Are Digital Twins The Next Big Thing For Construction?

The digital twin work is one of the most exciting digital developments at the moment.

My favourite comparison I have heard is how the work the National Digital Twin programme is doing now is going to be as important for society as the work Tim Berners-Lee and his colleagues were doing 30 years ago when they standardised the internet.”

Simon Evans, director for digital engineering, at Atkins, is certainly not reining in his optimism. The twin concept – digital replicas of real-world infrastructure – is taking a stronger foothold in the sector.

everal bodies, from the government’s National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) to the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and the Open Data Institute (ODI) are all staunch advocates of developing the potential reach of the technology.