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It is with great pride and congratulations that we present the winners of the 2025 Anthony Thorpe Medal, Digital Roads PhD student Diana Davletshina, MSCA Future Roads Fellow Dr Varun Kumar Reja, and Digital Roads of the Future Principal Investigator, Prof Ioannis Brilakis, for the paper;Davletshina, D., Reja, V. K., and Brilakis, I. (2024) ”Automa…

We are seeking a highly motivated Research Assistant/Associate to join EPSRC and industry-funded Digital Roads (DR) Prosperity Partnership at the University of Cambridge. This programme is a collaboration between industry and academia, now in the final 24 months of a 60-month effort.The programme integrates research and innovation across both physi…

The Digital Roads of the Future initiative is looking to recruit a Programme Manager to ensure the smooth administration and running of the programmes.The Programme Manager will take overall responsibility for the administration of the grants and associated human, physical and digital resources of the Construction Information Technology (CIT) Group…

Solving Interoperability Issues in the Construction Industry: The Didimi JourneyDigital Roads' spin-out company, Didimi, featured in popular podcast series; Fireside with Founders and Leaders, which takes a behind the curtains look at some of the world's best and brightest businesses, hearing from their founders and leaders. Taking a dive into the …

What if the buildings, bridges, and cities around us could think, adapt, and evolve? Twin Systems: Digital Twins of the Built Environment is your guide to understanding how this is becoming a reality.Co-authored by our Principal Investigator, Prof. Ioannis Brilakis, alongside thought leaders in Digital Twins; Prof. Rafael Sacks, Prof. Lucio Soibelm…

The hi-tech battle to banish Britain’s potholes UK roads are poorly designed and badly built. Could the answer lie in AI — which predicts problems before they appear — and rupture-fixing robots? Rhys Blakely , Science Correspondent , The Times. Friday, February 14 2025There are three big issues with the UK’s roads, according to Ioannis Brilakis, an…

FUTUREROADS: MSCA Research Fellows Revolutionize Road Industry InnovationEU H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) FUTUREROADS fellowship programme is transforming the road infrastructure landscape through cutting-edge collaborative research, according to the just-released Roads Research Alliance 2024 Annual Report.Industry-Driven InnovationNin…

Congratulations are due to the Digital Roads Research Team who were announced as winners of the Engineers in Society award in the category of Digital Futures at the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Excellence and Innovation Awards 2024 held in The Library of Birmingham on Thursday, 4 December 2024. The Engineers in Society Award: Dig…

We were thrilled to host the Annual Review 2024 at the Cambridge Union in the heart of Cambridge on Wednesday, 13 November, bringing together over 100 academics, industry representatives, and researchers to showcase our progress and engage in meaningful discussions about the future of digital road infrastructure. The Annual Review 2024 began with …

The Digital Roads team that has been designing and building an Autonomous Maintenance Plant for the UK's strategic road network have been awarded second place in the 'Innovative Idea' track of the Robot Design Competition, held in conjunction with the International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR) 2024 held in Odense, Denmark on Monday, 28 Octo…

Road Infrastructure: this house believes that Digitalisation is the most effective pathway to Net-zeroWe are excited to announce our Digital Roads of the Future Debate will take place at 16:00 on Wednesday, 13 November at the Cambridge Union's historic, and commanding, Debate Chamber here in Cambridge. You are invited to join the debate in person, …

The Digital Roads project is delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for the Engineers in Society: team awards category, as part of the IET Excellence and Innovation Awards 2024!As the project moves through our halfway point, this shortlisting is a testament to the energy that the team has put into the project so far, and we are so prou…

The Future Roads Fellows and the Digital Roads Research team took part in the Laing O'Rourke Centre IT Showcase held on Friday, 10 May 2024 to showcase the research that is being undertaken across the six work themes within the Construction Information Technology Laboratory in Civil Engineering at the University of Cambridge.As part of the event, a…

Our Digital Roads of the Future's Research Professor and Technical Director, Prof Lavindra de Silva, was featured recently on the front cover of LMD International, the Sri Lankan business magazine, connecting people around the globe. Find out more about Lavindra's background and achievements in this article: CONNECT CAMBRIDGE - LMD INTERNATIONAL

The 2024 Tucker-Hasegawa Award recipient Prof Ioannis Brilakis received his award at ISARC2024 held in Lille, France. The intent of the prestigious Tucker-Hasegawa Award is to recognize individuals in industry or academia who have made major, distinguished, and sustained contributions to the field of automation and robotics in construction.Prof Bri…