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Read more at: New Partnership with Trimble
New Partnership with Trimble

New Partnership with Trimble

5 May 2016

California based technology firm Trimble has announced that it is partnering with the University of Cambridge on research in the engineering and construction industries.


Read more at: Apply for Fully Funded Studentships in Future Infrastructure and Built Environment

Apply for Fully Funded Studentships in Future Infrastructure and Built Environment

15 March 2016

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Infrastructure and Built Environment (FIBE CDT) are currently looking to recruit talented students to carry out cutting edge research within a broad range of core and interdisciplinary civil engineering topics. A number of fully funded studentships which cover fees plus a...


Read more at: Student Cited in Forbes Listing

Student Cited in Forbes Listing

4 February 2016

Laing O’Rourke Centre PhD student Sakthy Selvakumaran has been named in the prestigious Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ listing of promising young individuals in European industry for 2016.


Read more at: CEM residential week addresses Advanced Construction Management
CEM residential week addresses Advanced Construction Management

CEM residential week addresses Advanced Construction Management

11 December 2015

Next week - 14 to 18 December 2015 – the Laing O’Rourke Centre, located at the Department of Engineering, will welcome the Cohorts 4 and 5 of the Construction Engineering Masters (CEM)*, who are attending their fifth and second residential week respectively.


Read more at: Prof. Neil Hoult returns to Cambridge as Visiting Fellow
Prof. Neil Hoult returns to Cambridge as Visiting Fellow

Prof. Neil Hoult returns to Cambridge as Visiting Fellow

26 November 2015

Neil Hoult, Associate Professor of Structural Engineering at Queen’s University, Canada, has been awarded the Beaufort Visiting Fellowships at St John’s College, Cambridge. He was sponsored by Prof. Campbell Middleton and Dr Janet Lees, his former supervisors at the University of Cambridge.


Read more at: Fourth Laing O'Rourke Centre Distinguished Lecture

Fourth Laing O'Rourke Centre Distinguished Lecture

20 November 2015

Civil engineering students, academics and researchers attended the Fourth Laing O’Rourke Centre Distinguished Lecture on Thursday 12th November at the Engineering Department, alongside prominent construction industry figures.


Read more at: Prof. Middleton on the future of construction
Prof. Middleton on the future of construction

Prof. Middleton on the future of construction

28 October 2015

Professor Campbell Middleton, Director of the Laing O’ Rourke Centre, was invited to deliver a presentation at the Institution of Structural Engineers' 2015 Conference , held in Singapore in September 2015. Focusing on innovation, it attracted prestigious professional and academic speakers from around the world The future...


Read more at: Dr Elshafie delivers keynote talk on sustainability
Dr Elshafie delivers keynote talk on sustainability

Dr Elshafie delivers keynote talk on sustainability

28 October 2015

Dr Mohammed Elshafie gave a keynote talk on the theme of "Managing natural resources and assets to drive commercial efficiency" at the Sustainability - Business stories from the inside event on 8 October 2015.


Read more at: PhD student receives the Philip Turner Prize 2015
PhD student receives the Philip Turner Prize 2015

PhD student receives the Philip Turner Prize 2015

28 October 2015

PhD student Chang Ye Gue has been awarded the Turner Prize for Centrifuge Modelling . The Prize is awarded each year for "outstanding work in geotechnical centrifuge testing conducted by a research student working at the Schofield Centre in Cambridge". Professor Robert Mair, Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering...


Read more at: Honorary Professorship for LOR Centre’s Research Fellow
Honorary Professorship for LOR Centre’s Research Fellow

Honorary Professorship for LOR Centre’s Research Fellow

22 October 2015

William (Bill) Baker, regarded as the world’s foremost structural engineer, having designed the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai among other iconic structures, has been appointed by the University of Cambridge to serve for five years as Honorary Professor of Structural Engineering Design.


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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...