Forum study on local priorities for investing in resilient and sustainable infrastructure Witness session 3: strategic land use planning in the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough region
 
Description Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to new or Improved professional practice
Impact Following this soft launch, organisations are encouraged to get involved and sign up to committing to the code. The Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment will then be formally launched in the autumn to coincide with the UK hosting the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference at COP26.
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/carbon-reduction-code
 
Description Collaboratory knowledge sharing with the Department for Business Innovation and Skills
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description DFOS training - CK
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description DOFS CERN short course / training CK
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description DOFS sensing short course - CK
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description Empowering young people to become the climate-aware built environment professionals of the future: What do we need to do now? - COP26 - Sam Cocking
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact Sam Cocking said: "The built environment and infrastructure sectors have significant carbon footprints and, if we are serious about meeting our net zero objectives, we will need to achieve a sea change in how carbon is factored into the design, use, maintenance, and decommissioning of our built assets. This will require an evolution in the skills we teach young professionals, closer collaboration between academia and industry so that we can speed up innovation, and a common language of carbon that crosses the barriers between traditional roles in our sectors. This event, with its dialogue between young and senior professionals, will examine what needs to happen now to kick start these changes."
URL https://www.workcast.com/register?cpak=7926389076887414
 
Description FBb sensing short course/training CK
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description H2020 short course / training CK
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description ICE Asset Management 2015 conference - invited speaker - JMS
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description IStructE Invited speaker - international conference
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description Lead for the Cambridgeshire Autonomous Metro (CAM)-Robert Mair
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Membership of a guideline committee
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/head-csic-professor-lord-robert-mair-appointed-ch...
 
Description Lead for the Network Rail Earthworks Management Task Force
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Membership of a guideline committee
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/head-csic-appointed-lead-task-force-wake-stonehav...
 
Description Line of Sight: an Asset Management Methodology to Support Organisational Objectives
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to new or Improved professional practice
Impact Dr Jennifer Schooling, Director of CSIC said: "The importance of achieving a clear line of sight between organisational objectives and asset requirements cannot be understated. Especially so given the extent of our existing asset infrastructure; in the UK we add just 0.5 per cent to its capital value every year [1]. Hence our asset infrastructure will be with us for some time to come and a direct line of sight, a 'golden thread' between information on those assets and organisational objectives is absolutely crucial - doubly so as delivery of organisational objectives is impacted by climate change, global pandemics, environmental targets and more." The Line of Sight Methodology has already been tested by Jacobs on the Network Rail Transpennine Route Upgrade and industry-friendly tools and guidance on adopting the methodology are in development. "The Line of Sight Methodology aims to address the fundamental challenge of developing information requirements by developing Organisational and Asset Information Requirements that ultimately enable digital transformation within the industry. This project addresses this challenge by providing a structured approach to the development of information requirements," said Heaton. "We are actively engaging with the broader industry and collating feedback to ensure that the methodology meets the needs of its intended users. We are keen to hear from companies and organisations in the industry wishing to trial or start using the Line of Sight Methodology."
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/files/line_of_sight_july_2021.pdf
 
Description Maria Scott technical training CK
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description Meeting with National Grid - Jennifer Schooling
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to new or Improved professional practice
 
Description Panel member at the 'Designing a green and resilient built environment: What do we need to do now and in the future? - Jennifer Schooling - COP26
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact Improving how we design our built environment will be crucial if we want to realise more green and resilient places to live. The issue is multifaceted and covers low carbon design principles, the value we place on natural capital, the codes, standards and regulations that guide decisions on design and the role of alternatives such as low build or no build design solutions.
URL https://www.workcast.com/register?cpak=7926389076887414
 
Description Participation in CLC COVID-19 Construction Sector Call with Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP - Jennifer Schooling
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Membership of a guideline committee
Impact Ongoing
 
Description Prof Lord Mair - member of the National Infrastructure Commission Technical Expert Panel
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Membership of a guideline committee
Impact Member of the National Infrastructure Commission Technical Expert Panel
 
Description Professor Lord Robert Mair is Chairman of the Science Advisory Council of the Department of Transport
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Membership of a guideline committee
Impact See above
 
Description Professor Lord Robert Mair is a Member of House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Membership of a guideline committee
Impact See above
 
Description Professor Lord Robert Mair is a Member of the National Infrastructure Commission Expert Advisory Technical Group
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Membership of a guideline committee
Impact See above
 
Description RJM Chair of the Department for Transport Scientific Advisory Committee
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Membership of a guideline committee
 
Description Skanska Deployment team Raman course
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description Training and Educational Developments, 4 courses in: (Costain bespoke) Distributed Fibre Optic Sensing for Structural Health Monitoring, DFOS open, Horizon2020 and Fibre Bragg Grating Optical Sensing for Structural Health Monitoring
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description CDBB General Research - ECR Funding - Ruchi Choudhary
Amount £81,308 (GBP)
Organisation Digital Built Britain 
Sector Private
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2018 
End 07/2019
 
Description CDBB General Research Funding
Amount £500,000 (GBP)
Organisation Digital Built Britain 
Sector Private
Country United Kingdom
Start 11/2019 
End 09/2022
 
Description CIG: Automated As-Built Modelling of the Built Infrastructure
Amount € 100,000 (EUR)
Funding ID 334241 
Organisation Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country Global
Start 08/2013 
End 08/2017
 
Description CMMI-EPSRC: Modeling and Monitoring of Urban Underground Climate Change
Amount £420,171 (GBP)
Funding ID EP/T019425/1 
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 11/2019 
End 10/2023
 
Description CREDS Early Career Researcher - Dr Timea Nochta
Amount £63,765 (GBP)
Organisation Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 07/2020 
End 09/2022
 
Description Computer Vision Automated Productivity Measurement
Amount £85,624 (GBP)
Funding ID 1365023 
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2013 
End 09/2017
 
Description Data & Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure - Hardware Funding Allocation
Amount £88,094 (GBP)
Funding ID R47116/CN011 
Organisation University of Oxford 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 02/2020 
End 03/2021
 
Description Digital Cities for Change Phase 2 ( Year 3 and 4)
Amount £276,739 (GBP)
Organisation Ove Arup Foundation 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 02/2020 
End 05/2023
 
Description Driving Port Efficiency through 5G-enabled Connectivity
Amount £381,083 (GBP)
Organisation Felixstowe Community Hospital 
Sector Hospitals
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2020 
End 03/2022
 
Description EPSRC IAA Knowledge Transfer Fellowships, UK
Amount £52,347 (GBP)
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2016 
End 03/2017
 
Description EPSRC Institutional Sponsorship Grant, UK: Environment of Urban Farming, partnership with Growing Underground (London)
Amount £19,966 (GBP)
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2016 
End 03/2017
 
Description Energy harvesting for autonomous sensing
Amount £112,922 (GBP)
Organisation Innovate UK 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 08/2013 
End 02/2015
 
Description Facebook for Machines (EPSRC Institutional Support Grant) - AKNP
Amount £10,000 (GBP)
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 11/2016 
 
Description GIS-BASED INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZED RESPONSE TO EXTREME EVENTS ON TERRESTRIAL TRANSPORT NETWORKS (SAFEWAY)
Amount € 4,521,100 (EUR)
Organisation European Research Council (ERC) 
Sector Public
Country Belgium
Start 08/2018 
End 02/2022
 
Description H2020-Research and Innovation Framework Program
Amount € 11,224,058 (EUR)
Organisation European Commission 
Sector Public
Country European Union (EU)
Start 04/2017 
End 05/2022
 
Description Impact Acceleration Account
Amount £49,284 (GBP)
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2015 
End 09/2015
 
Description Impact Acceleration Account
Amount £59,916 (GBP)
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2015 
End 09/2015
 
Description Industrial Case Award
Amount £24,000 (GBP)
Organisation CH2M HILL 
Sector Private
Country United States
Start 09/2013 
End 04/2017
 
Description Industrial Case Award
Amount £48,000 (GBP)
Organisation RolaTube 
Sector Private
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2015 
End 04/2019
 
Description Industry Input
Amount £762,019 (GBP)
Organisation British Gas 
Sector Private
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2015 
End 09/2021
 
Description Innovate UK call - Energy Harvesting for Autonomous Sensing
Amount £126,554 (GBP)
Organisation Innovate UK 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 04/2015 
End 04/2017
 
Description International multi-disciplinary workshop: Funding, Financing & Emerging Technologies in Infrastructure
Amount £78,131 (GBP)
Funding ID EP/W016451/1 
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2021 
End 03/2022
 
Description Junior Research Fellowship - MSA
Amount £90,000 (GBP)
Organisation University of Cambridge 
Department Clare Hall
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2017 
 
Description LIFE RESYSTAL
Amount € 133,557 (EUR)
Organisation European Research Council (ERC) 
Sector Public
Country Belgium
Start 08/2021 
End 04/2023
 
Description Lifecycle performance monitoring of bridges using digital twins
Amount ₩450,000,000 (KRW)
Organisation Chung-Ang University 
Sector Academic/University
Country Korea, Republic of
Start 01/2021 
End 12/2023
 
Description Managing Air for Green Inner Cities (MAGIC) - YJ
Amount £4,000,000 (GBP)
Funding ID EP/N010221/1 
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 05/2016 
 
Description Novel applications of structural equation models for car ownership and travel choice forecasting (PI) - YJ
Amount £25,000 (GBP)
Organisation Department of Transport 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2016 
 
Description Patraucean, V. Travel award to attend the International Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2015
Amount € 1,000 (EUR)
Organisation University of Thessaly 
Sector Academic/University
Country Greece
Start 01/2015 
End 01/2016
 
Description Performance of polymer support fluids for piling and diaphragm walls
Amount £27,800 (GBP)
Funding ID 2109009 
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2018 
End 09/2022
 
Description Phase Two of the SPECIFIC and CSIC Innovation and Knowledge Centres
Amount £2,499,396 (GBP)
Funding ID 920035 
Organisation Innovate UK 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2015 
End 03/2021
 
Description Phase Two of the SPECIFIC and CSIC Innovation and Knowledge Centres
Amount £1,328,464 (GBP)
Funding ID EP/N021614/1 
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2016 
End 03/2021
 
Description Poverty in Chinese Cities: application of new data analytics (PI) YJ
Amount £126,000 (GBP)
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 08/2016 
 
Description Small Partnership Awards - RC
Amount £20,000 (GBP)
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2016 
 
Description Smart Urban Design - XJ
Amount £150,000 (GBP)
Organisation Global University Alliance 
Sector Academic/University
Start 11/2016 
 
Description Spatial economic data analyses for Greater Cambridge-Greater Peterborough (GCGP) Enterprise Partnership Strategic Economic Plan (research lead) - YJ
Amount £120,000 (GBP)
Organisation Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough LEP 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 11/2016 
 
Description Staffordshire Bridge Long Term Monitoring
Amount £399,914 (GBP)
Organisation Digital Built Britain 
Sector Private
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2020 
End 07/2022
 
Description Towards A Flexible, Sustainable Urban Energy System
Amount £199,957 (GBP)
Organisation Alan Turing Institute 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2021 
End 09/2022
 
Description UK Centre for Digital Build Britain
Amount £81,518 (GBP)
Organisation University of Cambridge 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2018 
End 07/2019
 
Description University Global Alliance: Translucent City, Seed-grant for university partnership with U. of California Berkeley (K. Soga) and National U. of Singapore (David Chua)
Amount £149,500 (GBP)
Organisation Global University Alliance 
Sector Academic/University
Start 01/2017 
End 01/2018
 
Description Urban Scale Building Energy Network
Amount £28,868 (GBP)
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 08/2014 
End 08/2015
 
Description alan turing institute
Amount £364,503 (GBP)
Organisation Alan Turing Institute 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2018 
End 09/2021
 
Title Advanced soil models to be incorporated into commercially available software Extended Saniclay model in Abaqus - Samila Bandara 
Description Advanced soil models to be incorporated into commercially available software Extended Saniclay model in Abaqus 
Type Of Material Improvements to research infrastructure 
Year Produced 2017 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact Advanced soil models to be incorporated into commercially available software Extended Saniclay model in Abaqus 
 
Title BIM Maturity Assessment Tool 
Description CSIC's BIM Maturity Assessment Tool (BMAT), initially developed in 2017, uses established performance measurement practices, BIM literature, and other relevant standards, to build and expand on previous BIM assessment tools. Consisting of two major parts -measurement of the organisation's BIM development maturity and measurement of the supporting processes - the tool provides a separate assessment of the different stakeholders (contractor, designer and employer), and is designed to be used as a continuous performance measurement tool that can be employed to track the evolution of BIM maturity throughout the construction phase through to handover. The Excel-based tool is designed to be user friendly and adaptable to the needs of individual organisations and projects. Limited testing of the tool was successful but more case studies were needed for validation. Secondment project - BIM Maturity Assessment Tool - This aim of the secondment project was to ensure the tool complies with all of the applicable standards, to validate the tool through five additional cross-sector case studies and to ensure its appropriateness for Level 2 BIM maturity assessments. Also, the tool required future-proofing for extension beyond Level 2. In order to develop the tool and make it effective and useful to industry, diverse case studies were identified from a range of sectors (water, railways, highways, and nuclear) and various stages in the project delivery cycle (design, construction and handover) as well as different contract types (e.g. traditional, and, design and build). The updated tool is structured to ask the right questions of the user depending on the stage of the Information Delivery Cycle (IDC) and which stakeholders are involved. The tool is designed to reveal how well the asset owner has defined the asset information requirements and how well the different project stakeholders have defined their approach to develop these requirements for both the BIM Execution Plan (BEP) and the Master Information Delivery Plan (MIDP). The tool enables clarity on who owns the data, who owns the common data environment, and who will take responsibility for the Asset Information Model (AIM) upon handover. Questions are asked about competency and information production, which standards have been applied, how to measure the quality of data used, and how the different stakeholders collaborate. The tool is designed to be extended further. Plans include testing additional case studies and improving the weighting system and interdependencies between the various BIM elements, as well as the development of a web-based version which will enable widely processing and disseminating maturity assessment results across the country. 
Type Of Material Improvements to research infrastructure 
Year Produced 2018 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact CSIC's BIM Maturity Assessment Tool (BMAT), initially developed in 2017, uses established performance measurement practices, BIM literature, and other relevant standards, to build and expand on previous BIM assessment tools. Consisting of two major parts -measurement of the organisation's BIM development maturity and measurement of the supporting processes - the tool provides a separate assessment of the different stakeholders (contractor, designer and employer), and is designed to be used as a continuous performance measurement tool that can be employed to track the evolution of BIM maturity throughout the construction phase through to handover. The Excel-based tool is designed to be user friendly and adaptable to the needs of individual organisations and projects. Limited testing of the tool was successful but more case studies were needed for validation. 
 
Title Foundation anomaly detection with thermal integrity testing 
Description An anomaly detection system for cast in-situ piles has developed in CSIC. The system employed a new integrity test, Thermal Integrity Profiling (TIP), to measure temperature changes and thermal profiles of concrete during curing. Heat generation and dissipation of early-age concrete is determined by the concrete mix, the ground conditions and the shape of the concrete structure. Any existing defects inside the concrete body will appear local temperature variations when compared to the expected heat generated during curing. The devised anomaly detection system combines early-age temperature monitoring data with finite element (FE) back-analyses and utilize the heat of hydration and heat transfer theory. The FE model can be customised for different pile designs and ground conditions. The predicted temperature profile from the numerical model of an as-designed pile is then compared to the field test temperature data. Any temperature discrepancies indicate potential anomalies of the pile structure. To quantitively evaluate the pile quality, the system then follows an investigative staged process to establish and assess anomalies in the problematic regions along the pile employing the combined use of FE simulations and generic evolution algorithms. These algorithms will be used to calibrate the cement hydration model and minimise the temperature discrepancies mentioned above. At each stage, more details can be revealed about the anomalies being investigated including, crucially, location, size and shape. This staged process enables practitioners to follow a risk-based approach and decide whether or not to pursue subsequent stages of construction depending on the results they get at the end of each stage. 
Type Of Material Improvements to research infrastructure 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Through the collaboration with our industry partners, the method has already been implemented in the field. The field test results have shown this system can successfully detect anomalies of less than 10% cross-section area. The team will continue working with industrial partners on more field trials to verify the detectability in different field conditions. Researchers expect that this thermal integrity approach could potentially become a standard quality control approach in the industry within a few years. In the meantime, we have secured some additional funding from our industry partners to support us on further developing this research tool. 
 
Title Information Future-proofing Assessment Approach - TM 
Description Information Future-proofing Assessment Approach along with case studies of bridges and structures portfolio [Hertfordshire County Council] and a university department building [University of Cambridge], http://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/files/information-futureproofing [presentation from 9/2015]. 
Type Of Material Improvements to research infrastructure 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact Information Future-proofing Assessment Approach along with case studies of bridges and structures portfolio [Hertfordshire County Council] and a university department building [University of Cambridge], http://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/files/information-futureproofing [presentation from 9/2015]. 
URL http://www.smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/files/information-futureproofing
 
Title Infrastructure Future-proofing Assessment Approach - TM 
Description Infrastructure Future-proofing Assessment Approach along with case studies of capacity upgrade projects of London Underground and Costain, http://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/files/infrastructure-futureproofing [presentation from 9/2015] 
Type Of Material Improvements to research infrastructure 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact Infrastructure Future-proofing Assessment Approach along with case studies of capacity upgrade projects of London Underground and Costain, http://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/files/infrastructure-futureproofing [presentation from 9/2015] 
URL http://www.smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/files/infrastructure-futureproofing
 
Title Infrastructure Future-proofing Framework - TM 
Description Infrastructure Future-proofing Framework along with case studies of Dawlish Railway and Heathrow Airport (1/2016) [link to http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/jinam.15.00006 
Type Of Material Improvements to research infrastructure 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact Infrastructure Future-proofing Framework along with case studies of Dawlish Railway and Heathrow Airport (1/2016) [link to http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/jinam.15.00006]. 
 
Title Monitoring axial shortening 
Description CSIC has developed a novel application of distributed fibre optic sensors (DFOS) to continuously measure the progressive axial shortening of reinforced concrete columns and walls during the construction of high-rise buildings. 
Type Of Material Improvements to research infrastructure 
Year Produced 2018 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data acquired to date provide the shortening time histories of the instrumented elements with unprecedented detail and at an unprecedented temporal density. This information has been used to demonstrate how an element's shortening is affected by its profile and stiffness, with smaller and less stiff elements shortening more. The continuous data also show that transient thermal effects can play a significant role in axial shortening, at times accounting for as much as 50 per cent of the total deformation. This is particularly significant as shortening predictions prior to construction do not take into account such thermal effects. CSIC's FO monitoring system also makes it possible to observe the effects of occasional and unexpected events - such as an incident of abrupt loading - which could not be observed with periodic or occasional measurements. 
 
Title Predictive Maintenance Model 
Description CSIC researchers have developed a methodology to help asset managers to determine the most optimal timing for interventions on their bridge portfolio in a predictive manner. As maintenance budgets for bridge systems are squeezed, many necessary maintenance activities are delayed or cancelled. Retaining an appropriate level of service and safety for an infrastructure network has become a challenging issue and there is pressing need for a smart asset management approach for road bridges. The structure of the overall approach is composed of five interconnected models: deterioration model; lifecycle cost model; predictive maintenance; group maintenance; and maintenance scheduling model (Figure 2). The deterioration model is formulated for each component of the bridges based on the information from the Structures Asset Management Planning Toolkit, general inspection, and other theoretical models. The predictability of the maintenance model enables proactive grouping of maintenance activities at different timings to reduce add-on costs such as the cost of preliminaries, traffic management and design. These add-on costs can be up to 80 per cent of the cost of repairs that are carried out at the same time. Finally, a designed to be meaningful and supports asset management planning and business case development for the asset owner, as well as the interface between the Structures Asset Management Toolkit and asset management systems to allow asset data input to be automated. The tool is designed to be used for any type of bridge from footbridges to motorway bridges. It has been tested and demonstrated using real industry data and dependencies and, constraints have been tested to enable scenario planning. To develop the CISC toolkit, data including deterioration rates and maintenance costs were extracted from the 2015 update of the Structures Asset Management Toolkit Documentation published by the Department for Transport. This data is different from the current version of the DfT Strcutures Asset Management Toolkit released in 2017. Therefore, it is difficult to compare the CSIC toolkit results against the DfT toolkit. The latest data are required in order to secure more accurate results and also validate the outcome of the CSIC toolkit. The available tools in the market have a time-dependent strategy based on experience. The CSIC tool is the first to provide a strategy based on data using a mathematical model to reduce the maintenance costs and improve the safety of bridges at the same time; the CSIC tool introduces a cost and safety dependent maintenance strategy. The tool can be used for a wide range of applications within the infrastructure sector. The next step is to make the tool adaptable for different types of assets such as tunnels, retaining walls, and earthworks. Our secondment programme offers benefits to all stakeholders. Secondees bring new skills, projects and challenges to CSIC that help to develop emerging tools and technologies for industry use. The secondees gain a deep understanding of innovations which they can apply for the direct benefit of their own companies/organisations. 
Type Of Material Improvements to research infrastructure 
Year Produced 2018 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact CSIC researchers have developed a methodology to help asset managers to determine the most optimal timing for interventions on their bridge portfolio in a predictive manner. As maintenance budgets for bridge systems are squeezed, many necessary maintenance activities are delayed or cancelled. Retaining an appropriate level of service and safety for an infrastructure network has become a challenging issue and there is pressing need for a smart asset management approach for road bridges. The structure of the overall approach is composed of five interconnected models: deterioration model; lifecycle cost model; predictive maintenance; group maintenance; and maintenance scheduling model (Figure 2). The deterioration model is formulated for each component of the bridges based on the information from the Structures Asset Management Planning Toolkit, general inspection, and other theoretical models. The predictability of the maintenance model enables proactive grouping of maintenance activities at different timings to reduce add-on costs such as the cost of preliminaries, traffic management and design. These add-on costs can be up to 80 per cent of the cost of repairs that are carried out at the same time. Finally, a designed to be meaningful and supports asset management planning and business case development for the asset owner, as well as the interface between the Structures Asset Management Toolkit and asset management systems to allow asset data input to be automated. The tool is designed to be used for any type of bridge from footbridges to motorway bridges. It has been tested and demonstrated using real industry data and dependencies and, constraints have been tested to enable scenario planning. 
 
Title CSIC Fibre-Optics Data Analysis Dashboard 
Description The construction and infrastructure industries grapple with huge volumes of data (big data), when attempting to monitor the structural health of their infrastructure. CSIC is producing a Fibre-Optics Data Analysis Dashboard to assist the industries in quickly and efficiently assessing huge volumes of data for the key message. 
Type Of Material Data analysis technique 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact The CSIC FODA Dashboard is still in the Research and Development phase, with CSIC's Industry Partners providing vital sites and data, as well as industry feedback as the dashboard develops. 
 
Title Data collected strain and temperature sensors on Chebsey Bridge, Staffordshire from November 2021 
Description Chebsey Bridge in Staffordshire was instrumented with FBG strain and Temperature sensorsduring construction in 2015. A permanent power supply allowing 24/7 data collection was added in 2021. The dataset consists of strain and temperature data from a subset of the FBG strain and temperature sensors taken during the passage of trains over the bridge. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact Work in progress / Research data 
 
Title Data collected strain, accelerometer, range finder and temperature sensors on Norton Bridge, Staffordshire from November 2021 
Description Norton Bridge in Staffordshire was instrumented with FBG strain and Temperature sensors during construction in 2015. A permanent power supply allowing 24/7 data collection was added in 2021. Accelerometer and laser range finder sensors were also added in 2021. The dataset consists of strain and temperature data from a subset of the FBG strain and temperature sensors, 3-axis acceleration data from four QMEMS accelerometers and wheel present/absent indications from four laser rangefinder sensors - taken during the passage of trains over the bridge. There is additionally 24/7 data from a separate temperature/humidity sensor situated close to the bridge. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact Work in progress / Research data 
 
Title Data supporting 'Project VIMTO: A new system for the vibration and impact monitoring of tram operations' 
Description  
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2017 
Provided To Others? Yes  
URL https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/270057
 
Title Dynamic digital twin with multi-layered information models for West Cambridge - QL 
Description Dynamic digital twin with multi-layered information models. A point cloud model for west Cambridge site and a point cloud model for IfM building. 
Type Of Material Computer model/algorithm 
Year Produced 2018 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact Basis for further work 
 
Title Principal Tower column axial shortening L0-4 
Description Axial displacement of columns C8 and C9 at Principal Tower (London, UK) measured between mid-October and mid-December 2016 from levels 0 to 4. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2017 
Provided To Others? Yes  
 
Title Research data supporting "Evaluation of the response of a vaulted masonry structure to differential settlements using point cloud data and limit analyses" 
Description Raw data, processing algorithms and paper figure data 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2017 
Provided To Others? Yes  
 
Title Research data supporting "Sensing dynamic displacements in masonry rail bridges using 2D digital image correlation" 
Description Key figures (in MATLAB .fig format) from the publication "Sensing dynamic displacements in masonry rail bridges using 2D digital image correlation". 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2018 
Provided To Others? Yes  
 
Title Research data supporting "Wireless sensor monitoring of Paddington Station Box Corner" 
Description This data consists of displacement and inclination sensor data from an excavation at a construction site at Paddington, London between 17/02/2014 and 17/08/2014 and transmitted using a wireless sensor network. Accompanying this data is a location of each of the sensors within the construction site. A portion of this data has been used to generate the figures presented in the paper "Wireless sensor monitoring of Paddington Station Box Corner". 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2016 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Research data 
URL https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/254928
 
Title Research data supporting: Robust fibre optic sensor arrays for monitoring the early-age behaviour of mass-produced concrete sleepers 
Description Research data supporting the above noted publication. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2017 
Provided To Others? Yes  
 
Title Source code, simulation and data analysis scripts, and relevant data for "Power-efficient piezoelectric fatigue measurement using long-range wireless sensor networks" 
Description This dataset consists of the simulation and experimental data, data analysis scripts, and the source code of our wireless sensor system for fatigue strain cycles monitoring, published in "Power-efficient piezoelectric fatigue measurement using long-range wireless sensor networks", Smart Materials and Structures, 2019. The dataset contains several Readme files in various folders - see these for further details. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2019 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact N/A 
URL https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/294063
 
Description 1 Field Deployment for Industry Partner: Trinity Hall 
Organisation University of Cambridge
Department Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Trinity Hall, Cambridge - Basement excavation
Collaborator Contribution Trinity Hall, Cambridge - Basement excavation
Impact Trinity Hall, Cambridge - Basement excavation
Start Year 2014
 
Description 1 Field Deployment for Industry Partner: United Utilities 
Organisation United Utilities Group PLC
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution United Utilities, Manchester, Secant pile wall
Collaborator Contribution United Utilities, Manchester, Secant pile wall
Impact United Utilities, Manchester, Secant pile wall
Start Year 2014
 
Description 1 Field Deployment for Industry Partner: Victoria and Albert Museum 
Organisation Victoria and Albert Museum
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London - Tension piles
Collaborator Contribution Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London - Tension piles
Impact Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London - Tension piles
Start Year 2014
 
Description 1 Field Deployment for Industry Partner: Wood Wharf pile tests 
Organisation Canary Wharf Group
Department Wood Wharf
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Wood Wharf pile tests - Wood Wharf, Canary Wharf, London - 5 piles
Collaborator Contribution Wood Wharf pile tests - Wood Wharf, Canary Wharf, London - 5 piles
Impact Wood Wharf pile tests - Wood Wharf, Canary Wharf, London - 5 piles
Start Year 2014
 
Description 1 Field Deployment with Industry Partner: National Rail 
Organisation National Railway Museum
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Leeds Masonry arch
Collaborator Contribution Leeds masonry arch
Impact Leeds masonry arch
Start Year 2014
 
Description 1 Field Deployment with Industry Partner: Newfoundland Development 
Organisation Newfoundland Development
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Newfoundland Development, Canary Wharf, London - Piles - O - Cell test
Collaborator Contribution Newfoundland Development, Canary Wharf, London - Piles - O - Cell test
Impact Newfoundland Development, Canary Wharf, London - Piles - O - Cell test
Start Year 2014
 
Description 1 Field Deployment with Industry Partner: Papworth Hospital 
Organisation Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Papworth Hospital, Cambridge - Geothermal boreholes
Collaborator Contribution Papworth Hospital, Cambridge - Geothermal boreholes
Impact Papworth Hospital, Cambridge - Geothermal boreholes
Start Year 2014
 
Description 1 Field Deployment with Industry Partner: Severn Trent Water 
Organisation Severn Trent Water
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Severn Trent Water - midlands - Sewer
Collaborator Contribution Severn Trent Water - midlands - Sewer
Impact Severn Trent Water - midlands - Sewer
Start Year 2014
 
Description 1 Field Deployment with Industry Partner: Shell Centre 
Organisation Shell Centre
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Shell Centre, London - Geothermal piles
Collaborator Contribution Shell Centre, London - Geothermal piles
Impact Shell Centre, London - Geothermal piles
Start Year 2014
 
Description 1 Field Deployment with Industry Partner: University of Cambridge 
Organisation University of Cambridge
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Lab work
Collaborator Contribution Lab work
Impact Lab work
Start Year 2014
 
Description 1 Field Deployment with Industry Partner: itmsoil 
Organisation Itmsoil
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Tunnel ring
Collaborator Contribution Tunnel ring
Impact Tunnel ring
Start Year 2014
 
Description 1 Field Deployment with Industry Partners: Grafham Water reservoir 
Organisation Grafham Water Reservoir
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Roof composite slab
Collaborator Contribution Roof composite slab
Impact Roof composite slab
Start Year 2014
 
Description 1 Field Deployments with Industry Partner: Farringdon station, London 
Organisation Farringdon Station
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Piles - 0 - cell test
Collaborator Contribution Piles - 0 - cell test
Impact Piles - 0 - cell test
Start Year 2014
 
Description 1 Field Deployments with Industry Partner: National Grid, London 
Organisation National Grid UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Eade Road, London - precast concrete tunnel segments
Collaborator Contribution Eade Road, London - precast concrete tunnel segments
Impact Eade Road, London - precast concrete tunnel segments
Start Year 2014
 
Description 1 Field Deployments with Industry Partners: Gwynedd CC, North Wales Roads 
Organisation Gwynedd Council
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Pen Y Clip Brazil wall
Collaborator Contribution Pen Y Clip Brazil wall
Impact Pen Y Clip Brazil wall
Start Year 2014
 
Description 2 Field deployments with Industry Partner: Network Rail 
Organisation Network Rail Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution 1. Stafford Area Improvement - Norton Bridge junction (Staffordshire Alliance) - Bridges U/B 11 (precast concrete) 2. Stafford Area Improvement - Norton Bridge junction (Staffordshire Alliance) - Bridges I/B 5 ('E'-type' steel)
Collaborator Contribution 1. Stafford Area Improvement - Norton Bridge junction (Staffordshire Alliance) - Bridges U/B 11 (precast concrete) 2. Stafford Area Improvement - Norton Bridge junction (Staffordshire Alliance) - Bridges I/B 5 ('E'-type' steel)
Impact 1. Stafford Area Improvement - Norton Bridge junction (Staffordshire Alliance) - Bridges U/B 11 (precast concrete) 2. Stafford Area Improvement - Norton Bridge junction (Staffordshire Alliance) - Bridges I/B 5 ('E'-type' steel)
Start Year 2014
 
Description 3 Field Deployments with Industry Partners: James Dyson and University of Cambridge 
Organisation University of Cambridge
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution 1. Piles 2. Columns, beams and slabs 3. Building scanning
Collaborator Contribution 1. Piles 2. Columns, beams and slabs 3. Building scanning
Impact 1. Piles 2. Columns, beams and slabs 3. Building scanning
Start Year 2014
 
Description 4 Field Deployments with Industry Partners: CERN 
Organisation European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
Department CERN - Other
Country Switzerland 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution 1. Concrete tunnels - section 1 2. Concrete tunnels - section 2 and I-beams 3. Concrete tunnels - Atlas section 4. Concrete tunnels - AWAKE section
Collaborator Contribution 1. Concrete tunnels - section 1 2. Concrete tunnels - section 2 and I-beams 3. Concrete tunnels - Atlas section 4. Concrete tunnels - AWAKE section
Impact 1. Concrete tunnels - section 1 2. Concrete tunnels - section 2 and I-beams 3. Concrete tunnels - Atlas section 4. Concrete tunnels - AWAKE section
Start Year 2014
 
Description 4 Field Deployments with Industry Partners: Crossrail 
Organisation Crossrail
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution 1. Paddington Station, London, D-wall 2. Paddington Station, London, D-wall 3. Thames Tunnel, Plumstead, N.Woolwich, precast concrete tunnel segments 4. Liverpool Street Station, London, sprayed concrete lining in CH5
Collaborator Contribution 1. Paddington Station, London, D-wall 2. Paddington Station, London, D-wall 3. Thames Tunnel, Plumstead, N.Woolwich, precast concrete tunnel segments 4. Liverpool Street Station, London, sprayed concrete lining in CH5
Impact 1. Paddington Station, London, D-wall 2. Paddington Station, London, D-wall 3. Thames Tunnel, Plumstead, N.Woolwich, precast concrete tunnel segments 4. Liverpool Street Station, London, sprayed concrete lining in CH5
Start Year 2014
 
Description 4 Field Deployments with Industry Partners: London Underground 
Organisation Transport for London
Department London Underground
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution 1. Victoria station, London - deployment - Smartplank 2. Tottenham Court Road Station, London - deployment - cast iron tunnel segments 3. Central Line, Liverpool Street Station, London - deployment - escalator barrel 4. Moorgate Station, London - deployment - precast concrete tunnel segments
Collaborator Contribution 1. Victoria station, London - deployment - Smartplank 2. Tottenham Court Road Station, London - deployment - cast iron tunnel segments 3. Central Line, Liverpool Street Station, London - deployment - escalator barrel 4. Moorgate Station, London - deployment - precast concrete tunnel segments
Impact 1. Victoria station, London - deployment - Smartplank 2. Tottenham Court Road Station, London - deployment - cast iron tunnel segments 3. Central Line, Liverpool Street Station, London - deployment - escalator barrel 4. Moorgate Station, London - deployment - precast concrete tunnel segments
Start Year 2014
 
Description 5G trial at Port of Felixstowe 
Organisation Blue Mesh Solutions
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC Investigator, Ajith Parlikad, will take part in a new Government-funded test project to investigate and maximise the benefits of 5G at the Port of Felixstowe. As part of a £28 million project to improve people's lives with the mobile network, the Port was chosen as one of nine pilots to test the potential of 5G in two forms; with the deployment of the Internet of Things sensors and artificial intelligence to optimise maintenance, and to enable CCTV transmission to remote-control the Port's 113 cranes. Working with Three UK, Blue Mesh Solutions, Ericsson and Siemens, the project will test the potential of 5G at the Port of Felixstowe. The project aims to test how Britain can seize the full benefits of 5G and help British industries capitalise on the power of modern technology. It will explore two use cases: enabling remote-controlled cranes via the transmission of CCTV; and deploying Internet of Things sensors and artificial intelligence to optimise the predicative maintenance cycle of Felixstowe's 31 quayside and 82 yard cranes. Harnessing the speed, low-latency and high-capacity of 5G, the project will demonstrate the productivity and efficiency gains of such technology, whilst reducing unplanned outage. Dr Ajith Parlikad, head of the Asset Management research group at the IfM, said: 'This is a fantastic opportunity to explore how we can bring together the advances in Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), 5G, and advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence to radically transform the way in which assets are managed and maintained in a complex industrial environment.'
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Not yet know.
Start Year 2021
 
Description 5G trial at Port of Felixstowe 
Organisation Ericsson
Country Sweden 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC Investigator, Ajith Parlikad, will take part in a new Government-funded test project to investigate and maximise the benefits of 5G at the Port of Felixstowe. As part of a £28 million project to improve people's lives with the mobile network, the Port was chosen as one of nine pilots to test the potential of 5G in two forms; with the deployment of the Internet of Things sensors and artificial intelligence to optimise maintenance, and to enable CCTV transmission to remote-control the Port's 113 cranes. Working with Three UK, Blue Mesh Solutions, Ericsson and Siemens, the project will test the potential of 5G at the Port of Felixstowe. The project aims to test how Britain can seize the full benefits of 5G and help British industries capitalise on the power of modern technology. It will explore two use cases: enabling remote-controlled cranes via the transmission of CCTV; and deploying Internet of Things sensors and artificial intelligence to optimise the predicative maintenance cycle of Felixstowe's 31 quayside and 82 yard cranes. Harnessing the speed, low-latency and high-capacity of 5G, the project will demonstrate the productivity and efficiency gains of such technology, whilst reducing unplanned outage. Dr Ajith Parlikad, head of the Asset Management research group at the IfM, said: 'This is a fantastic opportunity to explore how we can bring together the advances in Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), 5G, and advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence to radically transform the way in which assets are managed and maintained in a complex industrial environment.'
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Not yet know.
Start Year 2021
 
Description 5G trial at Port of Felixstowe 
Organisation Siemens AG
Country Germany 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC Investigator, Ajith Parlikad, will take part in a new Government-funded test project to investigate and maximise the benefits of 5G at the Port of Felixstowe. As part of a £28 million project to improve people's lives with the mobile network, the Port was chosen as one of nine pilots to test the potential of 5G in two forms; with the deployment of the Internet of Things sensors and artificial intelligence to optimise maintenance, and to enable CCTV transmission to remote-control the Port's 113 cranes. Working with Three UK, Blue Mesh Solutions, Ericsson and Siemens, the project will test the potential of 5G at the Port of Felixstowe. The project aims to test how Britain can seize the full benefits of 5G and help British industries capitalise on the power of modern technology. It will explore two use cases: enabling remote-controlled cranes via the transmission of CCTV; and deploying Internet of Things sensors and artificial intelligence to optimise the predicative maintenance cycle of Felixstowe's 31 quayside and 82 yard cranes. Harnessing the speed, low-latency and high-capacity of 5G, the project will demonstrate the productivity and efficiency gains of such technology, whilst reducing unplanned outage. Dr Ajith Parlikad, head of the Asset Management research group at the IfM, said: 'This is a fantastic opportunity to explore how we can bring together the advances in Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), 5G, and advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence to radically transform the way in which assets are managed and maintained in a complex industrial environment.'
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Not yet know.
Start Year 2021
 
Description 5G trial at Port of Felixstowe 
Organisation Three UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC Investigator, Ajith Parlikad, will take part in a new Government-funded test project to investigate and maximise the benefits of 5G at the Port of Felixstowe. As part of a £28 million project to improve people's lives with the mobile network, the Port was chosen as one of nine pilots to test the potential of 5G in two forms; with the deployment of the Internet of Things sensors and artificial intelligence to optimise maintenance, and to enable CCTV transmission to remote-control the Port's 113 cranes. Working with Three UK, Blue Mesh Solutions, Ericsson and Siemens, the project will test the potential of 5G at the Port of Felixstowe. The project aims to test how Britain can seize the full benefits of 5G and help British industries capitalise on the power of modern technology. It will explore two use cases: enabling remote-controlled cranes via the transmission of CCTV; and deploying Internet of Things sensors and artificial intelligence to optimise the predicative maintenance cycle of Felixstowe's 31 quayside and 82 yard cranes. Harnessing the speed, low-latency and high-capacity of 5G, the project will demonstrate the productivity and efficiency gains of such technology, whilst reducing unplanned outage. Dr Ajith Parlikad, head of the Asset Management research group at the IfM, said: 'This is a fantastic opportunity to explore how we can bring together the advances in Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), 5G, and advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence to radically transform the way in which assets are managed and maintained in a complex industrial environment.'
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Not yet know.
Start Year 2021
 
Description 5G trial at Port of Felixstowe 
Organisation UK Government Investments
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution CSIC Investigator, Ajith Parlikad, will take part in a new Government-funded test project to investigate and maximise the benefits of 5G at the Port of Felixstowe. As part of a £28 million project to improve people's lives with the mobile network, the Port was chosen as one of nine pilots to test the potential of 5G in two forms; with the deployment of the Internet of Things sensors and artificial intelligence to optimise maintenance, and to enable CCTV transmission to remote-control the Port's 113 cranes. Working with Three UK, Blue Mesh Solutions, Ericsson and Siemens, the project will test the potential of 5G at the Port of Felixstowe. The project aims to test how Britain can seize the full benefits of 5G and help British industries capitalise on the power of modern technology. It will explore two use cases: enabling remote-controlled cranes via the transmission of CCTV; and deploying Internet of Things sensors and artificial intelligence to optimise the predicative maintenance cycle of Felixstowe's 31 quayside and 82 yard cranes. Harnessing the speed, low-latency and high-capacity of 5G, the project will demonstrate the productivity and efficiency gains of such technology, whilst reducing unplanned outage. Dr Ajith Parlikad, head of the Asset Management research group at the IfM, said: 'This is a fantastic opportunity to explore how we can bring together the advances in Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), 5G, and advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence to radically transform the way in which assets are managed and maintained in a complex industrial environment.'
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Not yet know.
Start Year 2021
 
Description 6 Field Deployments with Industry Partner: London Bridge Station 
Organisation HCA Hospitals
Department London Bridge Hospital
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution 1. Masonry Arch E951 2. Composite beam F2 3. Various structural and non structural components 4. Buttress walls P25 5. Various 6. Construction noise
Collaborator Contribution 1. Masonry Arch E951 2. Composite beam F2 3. Various structural and non structural components 4. Buttress walls P25 5. Various 6. Construction noise
Impact 1. Masonry Arch E951 2. Composite beam F2 3. Various structural and non structural components 4. Buttress walls P25 5. Various 6. Construction noise
Start Year 2014
 
Description 8 Power 
Organisation 8 Power Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Translating technologies on energy harvesting and low-power sensors
Collaborator Contribution Translating technologies on energy harvesting and low-power sensors
Impact Translating technologies on energy harvesting and low-power sensors
Start Year 2016
 
Description 8 Power - PRAF 
Organisation 8 Power Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Innovate UK First-Of-A-Kind Project - Phase I (JMS, DRH, PRAF)
Collaborator Contribution Innovate UK First-Of-A-Kind Project - Phase I (JMS, DRH, PRAF)
Impact Innovate UK First-Of-A-Kind Project - Phase I (JMS, DRH, PRAF)
Start Year 2016
 
Description ARUP - MJD 
Organisation Arup Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Worked closely analysing monitoring data for masonry structures above the Crossrail tunnels
Collaborator Contribution Worked closely analysing monitoring data for masonry structures above the Crossrail tunnels
Impact Worked closely analysing monitoring data for masonry structures above the Crossrail tunnels
Start Year 2014
 
Description ARUP development of strategies and implementation of sensing in piles -JMS 
Organisation Arup Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution development of strategies and implementation of sensing in piles
Collaborator Contribution development of strategies and implementation of sensing in piles
Impact development of strategies and implementation of sensing in piles
Start Year 2016
 
Description Abbey Mills Shaft F 
Organisation Thames Water Utilities Limited
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Instrumentation scheme for Abbey Mills Shaft F - conventional instrumentation and fibre optic instrumentation
Collaborator Contribution Cash contribution and in-kind contribution. In addition, Thames Water paid for a comprehensive monitoring scheme around Shaft F worth more than £1m.
Impact A significantly better understanding of ground movements around shafts has been gained. This enabled Thames Water to use the information for the Thames Tideway Scheme currently underway. The project was awarded the ICE Fleming Award
Start Year 2012
 
Description Achieving Net Zero Roundtable 
Organisation Arcadis NV
Country Netherlands 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC, COWI and Arcadis jointly hosting an Achieving Net Zero Roundtable Discussion. The infrastructure and construction industry must take action now if we are to achieve net zero carbon by 2050. Some organisations have already publicly stated their commitment to achieve this even before 2050. However, the majority of organisations, although accepting the need to take up this challenge, do not know where to start. What can we as an industry do now to move towards the net zero goal and what changes in policy are needed to enable industry to reach this goal? This cross-government and industry roundtable event, organised by CSIC, Arcadis, and COWI, will address three initial questions. 1) What design and site measures can be adopted to reduce waste and move towards achieving net zero? How can existing data and digital tools be exploited to achieve this? 2) Given the climate emergency and government commitment to net zero by 2050, what changes to their procurement documents and processes can public sector, regulated industry and private sector clients make immediately? 3) What further actions can government ask of asset owners and project clients under existing powers? An action plan for each question will be developed for both individual organisations and at a systemic level.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Collaboration still active, outputs and outcomes not yet known.
Start Year 2020
 
Description Achieving Net Zero Roundtable 
Organisation COWI A/S
Country Denmark 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC, COWI and Arcadis jointly hosting an Achieving Net Zero Roundtable Discussion. The infrastructure and construction industry must take action now if we are to achieve net zero carbon by 2050. Some organisations have already publicly stated their commitment to achieve this even before 2050. However, the majority of organisations, although accepting the need to take up this challenge, do not know where to start. What can we as an industry do now to move towards the net zero goal and what changes in policy are needed to enable industry to reach this goal? This cross-government and industry roundtable event, organised by CSIC, Arcadis, and COWI, will address three initial questions. 1) What design and site measures can be adopted to reduce waste and move towards achieving net zero? How can existing data and digital tools be exploited to achieve this? 2) Given the climate emergency and government commitment to net zero by 2050, what changes to their procurement documents and processes can public sector, regulated industry and private sector clients make immediately? 3) What further actions can government ask of asset owners and project clients under existing powers? An action plan for each question will be developed for both individual organisations and at a systemic level.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Collaboration still active, outputs and outcomes not yet known.
Start Year 2020
 
Description Acikgoz, S. Established effective partnership with Topcon 
Organisation Topcon
Country Japan 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Resulted in acquisition of IS-3 and GLS-2000 devices at a significantly reduced rate (10K instead of 75K)
Collaborator Contribution Resulted in acquisition of IS-3 and GLS-2000 devices at a significantly reduced rate (10K instead of 75K)
Impact Resulted in acquisition of IS-3 and GLS-2000 devices at a significantly reduced rate (10K instead of 75K)
Start Year 2014
 
Description Acikgoz, S. Established new partnership with Network Rail in the area of assessment of existing masonry structures 
Organisation Network Rail Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Established new partnership with Network Rail in the area of assessment of existing masonry structures
Collaborator Contribution Established new partnership with Network Rail in the area of assessment of existing masonry structures
Impact Established new partnership with Network Rail in the area of assessment of existing masonry structures
Start Year 2014
 
Description Acoustic Emission Sensing 
Organisation Department of Transport
Department Highways Agency
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution CSIC is working with industry partner Highways England and Kier Group to identify emerging sensing technologies and approaches for the structural assessment and deterioration detection of static highways assets. CSIC has been tasked with exploring the capabilities of acoustic emission (AE) sensing technology for the structural health monitoring of concrete bridges. The structural condition of motorway bridges is commonly monitored through periodic site inspections, which result in signi?cant cost and tra?c disruptions that may be hazardous to road users. Even if these inspections are enhanced by conventional crack monitoring or surveying methods, the underlying deterioration in critical structural members is hard to assess. A systems integration approach that brings together multi-sensing systems, ICT, computer vision technologies, cloud data management, statistics and big data analytics may o?er a better understanding of underlying deterioration and overall structural performance, enabling e?ective structural alert systems for asset management.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact CSIC aims to create a cloud-based data platform for asset management through the creation and integration of numerous digital twins modelling infrastructure networks. Data curation, management, and sharing strategies play a vital role in preparing to meet this long-term vision. Real-time monitoring data from di?erent assets can be analysed and shared through well-de?ned and agreed protocols to make integrated and sustainable asset management practices possible. Interoperability, systems-of-systems perspective and sustainable decision-making would be the core of this platform. Securely sharing the appropriate information with the di?erent stakeholders enables overall digital twin integration, management and monitoring which would change the future of smart infrastructure management. The ?ndings and rich information that will be collected throughout the Highways England Systems Integration for Resilient Infrastructure project and the proposed cloud-based data platform may contribute towards the National Digital Twin programme. The Centre for Digital Built Britain's National Digital Twin programme aims to steer the successful development and adoption of the information management framework for the built environment, and to create an ecosystem of connected digital twins - which opens the opportunity to release value for society, the economy, business and the environment. CSIC's collaborative project with Highways England has potential to become one of many digital twins that would bene?t stakeholders from e?ective information management through cloud- based data platforms which will enable interoperability and data sharing between di?erent assets.
Start Year 2019
 
Description Acoustic Emission Sensing 
Organisation Mistras Group Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC is working with industry partner Highways England and Kier Group to identify emerging sensing technologies and approaches for the structural assessment and deterioration detection of static highways assets. CSIC has been tasked with exploring the capabilities of acoustic emission (AE) sensing technology for the structural health monitoring of concrete bridges. The structural condition of motorway bridges is commonly monitored through periodic site inspections, which result in signi?cant cost and tra?c disruptions that may be hazardous to road users. Even if these inspections are enhanced by conventional crack monitoring or surveying methods, the underlying deterioration in critical structural members is hard to assess. A systems integration approach that brings together multi-sensing systems, ICT, computer vision technologies, cloud data management, statistics and big data analytics may o?er a better understanding of underlying deterioration and overall structural performance, enabling e?ective structural alert systems for asset management.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact CSIC aims to create a cloud-based data platform for asset management through the creation and integration of numerous digital twins modelling infrastructure networks. Data curation, management, and sharing strategies play a vital role in preparing to meet this long-term vision. Real-time monitoring data from di?erent assets can be analysed and shared through well-de?ned and agreed protocols to make integrated and sustainable asset management practices possible. Interoperability, systems-of-systems perspective and sustainable decision-making would be the core of this platform. Securely sharing the appropriate information with the di?erent stakeholders enables overall digital twin integration, management and monitoring which would change the future of smart infrastructure management. The ?ndings and rich information that will be collected throughout the Highways England Systems Integration for Resilient Infrastructure project and the proposed cloud-based data platform may contribute towards the National Digital Twin programme. The Centre for Digital Built Britain's National Digital Twin programme aims to steer the successful development and adoption of the information management framework for the built environment, and to create an ecosystem of connected digital twins - which opens the opportunity to release value for society, the economy, business and the environment. CSIC's collaborative project with Highways England has potential to become one of many digital twins that would bene?t stakeholders from e?ective information management through cloud- based data platforms which will enable interoperability and data sharing between di?erent assets.
Start Year 2019
 
Description Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands - ES 
Organisation Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Country Netherlands 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Shadow EU-Summit: managing cities of tomorrow
Collaborator Contribution Shadow EU-Summit: managing cities of tomorrow
Impact Shadow EU-Summit: managing cities of tomorrow
Start Year 2016
 
Description Anglian Water - AKNP 
Organisation Anglian Water Services
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Asset Management
Collaborator Contribution Asset Management
Impact Asset Management
Start Year 2016
 
Description Anglian Water - CK 
Organisation Anglian Water Services
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Grafham Water reservoir, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, Roof composite slab
Collaborator Contribution Grafham Water reservoir, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, Roof composite slab
Impact Grafham Water reservoir, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, Roof composite slab
Start Year 2016
 
Description Anglian Water - PTK 
Organisation Anglian Water Services
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Grafham Water
Collaborator Contribution Grafham Water
Impact Grafham Water
Start Year 2015
 
Description Anglian Water - PTK 
Organisation Anglian Water Services
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Newmarket Shopwindow
Collaborator Contribution Newmarket Shopwindow
Impact Newmarket Shopwindow
Start Year 2016
 
Description Applications of New Techniques to the Detection and Monitoring of Bridge Scour 
Organisation WSP Group plc
Department WSP UK Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Cam Middleton and WSP working on secondment project 'Applications of New Techniques to the Detection and Monitoring of Bridge Scour'
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Collaboration is still active, output and outcomes not yet known.
Start Year 2019
 
Description Aquacleansing installation of FO sensors in sewer tunnels - JMS 
Organisation Aqua cleansing
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution installation of FO sensors in sewer tunnels
Collaborator Contribution installation of FO sensors in sewer tunnels
Impact installation of FO sensors in sewer tunnels
Start Year 2016
 
Description Arup 
Organisation Arup Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Development of strategies and implementation of sensing in piles.
Collaborator Contribution Development of strategies and implementation of sensing in piles.
Impact Development of strategies and implementation of sensing in piles.
Start Year 2015
 
Description Arup - CK 
Organisation Arup Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Bank Street, London, 1 pile test
Collaborator Contribution Bank Street, London, 1 pile test
Impact Bank Street, London, 1 pile test
Start Year 2015
 
Description Arup - CK 
Organisation Arup Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Wood Wharf, London, 5 pile tests
Collaborator Contribution Wood Wharf, London, 5 pile tests
Impact Wood Wharf, London, 5 pile tests
Start Year 2015
 
Description Arup - CK 
Organisation Arup Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Thermal pile monitoring, Shell Centre
Collaborator Contribution Thermal pile monitoring, Shell Centre
Impact Thermal pile monitoring, Shell Centre
Start Year 2015
 
Description Arup - CK 
Organisation Arup Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Newfoundland development, Piles - O-cell test
Collaborator Contribution Newfoundland development, Piles - O-cell test
Impact Newfoundland development, Piles - O-cell test
Start Year 2015
 
Description Arup - CK 
Organisation Arup Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution South Bank, London, 3 pile tests
Collaborator Contribution South Bank, London, 3 pile tests
Impact South Bank, London, 3 pile tests
Start Year 2016
 
Description Arup - CK 
Organisation Arup Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London, Tension piles
Collaborator Contribution Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London, Tension piles
Impact Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London, Tension piles
Start Year 2015
 
Description Arup - CK 
Organisation Arup Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution East Village, Stratford, London, 2 pile tests
Collaborator Contribution East Village, Stratford, London, 2 pile tests
Impact East Village, Stratford, London, 2 pile tests
Start Year 2015
 
Description Asset management - Zhenglin Liang 
Organisation Herefordshire Council
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Asset management
Collaborator Contribution Asset management
Impact Asset management
Start Year 2017
 
