MANUHOUSE TN Proposal London Workshop 16 March 2001

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Imperial College welcomes you to. MANUHOUSE A
NEW EUROPEAN NETWORK for MANUFACTURED HOUSING
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• AGENDA
• 1. Welcome and Introductions
• Apologies
• Todays workshop programme
• Round-table brief introductions
• Background to project
• What is expected from this meeting the dream
• Proposed changes to the draft agenda?
• 2. EU GROWTH Programme
• Objectives
• Key Actions and workprogramme
• Methods of Implementation
• Timescale and Deadlines
• Other Networks
• Allowable Costs etc.

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• 3. Organisation / Administration of MANUHOUSE
• Why Imperial College?
• EU FutureHome project
• Steering group
• Workpackage structure
• Duration of network
• 4. Deliverables
• Workshops
• Studies
• Website
• Conferences
• Guidelines reports
• Others

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5. Membership 6. Workprogramme 7. Summary of
Workprogramme Session 8. Future Actions to be
agreed 9. Any Other Business
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• Brief round-table introductions
• Suggest the following format
• Name, position in organisation, office base
  location
• Organisation summary, size (people, turnover of
  business unit in Euros)
• Main products and geographical markets
• Recent European-funded and/or manufactured-housing
  projects summary
• Expectations for this network

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Briefing Pack
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Key documents for Workshop
Technical Annex
Briefing Pack Contents
Workprogramme
Technical Annex
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Background to project
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• Belgium
• Denmark
• Germany
• Spain
• France
• Ireland
• Italy
• The Netherlands
• Austria
• Portugal
• Sweden
• United Kingdom
• Greece
• Luxembourg
• Finland

CECODHAS - The European Liaison Committee for
Social Housing
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Sources include 1. U.N. Annual Bulletin of
Housing and building statistics for Europe and
N.America 2. E.C. Housing statistics in the
European Union 1998 3. National Statistical
offices
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What is expected from this meeting the dream
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What is expected from this meeting the dream

• Following discussion a clear idea of what
  WORKPACKAGES need to be put together
• Outline of tasks for each WORKPACKAGE
• Initial identification of WORKPACKAGE leaders
• Acceptance of some responsibility by everyone to
  enlarge the network by following up those who did
  not/could not attend the meeting and to include
  CLIENTS and DEVELOPERS
• Agreement to meet the deadlines for the Proposal
  - to be discussed later on

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The Fifth Framework Programme (1998-2002)
TP1
TP2
TP3
TP4
Promoting competitive sustainable growth 2.705
BEURO
Creating a User friendly Information Society 3.6
BEURO
Energy, environment sustainable
development 1.083 BEURO
Quality of life and living resources 2.413 BEURO
0.475 BEURO
International Cooperation
Innovation and SMEs
0.363 BEURO
Human Potential
1.28 BEURO
10 for SMEs
Total 14.96 BEURO
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GROWTH Programme Structure
Key Actions
Innovative Products Processes, Org(IPPO)
Land Marine
Mobility Intermodality
Aeronautics
Generic Technologies
Support for RTD Infrastructures
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IPPO - KA1 Rationale Objectives

• 2 million enterprises 99 of which are SMEs
  need to adapt to new economy sustainable
  development
• Objectives modernisation of industry
  substantially improve quality and reduce resource
  consumption for all sectors of industry,
  including related services

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Five Targeted Research Actions for competitive
sustainable industries . the TRAs
1.8 Modern Factory
1.5Product-services
1.7 Extended Enterprise
1.9 Infrastructure
1.6Machines
Research area 1.1 Efficient production, design
control
Research area 1.2 Intelligent Production
Research area 1.3 Eco-efficient processes and
design
Research area 1.4 Organisation of production and
work
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TRA Infrastructure - 1.9
a necessary condition for EU economic success
and a means for creating wealth and security

• Need for safe, sustainable and cost-effective
  buildings and civil infrastructures
• Need for breakthrough innovation in construction,
  including rehabilitation upgrading of existing
  structures.

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Goals for the TRA Infrastructure
Development and, if appropriate, demonstration of
technologies addressing

• Design, modeling and simulation for operational
  efficiency and reliability
• Construction and rehabilitation processes
• Monitoring and maintenance

Medium to long term objectives, multi-sectorial
applications, high socio-economic acceptability.
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Main Research Topics withinTRA Infrastructure
1.9

• Design, modeling life-cycle aspects
• Management safety aspects
• Maintenance repair
• Control monitoring technologies
• Efficient construction operation

leading to Safe, intelligent and efficient
infrastructures
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To keep in mind !

