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Sakthy Selvakumaran ICE blog: Is the term 'construction industry' outdated?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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

Sakthy Selvakumaran ICE blog: Is the term 'construction industry' outdated?

Philip Durkin wins the 2016 Laing O'Rourke Prize

Group Excel at International Conference

Trimble Fund Applications Close 31st October

Construction PhD Student Takes Research Prize

Researchers at Dyson Building launch

New Partnership with Trimble

Apply for Fully Funded Studentships in Future Infrastructure and Built Environment

Student Cited in Forbes Listing

CEM residential week addresses Advanced Construction Management

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