Description Asset management methodology to support organisational objectives 
Organisation Network Rail Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Organisations responsible for infrastructure assets must understand the importance that asset information has to achieving their organisational objectives. Despite the potential benefits of effective information management to optimise digital opportunity, many organisations still struggle to identify what information should be collected to support the efficient management of assets throughout their whole life. Asset-related information not collected in alignment to organisational requirements can restrict the performance of capital investment decisions, risk management and operational performance throughout the whole life of the asset and ultimately impact productivity. Standards such as the PAS 1192 series and ISO 19650 describe the approach that organisations should take to define their asset information requirements (AIR) and the asset information model (AIM). The AIR should be informed by the organisational information requirements (OIR), which in turn is defined based on organisation objectives. However, the standards do not prescribe how this should be achieved and what processes should be used. CSIC researchers have developed a top-down methodology that supports the development of AIR in relation to OIR and addresses the disconnect between the PAS/ISO BIM-related standards and asset management standard ISO 55000. The novel aspect of this approach is the development of Functional Information Requirements (FIR) to bridge the gap between the OIR and the AIR. This is achieved by identifying and understanding the 'functions' of the asset systems that help address or have an impact on the OIR, to then identify the assets that form each function.
Collaborator Contribution The methodology is currently being tested within industry as part of a CSIC secondment project with a member of the Asset Management Team from CSIC Industry Partner, Jacobs. The Asset Management Team is supporting Network Rail in delivering the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) - a major railway enhancement to improve connectivity between York and Manchester. TRU involves upgrading existing assets and installation of new assets to deliver a railway that will leave a lasting legacy. Exploring the benefits, challenges and opportunities of the methodology for Network Rail facilitates the longer-term possibility for a digital twin of the TRU, which would require whole-life data collection and management from the starting point of the programme and throughout design, construction, operation and integration. A wide range of Network Rail strategic documents were collated to identify organisational objectives. In order to reduce time required to read large volumes of text, an algorithm-based tool using datamining techniques was developed to search the text and identify locations of organisational objectives. More than 60 objectives were sense checked and put into the following categories: operational; reputational; customer; financial; environmental; and health and safety. For the purpose of testing the methodology within the secondment timeframe of four months, one organisational objective was selected: improve customer satisfaction. The top-down methodology creates a two-way line of sight from organisational objectives to asset requirements with functional requirements located between the two. A sample of FIR and AIR aligned to the identified organisational objective was captured. This approach helped deconstruct siloed structures familiar to many organisations and enables a systems perspective. A seven-step process provides a rigorous methodology and holistic approach capturing interfaces between asset disciplines and types - see the framework opposite. The methodology clarifies why an organisation needs specific asset information, which ensures data collected has a clear purpose making it possible to optimise value. Being able to classify data is particularly helpful in the context of the UK government's commitment to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 making the carbon cost of data a consideration. It also enables classification and curation of data throughout the whole life of the asset, making data accessible to any asset manager and operator. Establishing a'golden thread'of valued information offers insight, it enables better decision-making and safeguards an organisation against the consequences of bad decisions.
Impact A series of workshops were organised for a number of senior Network Rail representatives to explore the methodology, test the framework and identify its value in relation to the TRU Programme and Network Rail. To ensure the framework's user accessibility and avoid the necessity of referring to spreadsheets of information, CSIC and Jacobs developed a web app streamlining the three-layer framework process. The web app helped record information requirements during the workshop and was developed with a view to being used throughout Network Rail's TRU upgrade programme, and potentially be applied to future projects and programmes. Feedback about the framework from attendees was very positive and recognised the added value and business case to Network Rail from curating data for future use and whole-life operation. Network Rail recognised the potential value of applying an information management framework to support organisational objectives. Key benefits of the framework Benefits of applying this methodology include: • Identifying gaps in information capture • Establishing line of sight from asset information to organisational objectives • Providing holistic process capturing interfaces between asset disciplines/types • Allowing better decision-making to optimise performance and manage risk throughout the whole life of the asset. In addition, two applications have been created as part of the secondment project which can be used by all collaborating partners - Jacobs, Network Rail and CSIC - on future projects. Our infrastructure assets are required to give service over a long period of time and existing assets form the greatest part of the UK's total infrastructure; each year in this country we add just 0.5 per cent to the capital value of the assets we have inherited1 . Having a line of sight from asset information to organisational objectives enables an organisation to be agile if circumstances, such as extreme weather events and the consequences of climate change, require organisational objectives to change.
Start Year 2019
 
Description Atkins - LB 
Organisation WS Atkins
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Staffordshire Alliance Bridge Monitoring Project (EPSRC)
Collaborator Contribution Staffordshire Alliance Bridge Monitoring Project (EPSRC)
Impact Staffordshire Alliance Bridge Monitoring Project (EPSRC)
Start Year 2014
 
Description Atkins - PTK 
Organisation WS Atkins
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Staffordshire Alliance Bridges
Collaborator Contribution Staffordshire Alliance Bridges
Impact Staffordshire Alliance Bridges
Start Year 2015
 
Description Atkins, NR - CK 
Organisation Network Rail Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Network Rail - Stafford Area Improvement Programme, Bridges U/B 11 (precast concrete)
Collaborator Contribution Network Rail - Stafford Area Improvement Programme, Bridges U/B 11 (precast concrete)
Impact Network Rail - Stafford Area Improvement Programme, Bridges U/B 11 (precast concrete)
Start Year 2015
 
Description Atkins, NR - CK 
Organisation WS Atkins
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Network Rail - Stafford Area Improvement Programme, Bridges I/B 5 ('E-type' steel)
Collaborator Contribution Network Rail - Stafford Area Improvement Programme, Bridges I/B 5 ('E-type' steel)
Impact Network Rail - Stafford Area Improvement Programme, Bridges I/B 5 ('E-type' steel)
Start Year 2015
 
Description Atkins, NR - CK 
Organisation WS Atkins
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Network Rail - Stafford Area Improvement Programme, Bridges U/B 11 (precast concrete)
Collaborator Contribution Network Rail - Stafford Area Improvement Programme, Bridges U/B 11 (precast concrete)
Impact Network Rail - Stafford Area Improvement Programme, Bridges U/B 11 (precast concrete)
Start Year 2015
 
Description Automating concrete construction: digital processes for whole-life sustainability and productivity 
Organisation University of Bath
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution CSIC Investigators are collaborating with colleagues from the Universities of Bath and Dundee to drive a new culture in the construction industry to improve whole-life sustainability and productivity. CSIC is a project partner and Director Dr Jennifer Schooling chairs the steering group. Automating Concrete Construction (ACORN) is one of four research and development projects funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund 'Transforming Construction'. The three-year project will address the core aims of the programme: designing and managing buildings through digitally enabled simulation and constructing quality buildings through offsite manufacturing approaches. ACORN aims to create a culture that takes a holistic approach to the manufacture, assembly, reuse and deconstruction of concrete buildings. This will lead to a healthier, safer built environment and a culture that is built on the concept of using enough material, and no more. The challenge Today, the widespread use of flat panel formwork for concrete leads to materially inefficient prismatic shapes for the beams, columns, and floor-slabs in buildings. This practice, which has been around since Roman times, is both architecturally constraining and a key driver behind the high embodied carbon emissions associated with concrete structures. As much as half of the concrete in a building could be saved, if only we approached the use of the material in a different way. Optimised concrete Concrete starts its life as a fluid and can therefore be used to form structures of almost any shape, given the right mould geometry. ACORN will capitalise on this material property to drive the minimisation of embodied carbon in new building structures. The team will create an end-to-end digital process to automate the manufacture of non-prismatic building elements, capitalising on the recent proliferation of affordable robotics and bring them into an industry ripe for a step-change in sustainability and productivity. Something as simple as allowing beams, columns and floor-slabs to have the shape they need to take load, rather than the shape they need to be easily formed, allows a complete rethink of the way material is used in buildings. Fabrication of concrete elements By moving the manufacture of structural concrete elements into a highly controlled factory environment, ACORN aims to ensure that buildings can become more sustainable and the construction industry more productive. Considerations such as the materials to be used, how reinforcement is placed efficiently, how to take into account whole-life value, and how to organise the design process to take advantage of the new possibilities of robotics, will all be considered within the sphere of the project. Demonstration building The key to transforming this conservative industry is to lead by example. One of the most exciting parts of the project, is the proposed construction of two bays of a full-size prototype office building, to be completed at the BRE Innovation Park in Watford. One bay will be left with an exposed structure to show the methods and techniques used in its manufacture, the other bay will be fitted-out as an office building, with roof, walls, façade and internal finishings, to show how the techniques translate into an architectural solution. The demonstration building will serve multiple purposes. On an academic level, it will contribute to the research agenda by acting as a living laboratory. Embedded sensors will collect and share useful live data about how the building is performing structurally, as well as what loads the different parts are carrying. The BRE Innovation Park is visited by 20,000 people annually and data will also be collected from those visitors in user surveys, to evaluate the new appearance. The building's eventual deconstruction will also be an opportunity to verify how the whole-life value drivers for automation perform in reality. Benefits The ACORN project is expected to produce a number of benefits. Reducing reliance on concrete will have a positive environmental effect - construction accounts for nearly half of the UK's carbon emissions and concrete alone for five per cent of global CO2 emissions. There is also huge cost-saving potential - ACORN's research has identified close to £4bn in cost savings for UK construction per annum, that would arise directly from better consideration of material use. Globally, a mere one per cent reduction in construction cost would save $100bn annually. ACORN's focus on automated manufacturing and digital processes to reduce both fabrication and build time are key parts in realising better value. The project will benefit from the contributions of 12 industry partners, including architects, engineers and building contractors, who will work alongside the ACORN team to ensure outputs will bring value to industry. The professions will also benefit with architects able to explore a new form of construction; engineers gaining insights into the real loads such structures have to carry during their lifetime; and contractors having the tools they need to increase quality control, productivity and fabrication time, while de-risking the construction site. ACORN is tackling the UK government's Construction 2025 targets head-on. By automating construction, moving it off-site, and developing a culture of using just enough material, and no more, the project will lower costs, reduce delivery times and dramatically reduce carbon emissions.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Not yet known.
Start Year 2019
 
Description Automating concrete construction: digital processes for whole-life sustainability and productivity 
Organisation University of Dundee
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution CSIC Investigators are collaborating with colleagues from the Universities of Bath and Dundee to drive a new culture in the construction industry to improve whole-life sustainability and productivity. CSIC is a project partner and Director Dr Jennifer Schooling chairs the steering group. Automating Concrete Construction (ACORN) is one of four research and development projects funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund 'Transforming Construction'. The three-year project will address the core aims of the programme: designing and managing buildings through digitally enabled simulation and constructing quality buildings through offsite manufacturing approaches. ACORN aims to create a culture that takes a holistic approach to the manufacture, assembly, reuse and deconstruction of concrete buildings. This will lead to a healthier, safer built environment and a culture that is built on the concept of using enough material, and no more. The challenge Today, the widespread use of flat panel formwork for concrete leads to materially inefficient prismatic shapes for the beams, columns, and floor-slabs in buildings. This practice, which has been around since Roman times, is both architecturally constraining and a key driver behind the high embodied carbon emissions associated with concrete structures. As much as half of the concrete in a building could be saved, if only we approached the use of the material in a different way. Optimised concrete Concrete starts its life as a fluid and can therefore be used to form structures of almost any shape, given the right mould geometry. ACORN will capitalise on this material property to drive the minimisation of embodied carbon in new building structures. The team will create an end-to-end digital process to automate the manufacture of non-prismatic building elements, capitalising on the recent proliferation of affordable robotics and bring them into an industry ripe for a step-change in sustainability and productivity. Something as simple as allowing beams, columns and floor-slabs to have the shape they need to take load, rather than the shape they need to be easily formed, allows a complete rethink of the way material is used in buildings. Fabrication of concrete elements By moving the manufacture of structural concrete elements into a highly controlled factory environment, ACORN aims to ensure that buildings can become more sustainable and the construction industry more productive. Considerations such as the materials to be used, how reinforcement is placed efficiently, how to take into account whole-life value, and how to organise the design process to take advantage of the new possibilities of robotics, will all be considered within the sphere of the project. Demonstration building The key to transforming this conservative industry is to lead by example. One of the most exciting parts of the project, is the proposed construction of two bays of a full-size prototype office building, to be completed at the BRE Innovation Park in Watford. One bay will be left with an exposed structure to show the methods and techniques used in its manufacture, the other bay will be fitted-out as an office building, with roof, walls, façade and internal finishings, to show how the techniques translate into an architectural solution. The demonstration building will serve multiple purposes. On an academic level, it will contribute to the research agenda by acting as a living laboratory. Embedded sensors will collect and share useful live data about how the building is performing structurally, as well as what loads the different parts are carrying. The BRE Innovation Park is visited by 20,000 people annually and data will also be collected from those visitors in user surveys, to evaluate the new appearance. The building's eventual deconstruction will also be an opportunity to verify how the whole-life value drivers for automation perform in reality. Benefits The ACORN project is expected to produce a number of benefits. Reducing reliance on concrete will have a positive environmental effect - construction accounts for nearly half of the UK's carbon emissions and concrete alone for five per cent of global CO2 emissions. There is also huge cost-saving potential - ACORN's research has identified close to £4bn in cost savings for UK construction per annum, that would arise directly from better consideration of material use. Globally, a mere one per cent reduction in construction cost would save $100bn annually. ACORN's focus on automated manufacturing and digital processes to reduce both fabrication and build time are key parts in realising better value. The project will benefit from the contributions of 12 industry partners, including architects, engineers and building contractors, who will work alongside the ACORN team to ensure outputs will bring value to industry. The professions will also benefit with architects able to explore a new form of construction; engineers gaining insights into the real loads such structures have to carry during their lifetime; and contractors having the tools they need to increase quality control, productivity and fabrication time, while de-risking the construction site. ACORN is tackling the UK government's Construction 2025 targets head-on. By automating construction, moving it off-site, and developing a culture of using just enough material, and no more, the project will lower costs, reduce delivery times and dramatically reduce carbon emissions.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Not yet known.
Start Year 2019
 
Description BGS-Ruchi Choudhary 
Organisation British Geological Survey
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution We partnered with the Urban Geo-Science team of British Geological Society for six months (October 2017-March 2018). Innovate UK funded their secondment at CSIC. Jointly, we developed an integrated 3D database of below and above ground features of London for the objective of sustainable use of underground space.
Collaborator Contribution PhD student Mingda Yuan has assimilated database of below ground structures. BGS analyzed the below ground geological properties (thermo-hydro). PDRA Asal Bidarmaghz used these to implement large-scale finite element models to assess the long term influence of heated underground spaces on ground thermal properties.
Impact 1. We have co-authored and submitted 2 journal articles 2. We have submitted 1 co-authored conference paper 3. BGS has agreed to support future work. They provided letter of support for a grant application submitted to EPSRC-NSF in November 2018 4. This collaboration is multi-disciplinary involving civil engineers and geo-scientists. 5. The Data-centric Engineering program of the Alan Turing Institute is supporting a 3 year PDRA (2019-2021) to take forward this work, and thus it now also involves data-science in addition to engineering and geo-science.
Start Year 2017
 
Description BP - AS 
Organisation BP (British Petroleum)
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Improving reservoir management using MEMS sensors
Collaborator Contribution Improving reservoir management using MEMS sensors
Impact Improving reservoir management using MEMS sensors
Start Year 2010
 
Description Bechtel - PTK 
Organisation Bechtel Corporation
Country United States 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution HS2 Excavation monitoring of heave
Collaborator Contribution HS2 Excavation monitoring of heave
Impact HS2 Excavation monitoring of heave
Start Year 2016
 
Description Beijing Information Sci & Techn University - DC 
Organisation Beijing Information Science & Technology University
Country China 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution To supply low cost fibre analyser for field deployment
Collaborator Contribution To supply low cost fibre analyser for field deployment
Impact To supply low cost fibre analyser for field deployment
Start Year 2016
 
Description Bevis Marks project 
Organisation Skanska UK Ltd
Department Cementation Skanska
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Installation of the instrumentation in the re-used piles
Collaborator Contribution Cash and in-kind contribution for the project.
Impact Cementation Skanska won the Ground Engineering Sustainability Award for work on the Bevis Marks project. A large part of the submission focused on reuse of the foundation and the use of optical fibre instrumentation. In particular, it highlighted the importance of such instrumentation, used in this way for the first time, in the success of this project. The innovative use of such sophisticated instrumentation to facilitate foundation reuse was commended by the judges. This award provides a great demonstration of the use and commercialisation of 'smart' optical fibre instrumentation and also highlights the work of University of Cambridge and the wider CSIC, in particular the Fibre Optic projects, being applied successfully in practice.
Start Year 2013
 
Description British Geological Survey and University of California Berkeley 
Organisation British Geological Survey
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Co-published 2 journal articles and presented at 3 conferences. Large scale numerical modelling of shallow ground temperatures. Won a joint CMMI-NSF proposal with £450K per university partner
Collaborator Contribution BGS provided geological and hydro-geological models at urban scale and UC Berkeley helped with the finite element modelling
Impact New CMMI-EPSRC grant (EP/T019425/1) is a direct outcome of this collaboration.
Start Year 2018
 
Description British Geological Survey and University of California Berkeley 
Organisation University of California, Berkeley
Department Civil and Environmental Engineering
Country United States 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Co-published 2 journal articles and presented at 3 conferences. Large scale numerical modelling of shallow ground temperatures. Won a joint CMMI-NSF proposal with £450K per university partner
Collaborator Contribution BGS provided geological and hydro-geological models at urban scale and UC Berkeley helped with the finite element modelling
Impact New CMMI-EPSRC grant (EP/T019425/1) is a direct outcome of this collaboration.
Start Year 2018
 
Description Brookfield Multiplex Construction Europe - CK 
Organisation Brookfield
Department Multiplex Construction Europe ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Axial shortening monitoring of tall residential tower
Collaborator Contribution Axial shortening monitoring of tall residential tower
Impact Axial shortening monitoring of tall residential tower
Start Year 2016
 
Description Brookfield Multiplex Construction Europe Ltd no August 2016 to February 2018 Axial shortening monitoring of tall residential tower - Cedric Kechavarzi 
Organisation Brookfield
Department Multiplex Construction Europe ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Brookfield Multiplex Construction Europe Ltd no August 2016 to February 2018 Axial shortening monitoring of tall residential tower
Collaborator Contribution Brookfield Multiplex Construction Europe Ltd no August 2016 to February 2018 Axial shortening monitoring of tall residential tower
Impact Brookfield Multiplex Construction Europe Ltd no August 2016 to February 2018 Axial shortening monitoring of tall residential tower
Start Year 2016
 
Description Buro Happold - AKNP 
Organisation BuroHappold Engineering
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Futureproofing
Collaborator Contribution Futureproofing
Impact Futureproofing
Start Year 2016
 
Description CERN - PTK 
Organisation European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
Department CERN - Other
Country Switzerland 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Monitoring of LHC Tunnels
Collaborator Contribution Monitoring of LHC Tunnels
Impact Monitoring of LHC Tunnels
Start Year 2015
 
Description CERN AEY 
Organisation European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
Country Switzerland 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Fibre Optic
Collaborator Contribution Fibre Optic
Impact Fibre Optic
Start Year 2015
 
Description CERN, Arup - CK 
Organisation Arup Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CERN tunnel Concrete tunnels - Section 1
Collaborator Contribution CERN tunnel Concrete tunnels - Section 1
Impact CERN tunnel Concrete tunnels - Section 1
Start Year 2015
 
Description CERN, Arup - CK 
Organisation Arup Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CERN tunnel Concrete tunnels - Atlas section
Collaborator Contribution CERN tunnel Concrete tunnels - Atlas section
Impact CERN tunnel Concrete tunnels - Atlas section
Start Year 2015
 
Description CERN, Arup - CK 
Organisation Arup Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CERN tunnel Concrete tunnels - AWAKE section
Collaborator Contribution CERN tunnel Concrete tunnels - AWAKE section
Impact CERN tunnel Concrete tunnels - AWAKE section
Start Year 2016
 
Description CERN, Arup - CK 
Organisation Arup Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CERN tunnel Concrete tunnels - Section 2 & I-beams
Collaborator Contribution CERN tunnel Concrete tunnels - Section 2 & I-beams
Impact CERN tunnel Concrete tunnels - Section 2 & I-beams
Start Year 2015
 
Description CERN, Arup - CK 
Organisation European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
Department CERN - Other
Country Switzerland 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution CERN tunnel Concrete tunnels - Section 2 & I-beams
Collaborator Contribution CERN tunnel Concrete tunnels - Section 2 & I-beams
Impact CERN tunnel Concrete tunnels - Section 2 & I-beams
Start Year 2015
 
Description CERN, Arup - CK 
Organisation European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
Department CERN - Other
Country Switzerland 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution CERN tunnel Concrete tunnels - AWAKE section
Collaborator Contribution CERN tunnel Concrete tunnels - AWAKE section
Impact CERN tunnel Concrete tunnels - AWAKE section
Start Year 2016
 
Description CERN, Arup - CK 
Organisation European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
Department CERN - Other
Country Switzerland 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution CERN tunnel Concrete tunnels - Atlas section
Collaborator Contribution CERN tunnel Concrete tunnels - Atlas section
Impact CERN tunnel Concrete tunnels - Atlas section
Start Year 2015
 
Description CERN, Arup - CK 
Organisation European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
Department CERN - Other
Country Switzerland 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution CERN tunnel Concrete tunnels - Section 1
Collaborator Contribution CERN tunnel Concrete tunnels - Section 1
Impact CERN tunnel Concrete tunnels - Section 1
Start Year 2015
 
Description CH2M - PTK 
Organisation CH2M HILL
Country United States 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution HS2 Pile monitoring
Collaborator Contribution HS2 Pile monitoring
Impact HS2 Pile monitoring
Start Year 2016
 
Description CH2MHil(Halcrow) - PTK 
Organisation CH2M HILL
Country United States 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution PO Tunnel
Collaborator Contribution PO Tunnel
Impact PO Tunnel
Start Year 2014
 
Description CSIC Formal Partner-BKwai 
Organisation BKwai
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Formal CSIC partner
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Not yet know.
Start Year 2020
 
Description CSIC Formal Partner-FDH Infrastructure Services 
Organisation FDH Infrastructure Services
Country United States 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Formal CSIC partner
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Not yet know
Start Year 2019
 
Description CSIC Formal Partner-Royal Haskoning DHV UK 
Organisation Royal HaskoningDHV
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Formal CSIC partner
Collaborator Contribution As above
Impact Not yet know
Start Year 2019
 
Description CSIC Formal Partner-Sintela 
Organisation Sintela
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Formal CSIC Partner
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Not yet know.
Start Year 2019
 
Description CSIC Industry Collaborations - non-partner 
Organisation American International Group
Country United States 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute considerably in in-kind contributions, usually by providing expert advice, Steering Group or Task Group involvement, or access to sites. This value of site access is not to be under-estimated. For instance, the provision of access to London Underground tube lines at 2am brings with it the need for 'sponsor' manpower as our teams need to be accompanied; and Staffordshire Alliance's support in facilitating the instrumentation of new bridges during construction required integration of CSIC researchers into the Alliance's staff teams for extended periods of time. This support is difficult to attribute a value to, but a nominal calculation of £1000 per man day dedicated to CSIC business has been used to provide a rough calculation.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Collaborations - non-partner 
Organisation Amey PLC
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute considerably in in-kind contributions, usually by providing expert advice, Steering Group or Task Group involvement, or access to sites. This value of site access is not to be under-estimated. For instance, the provision of access to London Underground tube lines at 2am brings with it the need for 'sponsor' manpower as our teams need to be accompanied; and Staffordshire Alliance's support in facilitating the instrumentation of new bridges during construction required integration of CSIC researchers into the Alliance's staff teams for extended periods of time. This support is difficult to attribute a value to, but a nominal calculation of £1000 per man day dedicated to CSIC business has been used to provide a rough calculation.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Collaborations - non-partner 
Organisation Anglian Water Services
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute considerably in in-kind contributions, usually by providing expert advice, Steering Group or Task Group involvement, or access to sites. This value of site access is not to be under-estimated. For instance, the provision of access to London Underground tube lines at 2am brings with it the need for 'sponsor' manpower as our teams need to be accompanied; and Staffordshire Alliance's support in facilitating the instrumentation of new bridges during construction required integration of CSIC researchers into the Alliance's staff teams for extended periods of time. This support is difficult to attribute a value to, but a nominal calculation of £1000 per man day dedicated to CSIC business has been used to provide a rough calculation.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Collaborations - non-partner 
Organisation Arm Limited
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute considerably in in-kind contributions, usually by providing expert advice, Steering Group or Task Group involvement, or access to sites. This value of site access is not to be under-estimated. For instance, the provision of access to London Underground tube lines at 2am brings with it the need for 'sponsor' manpower as our teams need to be accompanied; and Staffordshire Alliance's support in facilitating the instrumentation of new bridges during construction required integration of CSIC researchers into the Alliance's staff teams for extended periods of time. This support is difficult to attribute a value to, but a nominal calculation of £1000 per man day dedicated to CSIC business has been used to provide a rough calculation.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Collaborations - non-partner 
Organisation Balfour Beatty
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute considerably in in-kind contributions, usually by providing expert advice, Steering Group or Task Group involvement, or access to sites. This value of site access is not to be under-estimated. For instance, the provision of access to London Underground tube lines at 2am brings with it the need for 'sponsor' manpower as our teams need to be accompanied; and Staffordshire Alliance's support in facilitating the instrumentation of new bridges during construction required integration of CSIC researchers into the Alliance's staff teams for extended periods of time. This support is difficult to attribute a value to, but a nominal calculation of £1000 per man day dedicated to CSIC business has been used to provide a rough calculation.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Collaborations - non-partner 
Organisation Beijing Institute of Architectural Design
Country China 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute considerably in in-kind contributions, usually by providing expert advice, Steering Group or Task Group involvement, or access to sites. This value of site access is not to be under-estimated. For instance, the provision of access to London Underground tube lines at 2am brings with it the need for 'sponsor' manpower as our teams need to be accompanied; and Staffordshire Alliance's support in facilitating the instrumentation of new bridges during construction required integration of CSIC researchers into the Alliance's staff teams for extended periods of time. This support is difficult to attribute a value to, but a nominal calculation of £1000 per man day dedicated to CSIC business has been used to provide a rough calculation.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Collaborations - non-partner 
Organisation BuroHappold Engineering
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute considerably in in-kind contributions, usually by providing expert advice, Steering Group or Task Group involvement, or access to sites. This value of site access is not to be under-estimated. For instance, the provision of access to London Underground tube lines at 2am brings with it the need for 'sponsor' manpower as our teams need to be accompanied; and Staffordshire Alliance's support in facilitating the instrumentation of new bridges during construction required integration of CSIC researchers into the Alliance's staff teams for extended periods of time. This support is difficult to attribute a value to, but a nominal calculation of £1000 per man day dedicated to CSIC business has been used to provide a rough calculation.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Collaborations - non-partner 
Organisation CSEM Brasil
Country Brazil 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute considerably in in-kind contributions, usually by providing expert advice, Steering Group or Task Group involvement, or access to sites. This value of site access is not to be under-estimated. For instance, the provision of access to London Underground tube lines at 2am brings with it the need for 'sponsor' manpower as our teams need to be accompanied; and Staffordshire Alliance's support in facilitating the instrumentation of new bridges during construction required integration of CSIC researchers into the Alliance's staff teams for extended periods of time. This support is difficult to attribute a value to, but a nominal calculation of £1000 per man day dedicated to CSIC business has been used to provide a rough calculation.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Collaborations - non-partner 
Organisation Capita
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute considerably in in-kind contributions, usually by providing expert advice, Steering Group or Task Group involvement, or access to sites. This value of site access is not to be under-estimated. For instance, the provision of access to London Underground tube lines at 2am brings with it the need for 'sponsor' manpower as our teams need to be accompanied; and Staffordshire Alliance's support in facilitating the instrumentation of new bridges during construction required integration of CSIC researchers into the Alliance's staff teams for extended periods of time. This support is difficult to attribute a value to, but a nominal calculation of £1000 per man day dedicated to CSIC business has been used to provide a rough calculation.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Collaborations - non-partner 
Organisation Cemex plc
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute considerably in in-kind contributions, usually by providing expert advice, Steering Group or Task Group involvement, or access to sites. This value of site access is not to be under-estimated. For instance, the provision of access to London Underground tube lines at 2am brings with it the need for 'sponsor' manpower as our teams need to be accompanied; and Staffordshire Alliance's support in facilitating the instrumentation of new bridges during construction required integration of CSIC researchers into the Alliance's staff teams for extended periods of time. This support is difficult to attribute a value to, but a nominal calculation of £1000 per man day dedicated to CSIC business has been used to provide a rough calculation.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Collaborations - non-partner 
Organisation Chapman Taylor LLP
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute considerably in in-kind contributions, usually by providing expert advice, Steering Group or Task Group involvement, or access to sites. This value of site access is not to be under-estimated. For instance, the provision of access to London Underground tube lines at 2am brings with it the need for 'sponsor' manpower as our teams need to be accompanied; and Staffordshire Alliance's support in facilitating the instrumentation of new bridges during construction required integration of CSIC researchers into the Alliance's staff teams for extended periods of time. This support is difficult to attribute a value to, but a nominal calculation of £1000 per man day dedicated to CSIC business has been used to provide a rough calculation.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Collaborations - non-partner 
Organisation Dragados
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute considerably in in-kind contributions, usually by providing expert advice, Steering Group or Task Group involvement, or access to sites. This value of site access is not to be under-estimated. For instance, the provision of access to London Underground tube lines at 2am brings with it the need for 'sponsor' manpower as our teams need to be accompanied; and Staffordshire Alliance's support in facilitating the instrumentation of new bridges during construction required integration of CSIC researchers into the Alliance's staff teams for extended periods of time. This support is difficult to attribute a value to, but a nominal calculation of £1000 per man day dedicated to CSIC business has been used to provide a rough calculation.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Collaborations - non-partner 
Organisation Environment Agency
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute considerably in in-kind contributions, usually by providing expert advice, Steering Group or Task Group involvement, or access to sites. This value of site access is not to be under-estimated. For instance, the provision of access to London Underground tube lines at 2am brings with it the need for 'sponsor' manpower as our teams need to be accompanied; and Staffordshire Alliance's support in facilitating the instrumentation of new bridges during construction required integration of CSIC researchers into the Alliance's staff teams for extended periods of time. This support is difficult to attribute a value to, but a nominal calculation of £1000 per man day dedicated to CSIC business has been used to provide a rough calculation.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Collaborations - non-partner 
Organisation Future Cities Catapult Limited
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute considerably in in-kind contributions, usually by providing expert advice, Steering Group or Task Group involvement, or access to sites. This value of site access is not to be under-estimated. For instance, the provision of access to London Underground tube lines at 2am brings with it the need for 'sponsor' manpower as our teams need to be accompanied; and Staffordshire Alliance's support in facilitating the instrumentation of new bridges during construction required integration of CSIC researchers into the Alliance's staff teams for extended periods of time. This support is difficult to attribute a value to, but a nominal calculation of £1000 per man day dedicated to CSIC business has been used to provide a rough calculation.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Collaborations - non-partner 
Organisation HST
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute considerably in in-kind contributions, usually by providing expert advice, Steering Group or Task Group involvement, or access to sites. This value of site access is not to be under-estimated. For instance, the provision of access to London Underground tube lines at 2am brings with it the need for 'sponsor' manpower as our teams need to be accompanied; and Staffordshire Alliance's support in facilitating the instrumentation of new bridges during construction required integration of CSIC researchers into the Alliance's staff teams for extended periods of time. This support is difficult to attribute a value to, but a nominal calculation of £1000 per man day dedicated to CSIC business has been used to provide a rough calculation.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Collaborations - non-partner 
Organisation Mabey plc
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute considerably in in-kind contributions, usually by providing expert advice, Steering Group or Task Group involvement, or access to sites. This value of site access is not to be under-estimated. For instance, the provision of access to London Underground tube lines at 2am brings with it the need for 'sponsor' manpower as our teams need to be accompanied; and Staffordshire Alliance's support in facilitating the instrumentation of new bridges during construction required integration of CSIC researchers into the Alliance's staff teams for extended periods of time. This support is difficult to attribute a value to, but a nominal calculation of £1000 per man day dedicated to CSIC business has been used to provide a rough calculation.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Collaborations - non-partner 
Organisation McLaren Applied Technologies
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute considerably in in-kind contributions, usually by providing expert advice, Steering Group or Task Group involvement, or access to sites. This value of site access is not to be under-estimated. For instance, the provision of access to London Underground tube lines at 2am brings with it the need for 'sponsor' manpower as our teams need to be accompanied; and Staffordshire Alliance's support in facilitating the instrumentation of new bridges during construction required integration of CSIC researchers into the Alliance's staff teams for extended periods of time. This support is difficult to attribute a value to, but a nominal calculation of £1000 per man day dedicated to CSIC business has been used to provide a rough calculation.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Collaborations - non-partner 
Organisation Morgan Sindall Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute considerably in in-kind contributions, usually by providing expert advice, Steering Group or Task Group involvement, or access to sites. This value of site access is not to be under-estimated. For instance, the provision of access to London Underground tube lines at 2am brings with it the need for 'sponsor' manpower as our teams need to be accompanied; and Staffordshire Alliance's support in facilitating the instrumentation of new bridges during construction required integration of CSIC researchers into the Alliance's staff teams for extended periods of time. This support is difficult to attribute a value to, but a nominal calculation of £1000 per man day dedicated to CSIC business has been used to provide a rough calculation.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Collaborations - non-partner 
Organisation National Physical Laboratory
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute considerably in in-kind contributions, usually by providing expert advice, Steering Group or Task Group involvement, or access to sites. This value of site access is not to be under-estimated. For instance, the provision of access to London Underground tube lines at 2am brings with it the need for 'sponsor' manpower as our teams need to be accompanied; and Staffordshire Alliance's support in facilitating the instrumentation of new bridges during construction required integration of CSIC researchers into the Alliance's staff teams for extended periods of time. This support is difficult to attribute a value to, but a nominal calculation of £1000 per man day dedicated to CSIC business has been used to provide a rough calculation.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Collaborations - non-partner 
Organisation PTV System Software und Consulting GmbH
Country Germany 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute considerably in in-kind contributions, usually by providing expert advice, Steering Group or Task Group involvement, or access to sites. This value of site access is not to be under-estimated. For instance, the provision of access to London Underground tube lines at 2am brings with it the need for 'sponsor' manpower as our teams need to be accompanied; and Staffordshire Alliance's support in facilitating the instrumentation of new bridges during construction required integration of CSIC researchers into the Alliance's staff teams for extended periods of time. This support is difficult to attribute a value to, but a nominal calculation of £1000 per man day dedicated to CSIC business has been used to provide a rough calculation.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Collaborations - non-partner 
Organisation Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute considerably in in-kind contributions, usually by providing expert advice, Steering Group or Task Group involvement, or access to sites. This value of site access is not to be under-estimated. For instance, the provision of access to London Underground tube lines at 2am brings with it the need for 'sponsor' manpower as our teams need to be accompanied; and Staffordshire Alliance's support in facilitating the instrumentation of new bridges during construction required integration of CSIC researchers into the Alliance's staff teams for extended periods of time. This support is difficult to attribute a value to, but a nominal calculation of £1000 per man day dedicated to CSIC business has been used to provide a rough calculation.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Collaborations - non-partner 
Organisation Severn Trent Water
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute considerably in in-kind contributions, usually by providing expert advice, Steering Group or Task Group involvement, or access to sites. This value of site access is not to be under-estimated. For instance, the provision of access to London Underground tube lines at 2am brings with it the need for 'sponsor' manpower as our teams need to be accompanied; and Staffordshire Alliance's support in facilitating the instrumentation of new bridges during construction required integration of CSIC researchers into the Alliance's staff teams for extended periods of time. This support is difficult to attribute a value to, but a nominal calculation of £1000 per man day dedicated to CSIC business has been used to provide a rough calculation.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Collaborations - non-partner 
Organisation Spiekermann & Wegener
Country Germany 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute considerably in in-kind contributions, usually by providing expert advice, Steering Group or Task Group involvement, or access to sites. This value of site access is not to be under-estimated. For instance, the provision of access to London Underground tube lines at 2am brings with it the need for 'sponsor' manpower as our teams need to be accompanied; and Staffordshire Alliance's support in facilitating the instrumentation of new bridges during construction required integration of CSIC researchers into the Alliance's staff teams for extended periods of time. This support is difficult to attribute a value to, but a nominal calculation of £1000 per man day dedicated to CSIC business has been used to provide a rough calculation.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Collaborations - non-partner 
Organisation Sybersystems Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute considerably in in-kind contributions, usually by providing expert advice, Steering Group or Task Group involvement, or access to sites. This value of site access is not to be under-estimated. For instance, the provision of access to London Underground tube lines at 2am brings with it the need for 'sponsor' manpower as our teams need to be accompanied; and Staffordshire Alliance's support in facilitating the instrumentation of new bridges during construction required integration of CSIC researchers into the Alliance's staff teams for extended periods of time. This support is difficult to attribute a value to, but a nominal calculation of £1000 per man day dedicated to CSIC business has been used to provide a rough calculation.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Collaborations - non-partner 
Organisation Telespazio Vega (IDEAS)
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute considerably in in-kind contributions, usually by providing expert advice, Steering Group or Task Group involvement, or access to sites. This value of site access is not to be under-estimated. For instance, the provision of access to London Underground tube lines at 2am brings with it the need for 'sponsor' manpower as our teams need to be accompanied; and Staffordshire Alliance's support in facilitating the instrumentation of new bridges during construction required integration of CSIC researchers into the Alliance's staff teams for extended periods of time. This support is difficult to attribute a value to, but a nominal calculation of £1000 per man day dedicated to CSIC business has been used to provide a rough calculation.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Collaborations - non-partner 
Organisation The Staffordshire Alliance
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute considerably in in-kind contributions, usually by providing expert advice, Steering Group or Task Group involvement, or access to sites. This value of site access is not to be under-estimated. For instance, the provision of access to London Underground tube lines at 2am brings with it the need for 'sponsor' manpower as our teams need to be accompanied; and Staffordshire Alliance's support in facilitating the instrumentation of new bridges during construction required integration of CSIC researchers into the Alliance's staff teams for extended periods of time. This support is difficult to attribute a value to, but a nominal calculation of £1000 per man day dedicated to CSIC business has been used to provide a rough calculation.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Collaborations - non-partner 
Organisation The Woodhouse Partnership
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute considerably in in-kind contributions, usually by providing expert advice, Steering Group or Task Group involvement, or access to sites. This value of site access is not to be under-estimated. For instance, the provision of access to London Underground tube lines at 2am brings with it the need for 'sponsor' manpower as our teams need to be accompanied; and Staffordshire Alliance's support in facilitating the instrumentation of new bridges during construction required integration of CSIC researchers into the Alliance's staff teams for extended periods of time. This support is difficult to attribute a value to, but a nominal calculation of £1000 per man day dedicated to CSIC business has been used to provide a rough calculation.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Collaborations - non-partner 
Organisation Tidworth Mums
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute considerably in in-kind contributions, usually by providing expert advice, Steering Group or Task Group involvement, or access to sites. This value of site access is not to be under-estimated. For instance, the provision of access to London Underground tube lines at 2am brings with it the need for 'sponsor' manpower as our teams need to be accompanied; and Staffordshire Alliance's support in facilitating the instrumentation of new bridges during construction required integration of CSIC researchers into the Alliance's staff teams for extended periods of time. This support is difficult to attribute a value to, but a nominal calculation of £1000 per man day dedicated to CSIC business has been used to provide a rough calculation.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Collaborations - non-partner 
Organisation UK Tram Centro
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute considerably in in-kind contributions, usually by providing expert advice, Steering Group or Task Group involvement, or access to sites. This value of site access is not to be under-estimated. For instance, the provision of access to London Underground tube lines at 2am brings with it the need for 'sponsor' manpower as our teams need to be accompanied; and Staffordshire Alliance's support in facilitating the instrumentation of new bridges during construction required integration of CSIC researchers into the Alliance's staff teams for extended periods of time. This support is difficult to attribute a value to, but a nominal calculation of £1000 per man day dedicated to CSIC business has been used to provide a rough calculation.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Collaborations - non-partner 
Organisation Utterberry Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute considerably in in-kind contributions, usually by providing expert advice, Steering Group or Task Group involvement, or access to sites. This value of site access is not to be under-estimated. For instance, the provision of access to London Underground tube lines at 2am brings with it the need for 'sponsor' manpower as our teams need to be accompanied; and Staffordshire Alliance's support in facilitating the instrumentation of new bridges during construction required integration of CSIC researchers into the Alliance's staff teams for extended periods of time. This support is difficult to attribute a value to, but a nominal calculation of £1000 per man day dedicated to CSIC business has been used to provide a rough calculation.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation Aeroflex Ltd
Country United States 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation Arup Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation Building Research Establishment
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation CIRIA
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation Costain Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation Crossrail
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation Department of Transport
Department Highways Agency
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation GE Aviation Systems
Country United States 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation Geosense
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation Geotechnical Observations
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation Halcrow Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation Humber Bridge Board
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation IBM
Department IBM UK Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation Imetrum
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation Itmsoil
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation Laing O'Rourke
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation Mott Macdonald UK Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation NXP Semiconductors was Philips Semiconductor
Country Netherlands 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation National Grid UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation Network Rail Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation Omnisense
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation Parsons Brinckerhoff
Country United States 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation RedBite Solutions
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation RolaTube
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation Scottish Water
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation Senceive
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation Skanska UK Ltd
Department Cementation Skanska
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation Soldata Group
Country Global 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation Thales Group
Country France 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation Thames Water Utilities Limited
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation Topcon
Country Japan 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation Toshiba Research Europe Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation Transport Research Laboratory Ltd (TRL)
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation Transport Scotland
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation Transport for London
Department London Underground
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation Transport for London
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation Tube Lines Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation WS Atkins
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation WSP Group plc
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Collaborations 
Organisation Zuehlke Engineering AG
Department Zuhlke UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult. These collaborations have resulted in over 55 demonstration sites and case studies on innovative technology, methods and tools.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC RA Funding Project - Deep foundation automatic anomaly detection and visualisation system 
Organisation Arup Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The proposed research aims to develop an automated pile integrity interpretation framework that uses thermal distributed fibre optic (FO) methodology, finite element modelling and machine learning techniques. In the first and second stages, using a full-scale well controlled laboratorytest, the project will firstly develop a system to visualise the pile construction process using collected date and an effective interpretation method for assessing the structural integrity of the pile. Then, machine leaning techniques will be used to recognise the defect patterns within the pile to establish a rapid anomaly response system. An automatic defect detection prototype (software) will be developed at the end of the first stage which allows automatic defection including the location of the defect and its size using minimal human input. In the third stage, the project aims to study the complex strain and temperature coupling effect for early age concrete. The study outcomes will not only help to improve the capability of the anomaly detection system, but will enable the whole-life performance assessment of the concrete piles and hence a benchmark for pile re-use in future.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Project still active, outputs and outcomes not yet know.
Start Year 2020
 
Description CSIC RA Funding Project - Deep foundation automatic anomaly detection and visualisation system 
Organisation Skanska UK Ltd
Department Cementation Skanska
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The proposed research aims to develop an automated pile integrity interpretation framework that uses thermal distributed fibre optic (FO) methodology, finite element modelling and machine learning techniques. In the first and second stages, using a full-scale well controlled laboratorytest, the project will firstly develop a system to visualise the pile construction process using collected date and an effective interpretation method for assessing the structural integrity of the pile. Then, machine leaning techniques will be used to recognise the defect patterns within the pile to establish a rapid anomaly response system. An automatic defect detection prototype (software) will be developed at the end of the first stage which allows automatic defection including the location of the defect and its size using minimal human input. In the third stage, the project aims to study the complex strain and temperature coupling effect for early age concrete. The study outcomes will not only help to improve the capability of the anomaly detection system, but will enable the whole-life performance assessment of the concrete piles and hence a benchmark for pile re-use in future.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Project still active, outputs and outcomes not yet know.
Start Year 2020
 
Description CSIC RA Funding Project - Digital Twins of Urban Farms 
Organisation Alan Turing Institute
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The objective of seeking CSIC funding is to maximize fully the achievements-to-date on the digital twin of the world's first underground farm by delivering it at a high TRL and testing it for usability and reproducibility in a collaboration between CSIC and the Research Software Engineers at Turing.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Project is still active, outputs and outcomes not yet know.
Start Year 2020
 
Description CSIC RA Funding Project - Digital Twins of Urban Farms 
Organisation Growing Underground
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The objective of seeking CSIC funding is to maximize fully the achievements-to-date on the digital twin of the world's first underground farm by delivering it at a high TRL and testing it for usability and reproducibility in a collaboration between CSIC and the Research Software Engineers at Turing.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Project is still active, outputs and outcomes not yet know.
Start Year 2020
 
Description CSIC RA Funding Project - Digital Twins of Urban Farms 
Organisation Imperial College London
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The objective of seeking CSIC funding is to maximize fully the achievements-to-date on the digital twin of the world's first underground farm by delivering it at a high TRL and testing it for usability and reproducibility in a collaboration between CSIC and the Research Software Engineers at Turing.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Project is still active, outputs and outcomes not yet know.
Start Year 2020
 
Description CSIC RA Funding Project - Export cable stability for offshore wind turbine arrays 
Organisation Cura Analytica
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution This project will focus on alleviating the potential risk of over-estimating wind farm export cable fatigue problems via three activities: (i) Assess experimentally the validity of various models for pipeline (or cable) breakout in sands under combined loading via 1g laboratory testing (delivered by post-doc and PI Stanier & Co-I Viggiani); (ii) Evaluate the impact of varying models for cable restraint on export cable fatigue using finite element methods (delivered by MRes student and PI Stanier & Co-I Viggiani); and (iii) Develop a prototype system for cable fatigue monitoring using fibre optic technologies that could potentially be deployed in the field (delivered by post-doc and PI Stanier & Co-I Viggiani).
Collaborator Contribution Expert in subsea cable fatigue design. Will provide access to commercial Orcaflex license for FE simulations. Key local contact for the offshore wind consultancy sector.
Impact Project still active, outputs and outcomes not yet know.
Start Year 2020
 
Description CSIC RA Funding Project - Inside concrete - distributed spatial and temporal fibre optic sensing 
Organisation University of Oxford
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution 1. To validate and calibrate distributed optical fibre sensing systems as accurate measures of temporal and spatial temperature and strain in fresh and hardened concrete. 2. To explore how distributed sensor indicators could be used as early age predictive measures for conventional ordinary Portland cement and more sustainable low-carbon mixes. Better predictors of concrete strength reduce uncertainty, enhance productivity and improve efficiency. The insight could also be used to adapt manufacturing processes and to promote acceptance of low carbon cementitious elements. 3. To determine the feasibility of a back-scattering spectrometer based system for monitoring internal concrete temperature and strain. 4. To undertake a scoping study of the added value of 'Inside concrete' fibre optic sensing during the fresh state curing process and consider how this might be extrapolated across different
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Project is still active, outputs and outcomes not yet known.
Start Year 2020
 
Description CSIC RA Funding Project - Inside concrete - distributed spatial and temporal fibre optic sensing 
Organisation University of Southampton
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution 1. To validate and calibrate distributed optical fibre sensing systems as accurate measures of temporal and spatial temperature and strain in fresh and hardened concrete. 2. To explore how distributed sensor indicators could be used as early age predictive measures for conventional ordinary Portland cement and more sustainable low-carbon mixes. Better predictors of concrete strength reduce uncertainty, enhance productivity and improve efficiency. The insight could also be used to adapt manufacturing processes and to promote acceptance of low carbon cementitious elements. 3. To determine the feasibility of a back-scattering spectrometer based system for monitoring internal concrete temperature and strain. 4. To undertake a scoping study of the added value of 'Inside concrete' fibre optic sensing during the fresh state curing process and consider how this might be extrapolated across different
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Project is still active, outputs and outcomes not yet known.
Start Year 2020
 
Description CSIC RA Funding Project - Modular design for underground construction 
Organisation Laing O'Rourke
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The goal of this proposal is to revolutionise the approach to delivery of large underground basements with tools for design and implementation of modular off-site construction for increased productivity, faster completion and reduced carbon.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Project is still active, outputs and outcomes not yet know
Start Year 2020
 
Description CSIC RA Funding Project - Modular design for underground construction 
Organisation Smith and Wallwork
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The goal of this proposal is to revolutionise the approach to delivery of large underground basements with tools for design and implementation of modular off-site construction for increased productivity, faster completion and reduced carbon.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Project is still active, outputs and outcomes not yet know
Start Year 2020
 
Description CSIC RA Funding Project - Whole life carbon costing in the context of ACORN - and beyond 
Organisation Arup Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution - Identify/Develop techniques to quantify the whole-life cost and carbon impact of the new methods of construction. - Evaluate existing carbon-counting tools available to infrastructure and construction industry, to determine utility to the industry in e.g. assessing most appropriate interventions on existing assets wrt carbon - Create guidance for industry in terms of 'getting the basics right' with respect to carbon assessment and minimising CO2 emissions and resource use
Collaborator Contribution LOR Access to factory and construction sites McKinsey Advisor on process mapping and carbon accounting Costain Access to construction sites Qualisflow Advisor on process mapping and carbon accounting Arup Advisor on process mapping and carbon accounting
Impact Project still active, outputs and outcomes not yet known
Start Year 2020
 
Description CSIC RA Funding Project - Whole life carbon costing in the context of ACORN - and beyond 
Organisation Costain Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution - Identify/Develop techniques to quantify the whole-life cost and carbon impact of the new methods of construction. - Evaluate existing carbon-counting tools available to infrastructure and construction industry, to determine utility to the industry in e.g. assessing most appropriate interventions on existing assets wrt carbon - Create guidance for industry in terms of 'getting the basics right' with respect to carbon assessment and minimising CO2 emissions and resource use
Collaborator Contribution LOR Access to factory and construction sites McKinsey Advisor on process mapping and carbon accounting Costain Access to construction sites Qualisflow Advisor on process mapping and carbon accounting Arup Advisor on process mapping and carbon accounting
Impact Project still active, outputs and outcomes not yet known
Start Year 2020
 
Description CSIC RA Funding Project - Whole life carbon costing in the context of ACORN - and beyond 
Organisation Laing O'Rourke
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution - Identify/Develop techniques to quantify the whole-life cost and carbon impact of the new methods of construction. - Evaluate existing carbon-counting tools available to infrastructure and construction industry, to determine utility to the industry in e.g. assessing most appropriate interventions on existing assets wrt carbon - Create guidance for industry in terms of 'getting the basics right' with respect to carbon assessment and minimising CO2 emissions and resource use
Collaborator Contribution LOR Access to factory and construction sites McKinsey Advisor on process mapping and carbon accounting Costain Access to construction sites Qualisflow Advisor on process mapping and carbon accounting Arup Advisor on process mapping and carbon accounting
Impact Project still active, outputs and outcomes not yet known
Start Year 2020
 
Description CSIC RA Funding Project - Whole life carbon costing in the context of ACORN - and beyond 
Organisation McKinsey & Company
Department McKinsey & Company, UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution - Identify/Develop techniques to quantify the whole-life cost and carbon impact of the new methods of construction. - Evaluate existing carbon-counting tools available to infrastructure and construction industry, to determine utility to the industry in e.g. assessing most appropriate interventions on existing assets wrt carbon - Create guidance for industry in terms of 'getting the basics right' with respect to carbon assessment and minimising CO2 emissions and resource use
Collaborator Contribution LOR Access to factory and construction sites McKinsey Advisor on process mapping and carbon accounting Costain Access to construction sites Qualisflow Advisor on process mapping and carbon accounting Arup Advisor on process mapping and carbon accounting
Impact Project still active, outputs and outcomes not yet known
Start Year 2020
 
Description CSIC RA Funding Project - Whole life carbon costing in the context of ACORN - and beyond 
Organisation Qualisflow
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution - Identify/Develop techniques to quantify the whole-life cost and carbon impact of the new methods of construction. - Evaluate existing carbon-counting tools available to infrastructure and construction industry, to determine utility to the industry in e.g. assessing most appropriate interventions on existing assets wrt carbon - Create guidance for industry in terms of 'getting the basics right' with respect to carbon assessment and minimising CO2 emissions and resource use
Collaborator Contribution LOR Access to factory and construction sites McKinsey Advisor on process mapping and carbon accounting Costain Access to construction sites Qualisflow Advisor on process mapping and carbon accounting Arup Advisor on process mapping and carbon accounting
Impact Project still active, outputs and outcomes not yet known
Start Year 2020
 
