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, whose core policy – harmonise, digitise and rationalise demand – creates a new opportunity to apply a consistent set of technical standards to assets being built across the public sector..

(In fact, some senior staff members from Bryden Wood sit on the CIBSE Training and Diversity Group, helping to audit CIBSE accredited training schemes at other companies.)Our commitment to learning means that everyone here has the opportunity to study for qualifications, leading to membership of professional bodies.

And there is a clear pathway for each apprentice, though to Chartered Engineer level.It’s to attract young people and develop their talents that, for the last few years, Bryden Wood has been taking on apprentices.We currently employ apprentices at all levels: including those working towards an HND and university degree.. Our first apprentice, Kane Axten, tells us about his time here.. Why an apprenticeship, not university?.

“When I left school, after A Levels, I knew I was interested in the construction industry, but didn't feel university was right for me.I wanted work experience and an income, not a loan, so I applied for an Advanced Level Digital Delivery Apprenticeship through www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship.”.

What do you do at Bryden Wood?.

“I am what’s called a BIM (Buildings Information Modelling) Coordinator, which means I digitally design and deliver building services in the Mechanical and Electrical (M&E) Engineering department.But that latter level of sophistication isn’t required, or even necessarily advisable.

A digital twin of a city would be too expensive to store and use, and it would also be immediately out-of-date.We need to keep things simple as we work out how to achieve our goals, and the meaning of digital twin is simply a digital representation of a real thing.. Now, by real, we don’t necessarily mean physical.

Sharp explains that the digital representation of a train timetable is just as important as the digital representation of a train itself, each providing important, but different, information.. Further, when we use digital twin technology there should always be a two-way interaction between the digital twin and the real thing.The digital twin is used for simulation and experimentation, while the real-world thing provides feedback that can be used to affect the digital world.