• In November 2016 Philip Hammond commissioned the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) to write a report on “on how new technologies can improve infrastructure productivity”
• The report on ‘Data for the public good’ was published in December 2017 focused on “smart infrastructure” including the possibility of a “national digital twin”
• Recommendations are civil engineering focused and delivery is tasked to:
  • The Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) as lead in collaboration with,
  • The Alan Turing Institute (ATI) plus some others including MTC

• Key recommendations/deliverables are based around “The Gemini Principles”
• CDBB is receiving direct funding from government, and has distrubuted some funds to other groups
• In Feb 2017 the ATI published an Insight article on “digital transition” including digital twin for aerospace – case study from Rolls Royce
• Nearly all major companies in energy, manufacturing and transport have digital twin projects or programmes

Asset management:

Improvements in efficiency that lead to more effective engineering systems, with improved resilience & reliability, reduced maintenance & operation costs, and better overall performance. Specifically:

• Improved condition monitoring
• Better scenario planning
• Plant life extension, and managing the asset lifecycle
• Integrate control, hardware-in-the-loop testing and online activities into asset
  management processes
• Better decision support