On Thursday 29 April, the University of Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC) hosted an online workshop for UKCRIC academics and researchers to explore the challenges and research opportunities around digitalisation in the built environment.

In the latest of CSIC's monthly Smart Infrastructure Blogs, Dr Miguel Bravo Haro, CSIC Research Associate, brings focus to sensors, measurement and particularly to conventions.

Two robotic arms at the UKCRIC National Facility for Infrastructure Sensing (NRFIS) are currently being used as part of the Automating Concrete Construction (ACORN) project, a collaboration between researchers at CSIC and the Universities of Bath and Dundee, and multiple partners from across the construction and built environment industry. The ACORN team will create an end-to-end digital process to automate the off-site fabrication 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.

Five short presentations on current CSIC research projects are available to view on the CSIC YouTube channel. The presentations which were recorded during CSIC’s virtual Partner Gathering event on the 24 September 2020 are followed by a Q&A session chaired by Professor Lord Robert Mair, Head of CSIC and Dr Jennifer Schooling OBE, Director of CSIC.