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Read more at: PhD studentship in BIM of Industrial Facilities - Oct 2016

PhD studentship in BIM of Industrial Facilities - Oct 2016

8 October 2015

One four-year PhD studentship is available to start on 1 Oct 2016 at the Laing O’Rourke Centre, part of the Engineering Department at the University of Cambridge. The topic is automating the generation of as-is geometric models of industrial facilities. The project - supervised by Dr Ioannis Brilakis , Laing O’Rourke...

Read more at: CEM03 student awarded Best Presentation Award
CEM03 student awarded Best Presentation Award

CEM03 student awarded Best Presentation Award

7 October 2015

CEM03 student Rico Salas was awarded the Best Presentation Award for his dissertation entitled Leading Indicators of Oil and Gas Construction Safety . Prof. Campbell Middleton presented the Award at a banquet dinner held at Queens' College.

Read more at: CEM05 students attend first residential week
CEM05 students attend first residential week

CEM05 students attend first residential week

24 September 2015

Last week we welcomed the Cohort 5 of the Construction Engineering Masters (CEM)*. Young professionals from leading construction companies attended presentations and workshops run by industry, government and academic experts. Lectures and interactive group sessions covered key course themes such as finance, planning...

Read more at: Dr Brilakis to give keynote speech at ETDP Conference

Dr Brilakis to give keynote speech at ETDP Conference

17 September 2015

Dr Ioannis Brilakis, Laing O’Rourke Lecturer in Construction Engineering, will give a keynote speech entitled “Virtualizing Bridges” at the 2nd annual Efficiency Through Digital Projects (ETDP) Conference , taking place in London on 10-11 November 2015.

Read more at: Building the World of Tomorrow: innovation, carbon savings and sustainability

Building the World of Tomorrow: innovation, carbon savings and sustainability

12 August 2015

Experts and leaders from the construction industry attended the Building the World of Tomorrow conference at the Department of Engineering on 21 July 2015. Prof. Campbell Middleton, Director of the LOR Centre, gave a presentation on smart sensors, outlining cutting-edge advances in building monitoring and the huge...

Read more at: AMSCI £22.1m grant for innovative design and manufacturing research

AMSCI £22.1m grant for innovative design and manufacturing research

5 August 2015

The Laing O’Rourke Centre and its partners at the University of Cambridge are proud to be part of the successful consortium, led by Laing O’Rourke, which was awarded £22.1m as part of the Government’s Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative (AMSCI). Professor P. John Clarkson FREng, from the Cambridge Engineering...

Read more at: Graduate student awarded IGS prize for best paper
Graduate student awarded IGS prize for best paper

Graduate student awarded IGS prize for best paper

22 July 2015

PhD student Talia da Silva has been selected as the winner of the International Geosynthetics Society’s (IGS) Student Contest 2015 with the paper ‘Physical modelling of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soils Spanning Voids’. Talia is supervised by Laing O'Rourke Lecturer Dr Mohammed Elshafie.

Read more at: BIM for Bridges in the New Civil Engineer
BIM for Bridges in the New Civil Engineer

BIM for Bridges in the New Civil Engineer

17 July 2015

One of our research projects in partnership with Laing O’Rourke has been featured in the New Civil Engineer in 10 Ways to Digitise the Construction Sector: No. 1 BIM for Bridges . The project, a collaboration between Laing O’Rourke, Tony Gee & Partners and the Laing O’Rourke Centre is supported by Innovate UK, which is...

Read more at: Third annual CEM dissertation conference
Third annual CEM dissertation conference

Third annual CEM dissertation conference

15 July 2015

Our MSt candidates presented their research findings ahead of the final submission of their thesis in November at a Dissertation Conference held at Robinson College on 3 July 2015. The research themes covered topical issues in the construction sector such as Health and Safety Knowledge Transfer, Risk Management, Public...

Read more at: Prof. Middleton attends CSIC WSN networking dinner
Prof. Middleton attends CSIC WSN networking dinner

Prof. Middleton attends CSIC WSN networking dinner

10 July 2015

Prof. Campbell Middleton, Director of the Laing O'Rourke Centre, attended the networking dinner of the Cambridge Conference on Wireless Sensor Network for Civil Engineering and Infrastructure (CSIC WSN), on 29 June 2015 at Jesus College. The CSIC WSN conference, held on Monday 29th and Tuesday 30th June, gathered experts...

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Dr Brian Sheil and co-authors win the 2024 BGA Case Histories award for groundbreaking research

15 May 2024

We are delighted to announce that LORC Associate Professor Dr Brian Sheil and his co-authors, Peter Hensman and Zhandos Orazalin, have been awarded the 2024 BGA Case Histories Award for their paper " Monitoring the construction of a deep energy-from-waste bunker in soft clay and peat ," published in Géotechnique in 2023.

LORC Research Associate driving change in the construction industry for a competent workforce

7 May 2024

Home retrofitting is a significant part of enabling the construction industry to transition to net zero by 2050. Retrofitting homes is not just about reducing carbon emissions and improving energy security. It's about addressing fuel poverty, enhancing the health and well-being of occupants, and significantly impacting our...

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