Description CSIC SME collaborations 
Organisation American Transmission Company
Country United States 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy. CSIC's evolving work with SMEs enables them to connect to markets where they never had contact before - CSIC was a good connectivity hub, helping them make contact with customers who are ready to purchase products and services. With Montec, we probably helped them put their innovation into perspective (particularly regarding the monitoring of ferrous, or ferrous-containing structures, which applies to most infrastructure assets as such). They were then able to focus on masonry structures which will help them further their business.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design. CSIC links many of the big consultancies in the CSIC Industry Partner group with SMEs working on innovative solutions of which the consultancies may not be aware.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC SME collaborations 
Organisation Auriga Europe
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy. CSIC's evolving work with SMEs enables them to connect to markets where they never had contact before - CSIC was a good connectivity hub, helping them make contact with customers who are ready to purchase products and services. With Montec, we probably helped them put their innovation into perspective (particularly regarding the monitoring of ferrous, or ferrous-containing structures, which applies to most infrastructure assets as such). They were then able to focus on masonry structures which will help them further their business.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design. CSIC links many of the big consultancies in the CSIC Industry Partner group with SMEs working on innovative solutions of which the consultancies may not be aware.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC SME collaborations 
Organisation Cambridge Consultants
Department DropTag
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy. CSIC's evolving work with SMEs enables them to connect to markets where they never had contact before - CSIC was a good connectivity hub, helping them make contact with customers who are ready to purchase products and services. With Montec, we probably helped them put their innovation into perspective (particularly regarding the monitoring of ferrous, or ferrous-containing structures, which applies to most infrastructure assets as such). They were then able to focus on masonry structures which will help them further their business.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design. CSIC links many of the big consultancies in the CSIC Industry Partner group with SMEs working on innovative solutions of which the consultancies may not be aware.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC SME collaborations 
Organisation EnLight
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy. CSIC's evolving work with SMEs enables them to connect to markets where they never had contact before - CSIC was a good connectivity hub, helping them make contact with customers who are ready to purchase products and services. With Montec, we probably helped them put their innovation into perspective (particularly regarding the monitoring of ferrous, or ferrous-containing structures, which applies to most infrastructure assets as such). They were then able to focus on masonry structures which will help them further their business.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design. CSIC links many of the big consultancies in the CSIC Industry Partner group with SMEs working on innovative solutions of which the consultancies may not be aware.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC SME collaborations 
Organisation FBGS
Country Germany 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy. CSIC's evolving work with SMEs enables them to connect to markets where they never had contact before - CSIC was a good connectivity hub, helping them make contact with customers who are ready to purchase products and services. With Montec, we probably helped them put their innovation into perspective (particularly regarding the monitoring of ferrous, or ferrous-containing structures, which applies to most infrastructure assets as such). They were then able to focus on masonry structures which will help them further their business.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design. CSIC links many of the big consultancies in the CSIC Industry Partner group with SMEs working on innovative solutions of which the consultancies may not be aware.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC SME collaborations 
Organisation FlyingBinary
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy. CSIC's evolving work with SMEs enables them to connect to markets where they never had contact before - CSIC was a good connectivity hub, helping them make contact with customers who are ready to purchase products and services. With Montec, we probably helped them put their innovation into perspective (particularly regarding the monitoring of ferrous, or ferrous-containing structures, which applies to most infrastructure assets as such). They were then able to focus on masonry structures which will help them further their business.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design. CSIC links many of the big consultancies in the CSIC Industry Partner group with SMEs working on innovative solutions of which the consultancies may not be aware.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC SME collaborations 
Organisation Getec Group
Country Germany 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy. CSIC's evolving work with SMEs enables them to connect to markets where they never had contact before - CSIC was a good connectivity hub, helping them make contact with customers who are ready to purchase products and services. With Montec, we probably helped them put their innovation into perspective (particularly regarding the monitoring of ferrous, or ferrous-containing structures, which applies to most infrastructure assets as such). They were then able to focus on masonry structures which will help them further their business.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design. CSIC links many of the big consultancies in the CSIC Industry Partner group with SMEs working on innovative solutions of which the consultancies may not be aware.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC SME collaborations 
Organisation ITM Monitoring
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy. CSIC's evolving work with SMEs enables them to connect to markets where they never had contact before - CSIC was a good connectivity hub, helping them make contact with customers who are ready to purchase products and services. With Montec, we probably helped them put their innovation into perspective (particularly regarding the monitoring of ferrous, or ferrous-containing structures, which applies to most infrastructure assets as such). They were then able to focus on masonry structures which will help them further their business.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design. CSIC links many of the big consultancies in the CSIC Industry Partner group with SMEs working on innovative solutions of which the consultancies may not be aware.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC SME collaborations 
Organisation Lafarge Tarmac
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy. CSIC's evolving work with SMEs enables them to connect to markets where they never had contact before - CSIC was a good connectivity hub, helping them make contact with customers who are ready to purchase products and services. With Montec, we probably helped them put their innovation into perspective (particularly regarding the monitoring of ferrous, or ferrous-containing structures, which applies to most infrastructure assets as such). They were then able to focus on masonry structures which will help them further their business.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design. CSIC links many of the big consultancies in the CSIC Industry Partner group with SMEs working on innovative solutions of which the consultancies may not be aware.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC SME collaborations 
Organisation Montec Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy. CSIC's evolving work with SMEs enables them to connect to markets where they never had contact before - CSIC was a good connectivity hub, helping them make contact with customers who are ready to purchase products and services. With Montec, we probably helped them put their innovation into perspective (particularly regarding the monitoring of ferrous, or ferrous-containing structures, which applies to most infrastructure assets as such). They were then able to focus on masonry structures which will help them further their business.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design. CSIC links many of the big consultancies in the CSIC Industry Partner group with SMEs working on innovative solutions of which the consultancies may not be aware.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC SME collaborations 
Organisation Omnisense
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy. CSIC's evolving work with SMEs enables them to connect to markets where they never had contact before - CSIC was a good connectivity hub, helping them make contact with customers who are ready to purchase products and services. With Montec, we probably helped them put their innovation into perspective (particularly regarding the monitoring of ferrous, or ferrous-containing structures, which applies to most infrastructure assets as such). They were then able to focus on masonry structures which will help them further their business.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design. CSIC links many of the big consultancies in the CSIC Industry Partner group with SMEs working on innovative solutions of which the consultancies may not be aware.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC SME collaborations 
Organisation Oxbotica
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy. CSIC's evolving work with SMEs enables them to connect to markets where they never had contact before - CSIC was a good connectivity hub, helping them make contact with customers who are ready to purchase products and services. With Montec, we probably helped them put their innovation into perspective (particularly regarding the monitoring of ferrous, or ferrous-containing structures, which applies to most infrastructure assets as such). They were then able to focus on masonry structures which will help them further their business.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design. CSIC links many of the big consultancies in the CSIC Industry Partner group with SMEs working on innovative solutions of which the consultancies may not be aware.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC SME collaborations 
Organisation RedBite Solutions
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy. CSIC's evolving work with SMEs enables them to connect to markets where they never had contact before - CSIC was a good connectivity hub, helping them make contact with customers who are ready to purchase products and services. With Montec, we probably helped them put their innovation into perspective (particularly regarding the monitoring of ferrous, or ferrous-containing structures, which applies to most infrastructure assets as such). They were then able to focus on masonry structures which will help them further their business.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design. CSIC links many of the big consultancies in the CSIC Industry Partner group with SMEs working on innovative solutions of which the consultancies may not be aware.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC SME collaborations 
Organisation Senceive
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy. CSIC's evolving work with SMEs enables them to connect to markets where they never had contact before - CSIC was a good connectivity hub, helping them make contact with customers who are ready to purchase products and services. With Montec, we probably helped them put their innovation into perspective (particularly regarding the monitoring of ferrous, or ferrous-containing structures, which applies to most infrastructure assets as such). They were then able to focus on masonry structures which will help them further their business.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design. CSIC links many of the big consultancies in the CSIC Industry Partner group with SMEs working on innovative solutions of which the consultancies may not be aware.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC SME collaborations 
Organisation Sengenia Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy. CSIC's evolving work with SMEs enables them to connect to markets where they never had contact before - CSIC was a good connectivity hub, helping them make contact with customers who are ready to purchase products and services. With Montec, we probably helped them put their innovation into perspective (particularly regarding the monitoring of ferrous, or ferrous-containing structures, which applies to most infrastructure assets as such). They were then able to focus on masonry structures which will help them further their business.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design. CSIC links many of the big consultancies in the CSIC Industry Partner group with SMEs working on innovative solutions of which the consultancies may not be aware.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC SME collaborations 
Organisation Sensornet
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy. CSIC's evolving work with SMEs enables them to connect to markets where they never had contact before - CSIC was a good connectivity hub, helping them make contact with customers who are ready to purchase products and services. With Montec, we probably helped them put their innovation into perspective (particularly regarding the monitoring of ferrous, or ferrous-containing structures, which applies to most infrastructure assets as such). They were then able to focus on masonry structures which will help them further their business.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design. CSIC links many of the big consultancies in the CSIC Industry Partner group with SMEs working on innovative solutions of which the consultancies may not be aware.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC SME collaborations 
Organisation Sky High Technology Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy. CSIC's evolving work with SMEs enables them to connect to markets where they never had contact before - CSIC was a good connectivity hub, helping them make contact with customers who are ready to purchase products and services. With Montec, we probably helped them put their innovation into perspective (particularly regarding the monitoring of ferrous, or ferrous-containing structures, which applies to most infrastructure assets as such). They were then able to focus on masonry structures which will help them further their business.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design. CSIC links many of the big consultancies in the CSIC Industry Partner group with SMEs working on innovative solutions of which the consultancies may not be aware.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC SME collaborations 
Organisation Speedy Hire
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy. CSIC's evolving work with SMEs enables them to connect to markets where they never had contact before - CSIC was a good connectivity hub, helping them make contact with customers who are ready to purchase products and services. With Montec, we probably helped them put their innovation into perspective (particularly regarding the monitoring of ferrous, or ferrous-containing structures, which applies to most infrastructure assets as such). They were then able to focus on masonry structures which will help them further their business.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design. CSIC links many of the big consultancies in the CSIC Industry Partner group with SMEs working on innovative solutions of which the consultancies may not be aware.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC SME collaborations 
Organisation Spliceteq Communications
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy. CSIC's evolving work with SMEs enables them to connect to markets where they never had contact before - CSIC was a good connectivity hub, helping them make contact with customers who are ready to purchase products and services. With Montec, we probably helped them put their innovation into perspective (particularly regarding the monitoring of ferrous, or ferrous-containing structures, which applies to most infrastructure assets as such). They were then able to focus on masonry structures which will help them further their business.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design. CSIC links many of the big consultancies in the CSIC Industry Partner group with SMEs working on innovative solutions of which the consultancies may not be aware.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CSIC SME collaborations 
Organisation University of Cambridge
Department Cambridge Auto-ID Lab
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution CSIC contributes cutting edge research into innovative solutions for construction efficiencies and structural health monitoring of existing national infrastructure assets, while developing tools and resources to enable and facilitate asset management as a value-based system at the network level, and leveraging impact into city planning policy. CSIC's evolving work with SMEs enables them to connect to markets where they never had contact before - CSIC was a good connectivity hub, helping them make contact with customers who are ready to purchase products and services. With Montec, we probably helped them put their innovation into perspective (particularly regarding the monitoring of ferrous, or ferrous-containing structures, which applies to most infrastructure assets as such). They were then able to focus on masonry structures which will help them further their business.
Collaborator Contribution CSIC's Industry Partners contribute approximately £7 Million in in-kind funding, such as access to the London Underground Tunnels at 2am, which is almost impossible to price, and expertise of national leaders in asset management and innovative product design. CSIC links many of the big consultancies in the CSIC Industry Partner group with SMEs working on innovative solutions of which the consultancies may not be aware.
Impact CSIC's Industry Partner Collaborations are multi-disciplinary, as they involve collaborative projects in areas as diverse as MEMS Vibrating Energy Harvesters, up to city-scale modelling work with government departments and bodies, such as the Future Cities Catapult.
Start Year 2011
 
Description CUED Cambridge University - CK 
Organisation University of Cambridge
Department Department of Engineering
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution James Dyson Building, Piles, columns, beams & slabs
Collaborator Contribution James Dyson Building, Piles, columns, beams & slabs
Impact James Dyson Building, Piles, columns, beams & slabs
Start Year 2015
 
Description CUED, Cambridge University, Cambridge - CK 
Organisation University of Cambridge
Department Department of Engineering
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution James Dyson Building, Building scanning
Collaborator Contribution James Dyson Building, Building scanning
Impact James Dyson Building, Building scanning
Start Year 2015
 
Description Cambridge County Council - CK 
Organisation Cambridge City Council
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Whole life value based bridge work prioritisation
Collaborator Contribution Whole life value based bridge work prioritisation
Impact Whole life value based bridge work prioritisation
Start Year 2015
 
Description Cambridgeshire County Council - ES 
Organisation Cambridgeshire County Council
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Land use - transport /mobility
Collaborator Contribution Land use - transport /mobility
Impact Land use - transport /mobility
Start Year 2016
 
Description Central Alliance 
Organisation Central Alliance
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Cumbrian bridge monitoring
Collaborator Contribution Cumbrian bridge monitoring
Impact Cumbrian bridge monitoring
Start Year 2016
 
Description Centro - JT 
Organisation Centro plc
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Establishment of collaborative project on vehicle-based track condition monitoring, incl. supply of tram, access to depot facilities and support during installation of instrumentation
Collaborator Contribution Establishment of collaborative project on vehicle-based track condition monitoring, incl. supply of tram, access to depot facilities and support during installation of instrumentation
Impact Establishment of collaborative project on vehicle-based track condition monitoring, incl. supply of tram, access to depot facilities and support during installation of instrumentation
Start Year 2015
 
Description City-scale energy analysis - École Normale Supérieure de Cachan 
Organisation École Normale Supérieure de Cachan
Country France 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Dr. Choudhary visited the Civil Engineering Department in Summer 2015 for 6 weeks (April-May), and worked with students there on the topic of visualization of city-scale energy data. In September 2017, she was hosted for a month as Invited Professor in the Department.
Collaborator Contribution In 2015 École Normale Supérieure de Cachan provided technical expertise and resources for interactive visualization of data. As a follow up, a student from ENS visited the B-bem group for a 9 month internship period where we mentored him on the topic of quantifying uncertainties in internal loads of buildings at city scale.
Impact A student from École Normale Supérieure de Cachan visited as a research intern for 12 months (October 2015-2016) to work on this topic. Dr. Choudhary was invited as Visiting Professor for 4 weeks in September 2016 and 2018 to work with new students.
Start Year 2015
 
Description Collaboration with University of Tokyo 
Organisation University of Tokyo
Department Institute of Industrial Science
Country Japan 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution - Guest Professor at Ooka Lab, Institute of Industrial Science for 4 months (Sept-December 2015) supported by an invitational Fellowship by Japan Society of Promotion of Science. - Interacted with PhD students and staff on the following topics: uncertainty analysis, distributed energy systems, exergy analysis of building energy systems. - Since 2015, we have regular annual visits to each others labs
Collaborator Contribution The Ooka Lab invited Cambridge PhD student Bryn Pickering for 2 week visit in December 2015. We have co-authored 2 peer-reviewed conference articles and 3 journal publications. From the B-bem project, PDRA Kathrin Menberg has been heavily involved in these collaborations. We have worked with University of Tokyo to carry out uncertainty analysis in the estimation of ground thermal properties for geo-energy systems. In turn- University of Tokyo helped us carry out exergy analysis of heat pump systems, which enabled us to have an improved understanding of system efficiencies.
Impact 1. 2018 visiting researcher from U. of Tokyo hosted by Alan Turing Institute 2. Uncertainty Analysis: 2 journal articles in 2018 3. Exergy Analysis: 1 conference publication (2017), and 1 journal paper (2017). 4. Distributed Energy Systems: 1 conference publication in 2016.
Start Year 2015
 
Description Cornell University May-17 Laboratory scale pipeline testing - Cedric Kechavarzi 
Organisation Cornell University
Country United States 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Cornell University May-17 Laboratory scale pipeline testing
Collaborator Contribution Cornell University May-17 Laboratory scale pipeline testing
Impact Cornell University May-17 Laboratory scale pipeline testing
Start Year 2017
 
Description Costain - BIM - AKNP 
Organisation Costain Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution BIM
Collaborator Contribution BIM
Impact BIM
Start Year 2016
 
Description Costain - CK 
Organisation Costain Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Tram track monitoring
Collaborator Contribution Tram track monitoring
Impact Tram track monitoring
Start Year 2016
 
Description Costain - CK 
Organisation Costain Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution London Bridge station, noise and pollution monitoring
Collaborator Contribution London Bridge station, noise and pollution monitoring
Impact London Bridge station, noise and pollution monitoring
Start Year 2015
 
Description Costain - Crossrail - CK 
Organisation Costain Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Whole life costing of station: Client requirement analysis
Collaborator Contribution Whole life costing of station: Client requirement analysis
Impact Whole life costing of station: Client requirement analysis
Start Year 2015
 
Description Costain - Crossrail - CK 
Organisation Crossrail
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Whole life costing of station: Client requirement analysis
Collaborator Contribution Whole life costing of station: Client requirement analysis
Impact Whole life costing of station: Client requirement analysis
Start Year 2015
 
Description Costain - Crossrail Bond Street Station - CK 
Organisation Costain Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Futureproofing information and Building Information Modelling (BIM)
Collaborator Contribution Futureproofing information and Building Information Modelling (BIM)
Impact Futureproofing information and Building Information Modelling (BIM)
Start Year 2015
 
Description Costain - Crossrail Bond Street Station - CK 
Organisation Crossrail
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Futureproofing information and Building Information Modelling (BIM)
Collaborator Contribution Futureproofing information and Building Information Modelling (BIM)
Impact Futureproofing information and Building Information Modelling (BIM)
Start Year 2015
 
Description Costain - Highways Agency - CK 
Organisation Costain Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Future proofing information for long term infrastructure management
Collaborator Contribution Future proofing information for long term infrastructure management
Impact Future proofing information for long term infrastructure management
Start Year 2015
 
Description Costain - NdB 
Organisation Costain Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Monitoring of light rail test track
Collaborator Contribution Monitoring of light rail test track
Impact Monitoring of light rail test track
Start Year 2016
 
Description Costain - PTK 
Organisation Costain Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Costain light rail track instrumentation with bend sensors
Collaborator Contribution Costain light rail track instrumentation with bend sensors
Impact Costain light rail track instrumentation with bend sensors
Start Year 2016
 
Description Costain - PTK 
Organisation Costain Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Various London Bridge monitoring projects at construction sites
Collaborator Contribution Various London Bridge monitoring projects at construction sites
Impact Various London Bridge monitoring projects at construction sites
Start Year 2015
 
Description Costain AKNP 
Organisation Costain Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution ICASE Project on Data-driven engineering for improving the performance of asset management
Collaborator Contribution ICASE Project on Data-driven engineering for improving the performance of asset management
Impact ICASE Project on Data-driven engineering for improving the performance of asset management
Start Year 2016
 
Description Costain Computer vision for tunnel monitoring JMS 
Organisation Costain Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Computer vision for tunnel monitoring
Collaborator Contribution Computer vision for tunnel monitoring
Impact Computer vision for tunnel monitoring
Start Year 2016
 
Description Costain light rail -testing of light railtrial 
Organisation Costain Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Site visits and discussion with client; Monitoring system design.
Collaborator Contribution Site visits and discussion with client; Monitoring system design.
Impact Site visits and discussion with client; Monitoring system design.
Start Year 2016
 
Description Costain, Counterest - CK 
Organisation Costain Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution London Bridge station, people monitoring - Computer Vision
Collaborator Contribution London Bridge station, people monitoring - Computer Vision
Impact London Bridge station, people monitoring - Computer Vision
Start Year 2015
 
Description Costain, Counterest - CK 
Organisation Counterest
Country Spain 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution London Bridge station, people monitoring - Computer Vision
Collaborator Contribution London Bridge station, people monitoring - Computer Vision
Impact London Bridge station, people monitoring - Computer Vision
Start Year 2015
 
Description Costain, Skyhigh - CK 
Organisation Costain Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution London Bridge station, people monitoring - Computer Vision
Collaborator Contribution London Bridge station, people monitoring - Computer Vision
Impact London Bridge station, people monitoring - Computer Vision
Start Year 2015
 
Description Costain, Skyhigh - CK 
Organisation Sky High Technology Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution London Bridge station, people monitoring - Computer Vision
Collaborator Contribution London Bridge station, people monitoring - Computer Vision
Impact London Bridge station, people monitoring - Computer Vision
Start Year 2015
 
Description Costain, Toshiba - CK 
Organisation Costain Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution London Bridge station, 3D modelling - Computer Vision
Collaborator Contribution London Bridge station, 3D modelling - Computer Vision
Impact London Bridge station, 3D modelling - Computer Vision
Start Year 2015
 
Description Costain, Toshiba - CK 
Organisation Toshiba
Country Japan 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution London Bridge station, 3D modelling - Computer Vision
Collaborator Contribution London Bridge station, 3D modelling - Computer Vision
Impact London Bridge station, 3D modelling - Computer Vision
Start Year 2015
 
Description Costain, United Utilities - CK 
Organisation Costain Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Futureproofing Assessment of Liverpool Waste Water Treatment Works
Collaborator Contribution Futureproofing Assessment of Liverpool Waste Water Treatment Works
Impact Futureproofing Assessment of Liverpool Waste Water Treatment Works
Start Year 2015
 
Description Costain, United Utilities - CK 
Organisation United Utilities Group PLC
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Futureproofing Assessment of Liverpool Waste Water Treatment Works
Collaborator Contribution Futureproofing Assessment of Liverpool Waste Water Treatment Works
Impact Futureproofing Assessment of Liverpool Waste Water Treatment Works
Start Year 2015
 
Description Counterest - MSA 
Organisation Counterest
Country Spain 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Working together on an article where we use their hardware/software
Collaborator Contribution Working together on an article where we use their hardware/software
Impact Working together on an article where we use their hardware/software
Start Year 2016
 
Description Crossrail - CK 
Organisation Crossrail
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Post office tunnel monitoring - Wireless Sensor Network
Collaborator Contribution Post office tunnel monitoring - Wireless Sensor Network
Impact Post office tunnel monitoring - Wireless Sensor Network
Start Year 2015
 
Description Crossrail - CK 
Organisation Crossrail
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Pudding Mill Lane, Shaft
Collaborator Contribution Pudding Mill Lane, Shaft
Impact Pudding Mill Lane, Shaft
Start Year 2015
 
Description Crossrail - CK 
Organisation Crossrail
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Stepney Green, SCL Tunnel
Collaborator Contribution Stepney Green, SCL Tunnel
Impact Stepney Green, SCL Tunnel
Start Year 2015
 
Description Crossrail - CK 
Organisation Crossrail
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Thames tunnel, Plumstead, Precast concrete tunnel segments
Collaborator Contribution Thames tunnel, Plumstead, Precast concrete tunnel segments
Impact Thames tunnel, Plumstead, Precast concrete tunnel segments
Start Year 2015
 
Description Crossrail - CK 
Organisation Crossrail
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Post Office tunnel monitoring
Collaborator Contribution Post Office tunnel monitoring
Impact Post Office tunnel monitoring
Start Year 2015
 
Description Crossrail - CK 
Organisation Crossrail
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Thames tunnel, Plumstead, Precast concrete tunnel segments
Collaborator Contribution Thames tunnel, Plumstead, Precast concrete tunnel segments
Impact Thames tunnel, Plumstead, Precast concrete tunnel segments
Start Year 2015
 
Description Crossrail - CK 
Organisation Crossrail
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Paddington Station, Deep excavation - Wireless Sensor Network
Collaborator Contribution Paddington Station, Deep excavation - Wireless Sensor Network
Impact Paddington Station, Deep excavation - Wireless Sensor Network
Start Year 2015
 
Description Crossrail - CK 
Organisation Crossrail
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Post office tunnel monitoring - Computer Vision
Collaborator Contribution Post office tunnel monitoring - Computer Vision
Impact Post office tunnel monitoring - Computer Vision
Start Year 2015
 
Description Crossrail - MJD 
Organisation Crossrail
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Research on Settlement effects on masonry structures
Collaborator Contribution Research on Settlement effects on masonry structures
Impact Research on Settlement effects on masonry structures
Start Year 2013
 
Description Crossrail - PTK 
Organisation Crossrail
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Various shaft monitoring projects at construction sites
Collaborator Contribution Various shaft monitoring projects at construction sites
Impact Various shaft monitoring projects at construction sites
Start Year 2015
 
Description Crossrail KTP 
Organisation Crossrail
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Detaied instrumentation of two shafts in London to understand the structural performance of the lining of the shafts and the ground movements associated with their construction
Collaborator Contribution Cash and in-kind contribution in addition to providing access to the main contractors and the construction sites
Impact Publications are currently being written
Start Year 2012
 
Description Crossrail, Arup - CK 
Organisation Arup Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Cambridge Heath Shaft monitoring - Computer Vision
Collaborator Contribution Cambridge Heath Shaft monitoring - Computer Vision
Impact Cambridge Heath Shaft monitoring - Computer Vision
Start Year 2015
 
Description Crossrail, Arup - CK 
Organisation Crossrail
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Cambridge Heath Shaft monitoring - Computer Vision
Collaborator Contribution Cambridge Heath Shaft monitoring - Computer Vision
Impact Cambridge Heath Shaft monitoring - Computer Vision
Start Year 2015
 
Description DRD Roads Service Highway Structures Unit - CK 
Organisation Government of the UK
Department Department of Regional Development (DRD)
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Garron Point rock slope monitoring, Northern Ireland
Collaborator Contribution Garron Point rock slope monitoring, Northern Ireland
Impact Garron Point rock slope monitoring, Northern Ireland
Start Year 2015
 
Description Data-centric Bridge Assessment (Marsh Lane Viaduct) Haris Alexakis 
Organisation Network Rail Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Data-centric Bridge Assessment (Marsh Lane Viaduct
Collaborator Contribution Data-centric Bridge Assessment (Marsh Lane Viaduct
Impact Data-centric Bridge Assessment (Marsh Lane Viaduct
Start Year 2017
 
Description Data-centric bridge monitoring and assessment - Liam Butler 
Organisation Alan Turing Institute
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Data-centric bridge monitoring and assessment
Collaborator Contribution Data-centric bridge monitoring and assessment
Impact Data-centric bridge monitoring and assessment
Start Year 2017
 
Description Department for Transport, Local Transport, UK - ES 
Organisation Department of Transport
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Local transport planning
Collaborator Contribution Local transport planning
Impact Local transport planning
Start Year 2016
 
Description Designing in data insights to improve customer experience at Gatwick Train Station  
Organisation Costain Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Jennifer Schooling and Costain working on secondment project Designing in data insights to improve customer experience at Gatwick Train Station 
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Collaboration still active, outputs and outcomes not yet known.
Start Year 2020
 
Description Developing the supply chain to advance dynamic strain sensing 
Organisation FEBUS Optics
Country France 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Responding to industry call In a working group discussion at a CSIC event, industry partners raised the subject of sensing strain in structures and that current distributed fibre optic strain sensing technologies were too slow to capture dynamic events. There was a consensus that the ability to measure strain at a rate of 50Hz or more was needed to fulfil many dynamic applications, such as capturing traffic loading effects on bridges. However, achieving this goal would require development and application of new technology. CSIC has worked with French SME, FEBUS Optics1 to deliver this capability. Febus had developed a new generation of fast Brillouin fibre optic strain sensing systems, the FEBUS G1. FEBUS and CSIC discussed applying the technology for civil engineering applications, and the challenge was set to create a dynamic infrastructure sensing system. After six months of development, FEBUS met this challenge and demonstrated dynamic strain measurement at 50Hz over 1km in a fully-functioning system, the FEBUS G1D. This ability means vital performance data can be captured at sub-second rates instead of periodically sampling performance at longer time frames over several minutes. CSIC worked with Febus on minimum system requirements and specifications, and in late 2018, the FEBUS G1D was ready to leave the lab and be deployed in the field. First deployment on a CSIC project The FEBUS G1D was used as part of the rockfall early warning system developed by CSIC in a collaborative project with Network Rail to monitor Hooley Cutting: the steep cutting faces either side of a 170-year-old stretch of railway between London and Brighton. The FEBUS system was successfully used to monitor strain changes in a rockfall mesh in real time in order to capture potential rock debris accumulating in the mesh on the cutting (see Transforming infrastructure through smarter information). Key benefits of fibre optic sensing Optical fibre sensors can measure many infrastructure parameters, including strain, temperature, displacement, vibration, and, with some mechanical modifications, tilt and acceleration. For sensing requirements that need more than several hundred sensing points (for example embankments and rail track), optical fibre sensing also becomes the lowest cost solution. It eliminates the need for copper cable power cables or battery maintenance and is easy to install. This ability of distributed fibre optic sensing systems, such as the FEBUS G1, to provide spatially dense information while being simple to install means that fibre optic sensors are becoming an attractive alternative to electrical point sensors for infrastructure sensing. The system is commercially available and more than 30 FEBUS G1 systems have now been made and deployed around the world. Implications for whole-life monitoring The fibre optic sensor cables used by CSIC are identical to telecommunications optical fibre which has been used worldwide since the 1970s and 80s. They are made of silica which does not experience the same failure modes as electrical sensors and is one of the most environmentally stable compounds known; there is no corrosion when the sensors are exposed to humidity, nor do they suffer from electromigration ageing or copper embrittlement. They are also immune to electromagnetic fields present in high voltage environments such as rail. Corning Glass, a leading manufacturer of optical fibre recently published a white paper on their use, and in particular, the lifespan of the product. In the paper Corning have stated that there is "no 'theoretical lifetime' of optical fibres" and that "there is no industry accepted 'wear out' mechanism for optical fibre". They reported that it is "common for customers to report to Corning that trial fibres installed in the late 1970s or early 1980s are still in use today". Optical sensing systems which can last for the life of the asset being monitored make whole-life sensing a real option for asset management and can provide the data required to ensure the asset is fit for purpose over its entire lifetime.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact The system is commercially available and more than 30 FEBUS G1 systems have now been made and deployed around the world.
Start Year 2018
 
Description Developing toolkit for bridge maintenance - Zhenglin Liang 
Organisation Mott Macdonald UK Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Developing toolkit for bridge maintenance
Collaborator Contribution Developing toolkit for bridge maintenance
Impact Developing toolkit for bridge maintenance
Start Year 2017
 
Description Development of a 3D geological model of Greater London - Asal Bidarmaghz 
Organisation British Geological Survey
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Development of a 3D geological model of Greater London
Collaborator Contribution Development of a 3D geological model of Greater London
Impact Development of a 3D geological model of Greater London
Start Year 2017
 
Description Diemount joint development of low cost FO sensors JMS 
Organisation Diemount GmbH
Country Germany 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution joint development of low cost FO sensors
Collaborator Contribution joint development of low cost FO sensors
Impact joint development of low cost FO sensors
Start Year 2016
 
Description Digital Cities for Change: next-generation tools for city planning and management 
Organisation Cambridgeshire County Council
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution The challenges for modern cities to deliver smart systems for its citizens are complex and cut across many traditional disciplines. CSIC's Digital Cities for Change project, funded by the Ove Arup Foundation and the Centre for Digital Built Britain, evaluates both the existing structures and systems of city and infrastructure management, and investigates how digital tools can help better decision-making within these areas. Understanding limitations of the current approach The planning, management and operation of assets, buildings and towns have traditionally operated in professional silos. Researchers are investigating the impact of these silos within city and infrastructure management and how this leads to departments following separate, and sometimes divergent, approaches to address common challenges. We live in an era of increasing digital abundance, but industry and city governments lack the tools to understand and interpret the data to support smarter decision-making processes and deliver best value from them. In order to deliver on the transformative potential of this digital revolution, we need built environment professionals who are trained in a broader range of disciplines and tools, bridging infrastructure and city management solutions and developing the opportunities presented by the digital economy. Working with local authorities The use of data has huge potential to help deliver social, economic and political goals for cities. Digital Cities for Change researchers have built a working partnership with Smart Cambridge, a programme supported by Connecting Cambridgeshire, which is led by Cambridgeshire County Council, and are using the city as a pilot. A workshop was held in December 2018 with o?cers from the council's transport, sustainability and planning departments to plan how digital technology and data can be used to support decisions and make improvements. The aim of the workshop was to understand the current activities addressing two of the council's policy goals; improving air quality and reducing congestion, including the use of data to support policy measures related to the goals and to explore future requirements. Researchers are also aiming to understand the possibilities for developing a digital twin prototype for the city which responds to imminent challenges and the delivery of the policy goals. Developing a new digital strategy The Digital Cities for Change team is now exploring the potential building blocks of a new digital strategy, with two key components: 1. A digital twin, combining traditional urban modelling techniques, new data sources and advanced data analytics, to support decision-making in di?erent sectors. 2. A new governance framework which will ensure successful implementation through linking planning, management and operation. The digital twin prototype will use technology and data to tackle air pollution and tra?c congestion. It will include recent trends of journeys to work in Cambridge, including how people of di?erent ages and employment status travel to work and how di?erent factors a?ect their travel. It will also explore future possible journeys to work based on transport investment, housing developments and how ?exible working and new technology may impact commuting. A web-based modelling platform will also visualise future development options and give people an opportunity for feedback. The governance aspect of the strategy will map stakeholders of the digital twin and their relationships to each other across government and private sectors. It will incorporate legislation and regulation, sharing and security. A crucial part of the governance will be citizen engagement - to connect the physical to the data and provide evidence that can motivate people to change their behaviour. This will involve talking to employees about ?exible working and community co-working spaces. The vision for the city-level strategy The Cambridge digital twin prototype, along with the governance recommendations is under development, with an initial version discussed with colleagues at Smart Cambridge in April. The project team is now planning to re?ne the strategy and develop the tool to explore di?erent aspects of the collection, processing and use of data to improve various city functions.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Nochta, T., Wan, L., Schooling, J. M. et al. (2019). Digitalisation for smarter cities: Moving from a static to a dynamic view. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Smart Infrastructure and Construction Journal, https://doi.org/10.1680/jsmic.19.00001. www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/jsmic.19.00001 Nochta, T., Badstuber, N.E., Wan, L. (2019). Evidence-informed decisionmaking in multi-stakeholder settings: The case of city digital twins for planning and management. Proceedings of the Data for Policy Conference, 11-12 June 2019, University College London, UK. zenodo.org/record/2798858#.XV0MmXvTXQy Wan, L., Nochta, T., Schooling, J.M. (2019). Developing A City-level Digital Twin - Propositions and A Case Study. Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Construction (ICSIC), 8-10 July 2019, Churchill College, Cambridge, UK. www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/291545 Nochta, T., Badstuber, N.E., Wahby, N. (2019). On the Governance of City Digital Twins - Insights from the Cambridge Case Study. Working paper, published in the CDBB publication series. Series No: CDBB_WP_012. www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/293984
Start Year 2018
 
Description Digital Cities for Change: next-generation tools for city planning and management 
Organisation Digital Built Britain
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The challenges for modern cities to deliver smart systems for its citizens are complex and cut across many traditional disciplines. CSIC's Digital Cities for Change project, funded by the Ove Arup Foundation and the Centre for Digital Built Britain, evaluates both the existing structures and systems of city and infrastructure management, and investigates how digital tools can help better decision-making within these areas. Understanding limitations of the current approach The planning, management and operation of assets, buildings and towns have traditionally operated in professional silos. Researchers are investigating the impact of these silos within city and infrastructure management and how this leads to departments following separate, and sometimes divergent, approaches to address common challenges. We live in an era of increasing digital abundance, but industry and city governments lack the tools to understand and interpret the data to support smarter decision-making processes and deliver best value from them. In order to deliver on the transformative potential of this digital revolution, we need built environment professionals who are trained in a broader range of disciplines and tools, bridging infrastructure and city management solutions and developing the opportunities presented by the digital economy. Working with local authorities The use of data has huge potential to help deliver social, economic and political goals for cities. Digital Cities for Change researchers have built a working partnership with Smart Cambridge, a programme supported by Connecting Cambridgeshire, which is led by Cambridgeshire County Council, and are using the city as a pilot. A workshop was held in December 2018 with o?cers from the council's transport, sustainability and planning departments to plan how digital technology and data can be used to support decisions and make improvements. The aim of the workshop was to understand the current activities addressing two of the council's policy goals; improving air quality and reducing congestion, including the use of data to support policy measures related to the goals and to explore future requirements. Researchers are also aiming to understand the possibilities for developing a digital twin prototype for the city which responds to imminent challenges and the delivery of the policy goals. Developing a new digital strategy The Digital Cities for Change team is now exploring the potential building blocks of a new digital strategy, with two key components: 1. A digital twin, combining traditional urban modelling techniques, new data sources and advanced data analytics, to support decision-making in di?erent sectors. 2. A new governance framework which will ensure successful implementation through linking planning, management and operation. The digital twin prototype will use technology and data to tackle air pollution and tra?c congestion. It will include recent trends of journeys to work in Cambridge, including how people of di?erent ages and employment status travel to work and how di?erent factors a?ect their travel. It will also explore future possible journeys to work based on transport investment, housing developments and how ?exible working and new technology may impact commuting. A web-based modelling platform will also visualise future development options and give people an opportunity for feedback. The governance aspect of the strategy will map stakeholders of the digital twin and their relationships to each other across government and private sectors. It will incorporate legislation and regulation, sharing and security. A crucial part of the governance will be citizen engagement - to connect the physical to the data and provide evidence that can motivate people to change their behaviour. This will involve talking to employees about ?exible working and community co-working spaces. The vision for the city-level strategy The Cambridge digital twin prototype, along with the governance recommendations is under development, with an initial version discussed with colleagues at Smart Cambridge in April. The project team is now planning to re?ne the strategy and develop the tool to explore di?erent aspects of the collection, processing and use of data to improve various city functions.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Nochta, T., Wan, L., Schooling, J. M. et al. (2019). Digitalisation for smarter cities: Moving from a static to a dynamic view. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Smart Infrastructure and Construction Journal, https://doi.org/10.1680/jsmic.19.00001. www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/jsmic.19.00001 Nochta, T., Badstuber, N.E., Wan, L. (2019). Evidence-informed decisionmaking in multi-stakeholder settings: The case of city digital twins for planning and management. Proceedings of the Data for Policy Conference, 11-12 June 2019, University College London, UK. zenodo.org/record/2798858#.XV0MmXvTXQy Wan, L., Nochta, T., Schooling, J.M. (2019). Developing A City-level Digital Twin - Propositions and A Case Study. Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Construction (ICSIC), 8-10 July 2019, Churchill College, Cambridge, UK. www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/291545 Nochta, T., Badstuber, N.E., Wahby, N. (2019). On the Governance of City Digital Twins - Insights from the Cambridge Case Study. Working paper, published in the CDBB publication series. Series No: CDBB_WP_012. www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/293984
Start Year 2018
 
Description Digital Cities for Change: next-generation tools for city planning and management 
Organisation Ove Arup Foundation
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution CSIC's Digital Cities for Change project, funded by the Ove Arup Foundation and the Centre for Digital Built Britain, evaluates both the existing structures and systems of city and infrastructure management, and investigates how digital tools can help better decision-making within these areas. Understanding limitations of the current approach The planning, management and operation of assets, buildings and towns have traditionally operated in professional silos. Researchers are investigating the impact of these silos within city and infrastructure management and how this leads to departments following separate, and sometimes divergent, approaches to address common challenges. We live in an era of increasing digital abundance, but industry and city governments lack the tools to understand and interpret the data to support smarter decision-making processes and deliver best value from them. In order to deliver on the transformative potential of this digital revolution, we need built environment professionals who are trained in a broader range of disciplines and tools, bridging infrastructure and city management solutions and developing the opportunities presented by the digital economy. Working with local authorities The use of data has huge potential to help deliver social, economic and political goals for cities. Digital Cities for Change researchers have built a working partnership with Smart Cambridge, a programme supported by Connecting Cambridgeshire, which is led by Cambridgeshire County Council, and are using the city as a pilot. A workshop was held in December 2018 with o?cers from the council's transport, sustainability and planning departments to plan how digital technology and data can be used to support decisions and make improvements. The aim of the workshop was to understand the current activities addressing two of the council's policy goals; improving air quality and reducing congestion, including the use of data to support policy measures related to the goals and to explore future requirements. Researchers are also aiming to understand the possibilities for developing a digital twin prototype for the city which responds to imminent challenges and the delivery of the policy goals. Developing a new digital strategy The Digital Cities for Change team is now exploring the potential building blocks of a new digital strategy, with two key components: 1. A digital twin, combining traditional urban modelling techniques, new data sources and advanced data analytics, to support decision-making in di?erent sectors. 2. A new governance framework which will ensure successful implementation through linking planning, management and operation. The digital twin prototype will use technology and data to tackle air pollution and tra?c congestion. It will include recent trends of journeys to work in Cambridge, including how people of di?erent ages and employment status travel to work and how di?erent factors a?ect their travel. It will also explore future possible journeys to work based on transport investment, housing developments and how ?exible working and new technology may impact commuting. A web-based modelling platform will also visualise future development options and give people an opportunity for feedback. The governance aspect of the strategy will map stakeholders of the digital twin and their relationships to each other across government and private sectors. It will incorporate legislation and regulation, sharing and security. A crucial part of the governance will be citizen engagement - to connect the physical to the data and provide evidence that can motivate people to change their behaviour. This will involve talking to employees about ?exible working and community co-working spaces. The vision for the city-level strategy The Cambridge digital twin prototype, along with the governance recommendations is under development, with an initial version discussed with colleagues at Smart Cambridge in April. The project team is now planning to re?ne the strategy and develop the tool to explore di?erent aspects of the collection, processing and use of data to improve various city functions.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Nochta, T., Wan, L., Schooling, J. M. et al. (2019). Digitalisation for smarter cities: Moving from a static to a dynamic view. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Smart Infrastructure and Construction Journal, https://doi.org/10.1680/jsmic.19.00001. www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/jsmic.19.00001 Nochta, T., Badstuber, N.E., Wan, L. (2019). Evidence-informed decisionmaking in multi-stakeholder settings: The case of city digital twins for planning and management. Proceedings of the Data for Policy Conference, 11-12 June 2019, University College London, UK. zenodo.org/record/2798858#.XV0MmXvTXQy Wan, L., Nochta, T., Schooling, J.M. (2019). Developing A City-level Digital Twin - Propositions and A Case Study. Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Construction (ICSIC), 8-10 July 2019, Churchill College, Cambridge, UK. www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/291545 Nochta, T., Badstuber, N.E., Wahby, N. (2019). On the Governance of City Digital Twins - Insights from the Cambridge Case Study. Working paper, published in the CDBB publication series. Series No: CDBB_WP_012. www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/293984
Start Year 2018
 
Description Digital Cities for Change: next-generation tools for city planning and management 
Organisation Ove Arup Foundation
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution The challenges for modern cities to deliver smart systems for its citizens are complex and cut across many traditional disciplines. CSIC's Digital Cities for Change project, funded by the Ove Arup Foundation and the Centre for Digital Built Britain, evaluates both the existing structures and systems of city and infrastructure management, and investigates how digital tools can help better decision-making within these areas. Understanding limitations of the current approach The planning, management and operation of assets, buildings and towns have traditionally operated in professional silos. Researchers are investigating the impact of these silos within city and infrastructure management and how this leads to departments following separate, and sometimes divergent, approaches to address common challenges. We live in an era of increasing digital abundance, but industry and city governments lack the tools to understand and interpret the data to support smarter decision-making processes and deliver best value from them. In order to deliver on the transformative potential of this digital revolution, we need built environment professionals who are trained in a broader range of disciplines and tools, bridging infrastructure and city management solutions and developing the opportunities presented by the digital economy. Working with local authorities The use of data has huge potential to help deliver social, economic and political goals for cities. Digital Cities for Change researchers have built a working partnership with Smart Cambridge, a programme supported by Connecting Cambridgeshire, which is led by Cambridgeshire County Council, and are using the city as a pilot. A workshop was held in December 2018 with o?cers from the council's transport, sustainability and planning departments to plan how digital technology and data can be used to support decisions and make improvements. The aim of the workshop was to understand the current activities addressing two of the council's policy goals; improving air quality and reducing congestion, including the use of data to support policy measures related to the goals and to explore future requirements. Researchers are also aiming to understand the possibilities for developing a digital twin prototype for the city which responds to imminent challenges and the delivery of the policy goals. Developing a new digital strategy The Digital Cities for Change team is now exploring the potential building blocks of a new digital strategy, with two key components: 1. A digital twin, combining traditional urban modelling techniques, new data sources and advanced data analytics, to support decision-making in di?erent sectors. 2. A new governance framework which will ensure successful implementation through linking planning, management and operation. The digital twin prototype will use technology and data to tackle air pollution and tra?c congestion. It will include recent trends of journeys to work in Cambridge, including how people of di?erent ages and employment status travel to work and how di?erent factors a?ect their travel. It will also explore future possible journeys to work based on transport investment, housing developments and how ?exible working and new technology may impact commuting. A web-based modelling platform will also visualise future development options and give people an opportunity for feedback. The governance aspect of the strategy will map stakeholders of the digital twin and their relationships to each other across government and private sectors. It will incorporate legislation and regulation, sharing and security. A crucial part of the governance will be citizen engagement - to connect the physical to the data and provide evidence that can motivate people to change their behaviour. This will involve talking to employees about ?exible working and community co-working spaces. The vision for the city-level strategy The Cambridge digital twin prototype, along with the governance recommendations is under development, with an initial version discussed with colleagues at Smart Cambridge in April. The project team is now planning to re?ne the strategy and develop the tool to explore di?erent aspects of the collection, processing and use of data to improve various city functions.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Nochta, T., Wan, L., Schooling, J. M. et al. (2019). Digitalisation for smarter cities: Moving from a static to a dynamic view. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Smart Infrastructure and Construction Journal, https://doi.org/10.1680/jsmic.19.00001. www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/jsmic.19.00001 Nochta, T., Badstuber, N.E., Wan, L. (2019). Evidence-informed decisionmaking in multi-stakeholder settings: The case of city digital twins for planning and management. Proceedings of the Data for Policy Conference, 11-12 June 2019, University College London, UK. zenodo.org/record/2798858#.XV0MmXvTXQy Wan, L., Nochta, T., Schooling, J.M. (2019). Developing A City-level Digital Twin - Propositions and A Case Study. Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Construction (ICSIC), 8-10 July 2019, Churchill College, Cambridge, UK. www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/291545 Nochta, T., Badstuber, N.E., Wahby, N. (2019). On the Governance of City Digital Twins - Insights from the Cambridge Case Study. Working paper, published in the CDBB publication series. Series No: CDBB_WP_012. www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/293984
Start Year 2018
 
Description Digital Cities for Change: next-generation tools for city planning and management 
Organisation University of Cambridge
Department Department of Engineering
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The challenges for modern cities to deliver smart systems for its citizens are complex and cut across many traditional disciplines. CSIC's Digital Cities for Change project, funded by the Ove Arup Foundation and the Centre for Digital Built Britain, evaluates both the existing structures and systems of city and infrastructure management, and investigates how digital tools can help better decision-making within these areas. Understanding limitations of the current approach The planning, management and operation of assets, buildings and towns have traditionally operated in professional silos. Researchers are investigating the impact of these silos within city and infrastructure management and how this leads to departments following separate, and sometimes divergent, approaches to address common challenges. We live in an era of increasing digital abundance, but industry and city governments lack the tools to understand and interpret the data to support smarter decision-making processes and deliver best value from them. In order to deliver on the transformative potential of this digital revolution, we need built environment professionals who are trained in a broader range of disciplines and tools, bridging infrastructure and city management solutions and developing the opportunities presented by the digital economy. Working with local authorities The use of data has huge potential to help deliver social, economic and political goals for cities. Digital Cities for Change researchers have built a working partnership with Smart Cambridge, a programme supported by Connecting Cambridgeshire, which is led by Cambridgeshire County Council, and are using the city as a pilot. A workshop was held in December 2018 with o?cers from the council's transport, sustainability and planning departments to plan how digital technology and data can be used to support decisions and make improvements. The aim of the workshop was to understand the current activities addressing two of the council's policy goals; improving air quality and reducing congestion, including the use of data to support policy measures related to the goals and to explore future requirements. Researchers are also aiming to understand the possibilities for developing a digital twin prototype for the city which responds to imminent challenges and the delivery of the policy goals. Developing a new digital strategy The Digital Cities for Change team is now exploring the potential building blocks of a new digital strategy, with two key components: 1. A digital twin, combining traditional urban modelling techniques, new data sources and advanced data analytics, to support decision-making in di?erent sectors. 2. A new governance framework which will ensure successful implementation through linking planning, management and operation. The digital twin prototype will use technology and data to tackle air pollution and tra?c congestion. It will include recent trends of journeys to work in Cambridge, including how people of di?erent ages and employment status travel to work and how di?erent factors a?ect their travel. It will also explore future possible journeys to work based on transport investment, housing developments and how ?exible working and new technology may impact commuting. A web-based modelling platform will also visualise future development options and give people an opportunity for feedback. The governance aspect of the strategy will map stakeholders of the digital twin and their relationships to each other across government and private sectors. It will incorporate legislation and regulation, sharing and security. A crucial part of the governance will be citizen engagement - to connect the physical to the data and provide evidence that can motivate people to change their behaviour. This will involve talking to employees about ?exible working and community co-working spaces. The vision for the city-level strategy The Cambridge digital twin prototype, along with the governance recommendations is under development, with an initial version discussed with colleagues at Smart Cambridge in April. The project team is now planning to re?ne the strategy and develop the tool to explore di?erent aspects of the collection, processing and use of data to improve various city functions.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Nochta, T., Wan, L., Schooling, J. M. et al. (2019). Digitalisation for smarter cities: Moving from a static to a dynamic view. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Smart Infrastructure and Construction Journal, https://doi.org/10.1680/jsmic.19.00001. www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/jsmic.19.00001 Nochta, T., Badstuber, N.E., Wan, L. (2019). Evidence-informed decisionmaking in multi-stakeholder settings: The case of city digital twins for planning and management. Proceedings of the Data for Policy Conference, 11-12 June 2019, University College London, UK. zenodo.org/record/2798858#.XV0MmXvTXQy Wan, L., Nochta, T., Schooling, J.M. (2019). Developing A City-level Digital Twin - Propositions and A Case Study. Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Construction (ICSIC), 8-10 July 2019, Churchill College, Cambridge, UK. www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/291545 Nochta, T., Badstuber, N.E., Wahby, N. (2019). On the Governance of City Digital Twins - Insights from the Cambridge Case Study. Working paper, published in the CDBB publication series. Series No: CDBB_WP_012. www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/293984
Start Year 2018
 
Description Dragados - MSA 
Organisation Dragados
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Planning for monitoring of Mansion House
Collaborator Contribution Planning for monitoring of Mansion House and
Impact Planning for monitoring of Mansion House and
Start Year 2017
 
Description Dynamic digital twin with multi-layered information models for West Cambridge (Centre for Digital Built Britain Mini-projects Programme 2017-18) Quichen Lu 
Organisation Digital Built Britain
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Dynamic digital twin with multi-layered information models for West Cambridge (Centre for Digital Built Britain Mini-projects Programme 2017-18)
Collaborator Contribution Dynamic digital twin with multi-layered information models for West Cambridge (Centre for Digital Built Britain Mini-projects Programme 2017-18)
Impact Dynamic digital twin with multi-layered information models for West Cambridge (Centre for Digital Built Britain Mini-projects Programme 2017-18)
Start Year 2017
 
Description Dynamic digital twin with multi-layered information models for West Cambridge - Quichen Lu 
Organisation Bentley Motors
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Dynamic digital twin with multi-layered information models for West Cambridge
Collaborator Contribution Dynamic digital twin with multi-layered information models for West Cambridge
Impact Dynamic digital twin with multi-layered information models for West Cambridge
Start Year 2017
 
Description Dynamic digital twin with multi-layered information models for West Cambridge - Quichen Lu 
Organisation RedBite Solutions
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Dynamic digital twin with multi-layered information models for West Cambridge
Collaborator Contribution Dynamic digital twin with multi-layered information models for West Cambridge
Impact Dynamic digital twin with multi-layered information models for West Cambridge
Start Year 2017
 
Description Dynamic digital twin with multi-layered information models for West Cambridge - Quichen Lu 
Organisation Topcon
Country Japan 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Dynamic digital twin with multi-layered information models for West Cambridge
Collaborator Contribution Dynamic digital twin with multi-layered information models for West Cambridge
Impact Dynamic digital twin with multi-layered information models for West Cambridge
Start Year 2017
 
Description E G Technology - PTK 
Organisation E G Technology
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Development of Macro VEH, and development of New Analyser enclosure
Collaborator Contribution Development of Macro VEH, and development of New Analyser enclosure
Impact Development of Macro VEH, and development of New Analyser enclosure
Start Year 2014
 
Description EM-Solutions 
Organisation EM - Solutions
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Detection of defects in water courses
Collaborator Contribution Detection of defects in water courses
Impact Detection of defects in water courses
Start Year 2015
 
Description FBGS - PTK 
Organisation FBGS
Country Germany 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Development of FRP armoured FBG fibre optic sensors for embedding in concrete structures.
Collaborator Contribution Development of FRP armoured FBG fibre optic sensors for embedding in concrete structures.
Impact Development of FRP armoured FBG fibre optic sensors for embedding in concrete structures.
Start Year 2015
 
Description FGBS - development of FRP armoured FBG fibre optic sensors for embedding in concrete structures - JMS 
Organisation FBGS
Country Germany 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution development of FRP armoured FBG fibre optic sensors for embedding in concrete structures
Collaborator Contribution development of FRP armoured FBG fibre optic sensors for embedding in concrete structures
Impact development of FRP armoured FBG fibre optic sensors for embedding in concrete structures
Start Year 2016
 
Description FO instrumentation for pile testing 
Organisation Gammon Construction Limited
Country Hong Kong 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution FO instrumentation for pile testing
Collaborator Contribution FO instrumentation for pile testing
Impact FO instrumentation for pile testing
Start Year 2018
 
Description FO instrumentation of 2 tall towers in London - Nicky de Battista 
Organisation Multiplex Construction
Country Australia 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution FO instrumentation of 2 tall towers in London
Collaborator Contribution FO instrumentation of 2 tall towers in London
Impact FO instrumentation of 2 tall towers in London
Start Year 2018
 
Description FO instrumentation of railway bridge - Nicky de Battista 
Organisation Heywood Engineering Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution FO instrumentation of railway bridge
Collaborator Contribution FO instrumentation of railway bridge
Impact FO instrumentation of railway bridge
Start Year 2018
 
Description FO instrumentation of test piles in San Francisco - Berkeley University - Nicky de Battista 
Organisation University of California, Berkeley
Country United States 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution FO instrumentation of test piles in San Francisco
Collaborator Contribution FO instrumentation of test piles in San Francisco
Impact FO instrumentation of test piles in San Francisco
Start Year 2018
 
Description Femtofibertec- PTK 
Organisation Femtofibertec
Country Germany 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Low-cost FBG sensor array development
Collaborator Contribution Low-cost FBG sensor array development
Impact Low-cost FBG sensor array development
Start Year 2016
 
Description Fit-for-Purpose Asset Information Requirements based on Asset Functions 
Organisation Jacobs Engineering Group
Country United States 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC investigator Ajith Parlikad and Jacobs working on secondment project 'Fit-for-Purpose Asset Information Requirements based on Asset Functions'
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Collaboration is still active, outputs and outcomes not yet known.
Start Year 2019
 
Description Francis Crick piling project 
Organisation Laing O'Rourke
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Installing fibre optic instrumentation in piles during their construction
Collaborator Contribution Cash and in-kind contribution plus access to the construction site
Impact Publication being written
Start Year 2012
 
Description GE Aviation - AS 
Organisation GE Aviation Systems
Country United States 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Innovate UK projects on MEMS energy harvesting and self-powered wireless sensors
Collaborator Contribution Innovate UK projects on MEMS energy harvesting and self-powered wireless sensors
Impact Innovate UK projects on MEMS energy harvesting and self-powered wireless sensors
Start Year 2013
 
Description GU-Ruchi Choudhary 
Organisation Growing Underground
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Funded by the University's Institutional Sponsorship Grant (2016-2017), we have installed environmental monitoring system in the underground farm, which are now being used by the farm managers to optimize their ventilation and environmental conditions within the growing area. In 2017, we further augmented this by developing a simulation model of the farm.
Collaborator Contribution Development of a simulation model of the farm and design, installation, and curation of the monitoring system
Impact Forthcoming Book Chapter in 2018 on Urban Farming in 'Next Generation Plant Factory' by Springer; Forthcoming: paper accepted for publication in CIBSE technical symposium
Start Year 2016
 
Description Geocisa, Dragados - MSA 
Organisation Geocisa UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Bank Station Capacity Upgrade Mansion House and St Mary Abchurch monitoring
Collaborator Contribution Bank Station Capacity Upgrade Mansion House and St Mary Abchurch monitoring
Impact Bank Station Capacity Upgrade Mansion House and St Mary Abchurch monitoring
Start Year 2017
 
Description Geosense - PTK 
Organisation Geosense
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Crossrail tunnel wireless XY tilt sensors
Collaborator Contribution Crossrail tunnel wireless XY tilt sensors
Impact Crossrail tunnel wireless XY tilt sensors
Start Year 2014
 
Description Geosica April 2017 to January 2020 Historical building monitoring - Cedric Kechavarzi 
Organisation Geocisa UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Geosica no April 2017 to January 2020 Historical building monitoring
Collaborator Contribution Geosica no April 2017 to January 2020 Historical building monitoring
Impact Geosica no April 2017 to January 2020 Historical building monitoring
Start Year 2017
 
Description Growing Underground 
Organisation Growing Underground
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Digital twin of the underground farm to help optimize their crop yield and design the expansion
Collaborator Contribution supported our research with giving us access to the site for monitoring and with other data
Impact 1 book chapter, several presentations at seminars and media
Start Year 2018
 
Description Growing Underground - Paul Fidler 
Organisation Growing Underground
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Collaboration
Collaborator Contribution Collaboration
Impact Growing Underground
Start Year 2017
 
Description Gwynedd CC 
Organisation Gwynedd Council
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Gwynedd CC, North Wales Roads, Road scanning
Collaborator Contribution Gwynedd CC, North Wales Roads, Road scanning
Impact Gwynedd CC, North Wales Roads, Road scanning
Start Year 2015
 