• All life cycle aspects must be considered
• KA1 proposals not addressing TRA objectives are
  out of scope
• Incremental, low risk RTD is discouraged

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How to produce a successful proposal
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Thematic Networks Concerted Actions
Are defined as agroup of synergistic projects
aiming at solving European wide problems.
Should ensure European added value, efficient
flow of information, sufficient critical mass,
support integrated approaches, and
dissemination/exploitation of the network.
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Examples of Networking Activities
Technical scope, need and expected outcome must
have a clear problem solving approach and EU
added value, including

• Common definition of problem to be solved
• Identification of new research areas
• Co-ordination integration of research results
• Benchmarking and inter-comparisons of results
• Support studies, technology policy evaluation
• Monitoring of socio-economic ethical aspects
• Stimulation /training of user groups
• Possible joint dissemination / exploitation
  activities

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Two aspects to the question of justifying EU
research activities

• Public benefit
• increase of knowledge
• implementation of public policies
• resolving problems confronting society
• increasing European competitiveness

• European added value
• large European impact
• critical mass
• economies of scale
• complementary expertise
• links with EU policies
• transnational research character

of course, scientific and technical excellence
and efficient management of public funds are
required
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A Project Should NOT

• Ignore programme strategic objectives
• Lack of international dimension and tackle
  problems for private interest only
• Have a technology push approach focus on
  safe science
• Forget important tasks related to demonstration
  and/or use of results

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A Project Should

• Be geared towards socio-economic objectives
  and programme priorities
• Demonstrate critical mass, be of benefit for
  EU and Chinese partners
• Ensure ST quality and innovation level
• Focus also on exploitation of results
• Mobilize all relevant stakeholders

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Keep in mindGood Projects should be...

• Problem oriented through a systemic and
  multi-disciplinary approach
• Concentrating efforts and looking for synergies,
  integrating actors and disciplines

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Sustainability Need for system and Life Cycle
approaches
Potential for improvement
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Making a reality of the European Research Area

• Guidelines for EU research activities
• 2002 - 2006
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/research/area.html
• Communication COM(2000) 612

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Areas of possible activity

• Research activities
• large-scale targeted research projects
• networking of centres / areas of excellence
• networking and co-ordinated implementation of
  national programmes
• Research and innovation, start-ups, SMEs
• Research infrastructure
• Human resources
• Science, society and citizens

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User-Friendly Information Society (IST) Key
Action II Construction-related Projects

• ISTforCEIntelligent services tools for
  Concurrent Engineering
• OSMOSOpen system for inter-enterprise
  information management in dynamic virtual
  environments
• DIVERCITYDistributed virtual workspace for
  enhancing communication within the construction
  industry
• E-CONSTRUCTElectronic communication in the
  building construction industry preparing for
  the new Internet
• SABARECOSatellite-based remote multi-project
  reporting controlling in the construction
  industry

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Information Society Technological Drivers
virtual product technologies (product modeling,
STEP, virtual prototyping, digital mock-up,
3D-modeling, FEM, etc)
internet technologies (TCP-IP, XML, VRML, Java,
Jini etc.)
Simulation techniques
Process modeling (workflow management,
configuration control, business process modeling)
microelectronics, mechatronics real-time
systems
object-oriented technologies middleware
collaborative platforms (CSCW, internet-based
communication tools, groupware)
enterprise integration tools (ERP systems,
scheduling tools)
knowledge technologies (agents, decision support
techniques, neural networks, voice
recognition, language engineering)
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Timescales and Deadlines

• KEY DATES (Fridays shown) to be agreed
• 16 March - London Workshop
• 23 March - Workpackage leaders agreed - clear
  responsibilities
• 23 March - Non-workshop members participation
  confirmed
• 6 April - Workpackage documentation complete
• 13 April - Easter Weekend
• 20 April - Draft Proposal circulated to all
  partners for comment
• 4 May - Final Draft Proposal and administration
  forms completed
• 11 May - Submission to Brussels
• 15 May - 1700hrs - Deadline for receipt of
  Proposal in Brussels

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Allowable Costs

• Additional staff time
• Use of permanent staff for academic organisations
  allowed now
• Travel and Subsistence to meetings/workshops/confe
  rences etc.
• Staff time - EU maximum contribution (say 375
  Euros/day plus 20 o/h which is the rate for
  technical evaluators)
• Overheads - maximum 20
• Funding / organisation - varies, but for an
  ordinary member this could be around
  8,000-18,000 Euros TS and 16,000 Euros for staff
  time for a 4-year network (to be checked and
  confirmed - this is based on recent successful
  proposals and depends on roles in tasks etc.)

