Digital Construction Research Unit

Description

The Digital Construction Research Unit in Architecture Department at the University of Strathclyde is devoted to the amalgamation of theoretical and practical approaches to digital construction for reliable built environments. It stimulates and enables cooperative endeavours in research and knowledge exchange, informing sustainability-focused practices and research-informed education.

The unit's primary objectives include:

Procuring and employing data, information, and knowledge for intelligent decision-making and optimisation. Advanced informatics for designing, constructing, and operating buildings and infrastructure. Promoting education, training, and learning for professional brilliance. Implementing evidence-based learning for optimal practices, policy, regulation, and standardisation. Interdisciplinary methodologies for unified research and practice amidst complexity and uncertainty. Resource efficiency in the built environment. Strategic, tactical, and operational decision-making support in large-scale project management. Proposed Research Area: The provided text fits within the 'Information and Communication Technologies' and 'Architecture, Built Environment and Planning' categories of the AHRC.

Keywords: Digital Construction, Research Unit, Built Environment, Data Acquisition, Advanced Informatics, Education, Training, Learning, Evidence-Based Learning, Interdisciplinary Methodologies, Resource Efficiency, Decision-Making, Project Management.

Offers funding

No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.

Founding year

2016

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University of Strathclyde
Glasgow

Partner Infrastructures

AI@Strathclyde

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Glasgow

Additional Partnerships

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University