Description Gwynedd CC - CK 
Organisation Gwynedd Council
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Gwynedd CC, North Wales Roads, Pen Y Clip Brazil wall
Collaborator Contribution Gwynedd CC, North Wales Roads, Pen Y Clip Brazil wall
Impact Gwynedd CC, North Wales Roads, Pen Y Clip Brazil wall
Start Year 2015
 
Description Gwynedd Council - PTK 
Organisation Gwynedd Council
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Brazil Wall movement, and Road condition monitoring
Collaborator Contribution Brazil Wall movement, and Road condition monitoring
Impact Brazil Wall movement, and Road condition monitoring
Start Year 2015
 
Description HS2 - PTK 
Organisation Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
Country United States 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution HS2 Bored concrete Piles Challenge
Collaborator Contribution HS2 Bored concrete Piles Challenge
Impact HS2 Bored concrete Piles Challenge
Start Year 2017
 
Description Heathrow [Asset Management team] 
Organisation Heathrow Airport Holdings
Department London Heathrow Airport
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Heathrow [Asset Management team]
Collaborator Contribution Heathrow [Asset Management team]
Impact Heathrow [Asset Management team]
Start Year 2015
 
Description Hertfordshire County Council - AKNP and ZL 
Organisation Hertfordshire Sports Village
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution (1) Asset management for bridge networks. (2) Improve deterioration model for bridges with inspections data. (3) Prioritize maintenance activities for 11 bridges along A10 in Hertfordshire. (4) Group maintenance activities to reduce the traffic management cost in the bridge network. They have agreed on future support on providing historical principle and general inspections data for the 11 bridges.
Collaborator Contribution (1) Asset management for bridge networks. (2) Improve deterioration model for bridges with inspections data. (3) Prioritize maintenance activities for 11 bridges along A10 in Hertfordshire. (4) Group maintenance activities to reduce the traffic management cost in the bridge network. They have agreed on future support on providing historical principle and general inspections data for the 11 bridges.
Impact (1) Asset management for bridge networks. (2) Improve deterioration model for bridges with inspections data. (3) Prioritize maintenance activities for 11 bridges along A10 in Hertfordshire. (4) Group maintenance activities to reduce the traffic management cost in the bridge network. They have agreed on future support on providing historical principle and general inspections data for the 11 bridges.
Start Year 2016
 
Description Hertfordshire County Council [Bridges & Structures team] 
Organisation Hertfordshire County Council
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Hertfordshire County Council [Bridges & Structures team]
Collaborator Contribution Hertfordshire County Council [Bridges & Structures team]
Impact Hertfordshire County Council [Bridges & Structures team]
Start Year 2015
 
Description Hertfordshire county council - ZhL 
Organisation Hertfordshire County Council
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Asset management for bridge networks
Collaborator Contribution Asset management for bridge networks
Impact Asset management for bridge networks
Start Year 2016
 
Description Herts County Council, Arup - CK 
Organisation Arup Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Futureproofing Assessment of Bridges in Hertfordshire (Hertfordshire County Council)
Collaborator Contribution Futureproofing Assessment of Bridges in Hertfordshire (Hertfordshire County Council)
Impact Futureproofing Assessment of Bridges in Hertfordshire (Hertfordshire County Council)
Start Year 2015
 
Description Herts County Council, Arup - CK 
Organisation Hertfordshire County Council
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Futureproofing Assessment of Bridges in Hertfordshire (Hertfordshire County Council)
Collaborator Contribution Futureproofing Assessment of Bridges in Hertfordshire (Hertfordshire County Council)
Impact Futureproofing Assessment of Bridges in Hertfordshire (Hertfordshire County Council)
Start Year 2015
 
Description Highways England - PTK 
Organisation Department of Transport
Department Highways Agency
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution A14 Road Noise Monitoring A14 Abutment monitoring using FO Geogrids
Collaborator Contribution A14 Road Noise Monitoring A14 Abutment monitoring using FO Geogrids
Impact A14 Road Noise Monitoring A14 Abutment monitoring using FO Geogrids
Start Year 2017
 
Description Historic England 
Organisation Historic England
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Assessment/monitoring of heritage structures
Collaborator Contribution Assessment/monitoring of heritage structures
Impact Assessment/monitoring of heritage structures
Start Year 2015
 
Description Hochtief cross-passage segments 
Organisation Hochtief Aktiengesellschaft
Country Germany 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Installation of the fibre optic instrumentation in the tunnel segments for the Woolwich Crossrail tunnel
Collaborator Contribution Cash and in-kind contribution. In addition, site access and logistical help
Impact Work currently being done
Start Year 2013
 
Description Humber Bridge - CK 
Organisation Humber Bridge Board
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Humber Bridge - wireless sensor network
Collaborator Contribution Humber Bridge - wireless sensor network
Impact Humber Bridge - wireless sensor network
Start Year 2015
 
Description Humber Bridge - PTK 
Organisation Humber Bridge Board
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Work on Humber Bridge
Collaborator Contribution Work on Humber Bridge
Impact Work on Humber Bridge
Start Year 2015
 
Description IHI - AS 
Organisation Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
Country United States 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Low-power MEMS strain sensors and field deployment
Collaborator Contribution Low-power MEMS strain sensors and field deployment
Impact Low-power MEMS strain sensors and field deployment
Start Year 2015
 
Description ITM Soil - PTK 
Organisation ITM Soil
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Dam monitoring
Collaborator Contribution Dam monitoring
Impact Dam monitoring
Start Year 2015
 
Description ITM-Soil 
Organisation ITM Soil
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Displacement monitoring of dams
Collaborator Contribution Displacement monitoring of dams
Impact Displacement monitoring of dams
Start Year 2015
 
Description Imetrum - MSA 
Organisation Imetrum
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Workshops for learning their Video Gauge software
Collaborator Contribution Workshops for learning their Video Gauge software
Impact Workshops for learning their Video Gauge software
Start Year 2016
 
Description Imperial College, London AEY 
Organisation Imperial College London
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Research Grant co-working
Collaborator Contribution Research Grant co-working
Impact Research Grant co-working
Start Year 2015
 
Description Improbable - RC 
Organisation Improbable
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Knowledge Transfer Fellowship
Collaborator Contribution Knowledge Transfer Fellowship
Impact Knowledge Transfer Fellowship
Start Year 2016
 
Description Informing the 'Digital Blueprint' for the Houses of Parliament 
Organisation Parliament of UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Jennifer Schooling and Houses of Parliament working on secondment project Informing the 'Digital Blueprint' for the Houses of Parliament
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Collaboration still active, outcomes and outputs not yet know.
Start Year 2020
 
Description James Dyson Building - monitoring of superstructure - NdB 
Organisation University of Cambridge
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Project management; Site visits and discussion with client; Monitoring system design and preparation; Installation on site.
Collaborator Contribution Project management; Site visits and discussion with client; Monitoring system design and preparation; Installation on site.
Impact Project management; Site visits and discussion with client; Monitoring system design and preparation; Installation on site.
Start Year 2014
 
Description John Grill Centre, University of Sydney - CRM 
Organisation University of Sydney
Department John Grill Centre
Country Australia 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Promoting more innovative and customer-focused infrastructure design in Australia
Collaborator Contribution Promoting more innovative and customer-focused infrastructure design in Australia
Impact Promoting more innovative and customer-focused infrastructure design in Australia
Start Year 2016
 
Description KTN- PTK 
Organisation Knowledge Transfer Network
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution HS2 Bored concrete Piles Challenge
Collaborator Contribution HS2 Bored concrete Piles Challenge
Impact HS2 Bored concrete Piles Challenge
Start Year 2017
 
Description Keller - CK 
Organisation Keller Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution 3 pile load tests
Collaborator Contribution 3 pile load tests
Impact 3 pile load tests
Start Year 2016
 
Description Keltbray - CK 
Organisation Keltbray
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution 2 pile load tests
Collaborator Contribution 2 pile load tests
Impact 2 pile load tests
Start Year 2016
 
Description Keltbray Piling - NdB 
Organisation Keltbray
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Instrumentation and monitoring of RC test piles
Collaborator Contribution Instrumentation and monitoring of RC test piles
Impact Instrumentation and monitoring of RC test piles
Start Year 2016
 
Description LDA - Design - YJ 
Organisation LDA Design
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Strategic LEP economic plan
Collaborator Contribution Strategic LEP economic plan
Impact Strategic LEP economic plan
Start Year 2016
 
Description Laing O'Rourke - LB 
Organisation Laing O'Rourke
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Staffordshire Alliance Bridge Monitoring Project (EPSRC)
Collaborator Contribution Staffordshire Alliance Bridge Monitoring Project (EPSRC)
Impact Staffordshire Alliance Bridge Monitoring Project (EPSRC)
Start Year 2014
 
Description Laing O'Rourke - PTK 
Organisation Laing O'Rourke
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Pile monitoring , Francis Crick, Staffpordshiore Bridges
Collaborator Contribution Pile monitoring , Francis Crick, Staffpordshiore Bridges
Impact Pile monitoring , Francis Crick, Staffpordshiore Bridges
Start Year 2015
 
Description Lifecycle performance monitoring bridges using digital twins 
Organisation Chung-Ang University
Country Korea, Republic of 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC) at Cambridge University has been collaborating with Chung-Ang University with the primary objective of developing low-cost performance monitoring systems for modular bridge elements. CSIC has extensive experience in long-term monitoring of full-scale structures using fibre optic sensing systems and valuable "know-how" of digital twin technology. We have been developing digital twins of a railway bridge in Staffordshire instrumented with FBG sensors during the construction phase. The self-sensing bridge provides information about the realistic conditions occurring on-site to the level of detail never achieved before. For instance, we can now monitor in real-time deformations at +200 sensor locations and accurate traffic loading causing these deformations. Together with their digital twins, these bridges serve as a research testbed for developing a low-cost condition monitoring system in collaboration with Chung-Ang University.
Collaborator Contribution Some of the primary issues preventing the widespread deployment of more data-driven approaches in the asset management of transportation structures are mainly associated with their cost and power requirements for operating. The researchers at Chung-Ang University have been developing a system that addresses both requirements; a cost-efficient and ultra-low powered sensing system that measure strains and temperature and is suitable for long-term bridge monitoring purposes. Such a system can potentially transition the industry from visual inspections to more quantitative data-driven approaches. Thereby, the purpose of this proposal is to develop a reliable and cost-efficient monitoring system for bridge main load-carrying elements using the low-powered sensing equipment developed by the researchers at Chung-Ang University and CSIC's know-how on the long-term bridge monitoring applications and the digital twin technology. In addition to sharing knowledge and technology, the funding from this project is spent towards covering 50% of two researchers' employed at CSIC.
Impact No outcomes yet
Start Year 2021
 
Description London Underground 
Organisation Transport for London
Department London Underground
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Central Line, Liverpool Street Station, Cast iron tunnel segments
Collaborator Contribution Central Line, Liverpool Street Station, Cast iron tunnel segments
Impact Central Line, Liverpool Street Station, Cast iron tunnel segments
Start Year 2015
 
Description London Underground - CK 
Organisation Transport for London
Department London Underground
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Smart Plank - Timber works monitoring
Collaborator Contribution Smart Plank - Timber works monitoring
Impact Smart Plank - Timber works monitoring
Start Year 2015
 
Description London Underground - CK 
Organisation Transport for London
Department London Underground
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Displacement monitoring of LUL tunnels - Computer Vision
Collaborator Contribution Displacement monitoring of LUL tunnels - Computer Vision
Impact Displacement monitoring of LUL tunnels - Computer Vision
Start Year 2015
 
Description London Underground - CK 
Organisation Transport for London
Department London Underground
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Maintenance planning and scheduling, Information Strategy and Requirement Analysis for infrastructure management
Collaborator Contribution Maintenance planning and scheduling, Information Strategy and Requirement Analysis for infrastructure management
Impact Maintenance planning and scheduling, Information Strategy and Requirement Analysis for infrastructure management
Start Year 2015
 
Description London Underground - PTK 
Organisation Transport for London
Department London Underground
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Smart Plan, Iron tunnel segments
Collaborator Contribution Smart Plan, Iron tunnel segments
Impact Smart Plan, Iron tunnel segments
Start Year 2015
 
Description London Underground [Station Capacity Upgrade teams] 
Organisation University of London
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution London Underground [Station Capacity Upgrade teams]
Collaborator Contribution London Underground [Station Capacity Upgrade teams]
Impact London Underground [Station Capacity Upgrade teams]
Start Year 2015
 
Description MEMS surface gravimeter for geotechnical surveying 
Organisation Silicon Microgravity Ltd.
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Ashwin Seshia and Silicon Micrograity working on secondment project 'MEMS surface gravimeter for geotechnical surveying'
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Collaboration still active, outputs and outcomes not yet known.
Start Year 2019
 
Description McLaren Applied Technologies - AS 
Organisation McLaren Applied Technologies
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Innovate UK project on self-powered wireless sensors
Collaborator Contribution Innovate UK project on self-powered wireless sensors
Impact Innovate UK project on self-powered wireless sensors
Start Year 2015
 
Description McLaren Racing Limited - HA 
Organisation McLaren Racing
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Small size sensors (Fibre Bragg Grating)
Collaborator Contribution Small size sensors (Fibre Bragg Grating)
Impact Small size sensors (Fibre Bragg Grating)
Start Year 2015
 
Description Metrodynamics, UK - ES 
Organisation Metro Dynamics
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Metropolitan planning and stakeholder engagement
Collaborator Contribution Metropolitan planning and stakeholder engagement
Impact Metropolitan planning and stakeholder engagement
Start Year 2016
 
Description Modelling and Monitoring of Urban Underground Climate Change 
Organisation Alan Turing Institute
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The Universities of Cambridge and California, Berkeley, in partnership with the British Geological Survey, are launching a joint project on Modelling and Monitoring of Urban Underground Climate Change. This project is run as part of the Data Centric Engineering Research Programme at the Alan Turing Institute and the Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction at the University of Cambridge. The objective of this NSF(US)-EPSRC(UK) funded research is to better understand impacts of urban underground infrastructure, such as basements and tunnels, on shallow subsurface temperature increase at city-scale. Overview In dense urban areas, the underground is exploited for a variety of purposes, including transport, additional residential/commercial spaces, storage, and industrial processes. With the rise in urban populations and significant improvements in construction technologies, the number of subsurface structures is expected to grow in the next decade, leading to subsurface congestion. Recently emerging data indicate a significant impact of underground construction on subsurface temperature and there is extensive evidence of underground temperature rise at the local scale. Although it is well known that urbanization coupled with climate change is amplifying the urban heat island effect above ground, the extent of the underground climate change at the city scale is unknown because of limited work on modelling the historical and future underground climate change at large scale and very limited long-term underground temperature monitoring. The hypothesis of this research is that (a) the high ground temperature around tunnels and underground basements, (b) the observed temperature increase within the aquifer, and (c) inefficiency in ventilation of the underground railway networks, necessitate more detailed and reliable knowledge of urban underground thermal status. The project will develop a framework for monitoring and predicting temperature and groundwater distributions at high resolutions in the presence of underground heat sources and sinks. This can be achieved via a combination of numerical modelling, continuous temperature and groundwater monitoring and statistical analyses. The ultimate goal is for every city to generate reliable maps of underground climate, with the ability to understand the influence of future urbanization scenarios.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact No impact yet.
Start Year 2019
 
Description Modelling and Monitoring of Urban Underground Climate Change 
Organisation British Geological Survey
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The Universities of Cambridge and California, Berkeley, in partnership with the British Geological Survey, are launching a joint project on Modelling and Monitoring of Urban Underground Climate Change. This project is run as part of the Data Centric Engineering Research Programme at the Alan Turing Institute and the Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction at the University of Cambridge. The objective of this NSF(US)-EPSRC(UK) funded research is to better understand impacts of urban underground infrastructure, such as basements and tunnels, on shallow subsurface temperature increase at city-scale. Overview In dense urban areas, the underground is exploited for a variety of purposes, including transport, additional residential/commercial spaces, storage, and industrial processes. With the rise in urban populations and significant improvements in construction technologies, the number of subsurface structures is expected to grow in the next decade, leading to subsurface congestion. Recently emerging data indicate a significant impact of underground construction on subsurface temperature and there is extensive evidence of underground temperature rise at the local scale. Although it is well known that urbanization coupled with climate change is amplifying the urban heat island effect above ground, the extent of the underground climate change at the city scale is unknown because of limited work on modelling the historical and future underground climate change at large scale and very limited long-term underground temperature monitoring. The hypothesis of this research is that (a) the high ground temperature around tunnels and underground basements, (b) the observed temperature increase within the aquifer, and (c) inefficiency in ventilation of the underground railway networks, necessitate more detailed and reliable knowledge of urban underground thermal status. The project will develop a framework for monitoring and predicting temperature and groundwater distributions at high resolutions in the presence of underground heat sources and sinks. This can be achieved via a combination of numerical modelling, continuous temperature and groundwater monitoring and statistical analyses. The ultimate goal is for every city to generate reliable maps of underground climate, with the ability to understand the influence of future urbanization scenarios.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact No impact yet.
Start Year 2019
 
Description Modelling and Monitoring of Urban Underground Climate Change 
Organisation University of California, Berkeley
Country United States 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The Universities of Cambridge and California, Berkeley, in partnership with the British Geological Survey, are launching a joint project on Modelling and Monitoring of Urban Underground Climate Change. This project is run as part of the Data Centric Engineering Research Programme at the Alan Turing Institute and the Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction at the University of Cambridge. The objective of this NSF(US)-EPSRC(UK) funded research is to better understand impacts of urban underground infrastructure, such as basements and tunnels, on shallow subsurface temperature increase at city-scale. Overview In dense urban areas, the underground is exploited for a variety of purposes, including transport, additional residential/commercial spaces, storage, and industrial processes. With the rise in urban populations and significant improvements in construction technologies, the number of subsurface structures is expected to grow in the next decade, leading to subsurface congestion. Recently emerging data indicate a significant impact of underground construction on subsurface temperature and there is extensive evidence of underground temperature rise at the local scale. Although it is well known that urbanization coupled with climate change is amplifying the urban heat island effect above ground, the extent of the underground climate change at the city scale is unknown because of limited work on modelling the historical and future underground climate change at large scale and very limited long-term underground temperature monitoring. The hypothesis of this research is that (a) the high ground temperature around tunnels and underground basements, (b) the observed temperature increase within the aquifer, and (c) inefficiency in ventilation of the underground railway networks, necessitate more detailed and reliable knowledge of urban underground thermal status. The project will develop a framework for monitoring and predicting temperature and groundwater distributions at high resolutions in the presence of underground heat sources and sinks. This can be achieved via a combination of numerical modelling, continuous temperature and groundwater monitoring and statistical analyses. The ultimate goal is for every city to generate reliable maps of underground climate, with the ability to understand the influence of future urbanization scenarios.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact No impact yet.
Start Year 2019
 
Description Monitoring of concrete bridges with acoustic emission sensors 
Organisation Department of Transport
Department Highways Agency
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Highways England - Monitoring of concrete bridges with acoustic emission sensors The research will explore the benefits of acoustic emission monitoring on damage detection, characterisation and localisation in concrete bridges, enhanced by multi-sensing information from fibre optics and environmental sensors. The main objective is the development of data processing tools for the structural performance assessment of bridges, through continuous infrastructure monitoring and experimental studies. This research and development project is partly funded by Highways England and it is planned a highway bridge will be fully instrumented during this project in collaboration with Mistras Group Ltd, a leading acoustic emission sensing provider.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Project still active, outputs and outcomes not yet known
Start Year 2019
 
Description Monitoring of concrete bridges with acoustic emission sensors 
Organisation Kier Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Highways England - Monitoring of concrete bridges with acoustic emission sensors The research will explore the benefits of acoustic emission monitoring on damage detection, characterisation and localisation in concrete bridges, enhanced by multi-sensing information from fibre optics and environmental sensors. The main objective is the development of data processing tools for the structural performance assessment of bridges, through continuous infrastructure monitoring and experimental studies. This research and development project is partly funded by Highways England and it is planned a highway bridge will be fully instrumented during this project in collaboration with Mistras Group Ltd, a leading acoustic emission sensing provider.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Project still active, outputs and outcomes not yet known
Start Year 2019
 
Description Monitoring of concrete bridges with acoustic emission sensors 
Organisation Mistras Group Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Highways England - Monitoring of concrete bridges with acoustic emission sensors The research will explore the benefits of acoustic emission monitoring on damage detection, characterisation and localisation in concrete bridges, enhanced by multi-sensing information from fibre optics and environmental sensors. The main objective is the development of data processing tools for the structural performance assessment of bridges, through continuous infrastructure monitoring and experimental studies. This research and development project is partly funded by Highways England and it is planned a highway bridge will be fully instrumented during this project in collaboration with Mistras Group Ltd, a leading acoustic emission sensing provider.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Project still active, outputs and outcomes not yet known
Start Year 2019
 
Description Monitoring of tall building during construction - Nicky de Battista 
Organisation Multiplex Construction
Country Australia 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Monitoring of tall building during construction
Collaborator Contribution Monitoring of tall building during construction
Impact Monitoring of tall building during construction
Start Year 2017
 
Description Monitoring of under-reamed piles during tunnelling interception using distributed fibre optic sensing 
Organisation Arup Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The Transport for London Bank Station Capacity Upgrade (BSCU) project is reconstructing one of the busiest interchanges on the London Underground network. The tunnelling and underground excavation works commenced in 2016 and excavated their way around a 'rabbit warren'of existing tunnels and beneath many significant buildings in the City of London. An extensive instrumentation and monitoring programme was established to safeguard existing infrastructure assets and buildings. The unprecedented pile interceptions required at the Princes Court building won the 2019 BGA Fleming Award. This eight-storey two-level basement building, owned by The Worshipful Company of Grocers, was built in the 1970s and is supported on 25 large diameter unreinforced under-reamed piles in London Clay. The sprayed concrete lining (SCL) tunnelling fully intercepted four under-reamed piles. The interception strategy involved cutting piles just below tunnel crown and, while temporarily unsupported, constructing a reinforced concrete permanent load transfer structure around the tunnel for each pile. Fibre optic monitoring was installed in existing piles to measure pile response due to tunnelling and interception and to enable verification of design assumptions. Innovation and collaboration Working with Dragados, an Abaqus 3D finite element (FE) geotechnical substructure model, which included the under-ream piles, raft slab, building basement and all tunnel excavation sequences was created by consultant Dr Ali Nasekhian and team at Dr Sauer & Partners Ltd. This model was coupled with a Strand7 3D super-structure model from Robert Bird Group to predict pile foundation and building response to staged tunnelling excavation. At basement slab level, the tops of the under-reamed piles were instrumented with settlement monitoring studs fixed into the concrete slab above each pile position. At tunnelling level, reflective monitoring targets were installed on the pile shafts above and below the cut level as soon as the pile shaft was exposed (Figure 1). This conventional type of monitoring of the intercepted piles before and after cutting recorded the top and bottom pile displacement from exposing the pile, but not the pre-exposure displacement of the base of the pile nor the response down the length of the pile. To fully capture pile behaviour due to tunnelling and interception, distributed fibre optic sensors (DFOS) were used to measure the axial strain over the length of the piles during interception and other construction activities. The use of fibre optics to measure strain in new piled foundations is a well-established method and transferring this to the monitoring of existing piles has proven successful. It is the least invasive and only viable method for spatially continuous axial strain measurement where access is limited. CSIC was brought in by the project team as experts in this field and applied this method by inserting fibre optic sensing cables into two of the 50-year-old under-reamed piles (one intercepted pile and one nonintercepted pile). The piles were cored at 100mm diameter from basement level to depths of 18.9m and 25.3m respectively. A temperature and a strain cable, pre-spliced to form two parallel lines, was lowered to the bottom of the pre-cored boreholes using a spherical weight to overcome buoyancy and keep the cables under tension when grouting (Figure 2). After installation, the cables were connected in a single circuit to a Brillouin Optical Time Domain Analysis (BOTDA) spectrum analyser located in the plant room of the basement. The under-reamed piles were monitored during tunnelling, pile interception/nibbling, support installation and post construction for over eight months in order to quantify the effect of these activities on pile performance. The strain profiles and strain changes at selected vertical locations are presented in Figures 3 and 4, respectively, for one of the fully intercepted piles. There was little change in strain until the tunnel excavation reached the pile, at which point the axial strain increased all along the pile. This was followed by a sudden development of localised strain at the depth of 3.5m two days later. This localised strain had however halved within two weeks and is consistent with the presence of a short reinforcement cage down to this depth. The strain increase from pile interception to the load transfer structure completion measured an overall pile length extension of 1.3mm, which compared with 3 to 4mm measured by the conventional pile instrumentation.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact This project may mark the first time this fibre optic monitoring method has been successfully used in piling interception during tunnelling. The conventional monitoring method would have been to measure the basement settlement at pile positions with studs, and measuring movement of the pile base by coring the pile and installing a rod extensometer. However, rod extensometers would only record displacement at discrete locations rather than at close intervals as with the fibre optics. It is not thought traditional instrumentation methods would have limited the pile interception solution, however more piles would likely have been instrumented and monitored. By installing innovative fibre optics and recording pile behaviour over the full pile length and at frequent time intervals, a clear picture of how the piles were responding to the advancing tunnel and pile interception gave much better confidence that the building was responding as predicted. As our urban cities become even more connected with new infrastructure tunnels, there will likely be further opportunities for such smart fibre optic piles to provide a robust and reliable instrumentation monitoring method. There can also be ongoing benefit for such monitoring systems if it provides a means by which existing foundation structures can be reused. The installation and use of fibre optic instrumentation to measure temperature and strain successfully verified the pile performance made in the design of the pile interceptions at Princes Court. Four of the Princes Court pile foundations are now permanently supported onto reinforced concrete load transfer structures around the new southbound Northern Line tunnel. Two of the 50-year-old piles retain the fibre optic instrumentation and have now become smart fibre optic piles which are available to inform future performance during multiple demolition and construction phases for the Princes Court site.
Start Year 2016
 
Description Monitoring of under-reamed piles during tunnelling interception using distributed fibre optic sensing 
Organisation Epsimon
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The Transport for London Bank Station Capacity Upgrade (BSCU) project is reconstructing one of the busiest interchanges on the London Underground network. The tunnelling and underground excavation works commenced in 2016 and excavated their way around a 'rabbit warren'of existing tunnels and beneath many significant buildings in the City of London. An extensive instrumentation and monitoring programme was established to safeguard existing infrastructure assets and buildings. The unprecedented pile interceptions required at the Princes Court building won the 2019 BGA Fleming Award. This eight-storey two-level basement building, owned by The Worshipful Company of Grocers, was built in the 1970s and is supported on 25 large diameter unreinforced under-reamed piles in London Clay. The sprayed concrete lining (SCL) tunnelling fully intercepted four under-reamed piles. The interception strategy involved cutting piles just below tunnel crown and, while temporarily unsupported, constructing a reinforced concrete permanent load transfer structure around the tunnel for each pile. Fibre optic monitoring was installed in existing piles to measure pile response due to tunnelling and interception and to enable verification of design assumptions. Innovation and collaboration Working with Dragados, an Abaqus 3D finite element (FE) geotechnical substructure model, which included the under-ream piles, raft slab, building basement and all tunnel excavation sequences was created by consultant Dr Ali Nasekhian and team at Dr Sauer & Partners Ltd. This model was coupled with a Strand7 3D super-structure model from Robert Bird Group to predict pile foundation and building response to staged tunnelling excavation. At basement slab level, the tops of the under-reamed piles were instrumented with settlement monitoring studs fixed into the concrete slab above each pile position. At tunnelling level, reflective monitoring targets were installed on the pile shafts above and below the cut level as soon as the pile shaft was exposed (Figure 1). This conventional type of monitoring of the intercepted piles before and after cutting recorded the top and bottom pile displacement from exposing the pile, but not the pre-exposure displacement of the base of the pile nor the response down the length of the pile. To fully capture pile behaviour due to tunnelling and interception, distributed fibre optic sensors (DFOS) were used to measure the axial strain over the length of the piles during interception and other construction activities. The use of fibre optics to measure strain in new piled foundations is a well-established method and transferring this to the monitoring of existing piles has proven successful. It is the least invasive and only viable method for spatially continuous axial strain measurement where access is limited. CSIC was brought in by the project team as experts in this field and applied this method by inserting fibre optic sensing cables into two of the 50-year-old under-reamed piles (one intercepted pile and one nonintercepted pile). The piles were cored at 100mm diameter from basement level to depths of 18.9m and 25.3m respectively. A temperature and a strain cable, pre-spliced to form two parallel lines, was lowered to the bottom of the pre-cored boreholes using a spherical weight to overcome buoyancy and keep the cables under tension when grouting (Figure 2). After installation, the cables were connected in a single circuit to a Brillouin Optical Time Domain Analysis (BOTDA) spectrum analyser located in the plant room of the basement. The under-reamed piles were monitored during tunnelling, pile interception/nibbling, support installation and post construction for over eight months in order to quantify the effect of these activities on pile performance. The strain profiles and strain changes at selected vertical locations are presented in Figures 3 and 4, respectively, for one of the fully intercepted piles. There was little change in strain until the tunnel excavation reached the pile, at which point the axial strain increased all along the pile. This was followed by a sudden development of localised strain at the depth of 3.5m two days later. This localised strain had however halved within two weeks and is consistent with the presence of a short reinforcement cage down to this depth. The strain increase from pile interception to the load transfer structure completion measured an overall pile length extension of 1.3mm, which compared with 3 to 4mm measured by the conventional pile instrumentation.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact This project may mark the first time this fibre optic monitoring method has been successfully used in piling interception during tunnelling. The conventional monitoring method would have been to measure the basement settlement at pile positions with studs, and measuring movement of the pile base by coring the pile and installing a rod extensometer. However, rod extensometers would only record displacement at discrete locations rather than at close intervals as with the fibre optics. It is not thought traditional instrumentation methods would have limited the pile interception solution, however more piles would likely have been instrumented and monitored. By installing innovative fibre optics and recording pile behaviour over the full pile length and at frequent time intervals, a clear picture of how the piles were responding to the advancing tunnel and pile interception gave much better confidence that the building was responding as predicted. As our urban cities become even more connected with new infrastructure tunnels, there will likely be further opportunities for such smart fibre optic piles to provide a robust and reliable instrumentation monitoring method. There can also be ongoing benefit for such monitoring systems if it provides a means by which existing foundation structures can be reused. The installation and use of fibre optic instrumentation to measure temperature and strain successfully verified the pile performance made in the design of the pile interceptions at Princes Court. Four of the Princes Court pile foundations are now permanently supported onto reinforced concrete load transfer structures around the new southbound Northern Line tunnel. Two of the 50-year-old piles retain the fibre optic instrumentation and have now become smart fibre optic piles which are available to inform future performance during multiple demolition and construction phases for the Princes Court site.
Start Year 2016
 
Description Monitoring of under-reamed piles during tunnelling interception using distributed fibre optic sensing 
Organisation Geocisa UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The Transport for London Bank Station Capacity Upgrade (BSCU) project is reconstructing one of the busiest interchanges on the London Underground network. The tunnelling and underground excavation works commenced in 2016 and excavated their way around a 'rabbit warren'of existing tunnels and beneath many significant buildings in the City of London. An extensive instrumentation and monitoring programme was established to safeguard existing infrastructure assets and buildings. The unprecedented pile interceptions required at the Princes Court building won the 2019 BGA Fleming Award. This eight-storey two-level basement building, owned by The Worshipful Company of Grocers, was built in the 1970s and is supported on 25 large diameter unreinforced under-reamed piles in London Clay. The sprayed concrete lining (SCL) tunnelling fully intercepted four under-reamed piles. The interception strategy involved cutting piles just below tunnel crown and, while temporarily unsupported, constructing a reinforced concrete permanent load transfer structure around the tunnel for each pile. Fibre optic monitoring was installed in existing piles to measure pile response due to tunnelling and interception and to enable verification of design assumptions. Innovation and collaboration Working with Dragados, an Abaqus 3D finite element (FE) geotechnical substructure model, which included the under-ream piles, raft slab, building basement and all tunnel excavation sequences was created by consultant Dr Ali Nasekhian and team at Dr Sauer & Partners Ltd. This model was coupled with a Strand7 3D super-structure model from Robert Bird Group to predict pile foundation and building response to staged tunnelling excavation. At basement slab level, the tops of the under-reamed piles were instrumented with settlement monitoring studs fixed into the concrete slab above each pile position. At tunnelling level, reflective monitoring targets were installed on the pile shafts above and below the cut level as soon as the pile shaft was exposed (Figure 1). This conventional type of monitoring of the intercepted piles before and after cutting recorded the top and bottom pile displacement from exposing the pile, but not the pre-exposure displacement of the base of the pile nor the response down the length of the pile. To fully capture pile behaviour due to tunnelling and interception, distributed fibre optic sensors (DFOS) were used to measure the axial strain over the length of the piles during interception and other construction activities. The use of fibre optics to measure strain in new piled foundations is a well-established method and transferring this to the monitoring of existing piles has proven successful. It is the least invasive and only viable method for spatially continuous axial strain measurement where access is limited. CSIC was brought in by the project team as experts in this field and applied this method by inserting fibre optic sensing cables into two of the 50-year-old under-reamed piles (one intercepted pile and one nonintercepted pile). The piles were cored at 100mm diameter from basement level to depths of 18.9m and 25.3m respectively. A temperature and a strain cable, pre-spliced to form two parallel lines, was lowered to the bottom of the pre-cored boreholes using a spherical weight to overcome buoyancy and keep the cables under tension when grouting (Figure 2). After installation, the cables were connected in a single circuit to a Brillouin Optical Time Domain Analysis (BOTDA) spectrum analyser located in the plant room of the basement. The under-reamed piles were monitored during tunnelling, pile interception/nibbling, support installation and post construction for over eight months in order to quantify the effect of these activities on pile performance. The strain profiles and strain changes at selected vertical locations are presented in Figures 3 and 4, respectively, for one of the fully intercepted piles. There was little change in strain until the tunnel excavation reached the pile, at which point the axial strain increased all along the pile. This was followed by a sudden development of localised strain at the depth of 3.5m two days later. This localised strain had however halved within two weeks and is consistent with the presence of a short reinforcement cage down to this depth. The strain increase from pile interception to the load transfer structure completion measured an overall pile length extension of 1.3mm, which compared with 3 to 4mm measured by the conventional pile instrumentation.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact This project may mark the first time this fibre optic monitoring method has been successfully used in piling interception during tunnelling. The conventional monitoring method would have been to measure the basement settlement at pile positions with studs, and measuring movement of the pile base by coring the pile and installing a rod extensometer. However, rod extensometers would only record displacement at discrete locations rather than at close intervals as with the fibre optics. It is not thought traditional instrumentation methods would have limited the pile interception solution, however more piles would likely have been instrumented and monitored. By installing innovative fibre optics and recording pile behaviour over the full pile length and at frequent time intervals, a clear picture of how the piles were responding to the advancing tunnel and pile interception gave much better confidence that the building was responding as predicted. As our urban cities become even more connected with new infrastructure tunnels, there will likely be further opportunities for such smart fibre optic piles to provide a robust and reliable instrumentation monitoring method. There can also be ongoing benefit for such monitoring systems if it provides a means by which existing foundation structures can be reused. The installation and use of fibre optic instrumentation to measure temperature and strain successfully verified the pile performance made in the design of the pile interceptions at Princes Court. Four of the Princes Court pile foundations are now permanently supported onto reinforced concrete load transfer structures around the new southbound Northern Line tunnel. Two of the 50-year-old piles retain the fibre optic instrumentation and have now become smart fibre optic piles which are available to inform future performance during multiple demolition and construction phases for the Princes Court site.
Start Year 2016
 
Description Monitoring of under-reamed piles during tunnelling interception using distributed fibre optic sensing 
Organisation Transport for London
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution The Transport for London Bank Station Capacity Upgrade (BSCU) project is reconstructing one of the busiest interchanges on the London Underground network. The tunnelling and underground excavation works commenced in 2016 and excavated their way around a 'rabbit warren'of existing tunnels and beneath many significant buildings in the City of London. An extensive instrumentation and monitoring programme was established to safeguard existing infrastructure assets and buildings. The unprecedented pile interceptions required at the Princes Court building won the 2019 BGA Fleming Award. This eight-storey two-level basement building, owned by The Worshipful Company of Grocers, was built in the 1970s and is supported on 25 large diameter unreinforced under-reamed piles in London Clay. The sprayed concrete lining (SCL) tunnelling fully intercepted four under-reamed piles. The interception strategy involved cutting piles just below tunnel crown and, while temporarily unsupported, constructing a reinforced concrete permanent load transfer structure around the tunnel for each pile. Fibre optic monitoring was installed in existing piles to measure pile response due to tunnelling and interception and to enable verification of design assumptions. Innovation and collaboration Working with Dragados, an Abaqus 3D finite element (FE) geotechnical substructure model, which included the under-ream piles, raft slab, building basement and all tunnel excavation sequences was created by consultant Dr Ali Nasekhian and team at Dr Sauer & Partners Ltd. This model was coupled with a Strand7 3D super-structure model from Robert Bird Group to predict pile foundation and building response to staged tunnelling excavation. At basement slab level, the tops of the under-reamed piles were instrumented with settlement monitoring studs fixed into the concrete slab above each pile position. At tunnelling level, reflective monitoring targets were installed on the pile shafts above and below the cut level as soon as the pile shaft was exposed (Figure 1). This conventional type of monitoring of the intercepted piles before and after cutting recorded the top and bottom pile displacement from exposing the pile, but not the pre-exposure displacement of the base of the pile nor the response down the length of the pile. To fully capture pile behaviour due to tunnelling and interception, distributed fibre optic sensors (DFOS) were used to measure the axial strain over the length of the piles during interception and other construction activities. The use of fibre optics to measure strain in new piled foundations is a well-established method and transferring this to the monitoring of existing piles has proven successful. It is the least invasive and only viable method for spatially continuous axial strain measurement where access is limited. CSIC was brought in by the project team as experts in this field and applied this method by inserting fibre optic sensing cables into two of the 50-year-old under-reamed piles (one intercepted pile and one nonintercepted pile). The piles were cored at 100mm diameter from basement level to depths of 18.9m and 25.3m respectively. A temperature and a strain cable, pre-spliced to form two parallel lines, was lowered to the bottom of the pre-cored boreholes using a spherical weight to overcome buoyancy and keep the cables under tension when grouting (Figure 2). After installation, the cables were connected in a single circuit to a Brillouin Optical Time Domain Analysis (BOTDA) spectrum analyser located in the plant room of the basement. The under-reamed piles were monitored during tunnelling, pile interception/nibbling, support installation and post construction for over eight months in order to quantify the effect of these activities on pile performance. The strain profiles and strain changes at selected vertical locations are presented in Figures 3 and 4, respectively, for one of the fully intercepted piles. There was little change in strain until the tunnel excavation reached the pile, at which point the axial strain increased all along the pile. This was followed by a sudden development of localised strain at the depth of 3.5m two days later. This localised strain had however halved within two weeks and is consistent with the presence of a short reinforcement cage down to this depth. The strain increase from pile interception to the load transfer structure completion measured an overall pile length extension of 1.3mm, which compared with 3 to 4mm measured by the conventional pile instrumentation.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact This project may mark the first time this fibre optic monitoring method has been successfully used in piling interception during tunnelling. The conventional monitoring method would have been to measure the basement settlement at pile positions with studs, and measuring movement of the pile base by coring the pile and installing a rod extensometer. However, rod extensometers would only record displacement at discrete locations rather than at close intervals as with the fibre optics. It is not thought traditional instrumentation methods would have limited the pile interception solution, however more piles would likely have been instrumented and monitored. By installing innovative fibre optics and recording pile behaviour over the full pile length and at frequent time intervals, a clear picture of how the piles were responding to the advancing tunnel and pile interception gave much better confidence that the building was responding as predicted. As our urban cities become even more connected with new infrastructure tunnels, there will likely be further opportunities for such smart fibre optic piles to provide a robust and reliable instrumentation monitoring method. There can also be ongoing benefit for such monitoring systems if it provides a means by which existing foundation structures can be reused. The installation and use of fibre optic instrumentation to measure temperature and strain successfully verified the pile performance made in the design of the pile interceptions at Princes Court. Four of the Princes Court pile foundations are now permanently supported onto reinforced concrete load transfer structures around the new southbound Northern Line tunnel. Two of the 50-year-old piles retain the fibre optic instrumentation and have now become smart fibre optic piles which are available to inform future performance during multiple demolition and construction phases for the Princes Court site.
Start Year 2016
 
Description Mott MacDonald - CRM 
Organisation Mott Macdonald UK Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Measuring effectiveness of @one Alliance consortium for delivering long term infrastructure upgrade programme (with prospective PhD student Daniel Brackenbury)
Collaborator Contribution Measuring effectiveness of @one Alliance consortium for delivering long term infrastructure upgrade programme (with prospective PhD student Daniel Brackenbury)
Impact Measuring effectiveness of @one Alliance consortium for delivering long term infrastructure upgrade programme (with prospective PhD student Daniel Brackenbury)
Start Year 2016
 
Description Mott MacDonald - PTK 
Organisation Mott Macdonald UK Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Instrumentation of sheet piling with FBG sensors and measurement during pile installation at Trinity Hall.
Collaborator Contribution Instrumentation of sheet piling with FBG sensors and measurement during pile installation at Trinity Hall.
Impact Instrumentation of sheet piling with FBG sensors and measurement during pile installation at Trinity Hall.
Start Year 2015
 
Description Mott MacDonald instrumentation of sheet piling with FBG sensors and measurement during pile installation at Trinity Hall - JMS 
Organisation Mott Macdonald UK Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution instrumentation of sheet piling with FBG sensors and measurement during pile installation at Trinity Hall
Collaborator Contribution instrumentation of sheet piling with FBG sensors and measurement during pile installation at Trinity Hall
Impact instrumentation of sheet piling with FBG sensors and measurement during pile installation at Trinity Hall
Start Year 2016
 
Description Mouchel - PTK 
Organisation Mouchel Group PLC
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Detection of defects in water courses
Collaborator Contribution Detection of defects in water courses
Impact Detection of defects in water courses
Start Year 2015
 
Description Multi-sensing structural health monitoring of a skewed masonry arch bridge 
Organisation AECOM Technology Corporation
Department AECOM, Nottingham, UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution In 2018, Network Rail commissioned CSIC and AECOM to install structural health monitoring technologies on a skewed masonry arch bridge in North Yorkshire, which had suffered extensive historic damage. The technologies would monitor how the 150-year-old bridge behaved structurally and how it was responding to intervention work carried out in 2016. Network Rail also wanted to explore available monitoring technologies to determine which ones worked well and could be used on other assets. The system traditionally used in the UK is deflection pole monitoring, which measures vertical crown displacements at the arch soffit under the centre of the tracks above. However, this method often entails difficulties with access and may require costly and disruptive road closures. Bespoke monitoring system Following several desk studies, laser vibrometry and laser scanning at an initial monitoring visit, engineers were able to study the environment of the bridge and design a bespoke monitoring system. The vibrometry was used to provide an initial gauge of the magnitude of movements that the bridge was experiencing under typical train loading. The laser scan data was used to profile the surface of the bridge and to decide the locations of monitoring equipment, given the constraints of an A-road and footpath running underneath it. CSIC installed distributed monitoring technologies, including a network of fibre optic Fibre Bragg Gratings for detailed dynamic measurement of strains across the arch, a laser scan analysis of historic deformations, and videogrammetry to capture dynamic displacements. AECOM installed an autonomous remote monitoring system comprising a range of dynamic, point-sensing technologies. Real-time monitoring with this system allows for accurate tracking of long-term trends in the monitoring data. The bridge was monitored for six months from September 2018 to February 2019. Both teams from AECOM and CSIC analysed large quantities of data to co-author a series of reports for Network Rail. The reports summarised the studies undertaken before installation, the reasons the system was chosen, the evaluation of the technologies used, and the results to date. An upcoming report will also provide guidance on monitoring technologies that can be used as alternatives to the deflection pole method. Next steps Following internal review by the client, it is intended that these reports will be submitted to the European Shift2Rail programme as examples of research that Network Rail is supporting. Network Rail is also commissioning AECOM and CSIC to perform long-term monitoring of the bridge, which demonstrates the value of the installed monitoring system and the benefits of long-term structural health monitoring. As part of this, the CSIC FBG system will be upgraded to be autonomous and self-sufficient, running on solar power in the same way as AECOM's remote point-sensing system. This enables FBG measurements to be taken automatically and monitoring data transferred back to the CSIC office for analysis. The teams from AECOM and CSIC have also been invited to present the project results to other asset engineers at Network Rail as an example of best practice. This project has enabled CSIC to continue the development of fibre optic monitoring of heritage structures and carry out research into the fundamental behaviour of an existing skewed masonry arch railway bridge. Following refinement of the monitoring system at this bridge, it is expected that more testing on other bridges will take place in the next year.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact CSIC's innovative way of monitoring the health of ageing railway infrastructure won the New Civil Engineer TechFest Rail Visionary award. The award recognises organisations developing pioneering ideas and designs to effect major changes in the global rail sector. The University of Cambridge, Innovative Structural Health Monitoring of Ageing Railway Infrastructure and Smart Monitoring for Condition Assessment of Ageing Infrastructure (a collaboration between CSIC, AECOM, Network Rail and the Alan Turing Institute (ATI)) showcases two bespoke monitoring systems designed for a masonry arch bridge and viaduct, both in Yorkshire. As well as enabling fundamental research into the behaviour of these heritage structures, the detailed monitoring data is also being used to research novel, statistical-based approaches to asset management and structural assessment, through collaboration between CSIC and ATI. Furthermore, at one of these structures, a skewed masonry arch bridge, Network Rail wanted to explore available monitoring technologies to determine systems with the potential to be used on other assets.
Start Year 2018
 
Description Multi-sensing structural health monitoring of a skewed masonry arch bridge 
Organisation Network Rail Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution In 2018, Network Rail commissioned CSIC and AECOM to install structural health monitoring technologies on a skewed masonry arch bridge in North Yorkshire, which had suffered extensive historic damage. The technologies would monitor how the 150-year-old bridge behaved structurally and how it was responding to intervention work carried out in 2016. Network Rail also wanted to explore available monitoring technologies to determine which ones worked well and could be used on other assets. The system traditionally used in the UK is deflection pole monitoring, which measures vertical crown displacements at the arch soffit under the centre of the tracks above. However, this method often entails difficulties with access and may require costly and disruptive road closures. Bespoke monitoring system Following several desk studies, laser vibrometry and laser scanning at an initial monitoring visit, engineers were able to study the environment of the bridge and design a bespoke monitoring system. The vibrometry was used to provide an initial gauge of the magnitude of movements that the bridge was experiencing under typical train loading. The laser scan data was used to profile the surface of the bridge and to decide the locations of monitoring equipment, given the constraints of an A-road and footpath running underneath it. CSIC installed distributed monitoring technologies, including a network of fibre optic Fibre Bragg Gratings for detailed dynamic measurement of strains across the arch, a laser scan analysis of historic deformations, and videogrammetry to capture dynamic displacements. AECOM installed an autonomous remote monitoring system comprising a range of dynamic, point-sensing technologies. Real-time monitoring with this system allows for accurate tracking of long-term trends in the monitoring data. The bridge was monitored for six months from September 2018 to February 2019. Both teams from AECOM and CSIC analysed large quantities of data to co-author a series of reports for Network Rail. The reports summarised the studies undertaken before installation, the reasons the system was chosen, the evaluation of the technologies used, and the results to date. An upcoming report will also provide guidance on monitoring technologies that can be used as alternatives to the deflection pole method. Next steps Following internal review by the client, it is intended that these reports will be submitted to the European Shift2Rail programme as examples of research that Network Rail is supporting. Network Rail is also commissioning AECOM and CSIC to perform long-term monitoring of the bridge, which demonstrates the value of the installed monitoring system and the benefits of long-term structural health monitoring. As part of this, the CSIC FBG system will be upgraded to be autonomous and self-sufficient, running on solar power in the same way as AECOM's remote point-sensing system. This enables FBG measurements to be taken automatically and monitoring data transferred back to the CSIC office for analysis. The teams from AECOM and CSIC have also been invited to present the project results to other asset engineers at Network Rail as an example of best practice. This project has enabled CSIC to continue the development of fibre optic monitoring of heritage structures and carry out research into the fundamental behaviour of an existing skewed masonry arch railway bridge. Following refinement of the monitoring system at this bridge, it is expected that more testing on other bridges will take place in the next year.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact CSIC's innovative way of monitoring the health of ageing railway infrastructure won the New Civil Engineer TechFest Rail Visionary award. The award recognises organisations developing pioneering ideas and designs to effect major changes in the global rail sector. The University of Cambridge, Innovative Structural Health Monitoring of Ageing Railway Infrastructure and Smart Monitoring for Condition Assessment of Ageing Infrastructure (a collaboration between CSIC, AECOM, Network Rail and the Alan Turing Institute (ATI)) showcases two bespoke monitoring systems designed for a masonry arch bridge and viaduct, both in Yorkshire. As well as enabling fundamental research into the behaviour of these heritage structures, the detailed monitoring data is also being used to research novel, statistical-based approaches to asset management and structural assessment, through collaboration between CSIC and ATI. Furthermore, at one of these structures, a skewed masonry arch bridge, Network Rail wanted to explore available monitoring technologies to determine systems with the potential to be used on other assets.
Start Year 2018
 
Description Multiplex - NdB 
Organisation Multiplex Construction
Country Australia 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Monitoring of tall building during construction
Collaborator Contribution Monitoring of tall building during construction
Impact Monitoring of tall building during construction
Start Year 2016
 
Description Myriad CEG Limited - PTK 
Organisation Myriad Heat and Power Products Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Thermal piles
Collaborator Contribution Thermal piles
Impact Thermal piles
Start Year 2015
 
Description NPL (National Physical Laboratory) - CRM 
Organisation National Physical Laboratory
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Discussions on parameters for NPL-sponsored PhD studentship for Sakthy Selvakumaran to study structural health monitoring of bridges.
Collaborator Contribution Discussions on parameters for NPL-sponsored PhD studentship for Sakthy Selvakumaran to study structural health monitoring of bridges.
Impact Discussions on parameters for NPL-sponsored PhD studentship for Sakthy Selvakumaran to study structural health monitoring of bridges.
Start Year 2015
 
Description NR - CK 
Organisation Network Rail Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution National Rail - Leeds masonry arch
Collaborator Contribution National Rail - Leeds masonry arch
Impact National Rail - Leeds masonry arch
Start Year 2015
 
Description National Grid - PTK 
Organisation National Grid UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Tunnel segments and tunnel monitoring
Collaborator Contribution Tunnel segments and tunnel monitoring
Impact Tunnel segments and tunnel monitoring
Start Year 2015
 
Description National Grid tunnel segments 
Organisation National Grid UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Innovative instrumentation scheme on the London Power tunnel segments
Collaborator Contribution Providing cash and in-kind contribution plus access to the contractors and the associated supply chain
Impact Work on progress and the data is being analysed
Start Year 2012
 
Description National Grid/Toshiba - CK 
Organisation National Grid UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution National Grid tunnel - Wireless Sensor Network
Collaborator Contribution National Grid tunnel - Wireless Sensor Network
Impact National Grid tunnel - Wireless Sensor Network
Start Year 2015
 
Description National Grid/Toshiba - CK 
Organisation Toshiba
Country Japan 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution National Grid tunnel - Wireless Sensor Network
Collaborator Contribution National Grid tunnel - Wireless Sensor Network
Impact National Grid tunnel - Wireless Sensor Network
Start Year 2015
 
Description Network Rail 
Organisation Network Rail Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Leeds Masonry arch
Collaborator Contribution Leeds Masonry arch
Impact Leeds Masonry arch
Start Year 2015
 
Description Network Rail - CK 
Organisation Network Rail Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Capital investment planning and strategic maintenance planning.
Collaborator Contribution Capital investment planning and strategic maintenance planning.
Impact Capital investment planning and strategic maintenance planning.
Start Year 2015
 
Description Network Rail - HA 
Organisation Network Rail Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Installation of distributed and discrete (FBG) optical fibre sensors on a Victorian masonry arch rail bridge, Leeds.
Collaborator Contribution Installation of distributed and discrete (FBG) optical fibre sensors on a Victorian masonry arch rail bridge, Leeds.
Impact Installation of distributed and discrete (FBG) optical fibre sensors on a Victorian masonry arch rail bridge, Leeds.
Start Year 2015
 
Description Network Rail - LB 
Organisation Network Rail Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Staffordshire Alliance Bridge Monitoring Project (EPSRC)
Collaborator Contribution Staffordshire Alliance Bridge Monitoring Project (EPSRC)
Impact Staffordshire Alliance Bridge Monitoring Project (EPSRC)
Start Year 2014
 
Description Network Rail - MJD 
Organisation Network Rail Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Monitoring of a masonry viaduct in Leeds
Collaborator Contribution Monitoring of a masonry viaduct in Leeds
Impact Monitoring of a masonry viaduct in Leeds
Start Year 2015
 
Description Network Rail HS1 St Pancras - AKNP 
Organisation Network Rail Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution BIM
Collaborator Contribution BIM
Impact BIM
Start Year 2016
 
Description Network Rail [Operations team] 
Organisation Network Rail Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Network Rail [Operations team]
Collaborator Contribution Network Rail [Operations team]
Impact Network Rail [Operations team]
Start Year 2015
 
Description Network rail - MJD 
Organisation Network Rail Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Long term monitoring of masonry arch bridge assets
Collaborator Contribution Long term monitoring of masonry arch bridge assets
Impact Monitoring of a masonry viaduct in Leeds
Start Year 2015
 
Description Ongoing discussions November 2017-present - transportation - Alex Gkiokas 
Organisation Department of Transport
Department Highways Agency
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Ongoing discussions November 2017-present - transportation
Collaborator Contribution Ongoing discussions November 2017-present - transportation
Impact Ongoing discussions November 2017-present - transportation
Start Year 2017
 
Description Ongoing discussions November 2017-present - water sector - Alex Giokas 
Organisation Mott Macdonald UK Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Ongoing discussions November 2017-present - water sector
Collaborator Contribution Ongoing discussions November 2017-present - water sector
Impact Ongoing discussions November 2017-present - water sector - Alex Giokas
Start Year 2017
 
Description Optasense - PTK 
Organisation OptaSense
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution PhD Research proposal for road monitoring
Collaborator Contribution PhD Research proposal for road monitoring
Impact PhD Research proposal for road monitoring
Start Year 2016
 
Description Pedestrian Bridge Deployment Project-Epsimon & University of Sydney 
Organisation Epsimon
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Deployment project, led by Epsimon Ltd, consists of monitoring soil movement in real time during soil treatment with geopolymer to stabilise water mains. The monitoring (FBG sensors in vertical boreholes) will carry on for 12 months to ensure that the treatment is effective. All FBG sensors have been manufactured, a realtime software developed and deployment is planned for the week of 13 July. The pedestrian bridge installation project at the University of Sydney, led by Epsimon Ltd, has been completed and all the FBG sensors manufactured by CSIC installed by the contractor, which was trained remotely.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact The pedestrian bridge installation project at the University of Sydney, led by Epsimon Ltd, has been completed and all the FBG sensors manufactured by CSIC installed by the contractor.
Start Year 2020
 
