{"id":81315,"date":"2020-08-24T07:00:55","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T06:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=81315"},"modified":"2020-08-21T13:48:11","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T12:48:11","slug":"bim-cusp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/digital-construction-news\/bim-news\/bim-cusp\/81315\/","title":{"rendered":"From twin to BIM: The story of CUSP"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The story of CUSP, a partnership between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atkinsglobal.com\/en-gb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atkins<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cardiff.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cardiff University<\/a> to develop an advanced digital twin programme, shows how the idea of technology becomes reality. Nick Tune, digital engineering director at Atkins, discusses the journey<\/h2>\n<p>We talk about BIM and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/industry-insight\/bim-insight\/digital-engineering-2\/80810\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">digital engineering<\/a> as a new thing but, in reality, the technology has been there for decades. What we now realise is how powerful that technology\u2019s application can be in helping us to overcome construction\u2019s most pressing challenge \u2013 productivity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atkinsglobal.com\/en-gb\/media-centre\/news-releases\/2020\/apr\/2020-04-27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CUSP<\/a>, Atkins\u2019 partnership with Cardiff University to develop an advanced digital twin programme, shows how the idea of technology becomes reality.<\/p>\n<h3>A long legacy<\/h3>\n<p>Back in 2008, Cardiff University established a research centre on Engineering Informatics, with Professor Yacine Rezgui as chair. At t digitally enabled construction sector. Although it wasn\u2019t called \u201cdigital twin\u201d, the work this research centre undertook was, in effect, construction\u2019s first digital twin project \u2013 a project called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cuspplatform.com\/case-studies\/case-study-knoholm-building\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KnoholEM<\/a>, part of the European Union Research Framework Programme.<\/p>\n<p>The premise was to reduce the energy consumption of buildings by using BIM coupled with the exploitation of near real-time energy performance data in order to simulate and devise scenarios that could maintain comfort in the buildings for occupants while minimising energy consumption.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, the UK government BIM programme hadn\u2019t yet been established, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/bim-news\/bim-level-2\/76492\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BIM Level 2<\/a> hadn\u2019t yet entered our consciousness. But work had already begun, and the spark of BIM and digital twin had been lit.<\/p>\n<h3>One small step for BIM<\/h3>\n<p>Following on from KnoholEM, Cardiff University won another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cuspplatform.com\/case-studies\/case-study-ebbw-vale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EU Framework project<\/a> to utilise BIM and real-time data on a district scale to reduce energy consumption and maximise the use of renewable energy. Even in 2020, this kind of project would be seen as hugely innovative.<\/p>\n<p>The thinking developed in these first BIM projects was brought by Professor Rezgui and his team to support Welsh Water, Milford Haven Port and others in improving the performance of their assets. A BIM star was born.<\/p>\n<h3>From kernel to corn<\/h3>\n<p>So, why has it taken so long to bring this amazing research to market? The simple answer: the industry wasn\u2019t ready. And it\u2019s no surprise really; construction has historically been slow to adopt new technology as our contracting models, and the risk and rewards mechanisms within them, don\u2019t always encourage innovation.<\/p>\n<p>It was only in 2011 that the UK construction strategy was launched and the UK BIM Task Group was established to put BIM at the heart of the industry\u2019s plan for transformation. Even then, BIM wasn\u2019t mandated for the public sector until 2016. The sector has been wrestling with what BIM is and how it can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/technology-construction-productivity\/58197\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">improve productivity<\/a> for decades. You could still say our BIM journey has only just begun.<\/p>\n<p>So, while we were learning to adopt BIM \u2013 and that means best practice Information Management, not just 3D CAD \u2013 Professor Rezgui and his researchers at Cardiff took all their know-how and developed a platform that consumes BIM, GIS, historic and live data and structures it via a semantic ontology that means the data has relationships to allow it to easily be queried. With the help of Atkins, they created CUSP \u2013 a programme we can all use to better manage our assets.<\/p>\n<p>CUSP incorporates not just data, but machine learning and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/bim-news\/using-ai-bim\/57860\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AI algorithms<\/a> that learn the performance of the asset. By adding the parameters you wish to manage, for example \u201cI want the temperature to be between 19-21C in a building and I want to maximise the use of the renewable energy my asset produces\u201d, CUSP learns your asset\u2019s performance and provides the most optimal way to operate the asset based on those requirements.<\/p>\n<p>And here is the best part: because it\u2019s built on a semantic ontology, it can easily be lifted and shifted to different use cases, such as improvement in the maintenance of a highway or optimisation of a rail network.<\/p>\n<h3>Fast forward<\/h3>\n<p>If we fast forward to 2020, the industry is well and truly on the BIM (Information Management) journey and digital twins are increasingly recognised as a way to improve the delivery and management of assets.<\/p>\n<p>Our industry is now primed and ready for CUSP. Over the last decade, it has been tested and improved by the team at Cardiff so that it is ready to really drive a step-change in digital transformation and most importantly, the productivity of the sector.<\/p>\n<p>Atkins has partnered with CUSP because we believe now is the time to bring it to market. If we want to transform infrastructure deliver for improved productivity and whole-life value, we need to be investing in technology like this, that will truly allow us to deliver better outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>This next phase of the industry\u2019s digitisation is the most exciting. It\u2019s where we\u2019ll see programmes like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cuspplatform.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CUSP<\/a> drive value and shift the productivity dial up a notch. The more we embrace these technologies, the more we\u2019ll see smarter decisions made and predictability improved.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nick Tune<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-81316\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PC140316-e1598013956371-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"BIM, digital twin, CUSP,\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PC140316-e1598013956371-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PC140316-e1598013956371-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PC140316-e1598013956371-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PC140316-e1598013956371-696x1044.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PC140316-e1598013956371-1068x1602.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PC140316-e1598013956371-280x420.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PC140316-e1598013956371-610x915.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PC140316-e1598013956371.jpg 1333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Digital engineering director<\/p>\n<p>Atkins<\/p>\n<p>+44 20 7121 2000<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:info@atkinsglobal.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">info@atkinsglobal.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atkinsglobal.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.atkinsglobal.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atkinsglobal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@atkinsglobal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>LinkedIn:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/atkins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atkins<\/a><\/p>\n<p>YouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/wsatkinsplc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atkins<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The story of CUSP, a partnership between Atkins and Cardiff University to develop an advanced digital twin programme, shows how the idea of technology becomes reality. 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