National Digital Twin programme – building momentum
Since its creation in 2018, the National Digital Twin programme (NDTp) has had three objectives: Enable a National Digital Twin – an ecosystem of connected digital twins to…
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Effective Information Management – defining your information requirements
 Matthew West, Technical Lead, National Digital Twin Programme, introduces a video on the 7 circles of Information Management and Process Model Information Requirements. Join Matthew…
What skills do we need to develop the National Digital Twin?
  The vision of a National Digital Twin as an ecosystem of connected digital twins enabling better social and economic outcomes across the built environment continues…
DT Toolkit: Making the business case for a Digital Twin
The DT toolkit is a simple guide to the things you need to think about on your digital twin journey. It arose from the request…
Known Unknowns. Unlocking awareness, knowledge and action.
Fascinating first blog in their Digital Twin blog series. Peter van Manen and Mark Stevens share how Digital Twins unlock awareness, knowledge and action that can help…
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CDBB Blog: Progress on National Digital Twin Standards
Standards make everyday life work. They may decide the size or shape of a product or system. They can specify terms so that there are…
Breaking Barriers: Interoperability
During our research activities within the DT Hub, several barriers relating to the use of digital twins were identified.  This blog post is one of a…
Is it? Or is it not?
Is it? Or is it not?  For a few years now, parts of our sector and indeed other sectors, have been researching, defining and promoting digital twins.  If…
Connected Pathways
Following input from DT Hub members into a community-driven document, we have proceeded to reduce the number of use cases identified during the Pathway to…
Useful Use Cases
As the National Digital Twin (NDT) programme develops its thinking around the Commons, several resources to support the implementation of digital twins within the built environment will…
Breaking Barriers: Skills
During our research activities within the DT Hub, several barriers relating to the use of digital twins were identified.  This blog post, which looks at digital…
What do digital twins mean for manufacturers?
A lot of the early thinking on digital twins has been led by manufacturers. So, what do digital twins mean to them and what insights…
Space twins: how aerospace led the way on developing digital twins
This blog was first produced following discussions with digital twin owners about the importance of learning more from other industries. It also relates to the…
Reflection: Right vs Real
Our collective understanding of digital twins is rather nascent. To ensure that we operate under the same base information there is a need to periodically…
What is the difference between Twins & BIMs
 BIM Twin What is What if Files Queries Physical Real Asset Function Time stamp Time graph Transaction Enterprise Outputs Outcomes As Designed? As Intended?…
Connected Pathways
Following input from DT Hub members into a community-driven document, we have proceeded to reduce the number of use cases identified during the Pathway to…
Validating Value
As a response to the grand challenges, the UK Government provided funding for the Construction Innovation Hub (CIH) which is considering four key work streams: Value; Manufacturing; …
ISO and Digital Twin Definitions
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published over 22,000 formal standards supporting the dissemination of good practice to a range of sectors from agriculture to retail.  Due…
What is a digital twin?
UK infrastructure, like many industries, is going through a period of significant transformation with digital technologies underpinning much of this change. The current COVID19 situation…
If we have a ‘digital twin test’ – what are we measuring?
I recently posed a question in this forum to clarify thoughts on the need for a digital twin ‘test’… a way of determining if a proposed…
The ‘digital twin test’ workshop…
What a session! Following the initial forum discussion querying the need for a digital twin ‘test’ and the subsequent post asking ‘what’ we should measure…
CDBB Blog: The IMF is laying the foundations for sharing data through connected digital twins
Learn by doing, Progress by sharing: DT Hub and The Information Management Framework The DT Hub was launched at the end of March 2020 and…