Description Pedestrian Bridge Deployment Project-Epsimon & University of Sydney 
Organisation Laing O'Rourke
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Deployment project, led by Epsimon Ltd, consists of monitoring soil movement in real time during soil treatment with geopolymer to stabilise water mains. The monitoring (FBG sensors in vertical boreholes) will carry on for 12 months to ensure that the treatment is effective. All FBG sensors have been manufactured, a realtime software developed and deployment is planned for the week of 13 July. The pedestrian bridge installation project at the University of Sydney, led by Epsimon Ltd, has been completed and all the FBG sensors manufactured by CSIC installed by the contractor, which was trained remotely.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact The pedestrian bridge installation project at the University of Sydney, led by Epsimon Ltd, has been completed and all the FBG sensors manufactured by CSIC installed by the contractor.
Start Year 2020
 
Description Pedestrian Bridge Deployment Project-Epsimon & University of Sydney 
Organisation University of Sydney
Country Australia 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Deployment project, led by Epsimon Ltd, consists of monitoring soil movement in real time during soil treatment with geopolymer to stabilise water mains. The monitoring (FBG sensors in vertical boreholes) will carry on for 12 months to ensure that the treatment is effective. All FBG sensors have been manufactured, a realtime software developed and deployment is planned for the week of 13 July. The pedestrian bridge installation project at the University of Sydney, led by Epsimon Ltd, has been completed and all the FBG sensors manufactured by CSIC installed by the contractor, which was trained remotely.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact The pedestrian bridge installation project at the University of Sydney, led by Epsimon Ltd, has been completed and all the FBG sensors manufactured by CSIC installed by the contractor.
Start Year 2020
 
Description Peter Brett Associates - CR< 
Organisation Peter Brett Associates
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Smarter construction including re-use of existing piles, structural elements, off-site construction with incorporation of services and utilities design & integration of industry software platforms intelligently; smarter city design with a focus on energy & transport infrastructure
Collaborator Contribution Smarter construction including re-use of existing piles, structural elements, off-site construction with incorporation of services and utilities design & integration of industry software platforms intelligently; smarter city design with a focus on energy & transport infrastructure
Impact Smarter construction including re-use of existing piles, structural elements, off-site construction with incorporation of services and utilities design & integration of industry software platforms intelligently; smarter city design with a focus on energy & transport infrastructure
Start Year 2016
 
Description Photogrammetric Study of Landslides and Rapid Ground Deformations 
Organisation Cam Dragon
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC investigator Dongfang Liang and Cam Dragon Corporation working on secondment project 'Photogrammetric Study of Landslides and Rapid Ground Deformations'
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Collaboration still action, outputs and outcomes not yet known.
Start Year 2019
 
Description Preliminary discussion about joint research project proposal - Nicky de Battista 
Organisation Arup Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Preliminary discussion about joint research project proposal
Collaborator Contribution Preliminary discussion about joint research project proposal
Impact Preliminary discussion about joint research project proposal
Start Year 2018
 
Description Provide support for current projects and explore possible future collaboration with CSIC - Haris Alexakis 
Organisation National Instruments Corp (UK) Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Provide support for current projects and explore possible future collaboration with CSIC
Collaborator Contribution Provide support for current projects and explore possible future collaboration with CSIC
Impact Provide support for current projects and explore possible future collaboration with CSIC
Start Year 2018
 
Description Qualis Flow 
Organisation Qualisflow
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Qualis Flow and CSIC are working together on a fourth year student project on data analysis for improving efficiency in the construction industry. As well as cooperating on this small initial project, we are exploring opportunities to develop this work further.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact N/A
Start Year 2020
 
Description Red Bite - CK 
Organisation RedBite Solutions
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Technologies for futureproofing information
Collaborator Contribution Technologies for futureproofing information
Impact Technologies for futureproofing information
Start Year 2015
 
Description Road degradation: a city-scale model to inform efficient asset management and maintenance 
Organisation University of California, Berkeley
Country United States 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The scale of the problem Road degradation is an increasing problem for asset managers. Potholes are one of the main contributing factors and require local authorities to commit limited funding to maintenance and repairs. According to the Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA) Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance Survey (ALARM) 2019, the total number of potholes filled in the past year (April 2018 to April 2019) in England and Wales totals 1,860,072 at a cost of £97.8m. The average cost to fill one pothole as part of planned maintenance is £39.80 compared to £65.10 for a reactive repair. Improving asset management A CSIC, University of Cambridge and University of California, Berkeley research project is examining the degradation of roads (evaluation considers potholes, cracks and other types of defects) with the aim of improving road asset management. Currently asset managers lack accurate methods to support decision-making on maintenance programmes resulting in an ad-hoc approach to deciding which areas of road to repair and maintain. A predictive and city-scale maintenance approach based on accurate information would allow more efficient planning, reducing the cost of works and disruption. Pavement condition data This research seeks to improve knowledge about local road degradation using road condition data from visual surveys published by the San Francisco Department of Public Works. This provides historical and current information on the Pavement Condition Index (PCI) of more than 12,000 street segments in the city (pavement in this context refers to road surface). Following recent advances in road condition monitoring, resulting data is becoming available in increasingly large spatial scales and high spatial resolutions. This brings both opportunities and challenges for road management: opportunities to understand network-wide condition change and maintenance needs at high spatio-temporal resolution; challenges to efficiently analyse large amounts of spatio-temporal data to identify meaningful and usable quantification to inform maintenance and management. Incorporating spatial and temporal dimensions Incorporating spatial and temporal dimensions into road degradation modelling secures a system-wide understanding for asset management. There are many difficulties in producing a reliable road condition prediction model, particularly with the strong presence of measurement errors inherent in visual surveys and lack of information on crucial degradation-affecting factors including construction quality, microclimate and ground conditions. To address the issue of 'imperfect data', additional structures in the data are considered to enable further insights of the street network. This research demonstrates that a hierarchical modelling approach can be applied in a more general manner to take advantage of natural spatial structures in the street network and considers the possible correlations between nearby road sections. Three road degradation models were designed to represent a range of modelling strategies, including a conventional approach that fits a degradation curve for each category (road material type and functional class, see Figure 1), as well as a spatial model that explicitly considers the similarities in degradation trends of neighbouring road segments. Benefits of spatial (SP) model The SP model coordinates degradation rates between adjacent street segments showing regions of high degradation rates in red and low in blue (see Figure 2). Results show a large part of the individual variations in degradation rates are explained by the spatially structured component but the most convincing strength of the SP model is its ability to identify high degradation rates. The SP model: Is able to estimate the degradation parameters for road sections with missing or erroneous observations by using information from adjacent sections Can visually illustrate regions where roads degrade faster than average Can assist asset managers to apply their attention to a smaller region. Smart infrastructure and management The spatial road degradation model proposed in this study emerges from recent advances in the field of smart infrastructure and management and is built on two decades of continuous records of cityscale road condition data. Such input data are premised on advanced sensing and digital data inventory technologies for road infrastructure. This model is also an example of how interdisciplinary data analysis techniques can contribute to the management of smart infrastructure. As a basis it addresses the imperfections (measurement errors and missing predictors) in road condition data and identifies critical regions where roads tend to age faster. Such results can support local engineers to conduct more informed inspections/site investigations, and make more effective asset management decisions. Future prospects The spatial model can support targeted inspections to investigate underlying causes of degradation in vulnerable regions and inform asset management decisions and activities by enabling system-level maintenance planning. Inter-disciplinary modelling for sustainable cityscale management In the longer term road degradation and traffic simulation modelling will be brought together to consider the sustainability of the cityscale transportation system through the modelling of potential emission mitigation scenarios. Currently, there are many carbon mitigation proposals within the transportation system, for example, eco-routing where drivers choose less congested and less bumpy routes. From the infrastructure asset management perspective, the opportunities include the adoption of recycled materials, roadwork schedules to minimise construction disruptions and maintenance allocations that prioritise the reduction of use phase emissions from vehicles. Current studies of both areas remain siloed; road engineers do not consider dynamics in traffic and traffic engineers do not consider condition of roads. Taking a systems approach enables network-wide impact in reducing emissions, total vehicle hours/distance travelled and overall road conditions to better manage traffic congestion and associated pollution and inform more efficient asset management.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Collaboration is still active.
Start Year 2018
 
Description SAFEWAY 
Organisation DEMO Consultants
Country Netherlands 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The SAFEWAY project The SAFEWAY project, a GIS-Based Infrastructure Management System for Optimised Response to Extreme Events on Terrestrial Transport Networks, aims to address the ability of transport systems to function during adverse conditions and quickly recover to acceptable levels of service after extreme events. SAFEWAY develops a transversal solution mainly focused on terrestrial transport modes, including both roads and railway infrastructure networks. Several of the SAFEWAY modules (mainly monitoring and risk prediction) can also be applied to other transport modes such as maritime. The main objective of the project is to design, validate and implement holistic methods, strategies, tools and technical interventions to significantly increase the resilience of inland transport infrastructure by reducing risk vulnerability and strengthening network systems to extreme events. The University of Cambridge is one of 15 partners collaborating on the project, which is being coordinated by the University of Vigo, Spain. Challenges addressed SAFEWAY project tools and interventions will be deployed for critical hazards, both natural and man-made, including: wildfires in Portugal; floods, which currently account for half of climate hazards across Europe; land displacements in the UK, Spain, the Netherlands and Portugal; and seismic-related events in the Iberian Peninsula and Italy. Resilience to man-made hazards such as terrorism, vandalism, accidents, and negligence will be secured by mitigating their impacts with real-time mobility advice, such as TomTom real-time traffic management. SAFEWAY also employs innovative socio-technical elements of psychology and risk tolerance for communities at local, regional and European level, for both natural and man-made hazards. SAFEWAY's objectives will address and strengthen the four criteria for a resilient infrastructure: robustness, resourcefulness, rapid recovery and redundancy. Optimum balance Senior Lecturer in Industrial Systems at the Institute for Manufacturing and CSIC Investigator, Dr Ajith Parlikad, is leading collaborative research to develop predictive models for critical infrastructure assets that consider measured structural performance and trends observed in large databases to estimate the risks of future infrastructure damage, shutdown and deterioration. Projections of second, thirdorder, and long-term consequences will also be assessed. The University of Cambridge team will be involved in the development of a robust decision support framework for terrestrial transportation infrastructure management by considering diverse types of risks related to natural and man-made extreme events and balancing stakeholders' demands and optimising priorities over asset types. The objective is to identify the optimum balance between long-term risk minimisation and available financial resources to find the optimum resilience. SAFEWAY is funded by the EU Horizon 2020 'Smart, green and integrated transport' work programme which is aimed at achieving a European transport system that is resilient, resource-efficient, climate-and-environmentally-friendly, safe and seamless for the benefit of all citizens, the economy and society.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Still active
Start Year 2019
 
Description SAFEWAY 
Organisation Ferrovial Agroman
Country Spain 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The SAFEWAY project The SAFEWAY project, a GIS-Based Infrastructure Management System for Optimised Response to Extreme Events on Terrestrial Transport Networks, aims to address the ability of transport systems to function during adverse conditions and quickly recover to acceptable levels of service after extreme events. SAFEWAY develops a transversal solution mainly focused on terrestrial transport modes, including both roads and railway infrastructure networks. Several of the SAFEWAY modules (mainly monitoring and risk prediction) can also be applied to other transport modes such as maritime. The main objective of the project is to design, validate and implement holistic methods, strategies, tools and technical interventions to significantly increase the resilience of inland transport infrastructure by reducing risk vulnerability and strengthening network systems to extreme events. The University of Cambridge is one of 15 partners collaborating on the project, which is being coordinated by the University of Vigo, Spain. Challenges addressed SAFEWAY project tools and interventions will be deployed for critical hazards, both natural and man-made, including: wildfires in Portugal; floods, which currently account for half of climate hazards across Europe; land displacements in the UK, Spain, the Netherlands and Portugal; and seismic-related events in the Iberian Peninsula and Italy. Resilience to man-made hazards such as terrorism, vandalism, accidents, and negligence will be secured by mitigating their impacts with real-time mobility advice, such as TomTom real-time traffic management. SAFEWAY also employs innovative socio-technical elements of psychology and risk tolerance for communities at local, regional and European level, for both natural and man-made hazards. SAFEWAY's objectives will address and strengthen the four criteria for a resilient infrastructure: robustness, resourcefulness, rapid recovery and redundancy. Optimum balance Senior Lecturer in Industrial Systems at the Institute for Manufacturing and CSIC Investigator, Dr Ajith Parlikad, is leading collaborative research to develop predictive models for critical infrastructure assets that consider measured structural performance and trends observed in large databases to estimate the risks of future infrastructure damage, shutdown and deterioration. Projections of second, thirdorder, and long-term consequences will also be assessed. The University of Cambridge team will be involved in the development of a robust decision support framework for terrestrial transportation infrastructure management by considering diverse types of risks related to natural and man-made extreme events and balancing stakeholders' demands and optimising priorities over asset types. The objective is to identify the optimum balance between long-term risk minimisation and available financial resources to find the optimum resilience. SAFEWAY is funded by the EU Horizon 2020 'Smart, green and integrated transport' work programme which is aimed at achieving a European transport system that is resilient, resource-efficient, climate-and-environmentally-friendly, safe and seamless for the benefit of all citizens, the economy and society.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Still active
Start Year 2019
 
Description SAFEWAY 
Organisation INSITU Engineering
Country Nigeria 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The SAFEWAY project The SAFEWAY project, a GIS-Based Infrastructure Management System for Optimised Response to Extreme Events on Terrestrial Transport Networks, aims to address the ability of transport systems to function during adverse conditions and quickly recover to acceptable levels of service after extreme events. SAFEWAY develops a transversal solution mainly focused on terrestrial transport modes, including both roads and railway infrastructure networks. Several of the SAFEWAY modules (mainly monitoring and risk prediction) can also be applied to other transport modes such as maritime. The main objective of the project is to design, validate and implement holistic methods, strategies, tools and technical interventions to significantly increase the resilience of inland transport infrastructure by reducing risk vulnerability and strengthening network systems to extreme events. The University of Cambridge is one of 15 partners collaborating on the project, which is being coordinated by the University of Vigo, Spain. Challenges addressed SAFEWAY project tools and interventions will be deployed for critical hazards, both natural and man-made, including: wildfires in Portugal; floods, which currently account for half of climate hazards across Europe; land displacements in the UK, Spain, the Netherlands and Portugal; and seismic-related events in the Iberian Peninsula and Italy. Resilience to man-made hazards such as terrorism, vandalism, accidents, and negligence will be secured by mitigating their impacts with real-time mobility advice, such as TomTom real-time traffic management. SAFEWAY also employs innovative socio-technical elements of psychology and risk tolerance for communities at local, regional and European level, for both natural and man-made hazards. SAFEWAY's objectives will address and strengthen the four criteria for a resilient infrastructure: robustness, resourcefulness, rapid recovery and redundancy. Optimum balance Senior Lecturer in Industrial Systems at the Institute for Manufacturing and CSIC Investigator, Dr Ajith Parlikad, is leading collaborative research to develop predictive models for critical infrastructure assets that consider measured structural performance and trends observed in large databases to estimate the risks of future infrastructure damage, shutdown and deterioration. Projections of second, thirdorder, and long-term consequences will also be assessed. The University of Cambridge team will be involved in the development of a robust decision support framework for terrestrial transportation infrastructure management by considering diverse types of risks related to natural and man-made extreme events and balancing stakeholders' demands and optimising priorities over asset types. The objective is to identify the optimum balance between long-term risk minimisation and available financial resources to find the optimum resilience. SAFEWAY is funded by the EU Horizon 2020 'Smart, green and integrated transport' work programme which is aimed at achieving a European transport system that is resilient, resource-efficient, climate-and-environmentally-friendly, safe and seamless for the benefit of all citizens, the economy and society.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Still active
Start Year 2019
 
Description SAFEWAY 
Organisation Infraestruturas de Portugal
Country Portugal 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution The SAFEWAY project The SAFEWAY project, a GIS-Based Infrastructure Management System for Optimised Response to Extreme Events on Terrestrial Transport Networks, aims to address the ability of transport systems to function during adverse conditions and quickly recover to acceptable levels of service after extreme events. SAFEWAY develops a transversal solution mainly focused on terrestrial transport modes, including both roads and railway infrastructure networks. Several of the SAFEWAY modules (mainly monitoring and risk prediction) can also be applied to other transport modes such as maritime. The main objective of the project is to design, validate and implement holistic methods, strategies, tools and technical interventions to significantly increase the resilience of inland transport infrastructure by reducing risk vulnerability and strengthening network systems to extreme events. The University of Cambridge is one of 15 partners collaborating on the project, which is being coordinated by the University of Vigo, Spain. Challenges addressed SAFEWAY project tools and interventions will be deployed for critical hazards, both natural and man-made, including: wildfires in Portugal; floods, which currently account for half of climate hazards across Europe; land displacements in the UK, Spain, the Netherlands and Portugal; and seismic-related events in the Iberian Peninsula and Italy. Resilience to man-made hazards such as terrorism, vandalism, accidents, and negligence will be secured by mitigating their impacts with real-time mobility advice, such as TomTom real-time traffic management. SAFEWAY also employs innovative socio-technical elements of psychology and risk tolerance for communities at local, regional and European level, for both natural and man-made hazards. SAFEWAY's objectives will address and strengthen the four criteria for a resilient infrastructure: robustness, resourcefulness, rapid recovery and redundancy. Optimum balance Senior Lecturer in Industrial Systems at the Institute for Manufacturing and CSIC Investigator, Dr Ajith Parlikad, is leading collaborative research to develop predictive models for critical infrastructure assets that consider measured structural performance and trends observed in large databases to estimate the risks of future infrastructure damage, shutdown and deterioration. Projections of second, thirdorder, and long-term consequences will also be assessed. The University of Cambridge team will be involved in the development of a robust decision support framework for terrestrial transportation infrastructure management by considering diverse types of risks related to natural and man-made extreme events and balancing stakeholders' demands and optimising priorities over asset types. The objective is to identify the optimum balance between long-term risk minimisation and available financial resources to find the optimum resilience. SAFEWAY is funded by the EU Horizon 2020 'Smart, green and integrated transport' work programme which is aimed at achieving a European transport system that is resilient, resource-efficient, climate-and-environmentally-friendly, safe and seamless for the benefit of all citizens, the economy and society.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Still active
Start Year 2019
 
Description SAFEWAY 
Organisation Innovactory
Country Netherlands 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The SAFEWAY project The SAFEWAY project, a GIS-Based Infrastructure Management System for Optimised Response to Extreme Events on Terrestrial Transport Networks, aims to address the ability of transport systems to function during adverse conditions and quickly recover to acceptable levels of service after extreme events. SAFEWAY develops a transversal solution mainly focused on terrestrial transport modes, including both roads and railway infrastructure networks. Several of the SAFEWAY modules (mainly monitoring and risk prediction) can also be applied to other transport modes such as maritime. The main objective of the project is to design, validate and implement holistic methods, strategies, tools and technical interventions to significantly increase the resilience of inland transport infrastructure by reducing risk vulnerability and strengthening network systems to extreme events. The University of Cambridge is one of 15 partners collaborating on the project, which is being coordinated by the University of Vigo, Spain. Challenges addressed SAFEWAY project tools and interventions will be deployed for critical hazards, both natural and man-made, including: wildfires in Portugal; floods, which currently account for half of climate hazards across Europe; land displacements in the UK, Spain, the Netherlands and Portugal; and seismic-related events in the Iberian Peninsula and Italy. Resilience to man-made hazards such as terrorism, vandalism, accidents, and negligence will be secured by mitigating their impacts with real-time mobility advice, such as TomTom real-time traffic management. SAFEWAY also employs innovative socio-technical elements of psychology and risk tolerance for communities at local, regional and European level, for both natural and man-made hazards. SAFEWAY's objectives will address and strengthen the four criteria for a resilient infrastructure: robustness, resourcefulness, rapid recovery and redundancy. Optimum balance Senior Lecturer in Industrial Systems at the Institute for Manufacturing and CSIC Investigator, Dr Ajith Parlikad, is leading collaborative research to develop predictive models for critical infrastructure assets that consider measured structural performance and trends observed in large databases to estimate the risks of future infrastructure damage, shutdown and deterioration. Projections of second, thirdorder, and long-term consequences will also be assessed. The University of Cambridge team will be involved in the development of a robust decision support framework for terrestrial transportation infrastructure management by considering diverse types of risks related to natural and man-made extreme events and balancing stakeholders' demands and optimising priorities over asset types. The objective is to identify the optimum balance between long-term risk minimisation and available financial resources to find the optimum resilience. SAFEWAY is funded by the EU Horizon 2020 'Smart, green and integrated transport' work programme which is aimed at achieving a European transport system that is resilient, resource-efficient, climate-and-environmentally-friendly, safe and seamless for the benefit of all citizens, the economy and society.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Still active
Start Year 2019
 
Description SAFEWAY 
Organisation Institute of Transport Economics (Norway)
Country Norway 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The SAFEWAY project The SAFEWAY project, a GIS-Based Infrastructure Management System for Optimised Response to Extreme Events on Terrestrial Transport Networks, aims to address the ability of transport systems to function during adverse conditions and quickly recover to acceptable levels of service after extreme events. SAFEWAY develops a transversal solution mainly focused on terrestrial transport modes, including both roads and railway infrastructure networks. Several of the SAFEWAY modules (mainly monitoring and risk prediction) can also be applied to other transport modes such as maritime. The main objective of the project is to design, validate and implement holistic methods, strategies, tools and technical interventions to significantly increase the resilience of inland transport infrastructure by reducing risk vulnerability and strengthening network systems to extreme events. The University of Cambridge is one of 15 partners collaborating on the project, which is being coordinated by the University of Vigo, Spain. Challenges addressed SAFEWAY project tools and interventions will be deployed for critical hazards, both natural and man-made, including: wildfires in Portugal; floods, which currently account for half of climate hazards across Europe; land displacements in the UK, Spain, the Netherlands and Portugal; and seismic-related events in the Iberian Peninsula and Italy. Resilience to man-made hazards such as terrorism, vandalism, accidents, and negligence will be secured by mitigating their impacts with real-time mobility advice, such as TomTom real-time traffic management. SAFEWAY also employs innovative socio-technical elements of psychology and risk tolerance for communities at local, regional and European level, for both natural and man-made hazards. SAFEWAY's objectives will address and strengthen the four criteria for a resilient infrastructure: robustness, resourcefulness, rapid recovery and redundancy. Optimum balance Senior Lecturer in Industrial Systems at the Institute for Manufacturing and CSIC Investigator, Dr Ajith Parlikad, is leading collaborative research to develop predictive models for critical infrastructure assets that consider measured structural performance and trends observed in large databases to estimate the risks of future infrastructure damage, shutdown and deterioration. Projections of second, thirdorder, and long-term consequences will also be assessed. The University of Cambridge team will be involved in the development of a robust decision support framework for terrestrial transportation infrastructure management by considering diverse types of risks related to natural and man-made extreme events and balancing stakeholders' demands and optimising priorities over asset types. The objective is to identify the optimum balance between long-term risk minimisation and available financial resources to find the optimum resilience. SAFEWAY is funded by the EU Horizon 2020 'Smart, green and integrated transport' work programme which is aimed at achieving a European transport system that is resilient, resource-efficient, climate-and-environmentally-friendly, safe and seamless for the benefit of all citizens, the economy and society.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Still active
Start Year 2019
 
Description SAFEWAY 
Organisation Network Rail Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The SAFEWAY project The SAFEWAY project, a GIS-Based Infrastructure Management System for Optimised Response to Extreme Events on Terrestrial Transport Networks, aims to address the ability of transport systems to function during adverse conditions and quickly recover to acceptable levels of service after extreme events. SAFEWAY develops a transversal solution mainly focused on terrestrial transport modes, including both roads and railway infrastructure networks. Several of the SAFEWAY modules (mainly monitoring and risk prediction) can also be applied to other transport modes such as maritime. The main objective of the project is to design, validate and implement holistic methods, strategies, tools and technical interventions to significantly increase the resilience of inland transport infrastructure by reducing risk vulnerability and strengthening network systems to extreme events. The University of Cambridge is one of 15 partners collaborating on the project, which is being coordinated by the University of Vigo, Spain. Challenges addressed SAFEWAY project tools and interventions will be deployed for critical hazards, both natural and man-made, including: wildfires in Portugal; floods, which currently account for half of climate hazards across Europe; land displacements in the UK, Spain, the Netherlands and Portugal; and seismic-related events in the Iberian Peninsula and Italy. Resilience to man-made hazards such as terrorism, vandalism, accidents, and negligence will be secured by mitigating their impacts with real-time mobility advice, such as TomTom real-time traffic management. SAFEWAY also employs innovative socio-technical elements of psychology and risk tolerance for communities at local, regional and European level, for both natural and man-made hazards. SAFEWAY's objectives will address and strengthen the four criteria for a resilient infrastructure: robustness, resourcefulness, rapid recovery and redundancy. Optimum balance Senior Lecturer in Industrial Systems at the Institute for Manufacturing and CSIC Investigator, Dr Ajith Parlikad, is leading collaborative research to develop predictive models for critical infrastructure assets that consider measured structural performance and trends observed in large databases to estimate the risks of future infrastructure damage, shutdown and deterioration. Projections of second, thirdorder, and long-term consequences will also be assessed. The University of Cambridge team will be involved in the development of a robust decision support framework for terrestrial transportation infrastructure management by considering diverse types of risks related to natural and man-made extreme events and balancing stakeholders' demands and optimising priorities over asset types. The objective is to identify the optimum balance between long-term risk minimisation and available financial resources to find the optimum resilience. SAFEWAY is funded by the EU Horizon 2020 'Smart, green and integrated transport' work programme which is aimed at achieving a European transport system that is resilient, resource-efficient, climate-and-environmentally-friendly, safe and seamless for the benefit of all citizens, the economy and society.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Still active
Start Year 2019
 
Description SAFEWAY 
Organisation Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
Country Norway 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The SAFEWAY project The SAFEWAY project, a GIS-Based Infrastructure Management System for Optimised Response to Extreme Events on Terrestrial Transport Networks, aims to address the ability of transport systems to function during adverse conditions and quickly recover to acceptable levels of service after extreme events. SAFEWAY develops a transversal solution mainly focused on terrestrial transport modes, including both roads and railway infrastructure networks. Several of the SAFEWAY modules (mainly monitoring and risk prediction) can also be applied to other transport modes such as maritime. The main objective of the project is to design, validate and implement holistic methods, strategies, tools and technical interventions to significantly increase the resilience of inland transport infrastructure by reducing risk vulnerability and strengthening network systems to extreme events. The University of Cambridge is one of 15 partners collaborating on the project, which is being coordinated by the University of Vigo, Spain. Challenges addressed SAFEWAY project tools and interventions will be deployed for critical hazards, both natural and man-made, including: wildfires in Portugal; floods, which currently account for half of climate hazards across Europe; land displacements in the UK, Spain, the Netherlands and Portugal; and seismic-related events in the Iberian Peninsula and Italy. Resilience to man-made hazards such as terrorism, vandalism, accidents, and negligence will be secured by mitigating their impacts with real-time mobility advice, such as TomTom real-time traffic management. SAFEWAY also employs innovative socio-technical elements of psychology and risk tolerance for communities at local, regional and European level, for both natural and man-made hazards. SAFEWAY's objectives will address and strengthen the four criteria for a resilient infrastructure: robustness, resourcefulness, rapid recovery and redundancy. Optimum balance Senior Lecturer in Industrial Systems at the Institute for Manufacturing and CSIC Investigator, Dr Ajith Parlikad, is leading collaborative research to develop predictive models for critical infrastructure assets that consider measured structural performance and trends observed in large databases to estimate the risks of future infrastructure damage, shutdown and deterioration. Projections of second, thirdorder, and long-term consequences will also be assessed. The University of Cambridge team will be involved in the development of a robust decision support framework for terrestrial transportation infrastructure management by considering diverse types of risks related to natural and man-made extreme events and balancing stakeholders' demands and optimising priorities over asset types. The objective is to identify the optimum balance between long-term risk minimisation and available financial resources to find the optimum resilience. SAFEWAY is funded by the EU Horizon 2020 'Smart, green and integrated transport' work programme which is aimed at achieving a European transport system that is resilient, resource-efficient, climate-and-environmentally-friendly, safe and seamless for the benefit of all citizens, the economy and society.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Still active
Start Year 2019
 
Description SAFEWAY 
Organisation Planetek Italia
Country Italy 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The SAFEWAY project The SAFEWAY project, a GIS-Based Infrastructure Management System for Optimised Response to Extreme Events on Terrestrial Transport Networks, aims to address the ability of transport systems to function during adverse conditions and quickly recover to acceptable levels of service after extreme events. SAFEWAY develops a transversal solution mainly focused on terrestrial transport modes, including both roads and railway infrastructure networks. Several of the SAFEWAY modules (mainly monitoring and risk prediction) can also be applied to other transport modes such as maritime. The main objective of the project is to design, validate and implement holistic methods, strategies, tools and technical interventions to significantly increase the resilience of inland transport infrastructure by reducing risk vulnerability and strengthening network systems to extreme events. The University of Cambridge is one of 15 partners collaborating on the project, which is being coordinated by the University of Vigo, Spain. Challenges addressed SAFEWAY project tools and interventions will be deployed for critical hazards, both natural and man-made, including: wildfires in Portugal; floods, which currently account for half of climate hazards across Europe; land displacements in the UK, Spain, the Netherlands and Portugal; and seismic-related events in the Iberian Peninsula and Italy. Resilience to man-made hazards such as terrorism, vandalism, accidents, and negligence will be secured by mitigating their impacts with real-time mobility advice, such as TomTom real-time traffic management. SAFEWAY also employs innovative socio-technical elements of psychology and risk tolerance for communities at local, regional and European level, for both natural and man-made hazards. SAFEWAY's objectives will address and strengthen the four criteria for a resilient infrastructure: robustness, resourcefulness, rapid recovery and redundancy. Optimum balance Senior Lecturer in Industrial Systems at the Institute for Manufacturing and CSIC Investigator, Dr Ajith Parlikad, is leading collaborative research to develop predictive models for critical infrastructure assets that consider measured structural performance and trends observed in large databases to estimate the risks of future infrastructure damage, shutdown and deterioration. Projections of second, thirdorder, and long-term consequences will also be assessed. The University of Cambridge team will be involved in the development of a robust decision support framework for terrestrial transportation infrastructure management by considering diverse types of risks related to natural and man-made extreme events and balancing stakeholders' demands and optimising priorities over asset types. The objective is to identify the optimum balance between long-term risk minimisation and available financial resources to find the optimum resilience. SAFEWAY is funded by the EU Horizon 2020 'Smart, green and integrated transport' work programme which is aimed at achieving a European transport system that is resilient, resource-efficient, climate-and-environmentally-friendly, safe and seamless for the benefit of all citizens, the economy and society.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Still active
Start Year 2019
 
Description SAFEWAY 
Organisation University of Minho
Country Portugal 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The SAFEWAY project The SAFEWAY project, a GIS-Based Infrastructure Management System for Optimised Response to Extreme Events on Terrestrial Transport Networks, aims to address the ability of transport systems to function during adverse conditions and quickly recover to acceptable levels of service after extreme events. SAFEWAY develops a transversal solution mainly focused on terrestrial transport modes, including both roads and railway infrastructure networks. Several of the SAFEWAY modules (mainly monitoring and risk prediction) can also be applied to other transport modes such as maritime. The main objective of the project is to design, validate and implement holistic methods, strategies, tools and technical interventions to significantly increase the resilience of inland transport infrastructure by reducing risk vulnerability and strengthening network systems to extreme events. The University of Cambridge is one of 15 partners collaborating on the project, which is being coordinated by the University of Vigo, Spain. Challenges addressed SAFEWAY project tools and interventions will be deployed for critical hazards, both natural and man-made, including: wildfires in Portugal; floods, which currently account for half of climate hazards across Europe; land displacements in the UK, Spain, the Netherlands and Portugal; and seismic-related events in the Iberian Peninsula and Italy. Resilience to man-made hazards such as terrorism, vandalism, accidents, and negligence will be secured by mitigating their impacts with real-time mobility advice, such as TomTom real-time traffic management. SAFEWAY also employs innovative socio-technical elements of psychology and risk tolerance for communities at local, regional and European level, for both natural and man-made hazards. SAFEWAY's objectives will address and strengthen the four criteria for a resilient infrastructure: robustness, resourcefulness, rapid recovery and redundancy. Optimum balance Senior Lecturer in Industrial Systems at the Institute for Manufacturing and CSIC Investigator, Dr Ajith Parlikad, is leading collaborative research to develop predictive models for critical infrastructure assets that consider measured structural performance and trends observed in large databases to estimate the risks of future infrastructure damage, shutdown and deterioration. Projections of second, thirdorder, and long-term consequences will also be assessed. The University of Cambridge team will be involved in the development of a robust decision support framework for terrestrial transportation infrastructure management by considering diverse types of risks related to natural and man-made extreme events and balancing stakeholders' demands and optimising priorities over asset types. The objective is to identify the optimum balance between long-term risk minimisation and available financial resources to find the optimum resilience. SAFEWAY is funded by the EU Horizon 2020 'Smart, green and integrated transport' work programme which is aimed at achieving a European transport system that is resilient, resource-efficient, climate-and-environmentally-friendly, safe and seamless for the benefit of all citizens, the economy and society.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Still active
Start Year 2019
 
Description SAFEWAY 
Organisation University of Vigo
Country Spain 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The SAFEWAY project The SAFEWAY project, a GIS-Based Infrastructure Management System for Optimised Response to Extreme Events on Terrestrial Transport Networks, aims to address the ability of transport systems to function during adverse conditions and quickly recover to acceptable levels of service after extreme events. SAFEWAY develops a transversal solution mainly focused on terrestrial transport modes, including both roads and railway infrastructure networks. Several of the SAFEWAY modules (mainly monitoring and risk prediction) can also be applied to other transport modes such as maritime. The main objective of the project is to design, validate and implement holistic methods, strategies, tools and technical interventions to significantly increase the resilience of inland transport infrastructure by reducing risk vulnerability and strengthening network systems to extreme events. The University of Cambridge is one of 15 partners collaborating on the project, which is being coordinated by the University of Vigo, Spain. Challenges addressed SAFEWAY project tools and interventions will be deployed for critical hazards, both natural and man-made, including: wildfires in Portugal; floods, which currently account for half of climate hazards across Europe; land displacements in the UK, Spain, the Netherlands and Portugal; and seismic-related events in the Iberian Peninsula and Italy. Resilience to man-made hazards such as terrorism, vandalism, accidents, and negligence will be secured by mitigating their impacts with real-time mobility advice, such as TomTom real-time traffic management. SAFEWAY also employs innovative socio-technical elements of psychology and risk tolerance for communities at local, regional and European level, for both natural and man-made hazards. SAFEWAY's objectives will address and strengthen the four criteria for a resilient infrastructure: robustness, resourcefulness, rapid recovery and redundancy. Optimum balance Senior Lecturer in Industrial Systems at the Institute for Manufacturing and CSIC Investigator, Dr Ajith Parlikad, is leading collaborative research to develop predictive models for critical infrastructure assets that consider measured structural performance and trends observed in large databases to estimate the risks of future infrastructure damage, shutdown and deterioration. Projections of second, thirdorder, and long-term consequences will also be assessed. The University of Cambridge team will be involved in the development of a robust decision support framework for terrestrial transportation infrastructure management by considering diverse types of risks related to natural and man-made extreme events and balancing stakeholders' demands and optimising priorities over asset types. The objective is to identify the optimum balance between long-term risk minimisation and available financial resources to find the optimum resilience. SAFEWAY is funded by the EU Horizon 2020 'Smart, green and integrated transport' work programme which is aimed at achieving a European transport system that is resilient, resource-efficient, climate-and-environmentally-friendly, safe and seamless for the benefit of all citizens, the economy and society.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Still active
Start Year 2019
 
Description Satellite Applications Catapult - CRM 
Organisation Satellite Applications Catapult
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Remote sensing
Collaborator Contribution Remote sensing
Impact Remote sensing
Start Year 2016
 
Description Satellite Applications Catapult - MSA 
Organisation Satellite Applications Catapult
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Bank Station Capacity Upgrade Mansion House and St Mary Abchurch monitoring
Collaborator Contribution Bank Station Capacity Upgrade Mansion House and St Mary Abchurch monitoring
Impact Bank Station Capacity Upgrade Mansion House and St Mary Abchurch monitoring
Start Year 2017
 
Description Senceive - Collaboration on deployment project for CSattAR at Moorgate station - JMS 
Organisation Senceive
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Collaboration on deployment project for CSattAR at Moorgate station
Collaborator Contribution Collaboration on deployment project for CSattAR at Moorgate station
Impact Collaboration on deployment project for CSattAR at Moorgate station
Start Year 2016
 
Description Senceive - PRAF 
Organisation Senceive
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Testing/Calibration of a new Senceive wireless sensor in the Instron room. (Note: No 'formal' agreement apart from a few emails.)
Collaborator Contribution Testing/Calibration of a new Senceive wireless sensor in the Instron room. (Note: No 'formal' agreement apart from a few emails.)
Impact Testing/Calibration of a new Senceive wireless sensor in the Instron room. (Note: No 'formal' agreement apart from a few emails.)
Start Year 2016
 
Description Senceive - PTK 
Organisation Senceive
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution CSIC - testing and evaluation of wireless strain sensors
Collaborator Contribution CSIC - testing and evaluation of wireless strain sensors
Impact CSIC - testing and evaluation of wireless strain sensors
Start Year 2016
 
Description Sengenia - PTK 
Organisation Sengenia Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Development of FBG solutions
Collaborator Contribution Development of FBG solutions
Impact Development of FBG solutions
Start Year 2015
 
Description Sengenia -PTK 
Organisation Sengenia Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Custom FBG sensor arrays
Collaborator Contribution Custom FBG sensor arrays
Impact Custom FBG sensor arrays
Start Year 2017
 
Description Severn Trent Water - CK 
Organisation Severn Trent Water
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Severn Trent Water, Midlands, Sewer Monitoring
Collaborator Contribution Severn Trent Water, Midlands, Sewer Monitoring
Impact Severn Trent Water, Midlands, Sewer Monitoring
Start Year 2015
 
Description Severn Trent Water - PTK 
Organisation Severn Trent Water
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Sewer infiltration monitoring
Collaborator Contribution Sewer infiltration monitoring
Impact Sewer infiltration monitoring
Start Year 2015
 
Description Silicon Microgravity Ltd AS 
Organisation Silicon Microgravity Ltd.
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Design, fabrication and characterisation of MEMS gravity sensors
Collaborator Contribution Design, fabrication and characterisation of MEMS gravity sensors
Impact Design, fabrication and characterisation of MEMS gravity sensors
Start Year 2015
 
Description Skanska - CK 
Organisation Skanska UK Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Re-use of foundations for futureproofing infrastructure
Collaborator Contribution Re-use of foundations for futureproofing infrastructure
Impact Re-use of foundations for futureproofing infrastructure
Start Year 2015
 
Description Skanska - CK 
Organisation Skanska UK Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Buildings and Facilities Management, Information requirements for Facilities Management
Collaborator Contribution Buildings and Facilities Management, Information requirements for Facilities Management
Impact Buildings and Facilities Management, Information requirements for Facilities Management
Start Year 2015
 
Description Skanska - CK 
Organisation Skanska UK Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution United Utilities, Manchester, Secant pile wall
Collaborator Contribution United Utilities, Manchester, Secant pile wall
Impact United Utilities, Manchester, Secant pile wall
Start Year 2015
 
Description Skanska - CK 
Organisation Skanska UK Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Pile loading test, Broad Gate, London
Collaborator Contribution Pile loading test, Broad Gate, London
Impact Pile loading test, Broad Gate, London
Start Year 2015
 
Description Skanska - CK 
Organisation Skanska UK Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Pile reuse monitoring, Bevis Marks
Collaborator Contribution Pile reuse monitoring, Bevis Marks
Impact Pile reuse monitoring, Bevis Marks
Start Year 2015
 
Description Skanska - DC 
Organisation Skanska AB
Country Sweden 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Northern line extension (visit of Dr Chris Williamson)
Collaborator Contribution Northern line extension (visit of Dr Chris Williamson)
Impact Northern line extension (visit of Dr Chris Williamson)
Start Year 2016
 
Description Skanska - PTK 
Organisation Skanska UK Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Pile loading, training in FO splicing and deployment.
Collaborator Contribution Pile loading, training in FO splicing and deployment.
Impact Pile loading, training in FO splicing and deployment.
Start Year 2015
 
Description Smart Motorways Programme 
Organisation Department of Transport
Department Highways Agency
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Smart Motorways Programme: Highways England has an emerging technology programme as part of its smart motorways programme. These programmes typically have three phases: Discover, Develop and Demonstrate. Under this, CSIC was commissioned to look at 'Embedded Asset Sensing'. This has so far involved two projects. Discover phase: (July 2018-Feb 2019)CSIC produced an extensive report detailing emerging and existing technologies available to monitor a variety of assets including bridges, embankments, lighting poles, pavement, safety barriers. Technologies covered included computer vision, attached sensing (WSN, Fibre optics), acoustic emissions, satellite data. It also proposed a number of potential 'Develop' projects. Develop phase: (Oct 2019 - ongoing) the Develop project currently underway is developing an acoustic emission sensing solution to monitor crack growth in concrete bridges. This involves a campaign of lab testing, and implementation on (at least) one highway bridge, as part of a suite of innovative instrumentation including fibre optics and computer vision. This phase of the project is due to complete in Nov 2020, with a further demonstrate phase if this proves successful.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Collaboration still active.
Start Year 2018
 
Description Smith & Wallwork - CK 
Organisation Smith and Wallwork
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Basement excavation
Collaborator Contribution Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Basement excavation
Impact Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Basement excavation
Start Year 2015
 
Description Smith and Wallwork - PTK 
Organisation Smith and Wallwork
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Trinity Hall Excavation Monitoring
Collaborator Contribution Trinity Hall Excavation Monitoring
Impact Trinity Hall Excavation Monitoring
Start Year 2015
 
Description Southbank - pile testing - NdB 
Organisation Southbank Centre
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Project management; Site visits and discussion with client; Monitoring system design and preparation; Installation on site; Operation of monitoring system; Data analysis and reporting
Collaborator Contribution Project management; Site visits and discussion with client; Monitoring system design and preparation; Installation on site; Operation of monitoring system; Data analysis and reporting
Impact Project management; Site visits and discussion with client; Monitoring system design and preparation; Installation on site; Operation of monitoring system; Data analysis and reporting
Start Year 2016
 
Description Splicetec - Crossrail site splicing projects. Co-development of methods for field-splicing FO sensors - JMS 
Organisation Splicetec AG
Country Switzerland 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Crossrail site splicing projects. Co-development of methods for field-splicing FO sensors
Collaborator Contribution Crossrail site splicing projects. Co-development of methods for field-splicing FO sensors
Impact Crossrail site splicing projects. Co-development of methods for field-splicing FO sensors
Start Year 2016
 
Description Splicetec - PTK 
Organisation Splicetec AG
Country Switzerland 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Crossrail site splicing during tunneling
Collaborator Contribution Crossrail site splicing during tunneling
Impact Crossrail site splicing during tunneling
Start Year 2015
 
Description St Mary Abchurch, Mansion House 05.17-01.20 - Sinan Acikgoz 
Organisation Dragados
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Dragados / LUL - St Mary Abchurch, Mansion House 05.17-01.20
Collaborator Contribution Dragados / LUL - St Mary Abchurch, Mansion House 05.17-01.20
Impact Dragados / LUL - St Mary Abchurch, Mansion House 05.17-01.20
Start Year 2017
 
Description Surrey County Council - CK 
Organisation Surrey County Council
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Whole life value based asset management for safety barriers
Collaborator Contribution Whole life value based asset management for safety barriers
Impact Whole life value based asset management for safety barriers
Start Year 2015
 
Description Sylex - PTK 
Organisation Sylex
Country Slovakia 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution joint delivery of FBG training
Collaborator Contribution joint delivery of FBG training
Impact joint delivery of FBG training
Start Year 2015
 
Description Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia - ES 
Organisation Tallinn University of Technology
Country Estonia 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Big data, data mining and access to information
Collaborator Contribution Big data, data mining and access to information
Impact Big data, data mining and access to information
Start Year 2016
 
Description Tensar 
Organisation Tensar International Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Integrated strain sensors in geogrids
Collaborator Contribution Integrated strain sensors in geogrids
Impact Integrated strain sensors in geogrids
Start Year 2016
 
Description Testing of trial piles - Nicky de Battista 
Organisation University of California, Berkeley
Country United States 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Testing of trial piles
Collaborator Contribution Testing of trial piles
Impact Testing of trial piles
Start Year 2018
 
Description TfL - CK 
Organisation Transport for London
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Hammersmith Bridge - Wireless Sensor Network
Collaborator Contribution Hammersmith Bridge - Wireless Sensor Network
Impact Hammersmith Bridge - Wireless Sensor Network
Start Year 2015
 
Description TfL - PTK 
Organisation Transport for London
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Hammersmith Bridge
Collaborator Contribution Hammersmith Bridge
Impact Hammersmith Bridge
Start Year 2015
 
Description TfWM (Centro) - JT 
Organisation Transport for West Midlands
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Establishment of collaborative project on vehicle-based track condition monitoring, incl. supply of tram, access to depot facilities and support during installation of instrumentation.
Collaborator Contribution Establishment of collaborative project on vehicle-based track condition monitoring, incl. supply of tram, access to depot facilities and support during installation of instrumentation.
Impact Establishment of collaborative project on vehicle-based track condition monitoring, incl. supply of tram, access to depot facilities and support during installation of instrumentation.
Start Year 2015
 
Description Thames Tideway/Thames water - MJD 
Organisation Thames Water Utilities Limited
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Monitoring of 3rd party assets during tunnelling, including bridges and heritage structures
Collaborator Contribution Monitoring of 3rd party assets during tunnelling, including bridges and heritage structures
Impact Monitoring of 3rd party assets during tunnelling, including bridges and heritage structures
Start Year 2016
 
Description Thames Water - PTK 
Organisation Thames Water Utilities Limited
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Abbey Mills Shaft
Collaborator Contribution Abbey Mills Shaft
Impact Abbey Mills Shaft
Start Year 2015
 
Description Topcon 
Organisation Topcon
Country Japan 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution 3D laser scanning to detect Brazil Wall movement on A55
Collaborator Contribution 3D laser scanning to detect Brazil Wall movement on A55
Impact 3D laser scanning to detect Brazil Wall movement on A55
Start Year 2015
 
Description Transport for London - AKNP 
Organisation Transport for London
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Information risk assessment; Asset information management
Collaborator Contribution Information risk assessment; Asset information management
Impact Information risk assessment; Asset information management
Start Year 2016
 
Description Transport for London - CRM 
Organisation Transport for London
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Remote sensing
Collaborator Contribution Remote sensing
Impact Remote sensing
Start Year 2016
 
Description Trimble - CRM 
Organisation Trimble Inc.
Country United States 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Augmented reality and computer modelling in construction
Collaborator Contribution Augmented reality and computer modelling in construction
Impact Augmented reality and computer modelling in construction
Start Year 2016
 
Description Tubelines/Halcrow 
Organisation Halcrow Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution LUL cross-pass monitoring at Euston - Wireless Network Sensor
Collaborator Contribution LUL cross-pass monitoring at Euston - Wireless Network Sensor
Impact LUL cross-pass monitoring at Euston - Wireless Network Sensor
Start Year 2015
 
Description Tubelines/Halcrow 
Organisation Tube Lines Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution LUL cross-pass monitoring at Euston - Wireless Network Sensor
Collaborator Contribution LUL cross-pass monitoring at Euston - Wireless Network Sensor
Impact LUL cross-pass monitoring at Euston - Wireless Network Sensor
Start Year 2015
 
Description Università di Napoli Federico II - CK 
Organisation University of Naples
Country Italy 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Erasmus student
Collaborator Contribution Erasmus student
Impact Erasmus student
Start Year 2016
 
Description Università di Napoli Federico II April 2017 to Sept 2017 Hosted Erasmus student - Cedric Kechavarzi 
Organisation University of Naples
Country Italy 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Università di Napoli Federico II April 2017 to Sept 2017 Erasmus student
Collaborator Contribution Università di Napoli Federico II April 2017 to Sept 2017 Erasmus student
Impact Università di Napoli Federico II April 2017 to Sept 2017 Erasmus student
Start Year 2017
 
Description University College, London AEY 
Organisation University College London
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Fibre Optic analyser
Collaborator Contribution Fibre Optic analyser
Impact Fibre Optic analyser
Start Year 2015
 
Description University of Cambridge Department of Engineering- PTK 
Organisation University of Cambridge
Department Department of Engineering
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution James Dyson Building, piles and floors
Collaborator Contribution James Dyson Building, piles and floors
Impact James Dyson Building, piles and floors
Start Year 2015
 
Description University of Cambridge [Estates Management team] 
Organisation University of Cambridge
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution University of Cambridge [Estates Management team]
Collaborator Contribution University of Cambridge [Estates Management team]
Impact University of Cambridge [Estates Management team]
Start Year 2015
 
Description University of Edinburgh AEY 
Organisation University of Edinburgh
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Business Engagement
Collaborator Contribution Business Engagement
Impact Business Engagement
Start Year 2016
 
Description University of Sheffield AEY 
Organisation University of Sheffield
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Noise sensor
Collaborator Contribution Noise sensor
Impact Noise sensor
Start Year 2015
 
Description University of Southampton - CK 
Organisation University of Southampton
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution "OLE piles instrumentation and testing. Collaborating on research papers."
Collaborator Contribution "OLE piles instrumentation and testing. Collaborating on research papers."
Impact "OLE piles instrumentation and testing. Collaborating on research papers."
Start Year 2016
 
Description University of Wollongong, NSW - AEY 
Organisation University of Wollongong
Country Australia 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution University of Wollongong, NSW
Collaborator Contribution Infrastructure and Smart Cities
Impact Infrastructure and Smart Cities
Start Year 2015
 
Description UtterBerry - PTK 
Organisation Utterberry Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution instrumentation of structures at Trinity Hall to assess building movement during ground engineering.
Collaborator Contribution instrumentation of structures at Trinity Hall to assess building movement during ground engineering.
Impact instrumentation of structures at Trinity Hall to assess building movement during ground engineering.
Start Year 2015
 
Description UtterBerry instrumentation of structures at Trinity Hall to assess building movement during ground engineering - JMS 
Organisation Utterberry Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution instrumentation of structures at Trinity Hall to assess building movement during ground engineering
Collaborator Contribution instrumentation of structures at Trinity Hall to assess building movement during ground engineering
Impact instrumentation of structures at Trinity Hall to assess building movement during ground engineering
Start Year 2016
 
Description VK collaboration Kyoto University 
Organisation University of Kyoto
Country Japan 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Collaboration with Kyoto University with the hosting of a student for the project "Stress measurement using piezoelectric material" for a duration of two months (August, 2015 to September, 2015)
Collaborator Contribution Collaboration with Kyoto University with the hosting of a student for the project "Stress measurement using piezoelectric material" for a duration of two months (August, 2015 to September, 2015)
Impact Collaboration with Kyoto University with the hosting of a student for the project "Stress measurement using piezoelectric material" for a duration of two months (August, 2015 to September, 2015)
Start Year 2015
 
Description Virginia Tech - PTK 
Organisation Virginia Tech
Country United States 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Thermal pile monitoring
Collaborator Contribution Thermal pile monitoring
Impact Thermal pile monitoring
Start Year 2015
 
Description Wentworth House Partnership 
Organisation Wentworth House Partnership Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Pile Loading City Road
Collaborator Contribution Pile Loading City Road
Impact Pile Loading City Road
Start Year 2015
 
Description Wentworth House Partnership - CK 
Organisation Wentworth House Partnership Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Pile loading test, City Road
Collaborator Contribution Pile loading test, City Road
Impact Pile loading test, City Road
Start Year 2015
 
Description Wind Africa: Developing performance-based design for foundation systems of WIND turbines in AFRICA 
Organisation African Union Development Agency
Country South Africa 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution The project Now in its second year, Wind Africa is a collaborative project which aims to support the potential of renewable energy resources to generate power across the continent and is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Approximately half of Africa's population lacks access to electricity and more power generation is also needed to meet future demand. It is estimated that 35 per cent of the world's resources for wind energy could be located in the continent, but there are several challenges to developing the necessary infrastructure. Arid conditions result in unsaturated soil, mostly expansive clay, which makes founding wind turbines difficult. The soil properties change throughout the seasons and with variations in moisture content; surfaces heave in the wet season and shrink in the dry season. These cycles can cause significant damage to buildings founded on these soils. The aim of the Wind Africa project is to develop a set of design guidelines for piled wind turbine foundations in expansive clay to support growth of a sustainable energy market in Africa. There are four work packages to the project: To perform field tests on the cyclic response of foundations on unsaturated expansive soils To complement the field testing with centrifuge tests To perform an extensive laboratory study on samples of soils taken from expansive soil regions in Africa To develop a numerical analysis code to allow detailed studies to be performed on foundations with various geometries and configurations. The first and third packages are being undertaken by researchers in Cambridge, led by Dr Mohammed Elshafie, CSIC Investigator and Senior Lecturer for the Laing O'Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology. The second and fourth packages of the project are being investigated by collaborators at the University of Pretoria and Durham University respectively. Field testing in South Africa In January, a geotechnical drilling investigation took place on the proposed field-testing site in South Africa. The site was chosen as there is evidence of problems with structures, which can be seen in the cracks of nearby buildings. It is also a large open area of known expansive clay with a lack of current infrastructure that would be impacted by testing. Two boreholes were drilled to investigate the profile of the soil and samples were taken for laboratory testing. Rock was found at an approximate depth of 12m in both boreholes and slickensided material, which is evidence of expansive soil, was found throughout the profile until the transition to rock. Undisturbed soils were also taken from the boreholes for the laboratory testing in Cambridge. Three types of testing were carried out on the soil samples; water retention, oedometer and triaxial tests to determine the moisture characteristics, stiffness and strength of the soil respectively. The samples were characterised and were found to have a high percentage of clay and a low percentage of gravel. The change in the volumes of the samples was measured during wetting and drying cycles and shrinkages recorded. Swelling tests under different stress levels are still to be undertaken and mineralogical composition investigated. Planning is now under way for the installation of the piles for the full field testing programme.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Collaboration still active.
Start Year 2017
 