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EXAMPLE UNIT COSTS
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Example of Workpackage cost breakdown for WP
leader
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Why Imperial College?
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Robert Wing, Project Co-ordinator
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Other considerations

• Steering Group
• Workpackage Structure
• Duration of Network

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Example Network Structure
STEERING COMMITTEE 6-8 MEMBERS
EU GROWTH PROJECT OFFICER
NETWORK CO-ORDINATOR
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• DELIVERABLES might include
• Workshops - debate issues, identify route to
  solve problems.
• Databases - ie. for modular manufacturers
• Studies - ie. supply-demand
• Website - internet/intranet
• Conferences - bi-annual - self-funding?
• Guidelines - reports
• etc.

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• MEMBERSHIP - Criteria-1
• Country - Accession states
• Third country participation?
• Organisation type (next slide)
• Primary Materials
• Segmentation by additional / other means?

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• MEMBERSHIP - Criteria-2
• Manufacturers / Prefabricators
• Researchers (small number)
• Capital equipment manufacturers
• End-users / Clients / Developers
• Companies with technology transfer potential

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• MEMBERSHIP - Selection
• To obtain the best quality mix of members the
  current shortlist is based on a mix of
• Personal recommendations
• Web-site searching
• Telephone calls (around 400!)
• Own database of contacts

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MEMBERSHIP - A team
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MEMBERSHIP - possibles
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MEMBERSHIP - Associated States and Third
Countries - possibilities
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• MEMBERSHIP - The gaps
• These need to be filled-in.
• Involve the life-cycle
• Involve CLIENTS / Developers / investors -
  procurers of Housing
• Partners are requested to identify 1 or (max) 2
  such organisations in their host country and
  follow such leads through to include them in this
  network.

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Source Construction Europe March 2001
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WORKPROGRAMME - ENVIRONMENT
External Influences, political, economic,
social, technical
Added value
Client
YOUR COMPANY
End-user
Raw materials
External Influences, EU Funding - Key Action 1,
TRA 1.9 etc.
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WORKPROGRAMME - INSIDE YOUR COMPANY
External Influences, political, economic,
social, technical
End-user
Raw materials
External Influences, EU Funding - Key Action 1,
TRA 1.9 etc.
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WORKPACKAGES - ISSUES

• Technology assembly, tolerances, sensors, IT
  infrastructure, connectors etc.
• Logistics transportation, process modelling,
  sustainability recycling
• Materials primary types, isolate unique
  logistical, technical and commercial problems
• Regulatory environment barriers to development,
  fiscal studies, eurocodes, health etc.
• Socio-economics drivers for successful market
  development in manufactured housing ageing
  population
• Market development segmentation,
  rapid-response capability, export,
  internalisation potential etc.
• Education training methods of communicating
  to students and the professional community in
  Europe and beyond using distance learning and
  other techniques
• Others.(what technical obstacles do you need to
  overcome to improve your sectors
  competitiveness? - we welcome any ideas that you
  have!)

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Range 150-400
(200 x 450 90,000 Euros/WP
Example Workpackage form (this summary is a
short one - it can be up to 2 pages for each
workpackage
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EXAMPLE Summarised overview of the cost breakdown
of a network
These figures vary depending on roles and
responsibilities
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Summary of Workpackage Session Group leaders
(if used) to summarise possible workpackages and
responsibilities - who is doing what
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Application Part B -The Technical Annex and
other parts
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Part Description Who? B1 Title
Page IC B2 Table of Contents
IC B3 Proposal Summary IC B4 Objectives
of the Network and Innovative Character IC B5 Co
ntribution to Programme / Key Action IC B6 Comm
unity Added Value IC B7 Contribution to
Community Social Objectives IC B8 Economic
Development and ST Prospects IC B9 Network
Organisation IC B10 Network
Management IC B11 Workplan - Workpackage
Descriptions (may go in Annexex)
All B12 Information on Resources and
Budget All Annex I Mid-Term Assessment Clause
Annex II Tables Annex III Project
Schedule Annex IV Manpower Matrices Annex V
Partner Profiles Annex VI Overview Table for
Deliverables Annex VII Overview Table for
Milestones
Order and content of Annexes to be agreed.
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• Future Actions
• Agree who does what to complete this proposal
• Agree who might be on the Steering Group???
• Agree timescale for the production of a good
  draft.
• Agree the draft review process and timescale
• Agree any other matters

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David Cobb will be out of the office between
Monday 26 March and Friday 13 April
inclusive. Please send emails to him as normal at
davidcobb_at_compuserve.com BUT please copy them to
his temporary Hotmail adddress at
davidmanuhouse_at_hotmail.com and to Robert Wing at
r.wing_at_ac.ic.uk
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Thank you for coming
Have a safe journey home...