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Read more at: PhD Student Eva Agapaki wins Best "Rising Star" Poster

PhD Student Eva Agapaki wins Best "Rising Star" Poster

17 March 2017

The LOR Centre congratulates Eva Agapaki (one of Dr Ioannis Brilakis PhD Students), on receiving the award for the Best "Rising Star" poster at the 4th Oxbridge Women in Computer Science Conference, held on 16 March 2017 at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Oxford.

Read more at: Getting Virtual Infrastructure Models out of the Computer and into the Workspace

Getting Virtual Infrastructure Models out of the Computer and into the Workspace

25 January 2017

Read about our Construction Information Technology Laboratory's ground breaking work on Building Information Models.

Read more at: Modelling specialist Dr Weiwei Lin joins as Academic Visitor

Modelling specialist Dr Weiwei Lin joins as Academic Visitor

25 January 2017

We are pleased to welcome Dr Weiwei Lin of Waseda University, Tokyo, as an Academic Visitor to the Department of Engineering.

Read more at: Cam Middleton Appointed to High Speed Two Advisory Panel

Cam Middleton Appointed to High Speed Two Advisory Panel

22 December 2016

Campbell Middleton, Professor of Construction Engineering at the University of Cambridge, has been appointed to the Independent Design Panel for High Speed Two.

Read more at: Sakthy Selvakumaran ICE blog: Is the term 'construction industry' outdated?

Sakthy Selvakumaran ICE blog: Is the term 'construction industry' outdated?

15 December 2016

PhD candidate Sakthy Selvakumaran proposes a fresh approach to the engineering skills shortage in her blog for the Institution of Civil Engineers

Read more at: Philip Durkin wins the 2016 Laing O'Rourke Prize
Philip Durkin wins the 2016 Laing O'Rourke Prize

Philip Durkin wins the 2016 Laing O'Rourke Prize

25 November 2016

Congratulations to Philip Durkin who has won the 2016 3rd year Prize for Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Read more at: Group Excel at International Conference

Group Excel at International Conference

22 November 2016

The Laing O’Rourke Centre's Construction Information Technology (CIT) research group published five papers and brought home both major awards from the 16th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering (ICCCBE) earlier this year.

Read more at: Trimble Fund Applications Close 31st October

Trimble Fund Applications Close 31st October

6 October 2016

Applications are invited from within the University of Cambridge for research funds of up to £50k to be spent during 2017 on areas of research relevant to Trimble Inc.

Read more at: Construction PhD Student Takes Research Prize

Construction PhD Student Takes Research Prize

24 May 2016

Laing O'Rourke Centre student Stefania-Christina Radopoulou has been awarded a Fiatech Outstanding Student Research Project prize for her work in developing road infrastructure sensor systems in vehicles.

Read more at: Researchers at Dyson Building launch

Researchers at Dyson Building launch

13 May 2016

Laing O’Rourke Centre staff were among those demonstrating their research to VIPs at the opening of the Engineering Department’s prestigious new James Dyson Building earlier this month.

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CEM Alumnus takes interoperability study to IGLC 33

5 June 2025

We are proud to announce that Marc Blancher, alumnus of the Construction Engineering Masters (CEM) programme , presented his conference paper at the 33rd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 33) , held in Japan from 2–8 June 2025. Blancher’s paper, titled “ The Adaptive Interoperability...

Cambridge researchers call for evidence-based approach to lean construction at major global conference

4 June 2025

A new study led by researchers from the University of Cambridge's Laing O'Rourke Centre has been presented as a plenary session at the prestigious 33rd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC) , held in Osaka and Kyoto, Japan, from 2 to 4 June. The paper Where Is the Evidence of Performance...

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