Description Wind Africa: Developing performance-based design for foundation systems of WIND turbines in AFRICA 
Organisation Aurecon South Africa (Pty) Ltd
Country South Africa 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The project Now in its second year, Wind Africa is a collaborative project which aims to support the potential of renewable energy resources to generate power across the continent and is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Approximately half of Africa's population lacks access to electricity and more power generation is also needed to meet future demand. It is estimated that 35 per cent of the world's resources for wind energy could be located in the continent, but there are several challenges to developing the necessary infrastructure. Arid conditions result in unsaturated soil, mostly expansive clay, which makes founding wind turbines difficult. The soil properties change throughout the seasons and with variations in moisture content; surfaces heave in the wet season and shrink in the dry season. These cycles can cause significant damage to buildings founded on these soils. The aim of the Wind Africa project is to develop a set of design guidelines for piled wind turbine foundations in expansive clay to support growth of a sustainable energy market in Africa. There are four work packages to the project: To perform field tests on the cyclic response of foundations on unsaturated expansive soils To complement the field testing with centrifuge tests To perform an extensive laboratory study on samples of soils taken from expansive soil regions in Africa To develop a numerical analysis code to allow detailed studies to be performed on foundations with various geometries and configurations. The first and third packages are being undertaken by researchers in Cambridge, led by Dr Mohammed Elshafie, CSIC Investigator and Senior Lecturer for the Laing O'Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology. The second and fourth packages of the project are being investigated by collaborators at the University of Pretoria and Durham University respectively. Field testing in South Africa In January, a geotechnical drilling investigation took place on the proposed field-testing site in South Africa. The site was chosen as there is evidence of problems with structures, which can be seen in the cracks of nearby buildings. It is also a large open area of known expansive clay with a lack of current infrastructure that would be impacted by testing. Two boreholes were drilled to investigate the profile of the soil and samples were taken for laboratory testing. Rock was found at an approximate depth of 12m in both boreholes and slickensided material, which is evidence of expansive soil, was found throughout the profile until the transition to rock. Undisturbed soils were also taken from the boreholes for the laboratory testing in Cambridge. Three types of testing were carried out on the soil samples; water retention, oedometer and triaxial tests to determine the moisture characteristics, stiffness and strength of the soil respectively. The samples were characterised and were found to have a high percentage of clay and a low percentage of gravel. The change in the volumes of the samples was measured during wetting and drying cycles and shrinkages recorded. Swelling tests under different stress levels are still to be undertaken and mineralogical composition investigated. Planning is now under way for the installation of the piles for the full field testing programme.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Collaboration still active.
Start Year 2017
 
Description Wind Africa: Developing performance-based design for foundation systems of WIND turbines in AFRICA 
Organisation Durham University
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The project Now in its second year, Wind Africa is a collaborative project which aims to support the potential of renewable energy resources to generate power across the continent and is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Approximately half of Africa's population lacks access to electricity and more power generation is also needed to meet future demand. It is estimated that 35 per cent of the world's resources for wind energy could be located in the continent, but there are several challenges to developing the necessary infrastructure. Arid conditions result in unsaturated soil, mostly expansive clay, which makes founding wind turbines difficult. The soil properties change throughout the seasons and with variations in moisture content; surfaces heave in the wet season and shrink in the dry season. These cycles can cause significant damage to buildings founded on these soils. The aim of the Wind Africa project is to develop a set of design guidelines for piled wind turbine foundations in expansive clay to support growth of a sustainable energy market in Africa. There are four work packages to the project: To perform field tests on the cyclic response of foundations on unsaturated expansive soils To complement the field testing with centrifuge tests To perform an extensive laboratory study on samples of soils taken from expansive soil regions in Africa To develop a numerical analysis code to allow detailed studies to be performed on foundations with various geometries and configurations. The first and third packages are being undertaken by researchers in Cambridge, led by Dr Mohammed Elshafie, CSIC Investigator and Senior Lecturer for the Laing O'Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology. The second and fourth packages of the project are being investigated by collaborators at the University of Pretoria and Durham University respectively. Field testing in South Africa In January, a geotechnical drilling investigation took place on the proposed field-testing site in South Africa. The site was chosen as there is evidence of problems with structures, which can be seen in the cracks of nearby buildings. It is also a large open area of known expansive clay with a lack of current infrastructure that would be impacted by testing. Two boreholes were drilled to investigate the profile of the soil and samples were taken for laboratory testing. Rock was found at an approximate depth of 12m in both boreholes and slickensided material, which is evidence of expansive soil, was found throughout the profile until the transition to rock. Undisturbed soils were also taken from the boreholes for the laboratory testing in Cambridge. Three types of testing were carried out on the soil samples; water retention, oedometer and triaxial tests to determine the moisture characteristics, stiffness and strength of the soil respectively. The samples were characterised and were found to have a high percentage of clay and a low percentage of gravel. The change in the volumes of the samples was measured during wetting and drying cycles and shrinkages recorded. Swelling tests under different stress levels are still to be undertaken and mineralogical composition investigated. Planning is now under way for the installation of the piles for the full field testing programme.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Collaboration still active.
Start Year 2017
 
Description Wind Africa: Developing performance-based design for foundation systems of WIND turbines in AFRICA 
Organisation Jones & Wagener
Country South Africa 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The project Now in its second year, Wind Africa is a collaborative project which aims to support the potential of renewable energy resources to generate power across the continent and is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Approximately half of Africa's population lacks access to electricity and more power generation is also needed to meet future demand. It is estimated that 35 per cent of the world's resources for wind energy could be located in the continent, but there are several challenges to developing the necessary infrastructure. Arid conditions result in unsaturated soil, mostly expansive clay, which makes founding wind turbines difficult. The soil properties change throughout the seasons and with variations in moisture content; surfaces heave in the wet season and shrink in the dry season. These cycles can cause significant damage to buildings founded on these soils. The aim of the Wind Africa project is to develop a set of design guidelines for piled wind turbine foundations in expansive clay to support growth of a sustainable energy market in Africa. There are four work packages to the project: To perform field tests on the cyclic response of foundations on unsaturated expansive soils To complement the field testing with centrifuge tests To perform an extensive laboratory study on samples of soils taken from expansive soil regions in Africa To develop a numerical analysis code to allow detailed studies to be performed on foundations with various geometries and configurations. The first and third packages are being undertaken by researchers in Cambridge, led by Dr Mohammed Elshafie, CSIC Investigator and Senior Lecturer for the Laing O'Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology. The second and fourth packages of the project are being investigated by collaborators at the University of Pretoria and Durham University respectively. Field testing in South Africa In January, a geotechnical drilling investigation took place on the proposed field-testing site in South Africa. The site was chosen as there is evidence of problems with structures, which can be seen in the cracks of nearby buildings. It is also a large open area of known expansive clay with a lack of current infrastructure that would be impacted by testing. Two boreholes were drilled to investigate the profile of the soil and samples were taken for laboratory testing. Rock was found at an approximate depth of 12m in both boreholes and slickensided material, which is evidence of expansive soil, was found throughout the profile until the transition to rock. Undisturbed soils were also taken from the boreholes for the laboratory testing in Cambridge. Three types of testing were carried out on the soil samples; water retention, oedometer and triaxial tests to determine the moisture characteristics, stiffness and strength of the soil respectively. The samples were characterised and were found to have a high percentage of clay and a low percentage of gravel. The change in the volumes of the samples was measured during wetting and drying cycles and shrinkages recorded. Swelling tests under different stress levels are still to be undertaken and mineralogical composition investigated. Planning is now under way for the installation of the piles for the full field testing programme.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Collaboration still active.
Start Year 2017
 
Description Wind Africa: Developing performance-based design for foundation systems of WIND turbines in AFRICA 
Organisation Parsons Bakery
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The project Now in its second year, Wind Africa is a collaborative project which aims to support the potential of renewable energy resources to generate power across the continent and is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Approximately half of Africa's population lacks access to electricity and more power generation is also needed to meet future demand. It is estimated that 35 per cent of the world's resources for wind energy could be located in the continent, but there are several challenges to developing the necessary infrastructure. Arid conditions result in unsaturated soil, mostly expansive clay, which makes founding wind turbines difficult. The soil properties change throughout the seasons and with variations in moisture content; surfaces heave in the wet season and shrink in the dry season. These cycles can cause significant damage to buildings founded on these soils. The aim of the Wind Africa project is to develop a set of design guidelines for piled wind turbine foundations in expansive clay to support growth of a sustainable energy market in Africa. There are four work packages to the project: To perform field tests on the cyclic response of foundations on unsaturated expansive soils To complement the field testing with centrifuge tests To perform an extensive laboratory study on samples of soils taken from expansive soil regions in Africa To develop a numerical analysis code to allow detailed studies to be performed on foundations with various geometries and configurations. The first and third packages are being undertaken by researchers in Cambridge, led by Dr Mohammed Elshafie, CSIC Investigator and Senior Lecturer for the Laing O'Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology. The second and fourth packages of the project are being investigated by collaborators at the University of Pretoria and Durham University respectively. Field testing in South Africa In January, a geotechnical drilling investigation took place on the proposed field-testing site in South Africa. The site was chosen as there is evidence of problems with structures, which can be seen in the cracks of nearby buildings. It is also a large open area of known expansive clay with a lack of current infrastructure that would be impacted by testing. Two boreholes were drilled to investigate the profile of the soil and samples were taken for laboratory testing. Rock was found at an approximate depth of 12m in both boreholes and slickensided material, which is evidence of expansive soil, was found throughout the profile until the transition to rock. Undisturbed soils were also taken from the boreholes for the laboratory testing in Cambridge. Three types of testing were carried out on the soil samples; water retention, oedometer and triaxial tests to determine the moisture characteristics, stiffness and strength of the soil respectively. The samples were characterised and were found to have a high percentage of clay and a low percentage of gravel. The change in the volumes of the samples was measured during wetting and drying cycles and shrinkages recorded. Swelling tests under different stress levels are still to be undertaken and mineralogical composition investigated. Planning is now under way for the installation of the piles for the full field testing programme.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Collaboration still active.
Start Year 2017
 
Description Wind Africa: Developing performance-based design for foundation systems of WIND turbines in AFRICA 
Organisation University of Dar es Salaam
Country Tanzania, United Republic of 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The project Now in its second year, Wind Africa is a collaborative project which aims to support the potential of renewable energy resources to generate power across the continent and is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Approximately half of Africa's population lacks access to electricity and more power generation is also needed to meet future demand. It is estimated that 35 per cent of the world's resources for wind energy could be located in the continent, but there are several challenges to developing the necessary infrastructure. Arid conditions result in unsaturated soil, mostly expansive clay, which makes founding wind turbines difficult. The soil properties change throughout the seasons and with variations in moisture content; surfaces heave in the wet season and shrink in the dry season. These cycles can cause significant damage to buildings founded on these soils. The aim of the Wind Africa project is to develop a set of design guidelines for piled wind turbine foundations in expansive clay to support growth of a sustainable energy market in Africa. There are four work packages to the project: To perform field tests on the cyclic response of foundations on unsaturated expansive soils To complement the field testing with centrifuge tests To perform an extensive laboratory study on samples of soils taken from expansive soil regions in Africa To develop a numerical analysis code to allow detailed studies to be performed on foundations with various geometries and configurations. The first and third packages are being undertaken by researchers in Cambridge, led by Dr Mohammed Elshafie, CSIC Investigator and Senior Lecturer for the Laing O'Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology. The second and fourth packages of the project are being investigated by collaborators at the University of Pretoria and Durham University respectively. Field testing in South Africa In January, a geotechnical drilling investigation took place on the proposed field-testing site in South Africa. The site was chosen as there is evidence of problems with structures, which can be seen in the cracks of nearby buildings. It is also a large open area of known expansive clay with a lack of current infrastructure that would be impacted by testing. Two boreholes were drilled to investigate the profile of the soil and samples were taken for laboratory testing. Rock was found at an approximate depth of 12m in both boreholes and slickensided material, which is evidence of expansive soil, was found throughout the profile until the transition to rock. Undisturbed soils were also taken from the boreholes for the laboratory testing in Cambridge. Three types of testing were carried out on the soil samples; water retention, oedometer and triaxial tests to determine the moisture characteristics, stiffness and strength of the soil respectively. The samples were characterised and were found to have a high percentage of clay and a low percentage of gravel. The change in the volumes of the samples was measured during wetting and drying cycles and shrinkages recorded. Swelling tests under different stress levels are still to be undertaken and mineralogical composition investigated. Planning is now under way for the installation of the piles for the full field testing programme.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Collaboration still active.
Start Year 2017
 
Description Wind Africa: Developing performance-based design for foundation systems of WIND turbines in AFRICA 
Organisation University of Khartoum
Country Sudan 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The project Now in its second year, Wind Africa is a collaborative project which aims to support the potential of renewable energy resources to generate power across the continent and is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Approximately half of Africa's population lacks access to electricity and more power generation is also needed to meet future demand. It is estimated that 35 per cent of the world's resources for wind energy could be located in the continent, but there are several challenges to developing the necessary infrastructure. Arid conditions result in unsaturated soil, mostly expansive clay, which makes founding wind turbines difficult. The soil properties change throughout the seasons and with variations in moisture content; surfaces heave in the wet season and shrink in the dry season. These cycles can cause significant damage to buildings founded on these soils. The aim of the Wind Africa project is to develop a set of design guidelines for piled wind turbine foundations in expansive clay to support growth of a sustainable energy market in Africa. There are four work packages to the project: To perform field tests on the cyclic response of foundations on unsaturated expansive soils To complement the field testing with centrifuge tests To perform an extensive laboratory study on samples of soils taken from expansive soil regions in Africa To develop a numerical analysis code to allow detailed studies to be performed on foundations with various geometries and configurations. The first and third packages are being undertaken by researchers in Cambridge, led by Dr Mohammed Elshafie, CSIC Investigator and Senior Lecturer for the Laing O'Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology. The second and fourth packages of the project are being investigated by collaborators at the University of Pretoria and Durham University respectively. Field testing in South Africa In January, a geotechnical drilling investigation took place on the proposed field-testing site in South Africa. The site was chosen as there is evidence of problems with structures, which can be seen in the cracks of nearby buildings. It is also a large open area of known expansive clay with a lack of current infrastructure that would be impacted by testing. Two boreholes were drilled to investigate the profile of the soil and samples were taken for laboratory testing. Rock was found at an approximate depth of 12m in both boreholes and slickensided material, which is evidence of expansive soil, was found throughout the profile until the transition to rock. Undisturbed soils were also taken from the boreholes for the laboratory testing in Cambridge. Three types of testing were carried out on the soil samples; water retention, oedometer and triaxial tests to determine the moisture characteristics, stiffness and strength of the soil respectively. The samples were characterised and were found to have a high percentage of clay and a low percentage of gravel. The change in the volumes of the samples was measured during wetting and drying cycles and shrinkages recorded. Swelling tests under different stress levels are still to be undertaken and mineralogical composition investigated. Planning is now under way for the installation of the piles for the full field testing programme.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Collaboration still active.
Start Year 2017
 
Description Wind Africa: Developing performance-based design for foundation systems of WIND turbines in AFRICA 
Organisation University of Pretoria
Country South Africa 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The project Now in its second year, Wind Africa is a collaborative project which aims to support the potential of renewable energy resources to generate power across the continent and is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Approximately half of Africa's population lacks access to electricity and more power generation is also needed to meet future demand. It is estimated that 35 per cent of the world's resources for wind energy could be located in the continent, but there are several challenges to developing the necessary infrastructure. Arid conditions result in unsaturated soil, mostly expansive clay, which makes founding wind turbines difficult. The soil properties change throughout the seasons and with variations in moisture content; surfaces heave in the wet season and shrink in the dry season. These cycles can cause significant damage to buildings founded on these soils. The aim of the Wind Africa project is to develop a set of design guidelines for piled wind turbine foundations in expansive clay to support growth of a sustainable energy market in Africa. There are four work packages to the project: To perform field tests on the cyclic response of foundations on unsaturated expansive soils To complement the field testing with centrifuge tests To perform an extensive laboratory study on samples of soils taken from expansive soil regions in Africa To develop a numerical analysis code to allow detailed studies to be performed on foundations with various geometries and configurations. The first and third packages are being undertaken by researchers in Cambridge, led by Dr Mohammed Elshafie, CSIC Investigator and Senior Lecturer for the Laing O'Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology. The second and fourth packages of the project are being investigated by collaborators at the University of Pretoria and Durham University respectively. Field testing in South Africa In January, a geotechnical drilling investigation took place on the proposed field-testing site in South Africa. The site was chosen as there is evidence of problems with structures, which can be seen in the cracks of nearby buildings. It is also a large open area of known expansive clay with a lack of current infrastructure that would be impacted by testing. Two boreholes were drilled to investigate the profile of the soil and samples were taken for laboratory testing. Rock was found at an approximate depth of 12m in both boreholes and slickensided material, which is evidence of expansive soil, was found throughout the profile until the transition to rock. Undisturbed soils were also taken from the boreholes for the laboratory testing in Cambridge. Three types of testing were carried out on the soil samples; water retention, oedometer and triaxial tests to determine the moisture characteristics, stiffness and strength of the soil respectively. The samples were characterised and were found to have a high percentage of clay and a low percentage of gravel. The change in the volumes of the samples was measured during wetting and drying cycles and shrinkages recorded. Swelling tests under different stress levels are still to be undertaken and mineralogical composition investigated. Planning is now under way for the installation of the piles for the full field testing programme.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Collaboration still active.
Start Year 2017
 
Description Wind Africa: Developing performance-based design for foundation systems of WIND turbines in AFRICA 
Organisation WSP Group plc
Department WSP UK Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The project Now in its second year, Wind Africa is a collaborative project which aims to support the potential of renewable energy resources to generate power across the continent and is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Approximately half of Africa's population lacks access to electricity and more power generation is also needed to meet future demand. It is estimated that 35 per cent of the world's resources for wind energy could be located in the continent, but there are several challenges to developing the necessary infrastructure. Arid conditions result in unsaturated soil, mostly expansive clay, which makes founding wind turbines difficult. The soil properties change throughout the seasons and with variations in moisture content; surfaces heave in the wet season and shrink in the dry season. These cycles can cause significant damage to buildings founded on these soils. The aim of the Wind Africa project is to develop a set of design guidelines for piled wind turbine foundations in expansive clay to support growth of a sustainable energy market in Africa. There are four work packages to the project: To perform field tests on the cyclic response of foundations on unsaturated expansive soils To complement the field testing with centrifuge tests To perform an extensive laboratory study on samples of soils taken from expansive soil regions in Africa To develop a numerical analysis code to allow detailed studies to be performed on foundations with various geometries and configurations. The first and third packages are being undertaken by researchers in Cambridge, led by Dr Mohammed Elshafie, CSIC Investigator and Senior Lecturer for the Laing O'Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology. The second and fourth packages of the project are being investigated by collaborators at the University of Pretoria and Durham University respectively. Field testing in South Africa In January, a geotechnical drilling investigation took place on the proposed field-testing site in South Africa. The site was chosen as there is evidence of problems with structures, which can be seen in the cracks of nearby buildings. It is also a large open area of known expansive clay with a lack of current infrastructure that would be impacted by testing. Two boreholes were drilled to investigate the profile of the soil and samples were taken for laboratory testing. Rock was found at an approximate depth of 12m in both boreholes and slickensided material, which is evidence of expansive soil, was found throughout the profile until the transition to rock. Undisturbed soils were also taken from the boreholes for the laboratory testing in Cambridge. Three types of testing were carried out on the soil samples; water retention, oedometer and triaxial tests to determine the moisture characteristics, stiffness and strength of the soil respectively. The samples were characterised and were found to have a high percentage of clay and a low percentage of gravel. The change in the volumes of the samples was measured during wetting and drying cycles and shrinkages recorded. Swelling tests under different stress levels are still to be undertaken and mineralogical composition investigated. Planning is now under way for the installation of the piles for the full field testing programme.
Collaborator Contribution As above.
Impact Collaboration still active.
Start Year 2017
 
Title DUAL AND TRIPLE AXIS INERTIAL SENSORS AND METHODS OF INERTIAL SENSING 
Description DUAL AND TRIPLE AXIS INERTIAL SENSORS AND METHODS OF INERTIAL SENSING EP20130771166 "Seshia, Ashwin ,Thiruvenkatanathan, Pradyumna, Zou, Xudong " 09/04/2013 Cambridge Enterprise Ltd - PTK 
IP Reference EP2893362 
Protection Patent granted
Year Protection Granted 2015
Licensed No
Impact DUAL AND TRIPLE AXIS INERTIAL SENSORS AND METHODS OF INERTIAL SENSING EP20130771166 "Seshia, Ashwin ,Thiruvenkatanathan, Pradyumna, Zou, Xudong " 09/04/2013 Cambridge Enterprise Ltd.
 
Title ENERGY-HARVESTING APPARATUS AND METHOD 
Description An energy harvester is provided for harvesting energy, and in particular electrical energy from an input vibration such as an ambient vibration. The energy harvester comprises a first mechanical amplifier responsive to the input vibration and a second mechanical amplifier coupled to the first mechanical amplifier. At least one of the first and second mechanical amplifiers comprises a parametric resonator, and a power output of the energy harvester is generated by damping the second mechanical amplifier. 
IP Reference US2015135869 
Protection Patent granted
Year Protection Granted 2015
Licensed No
Impact Energy harvesting apparatus and method European patent application number 13734854.6 filed 22 December 2014, US patent application number 14/402670 filed 20 November 2014, Chinese patent application number 201380039064.6 filed 22 December 2014 and Japanese patent application number 2015-513341 filed 25 November 2014 based on international patent application number PCT/IB2013/054314 filed 24 May 2013 (claiming priority from US61/651,867 filed 25 May 2012 and US61/707,436 filed 28 September 2012)
 
Title Energy harvesting systems and methods 
Description Energy harvesting systems and methods GB1603475.3 filed 29 February 2016 AAS 
IP Reference GB1603475.3 
Protection Patent granted
Year Protection Granted 2016
Licensed No
Impact Energy harvesting systems and methods GB1603475.3 filed 29 February 2016
 
Title Energy-harvesting apparatus and method 
Description Energy-harvesting apparatus and method US20150135869 A1 Kenichi Soga, Aswin Arunkumar Seshia, Yu Jia, Jize Yan 21/05/2015 Cambridge Enterprise PTK 
IP Reference US20150135869 
Protection Patent granted
Year Protection Granted 2015
Licensed No
Impact Energy-harvesting apparatus and method US20150135869 A1 Kenichi Soga, Aswin Arunkumar Seshia, Yu Jia, Jize Yan 21/05/2015 Cambridge Enterprise PTK
 
Title IMAGE ANALYSIS METHOD 
Description IMAGE ANALYSIS METHOD 20160027208 Minh-Tri PHAM, Riccardo GHERARDI, Frank PERBET, Bjorn STENGER, Sam JOHNSON, Oliver WOODFORD, Pablo ALCANTARILLA, Roberto CIPOLLA 23/07/2015 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba - PTK 
IP Reference US20160027208 
Protection Patent granted
Year Protection Granted 2015
Licensed No
Impact IMAGE ANALYSIS METHOD 20160027208 Minh-Tri PHAM, Riccardo GHERARDI, Frank PERBET, Bjorn STENGER, Sam JOHNSON, Oliver WOODFORD, Pablo ALCANTARILLA, Roberto CIPOLLA 23/07/2015 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba - PTK
 
Title IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM 
Description A method of comparing two object poses, wherein each object pose is expressed in terms of position, orientation and scale with respect to a common coordinate system, the method comprising: calculating a distance between the two object poses, the distance being calculated using the distance function: d sRt ? ( X , Y ) = d s 2 ? ( X , Y ) s s 2 + d r 2 ? ( X , Y ) s r 2 + d t 2 ? ( X , Y ) s t 2 . where X is the object pose of one object and Y is the object pose of the other object, d s ? ( X , Y ) = ? log ? ( s ? ( X ) s ? ( Y ) ) ? , ? d r ? ( X , Y ) = ? R ? ( X ) - R ? ( Y ) ? F , ? d t ? ( X , Y ) = ? t ? ( X ) - t ? ( Y ) ? s ? ( Y ) , s(X) and s(Y) are scalar functions representing the scale of the object poses X and Y respectively, R(X) and R(Y) are matrices expressing the rotation of object poses X and Y respectively, t(X) and t(Y) are vectors expressing the translation of object poses X and Y respectively, and ss, sr and st are weighting factors for ds, dr and dt respectively. 
IP Reference US2015036918 
Protection Patent granted
Year Protection Granted 2015
Licensed No
Impact Image processing method and system 9008439 Minh-Tri Pham, Oliver Woodford, Frank Perbet, Atsuto Maki, Bjorn Stenger, Roberto Cipolla 14/04/2015 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba - PTK
 
Title MANUFACTURING METHODS 
Description We describe a method of manufacturing a plurality of electronic devices, the method comprising: manufacturing a multi-device motherboard, the multi-device motherboard comprising: a plurality of programmable device circuit boards, each of said device circuit boards bearing an electronic device comprising at least a device processor and programmable, non-volatile device memory for storing code for controlling the device processor, and a device programming region, wherein each of the device circuit boards is detachable from the remainder of the mother board except for one of more frangible links, at least one of said frangible links comprising a programming connection to the programmable circuit board; wherein the device programming region and device circuit boards are all part of the same circuit board, and wherein the device programming region bears a motherboard processor and motherboard program memory storing processor control code for controlling the motherboard processor to program the device circuit boards; storing code for at least one application program for said electronic device in said motherboard program memory; providing a user interface for said multi- device motherboard, wherein said user interface comprises a physical interface for an external computer system and a software user interface, wherein said software user interface is arranged to enable a user to configure each of said electronic devices to perform a defined function, wherein configuration of a said electronic device comprises providing software to said device memory of said electronic device, said software comprising code from said at least one application program such that a user-defined application is enabled to run on said electronic device to perform said user-defined function; using said user interface to configure said electronic devices on said motherboard; and detaching said configured electronic devices for use. 
IP Reference WO2015181533 
Protection Patent granted
Year Protection Granted 2015
Licensed No
Impact Manufacturing methods WO 2015181533 A3 Heba Bevan 30/05/2014 Utterberry Ltd.
 
Title MEMS Devices 
Description MEMS Devices GB1508377.7 filed 15 May 2015 Licensed to 8power - AAS 
IP Reference GB1508377.7 
Protection Patent granted
Year Protection Granted 2015
Licensed No
Impact MEMS Devices GB1508377.7 filed 15 May 2015 Licensed to 8power
 
Title MEMS INERTIAL SENSOR AND METHOD OF INERTIAL SENSING 
Description The invention comprises an inertia! sensor comprising a frame, a proof mass; a first resonant element having a proximal end and a distal end, the first resonant element being fixed to the frame at its proximal end and coupled to the proof mass at its distal end, a second resonant element having a proximal end and a distal end, the second resonant element being fixed to the frame at its proximal end, adjacent to the first resonant element such that there is no coupling between the second resonant element and the proof mass, a means for coupling the first resonant element to the second resonant element; a drive means coupled to the first and second resonant elements for vibrating the first and second resonant elements; and a sensor assembly for detecting the amplitude of vibration of the resonant elements. 
IP Reference WO2011148137 
Protection Patent granted
Year Protection Granted 2011
Licensed No
Impact MEMS INERTIAL SENSOR AND METHOD OF INERTIAL SENSING GB2011/000805 THIRUVENKATANATHAN, Pradyumna,SESHIA, Ashwin YAH, Size 26/05/2011 Cambridge Enterprise Ltd.
 
Title MEMS energy harvesting 
Description MEMS energy harvesting - Invention disclosure filed with Cambridge Enterprise on 22/08/2016 - JMS 
IP Reference  
Protection Patent granted
Year Protection Granted 2016
Licensed No
Impact MEMS energy harvesting - Invention disclosure filed with Cambridge Enterprise on 22/08/2016 - JMS
 
Title METHOD OF MONITORING SUBSURFACE CONCRETE STRUCTURES 
Description Fibre optic sensors are used to monitor the integrity of a subsurface concrete structure such as a pile or diaphragm wall. A fibre optic sensor array (48) is attached to a reinforcement or framework assembly (20) for the subsurface concrete structure. Concrete is applied to surround the reinforcement or framework assembly (20) and fibre optic sensor array (48). The fibre optic sensor array (48) is then used to collect temperature data during hydration of the subsurface concrete structure. The temperature data is monitored in real time to determine differentials across the structure, indicative of a problem within the structure. 
IP Reference WO2015118333 
Protection Patent granted
Year Protection Granted 2015
Licensed No
Impact Method of monitoring subsurface concrete structures WO2015118333 A1 Andrew Bell, Yue Ouyang, Kenichi SOGA, Duncan NICHOLSON 05/02/2014 Cementation Skanska Limited, The Chancellor, Masters And Scholars Of The University Of Cambridge, Arup Group Limited,
 
Title METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING OF VIDEO DATA 
Description A method (100) and system (300) is described for processing video data comprising a plurality of images. The method (100) comprising obtaining (104, 106), for each of the plurality of images, a segmentation in a plurality of regions and a set of keypoints, and tracking (108) at least one region between a first image and a subsequent image resulting in a matched region in the subsequent image taking into account a matching between keypoints in the first image and the subsequent image. The latter results in accurate tracking of regions. Furthermore the method may optionally also perform label propagation taking into account keypoint tracking. 
IP Reference US2010239123 
Protection Patent granted
Year Protection Granted 2010
Licensed No
Impact Methods and systems for matching keypoints and tracking regions between frames of video data 9002055 Ryuji Funayama, Hiromichi Yanagihara, Julien Fauqueur, Gabriel Brostow, Roberto Cipolla 07/04/2015 Toyota Motor Europe NV, Cambridge Enterprise Limited - PTK
 
Title METHODS FOR 3D OBJECT RECOGNITION AND REGISTRATION 
Description METHODS FOR 3D OBJECT RECOGNITION AND REGISTRATION 20150254527 Minh-Tri Pham, Frank Perbet, Bjorn Dietmar, Rafael Stenger, Riccardo Gherardi, Oliver Woodford, Sam Johnson, Roberto Cipolla, Stephan Liwicki 26/08/2014 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba - PTK 
IP Reference US20150254527 
Protection Patent granted
Year Protection Granted 2014
Licensed No
Impact METHODS FOR 3D OBJECT RECOGNITION AND REGISTRATION 20150254527 Minh-Tri Pham, Frank Perbet, Bjorn Dietmar, Rafael Stenger, Riccardo Gherardi, Oliver Woodford, Sam Johnson, Roberto Cipolla, Stephan Liwicki 26/08/2014 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba - PTK
 
Title SENSOR SYSTEMS 
Description We describe a sensor system for measuring relative distance between sensors of the system, the sensor system comprising at least two sensors, wherein each said sensor comprises an RF transceiver coupled to a microprocessor and stored program code for controlling the microprocessor, wherein said stored program code comprises code to: send, using said RF transceiver a group of one or more data bits from the sensor to a second sensor; receive, using said RF transceiver, an acknowledgement of reception of said group of data bits from said second sensor; determine a time difference between said sending and said receiving; compensate said time difference from a processing delay by the microprocessor of said second sensor between the second sensor receiving said group of data bits and sending said acknowledgement, to determine timing data reprinting distance to said second sensor. 
IP Reference WO2016027104 
Protection Patent granted
Year Protection Granted 2016
Licensed No
Impact Sensor systems WO 2016027104 A1 Heba Bevan 22/08/2014 Utterberry Ltd.
 
Title USING VIDEOGRAMMETRY TO FABRICATE PARTS 
Description According to various embodiments, a stream of image frames depicting a structure in a scene are obtained. The stream of image frames may comprise first image frames from a first imaging device and second image frames from a second imaging device. Using the first image frames and the second image frames, a wireframe of at least a portion of the structure is generated. From the wireframe, as-built dimensions may be identified, materials estimates may be determined, and/or data for a fabrication device may be generated, for example. 
IP Reference WO2013052600 
Protection Patent granted
Year Protection Granted 2013
Licensed No
Impact Recognising three-dimensional objects, e.g. using range or tactile information by matching two-dimensional images to three-dimensional objects
 
Title Vibration-based energy harvester with strain optimised topology 
Description An energy harvesting apparatus includes a first member 20 comprising a piezoelectric material fixed to a frame 22 at first and second positions, a cantilever beam 26 fixed at one end to the first member between the first and second positions and fixed at the other end to a proof mass 24, and an electrode provided on the first member between the first and second positions. The first member may be a membrane vibrator. The cantilever beam may comprise a piezoelectric material, may be coplanar with the first member and may be fixed to the first member equidistantly between the first and second positions. A plurality of cantilever beams, each comprising a proof mass, may be fixed to the first member. An alternative arrangement (figure 13) is disclosed wherein an electrode is fixed to the first member 130 and a plurality of proof masses 136 are connected to the first member in a spaced relationship between the first and second positions 132. The electrode may be positioned on the first member between the plurality of proof masses, which may be symmetrically spaced. The central area of the first member may not be attached to a proof mass. 
IP Reference GB2540406 
Protection Patent granted
Year Protection Granted 2017
Licensed No
Impact Vibration-Based Energy Harvester with Strain Optimised Topology GB1512456.3 filed 16 July 2015 Licensed to 8power
 
Title "GYGAX: Multi-Sensor Software Platform API" 
Description Zhu, Z., Fathi, H., Huethwohl, P. and Brilakis, I. (2010-date) CLI .NET 4.0 research prototype platform coded in C#, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, 
Type Of Technology Software 
Year Produced 2011 
Impact Gygax is a C# application that offers users an environment to develop personalized tools to process images, videos or live streams. It supports a variety of file types to open. -The current version has been designed to run in a Windows 8 environment and in MS Visual Studio 2013. -It uses Windows Forms as a graphical API for compatibility reasons with Emgu CV. -All required libraries are included in the package to download. Following releases will include: - a DirectX viewer to allow 3D point cloud data and IFC file visualization and editing - adjustment of processing rate of frames depending on buffer availability (send next frame serially or skip till buffer empties) - selection of frames based on criteria (blur metric, etc.) - introduction of error handling and help manual - a scrollbar for video playback 
 
Title CSIC Distributed Fibre-Optic Sensing - installation techniques 
Description CSIC has developed use of Distributed Fibre-Optic Sensing Cable to a significant new stage, with innovative installation techniques for monitoring structural health of infrastructure. 
Type Of Technology New/Improved Technique/Technology 
Year Produced 2013 
Impact CSIC's DFOS innovative installation and use was used to show that piles can be re-used, saving millions of pounds in demolition and construction costs. CSIC won the Ground Engineering Award with its Industry Partner, Skanska, for this work. 
URL http://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/2013-04-25-groundengaward
 
Title Customized novel laser scan change detection (SA) 
Description Customized novel laser scan change detection techniques for distributed monitoring of out of plane movements of masonry structures and tunnels 
Type Of Technology New/Improved Technique/Technology 
Year Produced 2015 
Impact Laser scan change detection techniques for distributed monitoring of out of plane movements of masonry structures and tunnels 
 
Title Data analysis technique (SA) 
Description Did one of the first pioneering applications of dynamic sensing using BOTDR and its validation with FBG sensors 
Type Of Technology New/Improved Technique/Technology 
Year Produced 2015 
Impact Did one of the first pioneering applications of dynamic sensing using BOTDR and its validation with FBG sensors 
 
Title Patraucean, V Implementation of convolutional LSTM, extending an existing public library for recurrent neural networks; code available online 
Description Implementation of convolutional LSTM, extending an existing public library for recurrent neural networks; code available online 
Type Of Technology Webtool/Application 
Year Produced 2015 
Impact Implementation of convolutional LSTM, extending an existing public library for recurrent neural networks; code available online 
URL https://github.com/viorik/ConvLSTM
 
Title Patraucean, V. GPU implementation of a predictive-sparse-decomposition autoencoder; code available online 
Description GPU implementation of a predictive-sparse-decomposition autoencoder; code available online 
Type Of Technology Software 
Year Produced 2015 
Open Source License? Yes  
Impact GPU implementation of a predictive-sparse-decomposition autoencoder; code available online 
URL https://github.com/viorik/unsupgpu
 
Title Patraucean, V. Tools for real-time 3D reconstruction from videos based on ORB-SLAM system 
Description Tools for real-time 3D reconstruction from videos based on ORB-SLAM system 
Type Of Technology Software 
Year Produced 2015 
Open Source License? Yes  
Impact Tools for real-time 3D reconstruction from videos based on ORB-SLAM system 
 
Title Real-Time Monitoring System for Civil Engineering Building 
Description The web-based application allows the monitoring of sensor packages installed in the Civil Engineering Building, through data processing and visualisation in real-time. It is a flexible system with a back-end (server-side) engine that enables data processing on the fly and handles communications with remote users. The server side is written in NodeJS and enhanced by Python, both open-source programming languages. The client-side is fully scripted in Javascript powered by 3D open-source visualisation libraries. At the moment it serves the purpose of processing and visualising mostly data from fibre-optics sensors, nonetheless, it was devised from the inception to be the engine of next-generation Digital Twins. In consequence, it is already powering other projects, such as the Digital Twins for the bridges in the Staffordshire Project, shared by CSIC and the Laing O'rourke Centre. 
Type Of Technology Webtool/Application 
Year Produced 2021 
Impact In April 2021 it will be launched at the Cambridge Festival, as part of the CSIC outreach programme on smart sensing. 
URL https://csic-web.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/science_festival_master/index.html
 
Title Utterberry Ltd 
Description The Utterberry sensor is as small as two five coin piles of euros, and weighs only 15 grammes. Hundreds of sensors can be carried by a single individual to enable installation in one go. These sensors are intelligent. They sense their environment and orientation and are self-calibrating. Previously, sensors often required an engineer to reconfigure the firmware according to the situation, and the data that they produced needed to be treated and transformed before producing meaningful results. Other sensors needed careful alignment and to be placed in a predetermined orientation before the sensor could report back alignment data. Utterberry's sensors are simple to use and operate. They measure multiple parameters at once, a single sensor typically measuring seven or more parameters. This rich data set ensures that all important events are recorded such that not only is data being collected and transmitted, but valuable information is being communicated in real-time to the user so that he or she can make important and cost-effective decisions. Utterberry - making sensing perfect. The UtterBerry, an intelligent wireless sensor system using the world's smallest wireless sensors. The UtterBerry has won the Crossrail Best Practice/Innovation Award for contractors Costain-Skanska who deployed the technology at a partially sealed unit complex at its Eleanor Street site in London. The UtterBerry has already attracted acclaim and has been certified as Highly Commended in three Institution for Engineering and Technology (IET) Innovation Awards - the Asset Management Award, Built Environmental Award and Measurement in Action Award. 
Type Of Technology Detection Devices 
Year Produced 2013 
Impact Contracts with Network Rail, Crossrail, Costain Construction, and with further strong prospects throughout the UK Civil Infrastructure and beyond. 
 
Title YR FO software 
Description CSIC in-house software for FO data analysis 
Type Of Technology Software 
Year Produced 2015 
Open Source License? Yes  
Impact CSIC in-house software for FO data analysis 
 
Title YR graphic user interface for analyzing FO temperature data 
Description Graphic user interface for analyzing FO temperature data 
Type Of Technology Software 
Year Produced 2015 
Open Source License? Yes  
Impact Graphic user interface for analyzing FO temperature data 
 
Title YR graphic user interface for oscilloscope 
Description Graphic user interface for oscilloscope 
Type Of Technology Software 
Year Produced 2015 
Impact Graphic user interface for oscilloscope 
 
Title YR software for plotting colour map and video of temperature data 
Description CSIC in-house software for plotting colour map and video of temperature data 
Type Of Technology Software 
Year Produced 2015 
Impact CSIC in-house software for plotting colour map and video of temperature data 
 
Company Name 8power 
Description 8power develops technology to power industrial sensors using vibratory energy, aiming to eliminate the need for excess batteries and other energy supplies. 
Year Established 2015 
Impact The company is currently in pre-seed stage and is expected to complete seed investment in 2016.
Website http://www.8power.com
 
Company Name BKwai 
Description BKwai develops software that uses AI to analyse and monitor construction projects from large-scale datasets. 
Year Established 2019 
Impact BKwai is currently installed in a number of construction sites and supports construction site teams and asset owners better interpret large volumes of sensor data, and also incorporates new and emerging data sets, such as satellite radar used to monitor millimetre-scale displacements over wide geographical areas.
Website https://www.bkwai.com/
 
Company Name Epsimon Ltd. 
Description Epsimon is a UK-based consultancy that specializes in providing engineering services and specialist instrumentation for infrastructure monitoring. They have particular expertise in fiber-optic sensing technologies. 
Year Established 2016 
Impact Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Website http://www.epsimon.com
 
Company Name UtterBerry 
Description UtterBerry develops wireless smart sensors that use AI technology to collect environmental data, for use in the development of Smart Cities. 
Year Established 2013 
Impact Contracts with Network Rail, Crossrail, Costain Construction, and with further strong prospects throughout the UK Civil Infrastructure and beyond.
Website http://www.utterberry.com
 
Company Name Csattar Limited 
Description  
Year Established 2015 
Impact Photogrammetric Monitoring System
 
Description 'What's Going On Underground? Tunnelling into the Future for our Cities'. Lecture in aid of Red Cross, Cambridge April 2013 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? Yes
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The Lecture sparked a large number of questions and discussion afterwards

After my talk I have received many requests to lecture at other events
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description 20110203 Industry Partners 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This first meeting of CSIC Industry Partners sparked questions and discussion.

The meeting started to set the course for the direction and vision of CSIC.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description 20110302 Industry Partners 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This CSIC Industry Partner meeting sparked questions and discussions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description 20110412 CSIC Preliminary Roadmapping 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This CSIC Industry Partner meeting sparked questions and discussions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description 20110512 CSIC First Symposium 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This CSIC Industry Partner meeting sparked questions and discussions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description 20110512 CSIC Launch Event 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This CSIC Industry Partner meeting sparked questions and discussions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description 20110615 CSIC Roadmapping 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This CSIC Industry Partner meeting sparked questions and discussions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description 20110725 CSIC Roadmapping 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This CSIC Industry Partner meeting sparked questions and discussions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description 20111215 US National Science Foundation Visit 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This meeting sparked questions and discussions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description 20120111 Innovation in Construction Symposium hosted by CSIC, RAE, ICE 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This meeting sparked questions and discussions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description 20120314 CSIC Collaborative Projects Workshops 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This series of meetings sparked questions and discussions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description 20130117 CSIC Inaugural Annual Lecture - Prof Tom O'Rourke 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The lecture stimulated questions and discussion afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description 20130118 CSIC Guest Seminar - Prof Bill Spencer 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Participants in your research and patient groups
Results and Impact The lecture stimulated questions and discussion afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description 20130222 CSIC Fibre-Optics Industry Partner meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The meeting stimulated questions and discussion afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description 20130311 Innovate 13 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CSIC's stand at the exhibition stimulated questions and discussion afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description 20130321 CSIC Wireless Sensor Networks Industry Partners Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The workshop stimulated questions and discussion afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description 20130326 Ideas to Reality Event by Cambridge Enterprise 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The stand stimulated questions and discussion afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description 20130415 SPAR International 10 - computer vision 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The CSIC stand stimulated questions and discussion afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description 20130417 Wireless Sensor Networks Europe 2013, Berlin 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The CSIC stand stimulated questions and discussion afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description 20130501 CSIC MEMS Industry Partner meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The meeting stimulated questions and discussion afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description 20130516 CSIC Industry Partner meeting - Bridges Best Practice Guide 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The meeting stimulated questions and discussion afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description 20130523 CSIC Open Afternoon 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact The event stimulated questions and discussion afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description 20130722 CSIC UK-Japan Young Scientist Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact The event stimulated questions and discussion afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description 20131011 - 1129 CSIC Seminars 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact The event stimulated questions and discussion afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description 20131111 CSIC Computer Vision Industry Partner meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The event stimulated questions and discussion afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description 20131122 CSIC Fibre-Optics Projects Industry Partner meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The event stimulated questions and discussion afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description 20140115-0322 CSIC Seminars 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact The event stimulated questions and discussion afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description 20140123 CSIC Infrastructure Futureproofing Industry Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The event stimulated questions and discussion afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description 20140203 CSIC Wireless Sensor Network Industry Partner meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The event stimulated questions and discussion afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description 20140313 CSIC Annual Lecture - Prof Bill Spencer 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The event stimulated questions and discussion afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description 20140313 CSIC Wireless Sensor Network Industry Partner Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The event stimulated questions and discussion afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description 20140402 CSIC 2nd Infrastructure Futureproofing Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The event stimulated questions and discussion afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description 20140430 CSIC Energy Harvesting Industry Partner Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The event stimulated questions and discussion afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description 20140512-06 CSIC Seminars 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact The event stimulated questions and discussion afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description 20140521 Wireless Sensor Networks Industry Partner Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The event stimulated questions and discussion afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description 20140617 CSIC Fibre-Optics Projects Industry Partner Meetings 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The event stimulated questions and discussion afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description 20140618 CSIC Hosting of the Brunel Lecture - Duncan Gibb, SCIRT 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The event stimulated questions and discussion afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description 20140702 CSIC Guest Seminar - Smartec 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Participants in your research and patient groups
Results and Impact The event stimulated questions and discussion afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description 20140717 CSIC Competitive EU Proposal (Horizon 2020) Course 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The event stimulated questions and discussion afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description 20140818 CSIC Guest Seminar - Dr Verstrynge 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact The event stimulated questions and discussion afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description 20140909 CSIC Industry Partner Summer Garden Party 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The event stimulated questions and discussion afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description 20141007 CSIC hosted CIRIA's Geotech Asset Owners Forum 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The event stimulated questions and discussion afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description 20141030 CSIC AutoID for Smart Assets and Cities Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The event stimulated questions and discussion afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description 20141030 CSIC Guest Seminar - Prof Glaser 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact The event stimulated questions and discussion afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description 2020 CSIC Distinguished Lecture-Professor Jerome Lynch 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Professor Jerome Lynch gave the 2020 CSIC Distinguished Lecture entitled "The role of the civil engineer in an increasingly automated infrastructure world". This year's lecture explored the importance of civil engineers taking the role as lead innovators in the design, deployment, and accessibility of our increasingly automated built environments to serve society and advance the common good. Professor Lynch is Donald Malloure Department Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of the University of Michigan Urban Collaboratory; he is a member of the CSIC International Advisory Group. The Distinguished Lecture 2020 is now available to watch on the Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction YouTube channel. Presented via Zoom due to physical distancing restrictions resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic, this year's lecture, titled 'The role of the civil engineer in an increasingly automated infrastructure world' was introduced by Professor Lord Robert Mair, Head of CSIC, and Dr Jennifer Schooling OBE, Director of CSIC and delivered by Professor Lynch from his office at the University of Michigan in the US. Reflecting on the history and current role of the profession, Professor Lynch stated: "Civil engineers are the designers, constructors and maintainers of the structures and services that truly maintain the common good of our society, essentially providing the quality of life of modern society. We are stewards of the environment and more recently stewards of the global climate." Professor Lynch considered grand global challenges including population growth, urbanisation and climate change, which require civil engineering leadership to help navigate the application of new innovations and technologies to ensure equitable accessibility to the benefits. The field of civil engineering is radically changing based on the emergence of sensing, data and modes of automation previously unimaginable. As sensors proliferate across our industry, the ability to collect data on the performance of our infrastructure is shedding new light on how infrastructure systems perform - including how they deteriorate over time. Data is at the core of exciting new approaches to modelling our built environments and revealing new ways society uses infrastructure. This brings new opportunities to civil engineers - but, asked Professor Lynch, "are civil engineering firms seizing the opportunities fast enough?" Together, sensing and data analytics is empowering a new generation of autonomous systems ranging from autonomous mobility services to cloud actuated urban watersheds. While civil engineers have been early adopters of intelligent infrastructure, there has been a shift to data driven methods and cloud computing to create a new class of cyber physical systems (CPS). Automation cannot be underestimated, Professor Lynch warned, and is key to our arsenal of solutions in battling climate change, managing ageing infrastructure and unlocking the capacity of our built assets through CPS. While there continues to be significant investment in the infrastructure service space, this emerging and valuable field is often led by expertise outside of civil engineering. "There is no strong civil engineering leadership at the helm which is mostly led by the IT sector providing solutions for free or at low cost to generate data," said Professor Lynch, noting an accompanying lack of transparency regarding use of data and data monetisation. He said: "Our domain expertise will extract true value from data while advancing common wealth over personal wealth. We have a role to play to ensure equitable access, particularly in the role of private financing in this space." Citing the thought-leadership report completed with colleagues at the University of Michigan titled 'In Service to Society', (Civil and Environmental Engineering, May, 2019), which sets out a "new strategic plan that will better position our profession as the scientific, technological and business leader forming multidisciplinary teams required to tackle the complex societal grand challenges ahead", Professor Lynch presented a number of infrastructure automation research projects across highways, storm water systems and connectivity that demonstrated the value of CPS in infrastructure. Acknowledging the gap between available public funding and funding needs for infrastructure - adding to the challenge to deliver sustainable, resilient and net zero infrastructure ­- Professor Lynch presented a number of new approaches to funding, some including a significant role for civil engineers to be the auditors of performance-based funding initiatives. Impressing the importance of the civil engineering profession to act on new opportunities presented by technological developments and to bring valuable expertise to a rapidly changing infrastructure landscape, he said: "We have the opportunity to unlock the value of data, we have the ability to provide unique insights to that data which allows that data itself to become a valuable asset of the infrastructure space." Professor Lynch also expressed the importance of attracting top talent to the profession and the danger of students choosing other areas of engineering perceived as more dynamic. He asked: "Are we losing ground on recruiting talented students? If we do not market ourselves professionally as leaders in this high-tech space we risk being overlooked and losing students who wrongly perceive our profession as old fashioned." The Distinguished Lecture concluded with a lively question and answer session with the topic sparking interest from many attendees.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOwGmQ9t72ffPaVKsrHMshAobvgPMlZnw
 
Description 2022 Smart Infrastructure Seminar Series 'Developments in Smart Infrastructure and Construction in the UK'- Jennifer Schooling 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact The Smart Infrastructure Seminar Series explores ideas around the topic of engineering resilient, sustainable and equitable infrastructure. The Series is co-sponsored by the Center for Smart Infrastructure, a new initiative launched by the co-founder of CSIC, Professor Kenichi Soga, Donald H. McLaughlin Professor and a Chancellor's Professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://its.berkeley.edu/news/smart-infrastructure-seminar-series
 
Description 2nd International Conference on the Material Point Method for Modelling Soil-Water-Structure Interaction 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The Second International Conference on the Material Point Method for "Modelling Large Deformation and Soil-Water-Structure Interaction" organised by the Anura 3D MPM Research Community was held in January 2019 at Cambridge. The conference was focussed on researchers and practitioners interested in computational methods, geotechnics, hydraulics, etc.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL http://mpm2019.eu/home
 
Description 6th International LafargeHolcim Forum for Sustainable Construction 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Invited Speaker at Workshop
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description @one Alliance - CRM 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Monitoring effectiveness of consortium to deliver long term infrastructure programme (with prospective PhD student Daniel Brackenbury)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description ACORN project partners Workshop - Jennifer Schooling 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact ACORN project partners Workshop
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description APESS 2016 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Asia-Pacific-Euro Summer School
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL http://www.apess2016.eng.cam.ac.uk/
 
Description ARM (Softbank) - AAS 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Interest in MEMS energy harvesting and related systems
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description AUM Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Attendance brought us into contact with a number of new named contacts with whom technical discussions re applications were held
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Achieving Net Zero Working Group 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact In March CSIC in collaboration with Keith Bowers, COWI and Janet Greenwood, Arcadis, convened a roundtable event on Achieving Net Zero with the objective of developing pragmatic actions around achieving zero carbon in the infrastructure and construction industry for the short and medium term, as well as providing support and guidance to policy makers. This event was attended by a range of clients, consultants and contracts, government and policy professionals. The group were very enthusiastic to continue meeting on an ad hoc basis to continue discussions and work to align net zero activities and not duplicate other initiatives. Since the roundtable event, multiple Achieving Net Zero follow up meetings have been held. The group has mapped the current carbon reduction initiatives and provided input to IPA on actions that the government can take.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020,2021
 
Description Aeroflex Fibre Optic Analyser Proof of Concept JMS 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Fibre Optic Analyser
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Alstom - PTK 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Rail monitoring using DAS
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Alstom - XX 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Deep excavation monitoring
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description An article on The Alan Turing Institute's website features an interview with the lead of the Data Centric Engineering (DCE) programme, Prof Mark Girolami, Academic Director of CSIC, who references CSIC as a project partner of the Turing. 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact The DCE programme, launched in 2015 in partnership with the Lloyd's Register Foundation, has created projects all over the world in a huge variety of fields, from agriculture to aerospace, construction to climate, medical to maritime engineering.

CSIC has been championing data-driven solutions to develop smart infrastructure and enable whole-life asset management since its beginning 10 years ago. The collaboration with the Turing focuses on digital twin technology, which can enable more robust and sustainable infrastructure in the built environment.

The article also mentions the CSIC Growing Underground project - a subterranean, sustainable and energy-smart farm in the heart of London with its own digital twin - led by CSIC Investigator Dr Ruchi Choudhary. This innovative, zero-carbon project aims to tackle the challenges presented by food supply and safety.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.turing.ac.uk/people/spotlights/mark-girolami
 
Description Anglian Water Celebrating Inspirational Women - An evening with Dr Jennifer Schooling 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Jennifer Schooling presented Anglian Water Celebrating Inspirational Women - An evening with Dr Jennifer Schooling, promoting the increase of women into senior roles within our Business, I have arranged an early evening virtual event, the first of a series, to celebrate and learn about the fantastic achievements that women have made in the worlds of Business, Academia, Sport and Exploration.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Artesis - ZhL 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact (1) Predictive maintenance
(2) Data analysis
(3) Fault diagnosis
(4) Mathematical model for prognosis
(5) Value of sensing
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Article in The New Scientist - 'World's first 3D-printed steel bridge opens in Amsterdam' 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact An article in The New Scientist - 'World's first 3D-printed steel bridge opens in Amsterdam' - celebrates an innovative four-year project involving a collaboration between CSIC and The Alan Turing Institute.

The 3D-printed steel bridge was unveiled last week by Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, who cut the ribbon with the aid of a robotic arm, a witty reference to the technology deployed to create the structure.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.newscientist.com/article/2283934-worlds-first-3d-printed-steel-bridge-opens-in-amsterdam...
 
Description Article titled 'Creating a Virtual Replica', in Ingenia, the magazine of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Professors Lord Robert Mair, Mark Girolami, Melanie Jans-Singh. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact An article exploring how digital twins are transforming engineering spotlights a number of pioneering CSIC projects
Charting the emergence and development of digital twins in engineering, the article titled 'Creating a Virtual Replica', and published in the June issue of Ingenia, the magazine of the Royal Academy of Engineering, features interviews with Professors Lord Robert Mair, Founding Head of CSIC, and Mark Girolami, Sir Kirby Laing Professor of Civil Engineering and Programme Director at The Alan Turing Institute, as well as Melanie Jans-Singh, a PhD student working with CSIC.

Discussing ways in which digital twins are revolutionising engineering by using reliable and dynamic data capture from smart connected sensors in the built environment to enable operators to monitor and manage assets and facilities more efficiently, Prof Mark Girolami explains a true digital twin as a virtual representation, not a mere simulation: "The most important thing is that it uses real data from operating machinery and live processes to show what is happening." The concept of digital twins has been around for 10 years, but significant implementations have been carried out in the past few years due to technological advances in machine learning combined with higher computing speed and power.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.ingenia.org.uk/ingenia/issue-87/creating-a-virtual-replica
 
Description Arup - NdB 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Interpretation of pile curing and load testing data
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Bank Station Capacity Upgrade 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Monitoring of the settlement response of various heritage buildings
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Bank Station Capacity Upgrade - MSA 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Monitoring of the settlement response of various heritage buildings
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Bechtel - XX 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Determination of HS2 track-bed heave during and post-excavation
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Beijing Information Science and Technology University (BISTU) - XX 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Low-cost FBG analyzer
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Bentley Systems Inc - CRM 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Computer vision; 'as built' models of assets to compare with the design model; BIM Level 3 for asset management
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Bentley and COMIT Digital Twins Awareness Event-Didem Gurdur Broo 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Didem Gurdur Broo presented at the Bentley and COMIT Digital Twins Awareness Event on 'Data as a journey, not a destination'.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.comit.org.uk/digitaltwinsawareness
 
Description Beyond BIM Podcast-Jennifer Schooling 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Dr Jennifer Schooling features in the latest series of the Beyond BIM podcast discussing systems thinking, the CSIC and Centre for Digital Built Britain paper 'Flourishing Systems', changing the way the infrastructure and construction industry views data and the limitations of current economic models. In the latest episode's lively and interesting discussion, Dr Schooling, Director of CSIC, explains the benefits of systems thinking and the interdependent nature of infrastructure, the importance of data as an engineering tool to tackle key challenges facing the infrastructure and construction industry - including climate change, resource constraint and resilience - and the limitations of our current economic paradigm founded on exploitation of resources.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/director-csic-interviewed-beyond-bim-podcast
 
Description Birmingham University - XX 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Integrated sensing for embankment
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Blog ICE "Data-driven decision-making for smart sustainability"-Jennifer Schooling 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Jennifer Schooling write a blog for the ICE Civil Engineer Blog entitled "Data-driven decision-making for smart sustainability"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.ice.org.uk/news-and-insight/the-civil-engineer/september-2020/data-driven-decisions-for-...
 
Description Book Published- Four Futures, One Choice - Dr Didem Gurdur 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Four Futures, One Choice - Dr Didem Gurdur lead author
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Book launch: Network Governance and Energy Transitions in European Cities-Timea Nochta 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The virtual launch event of Timea Notcha's recently published book 'Network Governance and Energy Transitions in European Cities'. The launch was held online and featured a short introduction to the book, as well as comments from colleagues Dr Louise Reardon (University of Birmingham) and Dr Dai Morgan (University of Cambridge).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Bringing buildings to life - smart infrastructure at the Civil Engineering Building 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The work of CSIC over the past 10 years has made the case for understanding the actual performance of buildings and infrastructure assets in order to make better decisions for their efficient and sustainable design, construction, operation and maintenance.

This approach also offers societal and economic benefits in terms of environmental sustainability, energy savings, reduction of waste and user wellbeing. In this project, sensors and data analysis enable better asset management, while reducing carbon emissions and enhancing conditions for users.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020,2021
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/projects-and-case-studies/bringing-buildings-life-smar...
 
Description Bringing buildings to life - smart infrastructure at the Civil Engineering Building CSIC by Research Associates Dr Miguel Bravo Haro and Dr Nicky de Battista at Cambridge Festival 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact CSIC Research Associates Dr Miguel Bravo Haro and Dr Nicky de Battista gave a virtual insight to the home of CSIC in the event 'Bringing buildings to life: Smart infrastructure at the Civil Engineering Building'. Attendees entered a web hub to interact with 3D models of instrumented areas of the building and saw visualisations of the data.

"We launched an engaging platform that has pushed the possibilities of online visualisation of data from instrumented buildings, entirely powered by open-source tools," said Dr Bravo Haro. "The platform features the potential of smart buildings and we hope it becomes a useful tool both to teach concepts and to monitor assets. We hope to continue developing it inspired by the participants' enthusiasm."
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL http://www.csiclivingbuilding.eng.cam.ac.uk/
 
Description British Antarctic Survey - NdB 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Explored possibilities for collaboration on Antarctic monitoring surveys
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description CDBB Summer Research Showcase (presentation TN) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CSIC researcher Dr Timea Nochta presented at the CDBB Summer Research Showcase, title: 'The local governance of digital technology - implications for the cityscale digital twin'
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.cdbb.cam.ac.uk/events/2019Sept12SummerShowcase
 
Description CDBB Summer Research Showcase (presentation TN) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CSIC researcher Dr Timea Nochta presented at the CDBB Summer Research Showcase, title: 'The local governance of digital technology - implications for the cityscale digital twin'
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.cdbb.cam.ac.uk/events/2019Sept12SummerShowcase
 
Description CH2M - NdB 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Specifications for HS2 pile testing
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description COP26 -Build Better Now coordinated by the UK Green Building Council in the COP26 Built Environment Virtual Pavilion. - Jennifer Schooling 'Designing a green and resilient built environment: What do we need to do now and in the future?' 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact JMS and Sam Cocking took part in COP26 and were part of Build Better Now coordinated by the UK Green Building Council in the COP26 Built Environment Virtual Pavilion.
JMS took part on the panel 'Designing a green and resilient built environment: What do we need to do now and in the future?'
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://buildbetternow.co/events/
 
Description COP26 -Build Better Now coordinated by the UK Green Building Council in the COP26 Built Environment Virtual Pavilion. Sam Cocking 'Empowering young people to become the climate-aware built environment professionals of the future: What do we need to do now?' 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Sam Cocking took part in COP26 and were part of Build Better Now coordinated by the UK Green Building Council in the COP26 Built Environment Virtual Pavilion. Sam Cocking chaired event 'Empowering young people to become the climate-aware built environment professionals of the future: What do we need to do now?'
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://buildbetternow.co/events/
 
Description CSIC 10th Anniversary - Dr James Talbot and Mr Tobias Carrigan Donfrancesco titled 'Project VIMTO and its progress towards the derivation of rail roughness spectra from axle-box accelerometers' 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Virtual talk
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description CSIC 10th Anniversary - Dr Miguel Bravo-Haro and Dr Nicky de Battista titled 'Bringing buildings to life - smart infrastructure at the Civil Engineering Building' 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Virtual wokshop
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description CSIC 10th Anniversary Research talks - Six short and fast paced research talks for CSIC Researchers 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Virtual event - a series of six short and fast-paced research presentations from CSIC Researchers showcasing a range of projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description CSIC 10th Anniversary talk - Jennifer Schooling, CSIC Director, in conversation with Professor Mark Girolami, academic lead for CSIC, 'The future of digitalisation and the built environment' 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Virtual event
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description CSIC 10th Anniversary: Dr Nicky de Battista and Dr Alun Thomas titled 'Closing the loop: Back analysis of sprayed concrete tunnel junctions' 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Virtual talk
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description CSIC 2019 Partner Party 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact CSIC hosted its annual partner party at its new home in the Civil Engineering Building on the West Cambridge Campus, which was officially opened by Andrew Wyllie CBE, President of the Institution of Engineers on the same day.

The party, which was attended by many representatives from CSIC partner organisations including Highways England, HS2, TfL, Mott Macdonald and Bentley Systems, featured a number of fast-paced presentations showcasing a range of CSIC projects from research assistants and students, while fizz and canapés were served.

Professor Lord Robert Mair, Head of CSIC, welcomed guests and acknowledged the valuable support CSIC receives from partner organisations and members of the Steering Group. Highlighting the role CSIC plays in bringing focus to world-leading research to transform infrastructure and construction through smarter information, Lord Mair said: "This summer CSIC hosted the International Conference for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (ICSIC) attracting experts, researchers and speakers from all over the world, which reflects the increasing interest in this dynamic field. Research and investment in our infrastructure and infrastructure services, which are so important to citizens, is crucial for the economy and society."

This year's presentations, which are all available to view of the CSIC YouTube channel, were introduced by Dr Jennifer Schooling OBE, Director of CSIC, who said: "I am delighted to welcome our partners to CSIC's new home at the Civil Engineering Building which is designed as a collaborative research space. Collaborating with our partners enables CSIC to accelerate the implementation of research outputs delivering value by improving margins, reducing costs and extending the productive life of assets. Our partners are key to success and by working together we are helping to establish the UK as a leader in smart infrastructure."
CSIC presentations, which were followed by a Q&A session, included:

Vibration monitoring of trams - Paul Fidler
A new vibration-based approach for monitoring bridge scour - Kasun Kariyawasam
Application of unsupervised learning in urban energy efficiency - Mingda Yuan
New insights into heritage assets: smart sensing of masonry arch railway bridges - Sam Cocking
Developing a dynamic digital twin in building and city levels: using West Cambridge site as a case study - Dr Qiuchen Lu
The event was also an opportunity for partners to see the new Civil Engineering Building situated on the West Cambridge Campus, which houses the National Research Facility for Infrastructure Sensing (NRFIS) and has 12 world-class, state-of-the-art laboratories focusing on a variety of civil engineering disciplines, including sensor development, structures, geomechanics and construction.

NRFIS is part of the UK Collaboratorium for Research in Infrastructure & Cities (UKCRIC) portfolio of research and innovation facilities funded through the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). The multi million pound collaborative space is designed to enable University researchers, industry and other academic institutions to work together on joint research programmes in the application of advanced sensor technologies to the monitoring of the UK's existing and new infrastructure to enable better decision-making.

"The opening of NRFIS marks a significant contribution to the UK infrastructure research community which is key to designing, building and maintaining infrastructure which is resilient, adaptable and sustainable," said Professor Lord Robert Mair. "NRFIS is a facility where academia and industry can engage in protecting and growing the country's infrastructure base and supporting the UK to be a leader in the field of smart infrastructure."
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/partners-hear-latest-csic-research-annual-event
 
Description CSIC 2019 Partner Strategy Day 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact This year's CSIC Partner Strategy Day brought together partners and academics to identify and discuss pressing industry challenges that CSIC's future research agenda will seek to address.

Robinson College hosted the fully-booked event, which attracted 30 partners from across infrastructure and construction organisations and focused on issues relating to global challenges, climate change, resilience and resource scarcity. The Partner Strategy Day took the form of round table discussions and comprised three separate sessions, each dedicated to a different topic:

Session 1
Looking 20 years into the future and in the context of global challenges (climate change, resource scarcity, ageing infrastructure, climate shocks), how do you think the infrastructure and construction industry should/will have to operate? What are the gaps in the way we currently deliver, manage and operate infrastructure in the context of these global challenges which will prevent the industry from reaching this vision?
Session 2
What are your most pressing needs to enable engagement with these challenges and reach this vision?
Session 3
How can CSIC act as a catalyst for the wider industry to be bold in addressing these challenges? What are the research priorities? How does data enable better decision making in this context?
Discussion also considered the role of data as a critical tool to help address these challenges, and how future research outputs of CSIC can support Industry Partners to be ready for and respond to change.

Three short thought-leadership interventions set the scene between each session including: Dr Jennifer Schooling OBE, Director of CSIC; John Pelton, Technical Managing Director Strategic Estates Parliament; and Tim Embley, Group Research & Innovation Director, Costain.

"Our annual CSIC Strategy Day is a chance for our partner organisations - including the owners and operators of infrastructure, consultants, contractors, asset managers and the technology and information supply chain - to learn from each other's experience and consider the industry in the light of global challenges. It is also an opportunity to identify potential collaborative projects that address real industry challenges and demonstrate the value of innovation."

A paper will be produced from the CSIC Partner Strategy Day which will be distributed to attending partner organisations.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/industry-partners-look-future-csic-2019-strategy-...
 
Description CSIC 2020 Partner Gathering 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact The CSIC annual Partner Gathering was held on Zoom this year and was well attended by many of our industry partners. Welcomed by Professor Lord Robert Mair, Head of CSIC, and updated on CSIC activity by Dr Jennifer Schooling OBE, Director of CSIC, partners enjoyed five short presentations on current CSIC research projects which were followed by a Q&A session. The presentations, listed below, can now be viewed on the CSIC YouTube channel. Dr Didem Gürdür Broo Data-driven cyber-physical systems for integrated smart infrastructure Dr Manu Sasidharan Risk-informed monitoring and management of critical infrastructure Dr Miguel Bravo-Haro The long journey of data from sensor to digital twin - a case study: Civil Engineering Building Dr Farhad Huseynov Digital Twins for Bridge Asset Management Dr Nikolaos Tziavos Acoustic emission and fibre optic sensing for deterioration monitoring of ageing infrastructure
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/csic-partner-gathering-presentations-available-vi...
 
Description CSIC 2020 Partner Strategy Day 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact The CSIC Partner Strategy Day, held on Friday 4th December went well and was attended by 50 industry representatives from 25 different partner organisations. DDF has created a spreadsheet of the outputs from the workshop sessions and JMS and DDF are now pulling together a paper which will be circulated to the CSIC Steering Group at the next meeting (25th February). The Partner Strategy Day was focussed around three workshop sessions based on key questions to help shape CSIC's future research agenda.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description CSIC Achieveing Net Zero Roundtable Discussion 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact CSIC Achieveing Net Zero Roundtable Discussion

What can we as an industry do now to move towards the net zero goal and what changes in policy are needed to enable industry to reach this goal? This is a cross-government and industry roundtable event, organised by CSIC, Arcadis, and COWI.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description CSIC Alumni Event 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact CSIC Alumni Event was held on Sunday 7th July at Churchill College ahead of the start of ICSIC 2019.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description CSIC Annual Review 2014 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CSIC 2014 Annual Review features a number of current CSIC research projects and case studies demonstrating how CSIC works with partner organisations to deliver effective solutions for industry.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/files/CSIC_Annual_Review2014smlr.pdf
 
Description CSIC Annual Review 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CSIC 2015 Annual Review has been published titled 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.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL https://issuu.com/csic_cambridge_uni/docs/csic_annual_2015_web_
 
Description CSIC Annual Review 2016 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CSIC 2016 Annual Review has been published titled Implementing Innovation, the 30-page publication showcases the award-winning work of CSIC and its Industry Partners through case studies, academic research and collaboration with industry.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/system/files/documents/csic-annual-review-2016.pdf
 
Description CSIC Annual Review 2017 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 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 opportunity for industry change.

A number of CSIC case studies are presented which demonstrate successful collaborations with industry partners and provide evidence of the value and benefits of Smart Infrastructure. A collection of research projects showcases some of the innovative and wide-ranging research that CSIC is currently involved with.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL https://issuu.com/csic_cambridge_uni/docs/csic_ar_2017_mobile_
 
Description CSIC Annual Review 2018 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This year's Annual Review, which features a foreword by Sarah Hayes, Senior Regulatory Advisor for the National Infrastructure Commission, and a contribution from Dr Anne Kemp, Director at Atkins - BIM Strategy and Development Chair, UK BIM Alliance, brings focus to the role of data to drive improved value and deliver a better experience for infrastructure users.

A number of CSIC case studies and integrated smart solutions are presented which demonstrate successful collaborations with CSIC partners to bring solutions to challenges faced by industry on a range of infrastructure projects featuring both new and existing assets.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://issuu.com/csiccomms2/docs/csic_ar_2018
 
Description CSIC Annual Review 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This year's Annual Review, which features a foreword by Andrew Wyllie, President of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and former Chief Executive of Costain, and a contribution from Karen Alford, Flood and Coastal Risk Manager for the Environment Agency, explores data as an engineering tool and the opportunity technological advancement and data abundance brings to transform infrastructure and construction.

The Review features a number of current CSIC project case studies demonstrating how CSIC works with partner organisations to deliver effective solutions for industry, including: a fibre optic sensing system for safer real-time rockfall monitoring of rail cuttings; a data-led decision-making model to optimise sustainable economic growth and development; and the structural health monitoring of a skewed masonry arch bridge.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://issuu.com/csic_cambridge_uni/docs/csic_ar_2019_web
 
Description CSIC Annual Review 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This year's CSIC Annual Review brings focus to the use of data from real performance to enable better decision-making for reducing carbon, increasing resilience and preserving resources. The Review is now available to read and download on the CSIC website. Acknowledging the effects of the global Covid-19 pandemic in his foreword to the Review, Andy Mitchell CBE, CEO of Tideway and Co-Chair of the Construction Leadership Council, reflects on the speed of change demonstrated as a result of lockdown restrictions, writing: "Change can happen, and it can happen very quickly as we all work to get the industry back up and running again, we cannot and must not simply go back to doing what we were doing before, designing, building and managing infrastructure in the same way. Even incremental change is not good enough - we have to do much more for much less, and quickly." Addressing the urgency of the global grand challenges of zero carbon, resource constraint and resilience, and considering both the hazard and opportunity the Covid crisis brings to create a sustainable post-pandemic future, Dr Jennifer Schooling OBE, Director of CSIC, makes the case for collaborative action: "Despite the Covid-19 pandemic having a dramatic impact on all our lives, its impact on global CO2 emissions has been relatively small Our trajectory for recovery must not return to pre-pandemic levels - we must do more. "Collaborative action will be crucial to securing the changes required to reach net zero by 2050; the consequences for not acting now will be devastating for many. There is much to do in a short time, but the Covid-19 crisis has demonstrated that when we need to, we can overcome challenges and act quickly." Providing an industry perspective in his contribution to the Review, Tim Embley, Group Research & Innovation Director of Costain, highlights the importance of the sector working together to adapt, embrace and scale-up new solutions "to make yesterday's innovation today's norm". He writes: "If our industry is going to build a sustainable future, we must continue to bring leading-edge solutions into practice, with technology at the front and centre in everything we do. Data is the new currency for making the right decisions and smart infrastructure is the new practice in our engineering provisions." The Review features a wide range of current CSIC project case studies demonstrating how CSIC works closely with partner organisations to deliver effective smart infrastructure solutions for industry. These feature applications of innovative fibre optic strain technology, including: one applied to a possible early warning system for identifying potential sinkholes; another to a unique example of monitoring performance of large under-reamed piles intercepted by tunnelling; a third to the structural monitoring of various elements of the newly completed Civil Engineering Building at the University of Cambridge. Other case studies focus on the use of data and smart infrastructure solutions: one describes a data-driven framework to better target domestic energy policies, decarbonising domestic heating being a high priority for the route to net zero carbon; in another, CSIC researchers have been working in close collaboration with The Alan Turing Institute to optimise the use of data to support more effective urban energy policies. A further case study describes a new asset management methodology in which a line of sight from asset information to organisational objectives enables organisations to be agile in their response to extreme weather events and climate change. Another covers the development of a new digital strategy to support transport infrastructure investment and council policy goals in Cambridge to improve air quality and congestion. Research projects are integral to CSIC's success and this year's Review presents a number of these including: affordable robotics to support material efficiency, productivity and sustainability in construction of concrete buildings; the development of new instrumentation and analyses to estimate seabed cable fatigue - a topic of increasing concern for the resilience of offshore wind farms; emerging sensor technologies for the structural assessment and deterioration detection of highway assets, involving a systems integration approach bringing together a range of sensing technologies, computer vision and data analytics; and a proposed inspection system based on building digital twins for monitoring building environmental conditions which has the potential for implementing smarter techniques for facilities management.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://issuu.com/csic_cambridge_uni/docs/csic_ar_19062020_2_final
 
Description CSIC Annual Review 2021 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact The CSIC 2021 Annual Review, marks 10 years of CSIC transforming infrastructure through smarter information. Featuring a Foreword by Alison Baptiste, Director Project Delivery at the Infrastructure and Projects Authority, and a contribution from Baroness Brown of Cambridge, Julia King, our 2021 Annual Review demonstrates how the collaborative model of CSIC - working with industry and policy towards data-driven insights for resilient, resource-efficient and cost-effective infrastructure - is as relevant today as it was at the Centre's launch 10 years ago.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://issuu.com/csic_cambridge_uni/docs/csic_ar_2021
 
Description CSIC Climate Crisis Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact The CSIC Climate Crisis Workshop was held on Tuesday 3rd December, everyone from CSIC was invited to come along to discuss CSIC's response to the climate crisis. The goal was to explore what we could be doing operationally as well as considering our future research programme.

The workshop was split into three parts, operational day to day running of CSIC, flying for business and future research. As a result of the workshop, we put together a list of small operational actions, most of which could be easily implemented (and many already have). The plans for CSIC's future research programme were introduced by Jennifer Schooling and discussed briefly at the workshop. This will be the focus of future workshops.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description CSIC Distinguished Lecture 2021 - Prof Jim Hall - The data revolution in global-scale analysis of climate risks to infrastructure systems 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Increased interest in infrastructure
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYWu18WRcno&t=22s
 
Description CSIC Industry Partner Garden Party 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Participants in your research and patient groups
Results and Impact Info share and stand-up discussion workshops

info-share and stand-up discussion workshops
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description CSIC Industry Summer Development Event 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Held discussion with a number of key industry professionals to determine direction of travel in the development of standards and technical developments
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description CSIC International Advisory Group Visits 2013 and 2014 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact The event stimulated questions and discussion afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013,2014
 
Description CSIC Partner Strategy Day 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Infrastructure and construction partners joined academics for the annual CSIC Strategy Day, on Monday 3 December, to identify projects that will be developed to address real industry challenges.

This year's Strategy Day focused on nine themes which were generated from a call to partners for next generation challenges from their specific area of industry.

CSIC received more than 100 challenges submitted by partners which were shortlisted into nine workshops, led by an academic with the relevant specialism:

Geotechnical 'whole-life' monitoring and modelling - Dr Sam Stanier
Robotics in construction and maintenance - Dr Fumiya Iida
Risk-based inspection planning and optimal monitoring strategy - Dr Ajith Parlikad
Structural health monitoring of infrastructure using satellites - Prof Cam Middleton
Reconciling in-situ concrete quality with original specification - Prof Janet Lees
Digital Twins for operations and maintenance - Dr Ajith Parlikad
Fibre optic sensing - state of the art and future trends - Dr Cedric Kechavarzi and Phil Keenan
Ultra-High Performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC - Prof Janet Lees
Developing computer vision and augmented reality solutions for use in planning, designing, constructing and maintaining infrastructure - Dr Ajith Parlikad and Dr Jennifer Schooling
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/news-and-events/industry-partners-and-academics-plan-c...
 
Description CSIC Research Talks 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact CSIC Research Talks are held fortnightly on a wide range of topics and CSIC research projects. The talks are advertised and attending by Department of Engineering staff and students, CSIC Steering Group members and industry partners. They are also recorded and uploaded to our YouTube channel to be viewed by wider audiences.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020,2021
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAkWboORuyA&list=PLOwGmQ9t72fdyuz-UoD7SYs8z1FdezrFr
 
Description CSIC Secondment Projects Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact CSIC industry secondees present their projects and findings.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description CSIC Smart Infrastructure Blog Series 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The CSIC Smart Infrastructure Blog shares the latest thinking from the cutting edge of smart infrastructure and construction with CSIC's series of informative and thought-provoking blogs. The monthly and multi-disciplinary blog series presents insights and comment from CSIC researchers, industry partners and associates about transforming infrastructure through smarter information and using data from real performance to enable better and sustainable decision-making.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/smart-infrastructure-blog
 
Description CSIC Steering Group Meetings 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact CSIC's Steering Group contains high-profile representatives from industry, who provide guidance and decisions.

The Steering Group has a big impact on the direction of CSIC.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011,2012,2013,2014
URL http://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/people/steering-group.html
 
Description CSIC Summer Partner Party 2021 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact The late summer party, which was held at Homerton College, Cambridge, on 21 September 2021, was attended by a number of representatives from partner organisations and CSIC researchers, who prepared a range of posters and demonstrations presenting their latest research projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description CSIC Workshop: Systems for methodically solving problems-Philip Keenan 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact ONLINE Course: Systems for methodically solving problems. "Phil Keenan will be sharing his learnings from his training using Outcome Driven Innovation to identify what end-users of technology (customers or clients), really want, and he'll demonstrate a method that can be used to gain insights and consensus on customer needs. He will then introduce a toolset for sysematically solving problems known as TRIZ,. (Phonetically in Russian, Teoriya Resheniya Izobretatelskikh Zadatch,) and in English, Theory of Inventive Problem Solving. TRIZ methodically guides the problem solving team to an ideal outcome. The course will be in three one-hour sessions, and the goal is to introduce researchers to methods that might help them gain consensus with multiple project partners, and overcome roadblocks in their research or innovation projects and should be helpful in building inclusive teams".
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description CSIC workshop 'Computer Vision Beyond Black Boxes' 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact During this online interactive workshop CSIC Researcher Vladimir Vilde discussed the different potential challenges faced during the selection, installation and the processing of computer vision (CV) techniques. Leading the workshop, which took place on Thursday 4 February 2021 Vladimir, who is researching novel solutions for infrastructure monitoring using digital twin and computer vision techniques, covered examples of CV techniques that can be used in construction by addressing limitations and opportunities. Innovations using CV in infrastructure often remain at the case study stage. Issues such as scalability, funding for long term usage, or suitability for industrial application can limit widespread adoption of new and promising technologies. Recent innovations in CV solutions have been very attractive for their accessibility and potential benefit. Deep Learning techniques are very popular in CV and can be found in applications from self-driving cars to cancer detection. Projects in construction have tried to emulate these successes, but despite returning interesting results early on, these AI techniques are known to be expensive when considering robust usage. Currently, there are too many projects in construction trying to rely solely on AI, while conventional computer vision is not properly considered. Each challenge can have a unique answer - it is unlikely that one solution fits all. This is especially true in construction and asset management, where funding can be limited: the technologies not only need to be smart with the data, but with the budget as well! Imaging techniques can be complex and are widely applied, from smartphone cameras to satellites, so considering their use on a project can appear overwhelming. They are often used as "black boxes", where AI is expected to work exactly as intended. However, smarter and more adapted solutions might be readily available if we have the tools to open these "boxes".
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description CSIC's annual Partner Strategy Day 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CSIC's annual Partner Strategy Day held on 4 December 2020 attracted 68 participants, including 50 from partner organisations, to discuss how CSIC's future research agenda can bring value to partner organisations.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description CSIC-TOAF Emerging Connections Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CSIC-TOAF Emerging Connections Workshop This year's workshop was held online in two sessions on the 7th October and 14th October. The workshop followed an interactive format facilitating insightful discussions with experts from city governments, academia, think tanks, technologists and community activists. Aligned with the mission of the DC2 programme, the sessions were aimed at unravelling the tasks, competencies and roles involved in enabling the creation of public value through responsible digital innovation in smart(er) cities. The discussions were framed around pressing urban challenges such as improving air quality, strengthening the local digital economy, emergency response and management, improving resource efficiency in cities and enhancing urban ecology. The workshop outcomes will contribute towards a TOAF-CSIC joint report setting out a Competence Framework for city managers in the digital age.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description CSIC/Arup Global Smart Infrastructure Index Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact CSIC/Arup Global Smart Infrastructure Index Workshop
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description CZPF witness session: strategic land use planning - Jennifer Schooling 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Cambridge Zero Policy Forum study on local
priorities for investing in resilient and sustainable
infrastructure

Witness session 3: strategic land use planning in the
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough region
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Cambridge Ahead - YJ 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Local business group aiming to innovate the ways in which to conduct new regional and local infrastructure investments Presentation to the CA operational board, 7 December 2016 Practical application of the CSIC smart cities analytics
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Cambridge County Council Digital Twin Technical Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact The future of commuting into Cambridge, including how congestion can be reduced and air quality improved, will be explored as part of a new collaboration between CSIC and Smart Cambridge.

Our research associates are working with officers from Cambridgeshire County Council's transport, sustainability and planning departments to plan how digital technology and data can be used to support decisions and make improvements.

The collaboration will now focus on delivering a digital twin prototype, combining traditional urban modelling techniques, new data sources and advanced data analytics.

The prototype will include the recent trends of journeys to work in Cambridge, including how people of different ages and employment status travel to work and how different factors affect their travel. It will also explore future possible journeys to work based on transport investment, housing developments and how flexible working and new technology may impact commuting. A web-based modelling platform will also visualise future development options and give people an opportunity for feedback.

CSIC Research Associate Dr Timea Nochta, said: "We led a very useful workshop with council officers in December which helped us to understand local requirements and how we can deliver a digital twin prototype which responds to imminent city challenges and supports the policy goals of improving air quality and reducing congestion.

"We are now working on the prototype and will deliver an initial version in eight weeks. We will continue to develop it alongside the council so that it can be used to its full potential and so that officers feel confident in asking the right questions for technology to answer."

Claire Ruskin, Executive Board Member for the Greater Cambridge Partnership, and CEO of Cambridge Network, said: "We have worked together to collect and understand information before, and Smart Cambridge is delighted to be working with University teams again. We can begin developing next-generation tools for supporting plans and policies to give people alternatives to their cars to help improve journeys, reduce congestion and improve air quality in Greater Cambridge."

Dan Clarke, Strategy and Partnerships Manager for Smart Cambridge said: "Digital twins have the potential to help cities develop more holistic policies which will assist in addressing some of the very real challenges urban areas face such as congestion, pollution and the need to become more sustainable."

This project has been funded by the Ove Arup Foundation and the Centre for Digital Built Britain.

The work of Smart Cambridge is supported by the Connecting Cambridgeshire programme, led by Cambridgeshire County Council, with investment from the Greater Cambridge Partnership.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/news-and-events/csic-and-smart-cambridge-plan-to-impro...
 
Description Cambridge Zero Policy Forum report launch: A Blueprint for a Green Recovery-Jennifer Schooling 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Dr Jennifer Schooling presented at the Cambridge Zero launch of A Blueprint for a Green Future event.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL http://www.csap.cam.ac.uk/events/green-recovery-report-launch/
 
Description Cambridge Zero Policy Forum's green recovery report, 'A Blueprint for a Green Future' 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Dr Jennifer Schooling OBE, Director of CSIC, is a co-author of Cambridge Zero Policy Forum's green recovery report, 'A Blueprint for a Green Future'. The multidisciplinary report was launched at a panel discussion at the week-long Cambridge Zero Climate Change Festival on 6 November and brings together ideas from senior academics from the University of Cambridge to present a series of recommendations for policymakers and industry. The Cambridge Zero Policy Forum panel discussion featured a number of the authors of the new report who talked about how we can ensure a green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr Schooling, who spoke at the Cambridge Zero panel event, said: "Despite the Covid-19 pandemic having a dramatic impact on all or lives, its impact of CO2 emissions has been relatively small. Our trajectory for recovery must not return to pre-pandemic levels - we must do more. Collaborative action will be crucial to securing the changes to reach net zero by 2050; the consequences for not acting now will be devastating for many."
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.zero.cam.ac.uk/green-recovery-report
 
Description Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact The Code was launched at an online event on 17 June 2021 attended by industry Partners.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/carbon-reduction-code
 
Description Challenge assumptions in order to identify efficiency gains - Sustainability from the inside 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact The talk described the work of a team of engineering researchers from the University of Cambridge who worked with Crossrail to allow the incorporation of instrumentation into tunnel linings at London Liverpool Street, to find out if there was room for improvement on industry standard practices. In construction we have a habit of building things and running away from them post-completion. We don't study their performance to check that our design assumptions were correct. Therefore we don't learn and apply improvements to following projects. Every project is effectively bespoke, with a solution based on received assumptions rather than insight gained through observation. The result is conservative solutions that use more materials, emit more carbon and cost more than they should. We can be much more efficient. We wrapped fibre optic gauges around the tunnels to measure compression and tension and found not much of either. The linings were being reinforced to cope with stresses that, in reality, weren't an issue. There was a crazy amount of redundancy - 50% more concrete than needed. What the monitoring showed is that we have to work our materials harder. When you consider the energy and cost of producing materials, converting them into products, transporting them, getting them under ground - and the amount of extra excavation needed to accommodate them - it seems absurd not to be chasing efficiencies, and using observation to see where they're achievable. Designing the 12 cross-passage junctions with thinner linings would have saved 1320cu m of concrete. Across a project like Crossrail, with eight underground stations, the cumulative savings on materials, cost and labour could be huge. Just because we have always done something a certain way in the past, does not mean we should continue to do it. Crossrail showed the way for future projects by allowing a research team to scientifically test assumptions against actual performance. The potential efficiencies to be gained should be argument enough for making this industry standard practice.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Circular Economy in Infrastructure Action Group - Jennifer Schooling 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Awareness raising activities - Circular Economy in Infrastructure Action Group
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description City & Guilds Group, Sir John Armitt - CRM 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact UK/Australia infrastructure leadership
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Civil Engineering Surveyor - GIS-based infrastructure management Ajith Parlikad 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Article published in Civil Engineering Surveyor titled 'A GIS-based infrastructure management system to increase resilience of terrestrial transportation networks' by Dr Ajith Parlikad, Reader in Industrial Systems at the Institute for Manufacturing and CSIC Investigator and Dr Georgios Hadjidemetriou, CSIC Research Associate.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Civil Engineering Surveyor - Game changer Dr Bingyu Zhao 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Article published in Civil Engineering Surveyor titled 'Game changer: simulating wildfire evacuations of small communities at regional scale in California' by Dr Bingyu Zhao, former CSIC PhD Researcher (March 2020)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Civil Engineering Surveyor - Smart Sustainability Dr Jennifer Schooling 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Article published in Civil Engineering Surveyor on the 'Smart Sustainability: the role of engineers and the potential of data to mitigate climate change' by Dr Jennifer Schooling OBE
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Co-chair AMEST session on Digital Twins for Infrastructure and Construction-Jennifer Schooling 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Jennifer Schooling co-chaired a session on 'Digital Twins for Infrastructure and Construction' at the Advanced Maintenance Engineering, Services and Technologies 2020 Conference. The 4th IFAC AMEST'20 Workshop brings together experts from academia and industry to discuss the latest advances in digital technologies and their impact on reliability, maintenance and asset management. The workshop covered a broad range of research and application topics exploring the role of data-driven maintenance and asset management within the domains of manufacturing and infrastructure.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.amest2020.eng.cam.ac.uk/
 
Description Computer vision discussion group - Dr Vladimir Vilde 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Following his CSIC workshop held earlier this year and expressed interest from industry partners in forming a special interest group for Computer Vision in construction, Vladimir Vilde, Research Associate at CSIC, considers limitations and opportunities - and invites industry practitioners interested in deploying computer vision-based solutions to join the new group.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/csic-workshop-computer-vision-beyond-black-boxes-...
 
Description Conference Poster, Radopoulou, S.C., Sun, M., Dai, F., Brilakis, I. and Savarese, S. (2012) "Visual Pattern Recognition Models of Infrastructure Elements vs. Depth-Encoded Hough Voting", NSF CMMI Engineering Research and Innovation Conf., 2012, Boston, MA 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Radopoulou, S.C., Sun, M., Dai, F., Brilakis, I. and Savarese, S. (2012) "Visual Pattern Recognition Models of Infrastructure Elements vs. Depth-Encoded Hough Voting", NSF CMMI Engineering Research and Innovation Conf., 2012, Boston, MA
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Conference paper: Energy Neutral Operation of Vibration Energy-Harvesting Sensor Networks for Bridge Applications - International Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks (EWSN'18). Madrid, Spain: ACM - David Rodenas Herraiz 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Conference paper: Energy Neutral Operation of Vibration Energy-Harvesting Sensor Networks for Bridge Applications
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Cost & Carbon Subgroup 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact A Cost and Carbon Subgroup has been formed and has been working to understand what different clients are asking for in relation to carbon reporting, what metrics are being used and developing (in collaboration with others) a consistent approach. The group has also drafted a Carbon Code for Infrastructure Sector Clients & Supply Chain Members with the objective to facilitate action (and alignment) by relevant parties towards reducing carbon emissions (CO2eq) related to design, construction, maintenance and operation of built assets. A number of industry organisations have since agreed to trial the Carbon Code.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020,2021
 
Description Costain - AAS 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Possible deployment of macro-scale energy harvesters
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Cross Railway - GB and YC 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Innovation in construction
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Crossrail Pit-stop event 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Asked to contribute to discussion forum
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Cybersecurity for Smart Infrastructure Briefing and Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Cybersecurity for Smart Infrastructure Briefing and Workshop
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description DC2 Smart Cambridge workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact DC2 Smart Cambridge workshop
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description DCLG 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Practical application of the CSIC smart cities analytics
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Data for Policy 2020-Jennifer Schooling 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Timea Nochta, Noura Wahby and Jennifer Schooling presented at the 2020 Data for Policy conference on "Knowledge Politics in the Smart City". The Data for Policy conference series is the premier global forum for multiple disciplinary and cross-sector discussions around the theories, applications and implications of data science innovation in governance and the public sector. In partnership with Cambridge University Press, the conference series has also entered into a new open-access peer-reviewed journal venture, Data & Policy, in order to capture and archive scholarly discussions in this fast-growing field.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://dataforpolicy.org/data-for-policy-2020/
 
Description Data for Policy Conference (presentation TN) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CSIC researcher Dr Timea Nochta presented at the Data for Policy Conference, University College London, London, UK (11-12 June). Title: "Evidence-informed decisionmaking in multi-stakeholder settings: The case of city digital twins for planning and management"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Department of Architecture - NdB 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Discussions regarding potential FOinstrumentation of timber buildings
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Department of Transport - RJM 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Exploring areas of how CSIC can collaborate with procurement personnel in Department of Transport to promote adoption of smart infrastructure solutions in the transport sector
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Designing Intelligence into Our Cities Symposium, organised by Royal College of Art-Timea Nochta & Li Wan 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Dr Timea Nochta and Dr Li Wan presented at the Designing Intelligence into Our Cities Symposium on "Community values and the case for value pluralism in future digital cities". Design researchers at the RCA will be hosting an online symposium to share visions of the future and to bring together an audience of designers, researchers and city-based organisations and communities. We will be running the symposium as three 2 hour sessions with talks, challenges and questions in the first session, smaller online collaborative workshops in the second session and an opportunity to present back proposals and gain feedback and potential partners in the third. Session 1: Talks, challenges and questions Session 2: Collaborative design challenge workshops Session 3: Presentations, feedback and partnerships There will be three themes for the event that span the different interests of speakers and researchers across the college: What is the future for intelligent neighbourhoods - their shape, constituent parts, networks, governance and size? How might we reimagine mobility hubs and networks as centres of community rather than purely functional transport systems? How might digital tools merge technical data with social knowledge to enable better planning for sustainable futures? We encourage participants to choose a theme and to contribute to the design research workshops by sharing your vision for the future and considering the partners and activities that you might need to make your vision happen. The symposium aims to bring together researchers and colleagues from across the RCA - from architecture and environment, product and service design, robotics, inclusive design, mobility design and virtual reality technologies - to explore underlying mobility and living needs and conceive of collaborative research topics that cross disciplines and uncover new opportunities for knowledge and innovation development.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/designing-intelligence-our-cities/
 
Description Digital Cities for Change Seminar Series 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact CSIC researchers have organised a series on seminar around the theme of Digital Cities for Change.

Seminar 1:
James Heaton
Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge
'The use of BIM and asset classification within a Smart Cities framework'

Dr Isolda Agusti Juan
The Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management, University College London
'Automation as an opportunity for sustainable construction'

Seminar 2 - Smart(er) transport for future cities:
Dr Louise Reardon
University of Birmingham
'Governance of the Smart Mobility Transition'

Nicole Badstuber
CSIC, University of Cambridge
'Land Use and Transport Policy in London and New York'

Tianren Yang
Architecture, University of Cambridge
'Understanding commuting changes as a science of planning'

Seminar 3 - Smart(er) cities and society
Marianna Cavada
Unviersity of Birmingham
'A case for truly smart cities'

Aisha Sobey
Architecture, University of Cambridge
'Can culture be 'smart'? The digitisation of cities and its interaction with society'

Seminar 4 - Technologies and strategies of 'coping':
Matt Mahmoudi
University of Cambridge
'Urban technologies for refugee "integration": reproducing marginality?'

Juan Canavera Herrera
University of Cambridge
'Roads to adaptation: Understanding adaptation planning of urban road infrastructure'

Seminar 5 - Social and technical systems in the digital age:
Luke Church
University of Cambridge
'Listening to people on their own terms: lessons from Africa's Voices'

Junqing Tang
University of Cambridge
'Measuring resilience in urban transportation systems'

Seminar 6 - 'Smartening' urban planning and policy'
Franziska Sielker
University of Cambridge
'A new era for city planning? Innovations and barriers to digitalisation for spatial planning in the UK'

Andre Neto-Bradley
University of Cambridge
'Targeting interventions for clean energy transitions in urban Indian households'
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019,2020
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/digital-cities-change-seminar-series-discusses-te...
 
Description Digital framework Task Group Meeting - Jennifer Schooling 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Awareness raising activity - Digital framework Task Group Meeting
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Distributed Fibre Optic Strain Sensing Course - CERN 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Distributed Fibre Optic Strain Sensing (DFOS) for Monitoring the Structural Health of CERN Infrastructure
University of Cambridge Department of Engineering, 11-12 December 2014
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Distributed Fibre Optic Temperature Sensing for Cementation Skanska 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Distributed Fibre Optic Temperature Sensing for Pile and D-wall Integrity Testing
Cementation Skanska, Doncaster, 09-10 July 2015
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Dr Jennifer Schooling Digital Cities for Change. Part of a series of Hub Insight interviews, 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Part of a series of Hub Insight interviews, Dr Schooling will be joined by Gemma Schroeder, Smart Cambridge Programme Manager. The interview, which will be hosted by the Centre for Digital Built Britain's (CDBB) DT Hub on 16 February at 11.30am, will explore their work together on digital twins for Smart Cambridge led by Cambridgeshire County Council.

The Smart Cambridge programme explores how new and emerging technologies and data can be used to address some of the challenges that the city faces such as congestion, poor air quality and constraints on infrastructure such as energy. The collaboration with CSIC on digital twins brings cutting edge research out of academia and begins to apply it in the real world.
Dan Clarke, Digital Programme Manager, Cambridgeshire County Council
CSIC's Digital Cities for Change (DC2) project, funded by the Ove Arup Foundation, explores current city and infrastructure management structures and systems. It seeks to demonstrate how built environment data and digital tools can be used to inform better and more cohesive decision-making. DC2 aims to deepen understanding of how built environment data can help improve city planning management and the delivery of public services.

"The Smart Cambridge programme explores how new and emerging technologies and data can be used to address some of the challenges that the city faces such as congestion, poor air quality and constraints on infrastructure such as energy. The collaboration with CSIC on digital twins brings cutting edge research out of academia and begins to apply it in the real world," said Dan Clarke, Digital Programme Manager, Cambridgeshire County Council.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/projects-and-case-studies/dc2-digital-cities-change
 
Description Earth movement detection system trialled on HS2 - Cedric Kechavarzi - Ground Engineering 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Promotion of Research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.geplus.co.uk/news/earth-movement-detection-system-trialled-on-hs2-08-09-2021/?eea=*EEA*&...
 
Description Electro Optics - Fibre optics takes the strain in construction Jennifer Schooling 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Electro Optics featured an opinion piece by CSIC Director, Dr Jennifer Schooling OBE (October 2019). 'Fibre optics takes the strain in construction' makes the case for generating richer information from sensor monitoring to secure a better understanding of the behaviour of our assets and inform decisions on materials use, waste and construction and operation processes to reduce carbon emissions. The article includes three CSIC projects analysing structural performance using fibre optic monitoring including: 'Monitoring performance of reinforced concrete piles' and 'Optimising the design of sprayed concrete linings', led by CSIC Research Associate Nicholas de Battista; and 'Improving the understanding and capacity of existing assets', by CSIC PhD student Sam Cocking.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Energy Harvesting Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Latest information about Energy Harvesting shared
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Energy Harvesting Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Latest information about Energy Harvesting shared
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description English Heritage / Historic England - MSA 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Sensing technologies, data interpretation
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Environmental Agency - XX 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Monitoring the erosion, scour and stability of embankment during overtopping and overflowing
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description FBG sensor development - Proof of concept - JMS 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact FBG sensor development - Proof of concept
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description FIBE CDT Lecture 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Jennifer Schooling gave a lecture on Transforming the future of infrastructure - the role of sensing and data to FIBE CDT students.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description FO suppliers (Brugg, Omnisens, Febus Optics) NdB 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Discussions regarding development of DFOS strain sensing cable, FO spectrum analyser
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Festival of BIM and Digital Construction Webinar Panel-Jennifer Schooling 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact PANEL DISCUSSION: How Can We Better Capture, Manage and Integrate Data to Facilitate Modelling Technologies, Like BIM and Digital Twins, to Not Only Build Better but to Ensure Resilience? Moderator: Nathan Doughty, CEO, Asite Panellists: Jennifer Schooling, Director at the Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction Jennifer Whyte, Director, Centre for Systems Engineering and Innovation Amy Lindsay, Global Data Architecture, Laing O'Rourke
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.workcast.com/register?cpak=6686702659518443
 
Description Fibre Optic Sensing Association (presentation NdB) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CSIC researcher Nicky de Battista presentated CSIC projects on fibre optic applications at the Fibre Optic Sensing Association (FOSA) meeting.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Flourishing Systems 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Academia, government and industry have come together to publish a new white paper, Flourishing Systems, calling for a fundamental change in how we view and run our nation's infrastructure in the face of climate change and the socio-economic recovery from Covid-19. The central ideas in the paper are simple and radical: that the purpose of infrastructure is human flourishing, therefore infrastructure should be viewed and managed as a system of systems that serves people and the environment. The paper is jointly published by the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB), the Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC) at the University of Cambridge, with the support of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Institution of Engineering and Technology and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Its development was supported by over 30 key experts and influencers from industry, government and academia. Meeting the net-zero carbon by 2050, enabling the circular economy and investing in infrastructure to level up prosperity and well-being across the country are systemic challenges that require immediate and collaborative action. To do this, the paper sets out a systems-based, people-focused view of infrastructure with a focus on: People - the key purpose of infrastructure is to support and serve society, we must get better at understanding and delivering the interconnected social, environmental and economic outcomes needed for human flourishing. Connections - infrastructure has become a complex, sociotechnical, interconnected system of systems. That should be reflected in the way we run the industry through a systems based strategy for national infrastructure and new metrics for infrastructure performance. Sustainability - it will become increasingly difficult to sustain infrastructure and society unless the system itself becomes sustainable, secure and resilient. This requires us to consider how each asset-level intervention affects the system, a make a deliberate move towards the circular economy in infrastructure. Digitalisation - bringing digital and physical assets together to create cyber-physical systems - smart infrastructure. We must recognise digital assets, such as data, information, algorithms and digital twins, as genuine 'assets', which have value and must be managed effectively.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/files/flourishing-systems_final_digital.pdf
 
Description Flourishing Systems - Report and Webinar 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact On May 12 2020, the IET launched Flourishing Systems through a digital webinar, giving audiences an opportunity to meet some of the contributors and to enquire of their thinking on the topic. We were joined by over 100 participants from a range of different industries. This paper is a collaborative effort led by the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) and Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC) and advocates a vision for infrastructure that is: people-focused - recognising the fundamental role of infrastructure in the social, economic and environmental outcomes that determine the quality of people's lives systems-based - recognising infrastructure as a complex, interconnected system of systems that must deliver continuous service to society.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Forth Road Bridge - AAS 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Limited deployment of vibration energy harvesting powered sensor nodes
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Futureproofing case studies supplied to support development of CEN - TM 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Futureproofing case studies supplied to support development of CEN ACC-CG Guide 4 Adaptation Supplement, invited through London Underground (submitted 6/2015).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description GE Slope Engineering Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Talk sparked questions which were discussed with Industry representatives
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Geocisa - XX 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Slop/embankment monitoring
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Geocisa / Dragados Training in FBG sensing 26-Jul-17 - Cedric Kechavarzi 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Geocisa / Dragados Training in FBG sensing 26-Jul-17
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Geotechnical group, ARUP London office - GB and YJ 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Observational Method
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Give Brains to Buildings, TU Delft Keynote 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Invited Seminar
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Global OFSS task group - NdB 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Llead author on one of the guidance documents
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Greater London Authority - YJ 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Practical application of the CSIC smart cities analytics
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Growing underground 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Growing Underground, the project led by CSIC Investigator Dr Ruchi Choudhary, is said to be a 'green revolution', which is 'powered by data' in a new feature published by the University of Cambridge.

Cambridge researchers are working alongside the founders of the underground farm - located 120 ft below the busy streets of Clapham in London - to create the best conditions for growing crops, with the aim of supplying zero carbon food.

The article includes an interview with PhD student Melanie Jans-Singh on the digital twin set up to monitor and feedback information to help the farm operate in optimum conditions. A video on the project also gives an inside view of the farm.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/growingunderground
 
Description Growing underground Ruchi Choudhary talk on the project as part of the Cambridge Festival 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Growing Underground, the project led by CSIC Investigator Dr Ruchi Choudhary, is said to be a 'green revolution', which is 'powered by data' in a new feature published by the University of Cambridge.

Cambridge researchers are working alongside the founders of the underground farm - located 120 ft below the busy streets of Clapham in London - to create the best conditions for growing crops, with the aim of supplying zero carbon food.

The article includes an interview with PhD student Melanie Jans-Singh on the digital twin set up to monitor and feedback information to help the farm operate in optimum conditions. A video on the project also gives an inside view of the farm.

Dr Choudhary is presenting a talk on the project as part of the Cambridge Festival on Friday (2 April) at 2pm
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Guangdong Provincial Programme (lecture TN) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CSIC researcher Dr Timea Nochta gave a guest lecture on CISL China - Guangdong Provincial Programme entitled "Sustainable and Smart Cities" (24 July 2019)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description HS2 - NdB 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact DFOS instrumentation of piles for making pile design more efficient.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description HS2 Innovation Forum - Jennifer Schooling 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Member of HS2 Innovation Forum
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description HS2 tests fibre optic tech to detect ground movement - BIM+ Cedric Kechavarzi 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Promotion of Research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.bimplus.co.uk/hs2-tests-fibre-optic-tech-to-detect-ground-movement/
 
Description HS2 trialling fibre optic tech to head off subsidence and ground movement - Cedric Kechavarzi 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Promotion of Research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/news/hs2-trialling-fibre-optic-tech-to-head-off-subsidence-and-ground...
 
Description Haringey City Council 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Carbon Management of Buildings
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Herald Conference (presentation NdB) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact CSIC researcher Dr Nicky de Battista gave a presentation at the Herald Conference at Anglia Ruskin on local governance of digital technology research.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Hertfordshire County Council - ZhL 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact (1) Asset management for bridge networks.
(2) Improve deterioration model for bridges with inspections data.
(3) Prioritize maintenance activities for 11 bridges along A10 in Hertfordshire.
(4) Group maintenance activities to reduce the traffic management cost in the bridge network.
(5) They have agreed on future support on providing historical principle and general inspections data for the 11 bridges.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Hertfordshire county council /Keith Harwood - ZhL 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Asset management for bridge networks
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description His Royal Highness The Duke of York, KG, visit 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact The Head of CSIC, Professor Lord Robert Mair and academics and researchers from the Department of Engineering welcomed The Duke of York when he visited the UK Collaboratorium for Research on Infrastructure and Cities (UKCRIC) National Research Facility for Infrastructure Sensing (NRFIS) at the new Civil Engineering Building, on the West Site of the University of Cambridge, on 29 October.

The Duke of York supports a number of science and technology organisations, including being a Patron of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), to promote and raises awareness of British expertise to support initiatives which attract increased investment into UK science, technology and engineering.

Lord Mair said: "We are delighted to welcome The Duke of York to the National Research Facility for Infrastructure Sensing. Housed in the new Civil Engineering Building, and part of the UKCRIC portfolio of collaborative research and innovation facilities, NRFIS marks a significant step in enabling the UK to design, build and maintain infrastructure which is more resilient, adaptable and sustainable. NRFIS is a resource where academia and industry can engage in research to optimise the country's infrastructure base and support the UK to be a leader in the field of smart infrastructure.

"The UK needs to invest in infrastructure and its associated services which are so important to the people using it every day. We welcome HRH to NRFIS and the new Civil Engineering Building which will host collaboration between industry and researchers to improve, protect and grow the UK infrastructure base."

During his tour of the new NRFIS facilities which focus on the research and application of advanced sensor technologies to optimise the design, construction, and maintenance of the UK's existing and future infrastructure, HRH met a number of academics and researchers who presented a range of innovative research projects and deployments.

Dr Nicky de Battista, Research Associate at the Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC) gave an introduction to the instrumentation of the new Civil Engineering Building, which features six sensor packages from the roof to the foundations. The sensors are an integral part of ongoing CSIC research developing technologies to assess the performance of the new building against the predictions made during design. This information can be used to better understand performance and inform future design.

HRH visited the CSIC lab where Dee Dee Frawley, CSIC Programme Manager, explained the collaborative way CSIC works with industry, associated organisations and policy to accelerate implementation of research outputs that deliver greater efficiency in asset design and performance, a low-carbon society, sustainable urban planning and management and improved productivity. The new laboratory facilities enable CSIC to extend its programme of research projects, industry deployments, training and workshops.

Paul Fidler, CSIC Computer Associate and Dr Xiaomin Xu, CSIC Research Associate, presented an award-winning rockfall warning system using fibre optic technology implemented at Hooley Cutting, near south London. Collaborating with Network Rail, CSIC researchers designed and trialled two bespoke systems for the 30m-deep cutting slope to provide an early warning of slope failures on the network.

Many CSIC Investigators and colleagues also presented research projects to The Duke. Professor Janet Lees introduced HRH to the Structures laboratory and current research including demonstration of concrete elements that mitigate CO2 emissions. Professor Campbell Middleton, Director of the Laing O'Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology, and Dr Ioannis Brilakis, Director of the Construction Information Technology laboratory, spoke about the drive to digitise infrastructure and demonstrated a range of technologies including digital twin virtual reality.

The visit concluded with three fast-paced and visual presentations: Sakthy Selvakumaran, Researcher at the Laing O'Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology, presented her research on the satellite monitoring of infrastructure; Dr Timea Nochta, CSIC Research Associate, presented the Smart City Project developing a city-level digital twin; and Ioanna Papanikolaou, a Future Infrastructure and Built Environment (FIBE) PhD researcher presented on nature-inspired infrastructure.

Commending The Duke of York for his interest in and visit to NRFIS, Lord Mair said: "As an ambassador for technology and engineering, His Royal Highness appreciates the significant opportunities offered by advancements in digital technologies. As we face global challenges, including climate change, population growth and rapid urbanisation, it is the work of civil engineers which will provide solutions to these challenges helping to change the lives of millions of people for the better."

The Duke was presented to Professor John Dennis, Head of School, Dr Shui Lam, Secretary of the School, Professor Richard Prager, Head of the Department of Engineering, Professor Simon Guest, Head of Civil Engineering, and Professor Giulia Viggiani, NRFIS Academic Lead. HRH was accompanied by HM Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, Mrs Julie Spence OBE QPM, and Lord-Lieutenant's Cadets, Cadet SSgt Eleanor Phipps and Leading Cadet Matthew Smith, and presented to Councillor Mac McGuire, Chairman of Cambridgeshire County Council, and Councillor Gerri Bird, Mayor of Cambridge.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/his-royal-highness-duke-york-kg-visits-csic-labor...
 
Description How sustainable is the UK's infrastructure programme? Jennifer Schooling article in Raconteur 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Acknowledging the challenge of infrastructure as one of the largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, the article, titled 'How sustainable is the UK infrastructure programme?' and part of a Raconteur special report in association with The Times, sets out the criticality of decarbonising energy, heating and transport to secure a low-carbon future and net-zero emissions and highlights the role of carbon capture and storage technology to achieve net zero.

Dr Schooling stresses the importance of infrastructure built with as close to zero carbon emissions as possible: "Nothing we're currently doing is green enough; the scale of ambition is not big enough. We are living in the middle of a climate crisis, but we're not doing enough about it. It's time to stop moving the deckchairs around on the ship and to see the iceberg dead ahead. This crisis will be solved only by major concerted action globally."
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.raconteur.net/infrastructure/uk-infrastructure-sustainability/
 
Description Humber Bridge Board - PRAF 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact monitoring in the Hessle anchorage (and previous monitoring at Ferriby Road) re turning the bridge into a visitor attraction, with visitors being able to walk around the anchorage - where they will see CSIC monitoring equipment
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description ICE BIM Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Shared research findings and progress re data for BIM

Shared research findings and progress re data for BIM
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description ICE Bridges Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Attendance brought us into contact with a number of new named contacts with whom technical discussions re applications were held
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description ICE Cambridgeshire evening talk - Nicky de Battista 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact ICE Cambs evening talk
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description ICE State of the Nation Report: Infrastructure and the Net-Zero Target Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Dr Jennifer Schooling participated in the ICE State of the Nation Report: Infrastructure and the Net-Zero Target Workshop.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description ICE Triennial Summit 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Team members engaged in fact-finding mission to gauge policy directions re Standards
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description ICE Tunneling Exhibition - PTK 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact ICE Tunneling Exhibition
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description ICE/CDBB National Digital Twin Day (presentation JMS) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Jennifer Schooling presented at The National Digital Twin Day.

The National Digital Twin Day will shine a light on how digital twin thinking can drive more value from data, maximise infrastructure performance and deliver better outcomes for society.

Delegates will hear from the built environment's digital leadership, CDBB's Digital Framework Task Group (DFTG), on the pathway to better information management plus features and benefits of digital twins. The event programme offers guidance on digital twin adoption through a series of interactive afternoon workshops, including:

Digital Twins Explained - a workshop aimed at delegates who have little-to-no experience or knowledge of digital twins, and want to gain a basic understanding of their features and benefits
Digital Twin Early Adopters - a workshop aimed at those who are at the outset of utilising digital twins on real projects, and want to share ideas and learning experiences with fellow early adopters
Digital Twins Enhanced - a workshop aimed at digital twin hub pioneers and owners, who want to fine-tune their approach and gain further understanding from fellow digital twin leaders
The event, part of CDBB Week, aims to drive collaboration between government, academia and industry, offering delegates unique opportunities to forge new business relationships with digital twin pioneers.

By attending this event, you will:

Understand industry's direction of travel on digital transformation
Gain insight into owner challenges and how digital twin solutions can meet their needs
Visualise digital twin solutions and the benefits they can offer
Gain real examples/lessons into how to break down challenge areas
Meet digital transformation experts and get to know the digital twin marketplace
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL http://www.ice.org.uk/eventarchive/national-digital-twin-day
 
Description ICG Digital Transformation Task Group - Jennifer Schooling 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact ICG Digital Transformation Task Group
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description IDBE MSt course (lecture TN) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact CSIC researcher, Dr Timea Nochta gave a guest lecture on IDBE MSt course entitled "Future Cities are Smart"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description IPPA International Conference on Public Policy (presentation TN) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CSIC researcher Dr Timea Nochta presentation at the IPPA International Conference on Public Policy, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada (26-28 June). Title: "Exploring Nexus Problems: Critical Perspectives on the Problems of Policy Interdependencies"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Imetrum 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Training for 3D stereo, new sensing technologies
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Inclusive systems mapping workshop - decarbonising transport in Cambridgeshire - Timea Nochta and Li Wan - Cambridge Festival 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Cambridge Festival - Diverse Audience
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Industry Partner Innovation Event (Costain) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Workshops around new technologies and asset management
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Infrastructure Intelligence - CSIC Distinguished Lecture Dr Anne Kemp 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact An article written by Dr Anne Kemp OBE, based upon her CSIC Distinguished Lecture, was published in Infrastructure Intelligence (21 June 2019). The article titled 'Engaging our conscience to explore the future' draws attention to the potential of smarter infrastructure to support a healthier and more prosperous society but raises questions about the ethics required to safeguard data use and how to ensure that, as humans, we remain an essential part of the decision-making process.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Infrastructure Intelligence article - Collaborate to achieve net zero - Jennifer Schooling 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact An article presenting the Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment written by Dr Jennifer Schooling calls for commitment to collaborative action to achieve net zero.

Following the publication of the Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment Issue 1.0 on 15 June, industry title Infrastructure Intelligence has published an article written by CSIC Director Dr Jennifer Schooling explaining the development of and need for the Code, which is jointly published by the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) as part of the Council's Construct Zero initiative and CSIC.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL http://www.infrastructure-intelligence.com/article/jul-2021/collaborate-achieve-net-zero
 
Description Innovate IKC New TEchnology Event 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Had a number of discussions with other research groups to exchange information
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)-Jennifer Schooling Interview 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Dr Jennifer Schooling OBE, Director of CSIC discusses infrastructure in all its complexities in an interview published by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) as part of its new Viewpoint series on infrastructure and the economy. Explaining the ways in which CSIC works to accelerate the development of smart infrastructure solutions and services to real industry challenges and drive sustainable impact in infrastructure - both new and existing - Dr Schooling said: "A beautiful bridge may be spectacular as an engineering feat but really it is just part of this bigger system of providing a service. We are moving away from the idea that we've just got to maintain all these physical assets, to the idea that we've got to provide a service to customers. Making this shift enables you to start to perceive and map the assets and their importance in a slightly different way. That's where the value of understanding the condition of an asset comes in - because it's part of this critical system which provides a service." Asked about the importance of infrastructure, Dr Schooling reflects on the critical role infrastructure has in supporting a flourishing and sustainable society and economy: "Infrastructure is only there to serve society. For governments to be successful, and for the societies they run to flourish, they need effective and sustainable infrastructure. And in places where the infrastructure is missing, it's very difficult to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals around health and poverty, for example."
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.icaew.com/insights/viewpoints-on-the-news/2021/jan-2021/infrastructure-investment-thinki...
 
Description International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Construction 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The 2019 International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Construction (ICSIC) brought together world-leading academics and practitioners from the fields of infrastructure planning, asset management and sensing. The unique combination of fields and disciplines focusing on the power of smarter information will provide opportunities to confront persistent barriers and develop novel, proactive solutions.

A combination of plenary and parallel sessions reviewed the overarching issues and focus on the interconnected subject matter, providing ample opportunity for questions and informal discussion to enable delegates to assess the relevance of issues to their own sectors and disciplines.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.icsic2019.eng.cam.ac.uk/
 
Description International Sensor Networks Conference, Holland 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Gave a series of themed presentations to assembled researchers in related fields to exch information
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Interview for CNBC 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact CNBC filmed our work on Growing Underground
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Intra-Team IT Consultants Ltd - CRM 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact BIM for infrastructure asset management
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Invited talk at Hay Festival May 2014 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Talk sparked many questions and discussion afterwards

After my talk I received many letters and enquiries
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Invited talk delivered at UK Energy Harvesting Network and Dissemination Event 2013 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact talk sparked several questions and discussions.

talk stimulated discussion in the academic community and provided visibility for CSIC research.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Invited talk delivered at the ESPKTN 40th Intelligent Sensing programme 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? Yes
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Talk led to much interest with some industry partners in contact to discuss collaborative opportunities.

Discussions with McLaren Applied Technologies at this event led to a follow-on proposal for funding which has been successful in competition.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Isaac Physics Lecture (to sixth form students) Why infrastructure matters and how data helps us to deliver better services from infrastructure - Jennifer Schooling 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Isaac Physics Lecture (to sixth form students) Why infrastructure matters and how data helps us to deliver better services from infrastructure
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Jenifer Schooling part of panel discussing 'Creating smart infrastructure' at the 2021 Infrastructure Ireland online conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The one-day conference, organised by Eolas magazine, will consider how to deliver the next generation of infrastructure, from healthcare and housing to communications, transport and energy. In the context of investing in a post-Covid recovery and need for resilience and adaptation in infrastructure, the presentations and panels will explore how innovation, digital technologies and infratech can drive greater efficiency and effectiveness and help extend the lifespan of infrastructure.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Jennifer Schooling - BIM podcast 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Dr Jennifer Schooling features in the latest series of the Beyond BIM podcast discussing systems thinking, the CSIC and Centre for Digital Built Britain paper 'Flourishing Systems', changing the way the infrastructure and construction industry views data and the limitations of current economic models.
In the latest episode's lively and interesting discussion, Dr Schooling, Director of CSIC, explains the benefits of systems thinking and the interdependent nature of infrastructure, the importance of data as an engineering tool to tackle key challenges facing the infrastructure and construction industry - including climate change, resource constraint and resilience - and the limitations of our current economic paradigm founded on exploitation of resources.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://soundcloud.com/beyondbim
 
Description Jennifer Schooling - Director of CSIC presents inaugural Distinguished Lecture at Center for Infrastructure Resilience in Cities as Liveable Environments 'Flourishing Systems: Transforming the future of our built environment through smarter information' 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Jennifer Schooling presented the inaugural Distinguished Lecture for the Center for Infrastructure Resilience in Cities as Liveable Environments (CIRCLE), Dr Jennifer Schooling, Director of CSIC, made the case for better use of data to support resilient infrastructure and associated services to enable societies and communities to be healthy, economically viable and flourish. Titled 'Flourishing Systems: Transforming the future of our built environment through smarter information', the lecture, which Dr Schooling presented remotely in July 2021 and is now available to view online, brought focus to the abundance of data in the world and our ability to digitally capture data about our buildings and infrastructure assets in a way which was not possible even 20 years ago.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_gtz092ig
 
Description Jennifer Schooling - cover story of the Autumn issue of Partnerships Bulletin 'Getting smarter' focuses on smart infrastructure 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact The article considers the role of technology in smart infrastructure, future funding models, data security and taking a whole life view of assets.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/csic-features-cover-story-smart-infrastructure-pa...
 
Description Jennifer Schooling discusses Infrastructure investment: thinking in systems with ICAEW as part of its new Viewpoint series on infrastructure and the economy. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Dr Jennifer Schooling OBE, Director of CSIC discusses infrastructure in all its complexities in an interview published by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) as part of its new Viewpoint series on infrastructure and the economy.

Explaining the ways in which CSIC works to accelerate the development of smart infrastructure solutions and services to real industry challenges and drive sustainable impact in infrastructure - both new and existing - Dr Schooling said: "A beautiful bridge may be spectacular as an engineering feat but really it is just part of this bigger system of providing a service. We are moving away from the idea that we've just got to maintain all these physical assets, to the idea that we've got to provide a service to customers. Making this shift enables you to start to perceive and map the assets and their importance in a slightly different way. That's where the value of understanding the condition of an asset comes in - because it's part of this critical system which provides a service."

Asked about the importance of infrastructure, Dr Schooling reflects on the critical role infrastructure has in supporting a flourishing and sustainable society and economy: "Infrastructure is only there to serve society. For governments to be successful, and for the societies they run to flourish, they need effective and sustainable infrastructure. And in places where the infrastructure is missing, it's very difficult to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals around health and poverty, for example."
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/thinking-systems-joining-dots-between-infrastruct...
 
Description Jennifer Schooling participated in a panel discussion on 'Defining Digital Skills' at RICS Infrastructure conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Jennifer Schooling participated in a panel discussion on 'Defining Digital Skills' at RICS Infrastructure conference
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Jennifer Schooling presenting Smart Infrastructure at UK BIM Alliance conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Jennifer Schooling presenting Smart Infrastructure at UK BIM Alliance conference
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Jennifer Schooling took part in 'Constructive Conversations' panel at Transforming Construction Network plus event 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Jennifer Schooling took part in 'Constructive Conversations' panel at Transforming Construction Network plus event
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Laser scanning for movement detection - Proof of concept - JMS 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact TopCon new application of laser scanning for structural monitoring
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Lecture on 'Monitoring Civil Infrastructure' - Nicky de Battista 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Lecture had a particular focus on applications of distributed fibre optic sensing
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Life Sciences Innovation: Building the Fourth Industrial Revolution Mingda Yuan. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact A new report titled 'Life Sciences Innovation: Building the Fourth Industrial Revolution', which presents international experts from across the life sciences industry to join the dots between investors, academics and the real estate sector, features a case study completed as part of a CSIC industry secondment with global design practice Perkins & Will.

Titled 'High Growth Communities' (p.51 in the report), the case study is authored by Andrea Imaz, Senior Urban Designer at Perkins & Will and CSIC Researcher Mingda Yuan. Part of a secondment with both CSIC and The Alan Turing Institute, the study analyses hotspots of sci-tech and life sciences companies across the Oxford-Cambridge arc, the Cambridge Norwich Tech Corridor and London's northern periphery.

We approached this secondment as an opportunity to improve our data analysis knowledge and provide better informed-design processes to the communities and employment locations we work with. During the process we have been able to assess our analytical methodologies and identify valuable metrics to be implemented as performance indicators for sustainable and resilient urban design projects or planning policies.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://blackstock.co.uk/insights/life-sciences-innovation-building-the-fourth-industrial-revolution...
 
Description Line of Sight article in Infrastructure Intelligence - Jennifer Schooling and David Philp 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact 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 Jennifer Schooling and Impact Director at the Construction Innovation Hub, David Philp,
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL http://www.infrastructure-intelligence.com/article/nov-2021/line-sight
 
Description Line of Sight workshop on South Staffordshire Water - Jennifer Schooling 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Awareness Raising activity - Line of Sight workshop on South Staffordshire Water
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description London South Bank University (LSBU) School of Built Environment and Architecture's fourth Seminar in its Climate Emergency Events Series will ask: 'How on Earth is the Built Environment sector going to meet the monumental challenge that lies ahead? 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact The London South Bank University (LSBU) School of Built Environment and Architecture's fourth Seminar in its Climate Emergency Events Series will ask: 'How on Earth is the Built Environment sector going to meet the monumental challenge that lies ahead?' on Thursday 22 April, which is World Earth Day.

There is huge potential for new data and analytics to contribute towards the decarbonisation of the civil engineering sector and enhance the resilience of infrastructure and the built environment to the impacts of climate change. Using data as an engineering tool will lead to better-informed, sustainably-grounded decisions to reduce resource use and ensure our assets function long into the future.
Dr Jennifer Schooling
Dr Jennifer Schooling OBE, Director of CSIC, will be part of the panel discussion and will talk about systems thinking in infrastructure. Highlighting the need to change the way the infrastructure and construction industries view data - a vital asset in its own right - Dr Schooling will consider data as an engineering tool for tackling the key challenges facing the industry, such as climate change, resource constraint and resilience - as set out in the CSIC Smart Sustainability paper.

"There is huge potential for new data and analytics to contribute towards the decarbonisation of the civil engineering sector and enhance the resilience of infrastructure and the built environment to the impacts of climate change," said Dr Schooling. "Using data as an engineering tool will lead to better-informed, sustainably-grounded decisions to reduce resource use and ensure our assets function long into the future."

The panel will also include: Alex Rainbow, from Cornwall Council, who will talk about 'Adopting and Adapting the Doughnut' based on Kate Raworth's book titled "Doughnut Economics"; Cat Drew, Chief Design Officer, Design Council, will offer insights from the 'Design in the Public Sector' programme which equips councils with the support and skills to respond to the many complex challenges caused by climate change; Ashley Bateson, MSc, CEng, CEnv, FCIBSE, MEI Partner and Head of Sustainability, Hoare Lea & Vice President of CIBSE, who will share the latest thinking about how the climate emergency is impacting the sector; and Mike Darby, CEO at Demand Logic, who will talk about the role data will play in creating a resilient future.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description London Underground - JT 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Wheel-rail roughness measurement
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description London Underground - RJM 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Demonstration of innovative fibre optic monitoring of heritage masonry buildings affected by Bank Station Capacity Upgrade project
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Low cost fibre optic analyser - DC 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Mk1 prototype analysed and areas for improvement regarding minimising size, weight and cost were identified. The priority was to contain all components within a single unit, therefore a small, low cost pulse generator was designed to replace the external desk mounted device.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description MIT International Workshop on Data Centric Engineering 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Engineering experts from around the world are gathering at MIT, in Cambridge USA to discuss how data-centric methods can empower engineering research, education and the professional practice. Their goal is to identify salient engineering challenges and their associated methodological thrusts that will offer value, opportunity and impact in the years to come.

World-renowned speakers, including Professor Lord Robert Mair, Head of CSIC, who work at the interface of an engineering discipline and data-centric methodologies will present their perspectives to an audience formed of leading researchers from academia, industry and government sectors.

Professor Mark Girolami, Sir Kirby Laing Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Cambridge and Programme Director for Data-Centric Engineering at the Alan Turing Institute, chairs the organising committee for the workshop and CSIC Investigators Dr Matthew DeJong, Assistant Professor Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials (now at University of California, Berkeley), and Dr Ioannis Brilakis, Reader in Construction Engineering, Laing O'Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology, University of Cambridge, are part of the organising committee.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/head-csic-speak-international-workshop-data-centr...
 
Description Manu Sasidharan - UK5G Innovation Network's latest post entitled 'Faces of 5G', 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact The Blog introduces the people working on the Port of Felixstowe's project. The Port of Felixstowe is an important national infrastructure that needs to operate 365 days a year, 24/7. The project, funded by the UK's Department for Culture, Media and Sports, harnesses the technology of the 5G Internet of Things (IoT) to reduce unplanned downtime of cranes and increase the efficiency of ship-to-shore quay cranes.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://uk5g.org/5g-updates/read-articles/faces-of-5g-a-day-in-the-life-of-manu-sasidharan/
 
Description Mark Girolami How sharing data is helping fight the spread of Covid-19 in the UK article in Microsoft On the Issues 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Odysseus, a collaborative project led by The Alan Turing Institute, is featured by Microsoft On the Issues, the organisation's global public affairs content hub that explores ways technology impacts society.
The article, written by Katharine Rooney, brings focus to the rapid redeployment of a Turing study monitoring air quality in London to respond to the coronavirus pandemic as London went into lockdown in March 2020.

The idea was really to try and identify synergies between all of these datasets, and exploit those to get more information than perhaps just looking at one single dataset.
Professor Mark Girolami
Codenamed Odysseus, the project was led by a Turing team including Professor Mark Girolami, Sir Kirby Laing Professor of Civil Engineering, Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair at the University of Cambridge, Programme Director for Data-Centric Engineering at the Turing, and academic lead at both CSIC and the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB). Working with the London Data Commission and City Hall, the Odysseus team gathered behavioural information - how busy the capital was and public responses to government interventions - from existing open data sets, including traffic monitoring videos, to support planning and decision-making by London authorities.

"The idea was really to try and identify synergies between all of these datasets, and exploit those to get more information than perhaps just looking at one single dataset," said Professor Girolami of Odysseus, that used cloud-based infrastructure built as part of ongoing Microsoft-supported research at Turing, as well as statistical machine learning and AI.

The success of the project and actionable insights offered by data-driven analysis and open data is reflected in the interest in adopting the same approach by other city authorities in the UK and further afield. Outputs from Odysseus are already providing significant insights on public behaviour and commercial impact enabling planners to have early signs of behavioural changes. Data collected by the team will also enable retrospective studies of social behaviour and help to shape decision-making supporting positive and equitable recovery.

The article also outlines Microsoft's collaborative activity as part of its Open Data campaign launched in April 2020 that aims to close the data divide and address a number of societal issues including the educational impact of COVID-19 restrictions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://news.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2021/01/27/open-data-covid-19-uk-alan-turing-institute/
 
Description Mark Girolami Programme Director for Data-Centric Engineering, spotlight on Alan Turing Institute website 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Spotlight on Mark Girolami
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.turing.ac.uk/people/spotlights/mark-girolami
 
Description Mark Girolami features in issue of Civil Engineering Surveyor (CES) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact 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 CSIC partner.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://journals.cices.org/ces/ces-december-2021-january-2022/features/the-data-centric-engineering-...
 
Description Meeting on Carbon Code with Andrew Crudgington of CIHT - Dee Dee Frawley 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Awareness raising activities - Meeting on carbon Code with Andrew Crudgington of CIHT
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Meeting the Climate Emergency Challenge in the Built Environment Jennifer Schooling 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Ahead of the UN Conference on Climate Change (Cop26) - to be held in Glasgow from 31 October to 12 November 2021, Mace - in partnership with the North West Construction Hub and Manchester City Council - held a webinar on 15 July 2021 entitled 'Meeting the Climate Emergency Challenge in the Built Environment'.

The virtual event discussed how local authorities and public sector organisations can address the climate emergency and achieve Net Zero emissions by 2050 while providing essential services in local communities. CSIC director, Dr Jennifer Schooling, was part of the expert panel, comprising Dave Wakelin (Sustainability Operations Director, Mace), Jared Allen (Director of Capital Programmes, Manchester City Council) and Charmaine Hughes (Head of Frameworks/Programme Manager of Capital Programmes, Manchester City Council).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/dr-jennifer-schooling-presents-carbon-reduction-c...
 
Description Meeting with Assetscape - Jennifer Schooling 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Meeting with Assetscaper
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Meeting with Cameron Rose, Manager at Victoria Rail, Australia - Jennifer Schooling 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Meeting with Cameron Rose, Manager at Victoria Rail, Australia
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Meeting with Costain - Jennifer Schooling 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Meeting with Costain
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Meeting with Network Rail - Jennifer Schooling 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Meeting with Network Rail
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Meeting with SME Blue Mesh solutions Jennifer Schooling and Manu Sasidharan 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Awareness raising activities -Meeting with SME Blue Solutions
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Meeting with SME Grid Smarter Cities - Jennifer Schooling and Omar Abo Madyan 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Awareness raising activity - Meeting with SME Grid Smarter Cities
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Meeting with Social Value Portal - Dee Dee Frawley and Timea Nochta 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Meeting
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Meeting with TfL regarding Carbon Code - Jennifer Schooling and Dee Dee Frawley 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Awareness raising activity - Meeting with TfL regarding Carbon Code
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Member of Institution of Civil Engineers Awards for Papers Panel 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact I have served on the Institution of Civil Engineers Awards for Papers Panel.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015,2016,2017,2018,2019
 
Description Microsoft On the Issues Blog-Mark Girolami 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Mark Girolami has been featured in the Microsoft 'On The Issues' blog to share how data is helping shape the UK's response to COVID19. Odysseus, a collaborative project led by The Alan Turing Institute, is featured by Microsoft On the Issues, the organisation's global public affairs content hub that explores ways technology impacts society. The article, written by Katharine Rooney, brings focus to the rapid redeployment of a Turing study monitoring air quality in London to respond to the coronavirus pandemic as London went into lockdown in March 2020. Codenamed Odysseus, the project was led by a Turing team including Professor Mark Girolami, Sir Kirby Laing Professor of Civil Engineering, Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair at the University of Cambridge, Programme Director for Data-Centric Engineering at the Turing, and academic lead at both CSIC and the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB). Working with the London Data Commission and City Hall, the Odysseus team gathered behavioural information - how busy the capital was and public responses to government interventions - from existing open data sets, including traffic monitoring videos, to support planning and decision-making by London authorities. "The idea was really to try and identify synergies between all of these datasets, and exploit those to get more information than perhaps just looking at one single dataset," said Professor Girolami of Odysseus, that used cloud-based infrastructure built as part of ongoing Microsoft-supported research at Turing, as well as statistical machine learning and AI. The success of the project and actionable insights offered by data-driven analysis and open data is reflected in the interest in adopting the same approach by other city authorities in the UK and further afield. Outputs from Odysseus are already providing significant insights on public behaviour and commercial impact enabling planners to have early signs of behavioural changes. Data collected by the team will also enable retrospective studies of social behaviour and help to shape decision-making supporting positive and equitable recovery. The article also outlines Microsoft's collaborative activity as part of its Open Data campaign launched in April 2020 that aims to close the data divide and address a number of societal issues including the educational impact of COVID-19 restrictions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://news.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2021/01/27/open-data-covid-19-uk-alan-turing-institute/
 
Description Modus Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors (RICS) - The Precision Issue Jennifer Schooling 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Article published in Modus Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors (RICS) featuring Dr Jennifer Schooling OBE in the July 2019 issue titled 'The Precision Issue' which focused on how data is "the currency of the surveyor." Dr Schooling said: "Everyone needs to understand that data about an asset, throughout design, construction and ongoing operation, is as important as the asset itself."
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/modusmagazine
 
Description NCE Basements Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Attendance brought us into contact with a number of new named contacts with whom technical discussions re applications were held
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description NCE Instrumentation & Monitoring Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Attendance brought us into contact with a number of new named contacts with whom technical discussions re applications were held.

Attendance brought us into contact with a number of new named contacts with whom technical discussions re applications were held
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description NCE New Technology Forum 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Team gave presentations about novel technologies
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description NCE Piling and Foundations Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Attendance brought us into contact with a number of new named contacts with whom technical discussions re applications were held
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description NCE Roads and Pavements Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Gathered information about Roads and Pavement technologies that are new to the centre and sought to apply existing technologies

Gathered information about Roads and Pavement technologies that are new to the centre and sought to apply existing technologies
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description NCE Tunnelling and Groundworks Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Gave presentation on Slope Monitoring
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description NCE UK Rail Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Attendance brought us into contact with a number of new named contacts with whom technical discussions re applications were held
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description NRFIS I New Civil Engineering building - NdB 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Assisted with drafting of specs for and design of CSIC lab s aces
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016,2017
 
Description Nanzee - XX 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Developing robust, high-performance strain and temperature fiber optic cable
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description National Research Facility for Infrastructure Sensing launch event 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Representatives from industry, academia and policy attended the official opening of the new Civil Engineering Building on Tuesday 24 September. The £36 million collaborative space for the civil engineering industry to work alongside leading researchers from the University incorporates the UK Collaboratorium for Research in Infrastructure and Cities (UKCRIC) National Research Facility for Infrastructure Sensing (NRFIS).

Welcoming visitors to the new facility, Professor Simon Guest, Head of Civil Engineering, said: "The opening of NRFIS demonstrates the commitment of UKCRIC and the University of Cambridge to research in Civil Engineering, and our wish to collaborate widely with industry and other academic institutions to develop solutions to the world's most pressing problems."

Attendees gathered on the strong floor of the Civil Engineering Building for the formal opening of the new facilities, located on the West Campus site of the University of Cambridge, and speeches by Andrew Wyllie CBE, President of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), Professor Lord Robert Mair, Head of the Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC), and Professor Richard Prager, Head of the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.

Andrew Wyllie acknowledged the timely contribution the world-leading research and state-of-the-art facilities will make in driving the emerging digital era of civil engineering. He said:

"We are living in a new era for civil engineering defined by the Fourth Industrial Revolution that is shaped by technology. The University of Cambridge is at the very forefront of this revolution characterised by the expertise and facilities we are celebrating here today. The research taking place within this state-of-the-art new building will support the UK as a global leader of smart infrastructure, data analytics and asset management."

Tours of the new building, designed by Grimshaw Architects and underpinned by sustainability and future-proofing, showcased the 12 world-class, high-tech laboratories designed for a range of civil engineering disciplines including sensor development, structures, geomechanics and construction. These collaborative facilities are open and available to industry and all academic institutions and centres to support delivery of interconnected, integrated, and interdisciplinary research for UK infrastructure.

Professor Richard Prager highlighted the strategic initiative behind the new Civil Engineering Building. He said: "This is the first building that starts the University's long-term strategic initiative to draw together the whole of engineering to reintegrate ourselves on this site."

Professor Prager highlighted innovations designed to enable future growth and adaptation of the Civil Engineering Building as the process of reintegration grows, including expansion-friendly cladding, reusable concrete floor 'planks' and a bolted steel frame. The building is also instrumented with six sensor packages from the roof to the foundations: "This is the first University of Cambridge building making use of the Energy Cost Metric, a sustainability initiative that could only be achieved through a genuine collaboration between academics across a range of disciplines and the various professional consultants and builders on the project. We had to find a way to work together and this has substantially affected the design of the building leaving us with practical and sustainable ways to inform our future designs as we move the rest of the Department of Engineering to the West Campus site."

Professor Lord Robert Mair reflected on the new research facility building on the University's track record of delivering innovative sensor advancements through its Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC). Lord Mair brought focus to the background to NRFIS, part of the UKCRIC portfolio of research and innovation facilities, pioneered by Professor Brian Collins of UCL to provide leadership for the development and growth of a coordinated and coherent world-class, UK-based international infrastructure research community. The new Civil Engineering Building is funded through the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), as part of a £138M UK Government investment in infrastructure and cities research (part of the UKCRIC network).

"The opening of NRFIS at the new Civil Engineering Building is an important step to help us design, build and maintain infrastructure which is better, resilient, adaptable and sustainable. NRFIS is a facility where academia and industry can engage in protecting and growing the country's infrastructure base and supporting the UK to be a leader in the field of smart infrastructure.

"UKCRIC's evolving missions are designed to facilitate the delivery of interconnected, integrated and multidisciplinary research programmes and projects. NRFIS will be used to support research in the application of advanced sensor technologies to the monitoring of the UK's existing and future infrastructure. More advanced sensors and appropriate data analysis will ensure better product quality, enhanced construction safety and smarter asset management.

"The UK needs to do more to invest in infrastructure and its associated services which are so important to the citizens using it every day. We welcome NRFIS and the new Civil Engineering Building which will help to improve, protect and grow the UK infrastructure base."

Professor Giulia Viggiani, NRFIS Academic Lead, brought the event to a close: "NRFIS represents the commitment by the University of Cambridge to the UKCRIC mission of engaging stakeholders to better understand and address complex infrastructure challenges through collaborative research. We thank you all for joining us to mark the opening of this significant contribution to the UK infrastructure research community and look forward to collaborating with you in the future."
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.nrfis.cam.ac.uk/news/open-business-university-cambridge-new-civil-engineering-building-o...
 
Description National Science Foundation, USA 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Exploring potential for joint NSF/EPSRC research project on Future Cities
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description National Statistician - YJ 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Practical application of the CSIC smart cities analytics in statistics gathering and use
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Net Zero What Works (NZWWC) Energy Intensive Industries Workshop - Jennifer Schooling 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Net Zero What Works (NZWWC) Energy Intensive Industries Workshop
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Network Rail 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Substantive discussions on continued monitoring of Staffordshire bridges.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2006,2016
 
Description Network Rail - LB 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Developing real-time bride capability assessment through integrated sensing. Discussion also included
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Network Rail - MSA 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Sensing technologies, data interpretation
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Network Rail - MSA 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Monitoring of the dynamic response of a heritage railway viaduct
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Network Rail - MSA 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Monitoring of the dynamic response of a heritage railway viaduct
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Network Rail - XX 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Slope stability monitoring
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Network Rail and HS2 look to fibre optic technology to monitor railways - New Civil Engineering Cedric Kechavarzi 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Promotion of research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/network-rail-and-hs2-look-to-fibre-optic-technology-to-monit...
 
Description Network rail - ZhL 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Predictive maintenance
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description On-vehicle sensing of ride quality - Proof of concept - JMS 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Gwynedd County Council new form on on-vehicle sensing for mapping the A55 for ride quality
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Online workshop for UKCRIC academics and researchers to investigate the challenges and research opportunities around digitalisation in the built environment. 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Delegates from across all 15 UKCRIC institutions participated in the online event. The workshop provided the opportunity to engage with colleagues across the UKCRIC community and explore areas of collective interest and capability with the digital space. It is hoped that the opportunities identified and discussed will spark ideas for future innovation and collaboration.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Optasense - PTK 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Rail monitoring using DAS
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Optasense - XX 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Distributed acoustic sensing in Civil Infrastructure
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Organised two invited sessions on future-proofing - TM 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Organised two invited sessions on future-proofing during IAM Annual Conference 2014, held in Liverpool (7/2014)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL https://theiam.org/events/past/Annual-Conference-2014
 
Description Ove Arup & Partners - GB and YC 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Geotechnics, Instruments and monitoring
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Ove Arup Foundation Transitioning Cities project Jennifer Schooling 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Ove Arup Foundation Transitioning Cities project
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description PA Consulting- CRM 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Initial discussions about collaborative activity on rail systems and energy harvesting systems.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Panellists at UK Construction Week The Digital Future of Infrastructure 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Topic: Dragging the Industry into the 21st century (previously called The Digital Future of Infrastructure)
Chaired by David Hancock, Head of Construction, Cabinet Office
Panellists:
Mark Enzer, Chief Technical Officer @Mott MacDonald & Chair of Digital Framework Task Group, Centre for Digital Built Britain
Shaun Pidcock, Programme Director, Smart Motorways, Highways England
Dr Sonia Zahiroddiny, BIM Strategy Manager, HS2
Dr Oliver Teall, Head of Intelligent Mobility, Costain Group Plc
Dr Jennifer Schooling, Director, Centre for Smart Infrastructure & Construction
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Presentation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Davila Delgado, M. Presentation: Building Information Modelling (BIM) for asset management, at the DfT Science Advisory Council Workshop at the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), 16 November 2015.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Presentation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Davila Delgado, M. Presentation: BIM and condition monitoring, at the CSIC Asset Management Workshop, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge, 20 September 2015
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Provide support for current projects and explore possible future collaboration Mistras Group Ltd with CSIC - Haris Alexakis 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Provide support for current projects and explore possible future collaboration with CSIC
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Provide support for current projects and explore possible future collaboration Physical Acoustics Ltd with CSIC - Haris Alexakis 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Provide support for current projects and explore possible future collaboration with CSIC
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Qatari Department for Infrastructure and Planning (Ministry of Municipality and Environment of the State of Qatar) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Dr Jennifer Schooling, Director at the Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC), and Dr Pieter Desnerck, Senior Technical Manager at the National Research Facility for Infrastructure Sensing (NRFIS), hosted a delegation visit from the Qatari Department for Infrastructure and Planning (Ministry of Municipality and Environment of the State of Qatar) to the University of Cambridge new Civil Engineering Building on 25 November.

Welcoming the visitors to the new facility, Dr Jennifer Schooling gave an introduction to the work of CSIC and NRFIS, acknowledging the valuable contribution the world-leading research and state-of-the-art facilities will make in driving the emerging digital era of civil engineering.

Nicola Pearson, Head of Change and Knowledge Transfer at the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB), provided a presentation on the work underway by CDBB in developing the National Digital Twin.

The visit concluded with a tour of the new NRFIS facilities, which showcased the 12 world-class, high-tech laboratories designed for a range of civil engineering disciplines including sensor development, structures, geomechanics and construction. These collaborative facilities are open and available to industry and all academic institutions and centres to support delivery of interconnected, integrated, and interdisciplinary research for UK infrastructure.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.nrfis.cam.ac.uk/news/nrfis-hosts-delegation-visit-qatari-department-infrastructure-and-p...
 
Description Qualcomm - AAS 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Interest in MEMS sensors, energy harvesting and wireless systems
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Rail Measurement UK - JT 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Wheel-rail roughness measurement
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Raman sewer sensing - Proof of Concept - JMS 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Collaboration with Severn Trent
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Ramboll meeting - MSA 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Ramboll meeting to discuss bridge strenghtening monitoring
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster Future Directions - Digital Data Workshops 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster Future Directions - Digital Data Workshops
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Satellite Applications Catapult 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Remote sensing
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Science Festival 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact CSIC showcases Smart Infrastructure at the 2019 Cambridge Science Festival. CSIC and Laing O'Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology showcased a number of hands-on and family-friendly activities at their event 'Smart Building, Smart Construction'. These included a range of smart technologies including: an instrumented suspension bridge that demonstrated dynamic strain; a CSIC-developed data acquisition system featuring acoustic emission sensors and accelerometer that displayed a real-time signal on contact with the sensor; and, the mixed reality world of the Microsoft Hololens.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/news-and-events/csic-showcases-smart-infrastructure-at...
 
Description Science Innovation Tou?r? Podcast-Jennifer Schooling 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Dr Jennifer Schooling featured on the Science Innovation Tour Podcast. Talking through some fascinating case studies: from monitoring the health of a 150 year old bridge to using digital twining to improve air quality. Listen to this episode if you are interested in smart infrastructure and its effect in our way of living.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/interested-to-know-about-smart-infrastructure-look/id150844658...
 
Description Scotting Bridge Engineering Forum 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Attendance brought us into contact with a number of new named contacts with whom technical discussions re applications were held
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Secure Connected Places External Advisory Group (for DCMS) - Jennifer Schooling 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Secure Connected Places External Advisory Group (for DCMS)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Seminar 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact HVAC Systems for a Changing Climate, CIBSE Resilient Cities, London, UK,
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Seminar Speaker, Karlsruhe Institute of technology, Germany 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Invited Speaker at Departmental Seminar Series. Researchers from KIT (germany) will be visiting Cambridge as a result to work on joint papers in 2020
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Seminar Texas A&M University 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact "The observational method in supported excavations," Invited seminar, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA, 1 November 2019.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Seminar-CRASSH 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact In Search of Good Energy Policy, CRASSH Seminar Series, Cambridge, UK, January 2019.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Service Oriented, Holonic and Multi-agent Manufacturing Systems for Industry of the Future (SOHOMA) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The ninth SOHOMA event features a special session on 'digital transformation for construction and management of buildings and infrastructure', featuring CSIC Director Dr Jennifer Schooling and CSIC Investigator Dr Ajith Parlikad.
The main objective of the SOHOMA event is to foster innovation in smart and sustainable manufacturing and logistics systems. The theme this year is "Smart anything everywhere - The vertical and horizontal manufacturing integration."
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/news-and-events/sohoma
 
Description Sharing engineering data for the public good, Open Data Institute, 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Invited Speaker on Sharing engineering data for the public good
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Siemens - ZhL 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Fault diagnosis with pattern recognition
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Siemens - ZhL 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Collaborative maintenance
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Smart Bridges Fibre optics that give remote and real-time assessment of structural health 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact 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 a light on CSIC's Staffordshire Bridges project, which is an ongoing collaboration with industry partner Network Rail, the Laing O'Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology and The Alan Turing Institute.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://tc-catalogue.strongerstories.org/stories/smart-bridges/
 
Description Smart City Standards Conference (presentation TN) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CSIC researcher Dr Timea Nochta presented at the Smart City Standards Conference, Connected Places Catapult (in collaboration with IEC), London, UK (17 July) - talk title: "A strategic approach to city digital twins: Introducing the Cambridge CDT work"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Smart Sustainability Paper 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CSIC hosted a roundtable discussion during the 2018 Global Engineering Conference at the Institution of Civil Engineers in London to explore exploiting data as an engineering tool to mitigate climate change and a paper summarising this discussion has been published today.


The roundtable participants included experts from the infrastructure and construction sector, academia, sustainability, finance, insurance, development and policy. Discussions focused on how civil engineers can engage with the challenges of mitigating and responding to climate change, the role of data in mitigating risk and unlocking projects, and the challenges and opportunities of implementing smart infrastructure solutions in a developing world context.

The paper, titled Smart Sustainability, also focused on the role and responsibility of engineers and makes the case for exploiting data. It concludes with a call to action for every engineer to make a difference and to "speak up, use data and act now."
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/news-and-events/paperonsmartsustainability
 
Description Southampton University - XX 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Monitoring on pile-slope interaction during OLE foundation testing
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Supervised three graduate projects on fibre optic and laser scan monitoring of masonry 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Supervised three graduate projects on fibre optic and laser scan monitoring of masonry
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Supervised two summer research programs on dynamic sensing using distributed optical sensors 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Supervised two summer research programs on dynamic sensing using distributed optical sensors
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description TRIB Digital Twins workshop - Jennifer Schooling 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Awareness raising activity - TRIB Digital Twins workshop
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Talk at St Paul's Way Trust Science Summer School (London) 2013 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Talk sparked a lot of interest in engineering from the school pupils in the audience and resulted in many questions

After my talk there has been considerable further interest in engineering as a career.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Talk given to Epsom College Outreach Programme October 2013 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact The talk stimulated many questions from the school pupils

Many of the school pupils asked about a career in engineering
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Telespazio VEGA - CRM 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Remote sensing
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Tensar - NdB 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Involved in initial discussions regarding instrumentation of geotextiles I geogrids
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Tensar - XX 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact DFOS/FBG integrated geogrid/geotextile sensing system for embankment/slope
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Thales - AAS 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Possible deployment opportunities for energy harvesting powered wireless modules
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description The Conversation - Big Data and AI Didem Gurdur Broo 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CSIC Research Associate, Didem Gurdur Broo, has written an article published by The Conversation highlighting how, in a changing world, it is the larger tech companies making the most of opportunities that Big Data and AI can provide.

Outlining the challenges to other sectors, including a lack of high-quality data, an established strategy and expertise, she describes data as "the foundation of artificial intelligence."

Didem writes: "Having high-quality and trustworthy data is key to helping companies to better understand their markets and customers and enable automated decision making. At an infrastructure level, data can guide planners and developers and help optimise the use and maintenance of buildings, roads and railways. This could also help reduce carbon emissions by making our infrastructure last longer and work more efficiently, helping to reduce wasted energy and unnecessary traffic."

Research suggests that if traditional companies and other organisations want to benefit from AI and to compete, profit and build a sustainable world, they must start embracing data. AI solutions can only be as good as the quality of data they are built on.

The article concludes by suggesting that it is only with the hiring of the right expertise and putting in place the required policies to gather the correct data - making it accessible, assessing the quality and then putting it to use to develop AI solutions - that these organisations will be in a position to truly take advantage of the next industrial revolution.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://theconversation.com/tech-firms-are-winning-the-ai-race-because-they-understand-data-other-se...
 
Description The DC2 Emerging Connection Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact The DC2 Emerging Connection Workshop, held over two sessions online in October, brought together policy makers, academics and industry professionals to inform development of a Competence Framework for city managers in the digital age.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description The Decarbonising Transport and Infrastructure Conference-Jennifer Schooling 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Jennifer Schooling presented at the The Decarbonising Transport and Infrastructure Conference on 'The Role of Data in Decarbonising the Delivery and Management of Infrastructure Assets'.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description The Life Scientific: Inventors book 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact A new book of interviews with "the ingenious individuals who come into The Life Scientific studio" features Professor Lord Robert Mair, Head of CSIC.

The book, titled 'The Life Scientific: Inventors', written by Anna Buckley - the producer of the radio programme - publishes on 14 November and offers engaging and fascinating insight into the scientists and engineers who have featured on the popular BBC Radio 4 programme over the past eight years. Professor Mair was interviewed by presenter Jim Al-Khalili about tunnelling, the compensation grouting which prevented Big Ben from tilting and coming away from the Houses of Parliament during the Jubilee line extension works, and smart infrastructure in 2013.

Based on the radio interviews, the book, which also features Professor Dame Ann Dowling, former President of the Royal Academy of Engineering and Head of the University of Cambridge Department of Engineering 2009-14, charts the life journeys of scientists and engineers working in Britain today from childhood interests to more recent innovation. Explaining what they did when and why, the interviews make science accessible, interesting and exciting, revealing moments of disappointment, creativity, frustration and joy. This publication follows 'The Life Scientific: Explorers' which won the Sunday Times Science Book of the Year 2018.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/head-csic-features-life-scientific-inventors-book...
 
Description The Smart Infrastructure Blog 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact The Smart Infrastructure Blog, launched in September, now includes 5 blogs from industry and academic colleagues, and has attracted more than 780 unique views.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/smart-infrastructure-blog
 
Description Timea Nochta - report in States Regenerate: Why digital twins are critical for climate change mitigation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Dr Timea Nochta, CSIC Senior Research Associate, offered insights on digital twins and decarbonisation challenges in a report entitled States Regenerate: Greening Government for our Planet, Wealth, and Health by StateUp, an international intelligence and advisory firm for public-purpose technology that works with governments, international organisations, investors and research bodies.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/files/dr_timea_nochta_-_stateup_nebula_-_by_permission...
 
Description Trade Article BIM+ "Government backs plan to change infrastructure priorities" 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CSIC and CDBB Flourishing Systems paper was featured in a BIM+ article titled "Government backs plan to change infrastructure priorities".
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.bimplus.co.uk/news/government-backs-plan-change-infrastructure-priori/
 
Description Trade Article BIM+ "Reframing infrastructure to put people first" 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CSIC/CDBB Flourishing Systems paper featured in BIM+ article title "Reframing infrastructure to put people first".
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.bimplus.co.uk/opinion/reframing-infrastructure-put-people-first-mark-enz/
 
Description Trade Article CES - GIS-based infrastructure management-Georgios Hadjidemetriou & Ajith Parlikad 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CES article on "GIS-based infrastructure management" features Georgios Hadjidemetriou & Ajith Parlikad.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL http://ces.pagelizard.co.uk/webviewer/#cesapril2020/gis_based_infrastructure_management
 
Description Trade Article Infrastructure Intelligence "Let Covid crisis be catalyst to change construction for good"-Didem Gürdür Broo & Jennifer Schooling 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Didem Gürdür Broo & Jennifer Schooling feature in Infrastructure Intelligence with an article titled "Let Covid crisis be catalyst to change construction for good".
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL http://www.infrastructure-intelligence.com/article/apr-2020/let-covid-crisis-be-catalyst-change-cons...
 
Description Trade Article The Conversation "Tech firms are winning the AI race because they understand data - other sectors need to catch up"-Didem Gürdür Broo 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Didem Gurdur Broo has an article published in The Conversation on "Tech firms are winning the AI race because they understand data - other sectors need to catch up".
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Transforming Construction N+ Conference (Chair JMS) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Transforming Construction Network Plus (N+) project.

The event was held at the Royal Society on Carlton House Terrac with a mix of academic and industry speakers and plus some international representatives. There was a mixed audience of around 100-150 attendees for this event. We will be showcasing the projects funded under the first round of N+ funding and we will be launching the second N+ call on the day.

Jennifer Schooling chaired a session featuring John Pelton, David Adams from Melius Homes and Ann Kemp. The 3 of them presented some projects and work that inspired the audience in doing things differently, bringing several disciplines together and trying to actively participate in the transformation of the construction industry.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Transport for West Midlands (Centro Trams, National Express) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact With James Talbot - Maintenance visit to Tram 8th September 2016
(This one is really James - I've mentioned it here so it doesn't get forgotten.)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Trust & Technology Initiative Article "Deciding our (urban) futures: the role of data and digital modelling"-Timea Nochta 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Dr Timea Nochta has written a short opinion piece on data, modelling and future-scoping and this can be found online on the Trust & Technology Initiative's website.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.trusttech.cam.ac.uk/research-agendas-and-perspectives/covid-19-trust-technology-society-...
 
Description Trust & Technology Initiative Article "Future Studies on the impact of COVID-19 on the built environment"-Didem Gürdür Broo 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Didem Gürdür Broo writes an article for Trust & Technology Initiative on "Future Studies on the impact of COVID-19 on 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 from CDBB, including data scientist Dr Didem Gürdür Broo from CSIC, aim to use scenarios to make sense of complex situations related to the future of the built environment. The Trust & Technology Initiative brings together and drives forward interdisciplinary research from Cambridge and beyond to explore the dynamics of trust and distrust in relation to internet technologies, society and power.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.trusttech.cam.ac.uk/research-agendas-and-perspectives/covid-19-trust-technology-society-...
 
Description Trust & Technology Initiative Article "Rebooting our travel behaviour and transport infrastructure management practices"-Manu Sasidharan 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Dr Manu Sasidharan, Research Associate in Infrastructure Asset Management at CSIC has written an article in Trust & Technology Initiative on rebooting our travel behaviour and transport infrastructure following the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite initiatives to improve the efficiency of transportation asset management practices, the budgetary constraints result in significant (unsustainable) increases in transport costs. Given the limited understanding of the epidemiology of Covid-19 and the lack of a vaccine, the transport sector can contribute greatly to tailoring public health interventions of human-mobility reduction and social-distancing. Coming out the other side in the new normal, Manu suggests that we should recognise that we have a once in a generation opportunity to deliver transformative change in decarbonising transport if we look at Covid-19 as a 'disruptive event' that has brought about a range of changes in travel behaviour.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www-smartinfrastructure.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/rebooting-our-travel-behaviour-and-transport-infr...
 
Description Trust & Technology Initiative Talk-Didem Gurdur Broo 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Dr Didem Gurdur Broo gave a Trust & Technology Initiative Talk on "When the sky is not the limit: Digitising conservative industries".
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Tunnel Inspectoin Robot - Proof of Concept - JMS 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Toshiba, National Grid CSIC PhD student Simon Stent, with support of CSIC staff, developed a robot to run in National Grid Power Tunnel to inspect tunnel; This showed proof of concept in being able to inspect 1km of tunnel autonomously
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description UK Construction Industry Summit 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Attendance brought us into contact with a number of new named contacts with whom technical discussions re applications were held
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description UK Regulators Network (UKRN) Annual Conference - JMS invited speaker 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Dr Jennifer Schooling was invited to present at the UK Regulators Network (UKRN) Annual Conference on 'How can we secure the benefits of data
and innovation for resilient sectors in the long-term?' The UK Regulators Network held its third annual conference on 23 April 2018, which brought together 120 representatives from the UKRN's 12 member regulators, government departments, think tanks and other stakeholders.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description UKCRIC All Hands meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Dr Jennifer Schooling presented at the UKCRIC All Hands November 2019: Making a Success of Collaboration.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description UROP project (2017): "Measurements, Performance and Analysis of Long Range (LoRa) Low-Power Wide-Area Networks (LPWAN) for Large-scale Internet of Things (IoT) and Infrastructure Sensing Applications" - David Rodenas Herraiz 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact UROP project (2017): "Measurements, Performance and Analysis of Long Range (LoRa) Low-Power Wide-Area Networks (LPWAN) for Large-scale Internet of Things (IoT) and Infrastructure Sensing Applications"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Ultra-High Performance Concrete Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Workshop on UHPFRC following project proposals suggested at the 2018 CSIC Partner Strategy Day. The workshop session led by Prof Janet Lees to discuss the projects in more depth and to set up a steering group to plan how to move this forward.

The workshop addressed the following questions:

- What applications of UHPFRC do you believe are the most promising and what particular properties do you hope UHFPRC will give you?

- What do you think needs to be done to realise these applications? Where do you see the gaps in knowledge?
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description University of Cambridge Vice-Chancellor Visit 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact CSIC researcher gave a presentation in the new CSIC lab to the University of Cambridge Vice-Chancellor whilst visiting the National Research Facility for Infrastructure Sensing.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description University of Sydney - CRM 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Project Management
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description University of Sydney, John Grill Centre for Project Leadership - CRM 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Visit by Mr John Grill to discuss possible research collaboration
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description University of Sydney, John Grill Centre for Project Leadership - CRM 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Lunch and lecture to key stakeholders on the future delivery of infrastructure; attendance at the launch of the Centre's Australian Infrastructure Dialogue policy document; preparations for infrastructure leadership events in 2018 and 2019, in England and Australia respectively.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Urban Revolution - Cam Alumni Magazine Jennifer Schooling and Ruchi Choudury 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact 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 spatial energy optimism.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://magazine.alumni.cam.ac.uk/urban-revolution/
 
Description UtterBerry - NdB 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Discussions regarding potential combination of FO and WSN for structural monitoring projects
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description VK UROP project 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact UROP project for a Part III student on "RF Energy harvesting" for ten weeks (June, 2015 to September, 2015
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description VK supervision Part I student 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Supervision of a Part I student for the project "DSP based noise sensor development using machine learning" for five weeks (June, 2015 to July, 2015)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description VK supervision Part I student 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact UROP project for a Part III student on "RF Energy harvesting" for ten weeks (June, 2015 to September, 2015)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description VK supervison part 1 student 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Supervision of a Part I student for the project "High precision sensor application development using Epson sensor" for six weeks (June, 2015 to July, 2015)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description VK supervison part IV student 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Supervision of a part IV student for the project "Low power DSP based noise sensor development" for four months (March, 2015 to June, 2015)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Vibration Energy Harvester - Proof of Concept - JMS 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact IP Group investnig in VEH to create 8Power CSIC funding for VEGH directly contributed to creation of IP, patents
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Vietnam delegation led by the Ministry of Construction (presentation DDF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Presentation about CSIC given to Vietnam delegation led by the Ministry of Construction as part of visit to CDBB.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Water, water everywhere - assessing the impact of flood on railway infrastructure 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact The presentation was part of the final workshop of the EU Horizon Funded SAFEWAY project, a GIS-based infrastructure management system for optimised response to extreme events on terrestrial transport networks that leads to significantly improved resilience of transport infrastructures.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://tv.uvigo.es/video/6214932ca33c06415972ff48
 
Description Why infrastructure matters and how data helps us to deliver better services from infrastructure - Cambridge Festival 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Cambridge Festival - Diverse Audience
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Why infrastructure matters and how data helps us to deliver better services from infrastructure - Jennifer Schooling - Cambridge Festival 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Cambridge Festival - Diverse Audience
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Wireless Sensor Networks Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Participants in your research and patient groups
Results and Impact Workshop and presentations allowed for research outcomes to be shared and knowledge of new wireless technologies to be shared

Workshop and presentations allowed for research outcomes to be shared and knowledge of new wireless technologies to be shared
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Young Rail Professional Talk-Manu Sasidharan 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Dr Manu Sasidharan gave a YRP WM talk on "A railway track - for the users, by the users, of the users". Historically, railway track maintenance strategies have been based on engineering judgement taking into account available budgets and operational safety. This has led to the insufficient concern of the socio-economic and environmental costs and benefits of track maintenance. Given the pressure to increase track utilisation, the ageing infrastructure of railway networks, constrained maintenance budgets, the vertical separation of the ownership and operation of railway track infrastructure and rolling stock in many countries, and concerns about the environmental impacts of transport, there is a need to implement sustainable maintenance strategies. To this end, this talk presents an approach to appraise the investment in railway track maintenance.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description i3P Carbon Leadership Group 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Dr Jennifer Schooling was invited to attend the i3P Leaders Carbon dinner. This is an important activity in i3P diary, symbolising the significant progress we have made in the establishment and acceleration of the infrastructure industry activity towards a net carbon zero sector. Over the last 12 months Heathrow, Highways England, and Hs2 have supported i3P Priority Working Groups that have connected a number of industry activities and focused resource on carbon mitigation through innovation. The dissemination of these activities will be made available during the day conference on the 6th November through the following agenda items:

Client leadership
Industry collaboration
Research impact working across a global network
Innovation showcasing
Data management and benchmarking
Recommendations for a net carbon sector

The evening dinner will be a working meal, where we will feedback recommendations from i3P members developed during the day at the conference. Across dinner, we will discuss these recommendations and prioritise the areas where i3P can have the greatest impact through innovation and call for our partner network to work with us in a unified programme to advance better carbon outcomes.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description i3P Delivery Leadership Group - Jennifer Schooling 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact i3P Delivery Leadership Group
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022