The European Construction Technology Platform and FP7

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The European Construction Technology Platform and
FP7
An update for the General Assembly, 2006 Bjorn
Paulsson Brian Bell
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Structure of ECTP
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National Technology Platforms (NTPs)

• European Aims of the NTPs
• To collaborate with the ECTP in developing a
  European Vision 2030, a Strategic Research Agenda
  and Roadmap for research and innovation in the
  construction sector by contributing national
  viewpoints.
• To establish a network for NTPs to collaborate at
  a European level, creating an opportunity for a
  wide range of national stakeholders (including
  industry, national organisations, SMEs and
  clients) to learn from each other in areas of
  best practice, research agendas and national
  goals.
• To map national regulations and policies relating
  to construction and identify barriers to
  innovation in the sector that can be addressed at
  a European level.
• To disseminate knowledge on innovation processes
  by exchanging national experiences of best
  practice.
• To establish communication links between other
  trans-national research activities (such as
  ERABUILD and other possible collaborative
  programmes) and the ECTP.
• To develop a framework for future networking of
  construction research infrastructure across the
  EU member states.
• Contributions from ERABUILD will be considered as
  very important input regarding previous items.

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• A working group (WG), reporting to the Support
  Group, has been established with contact persons
  from the various NTPs.
• The European countries listed below are known to
  have now established National Technology
  Platforms addressing the future needs of the
  built environment, and particularly the challenge
  of innovation and industry transformation in the
  construction sector.
• Belgium
• Denmark (Dansk teknologiplatform for byggeriet)
• Germany
• Greece (Hellenic Construction Technology
  Platform)
• Norway (Norsk teknologiplattform)
• Poland (PCTP - Polish Construction Technology
  Platform)
• Slovenia (SGTP - Slovenska gradbena tehnoloska
  platforma)
• Spain (PTEC)
• United Kingdom

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Focus areas
Six have been established
   Underground Construction    Cities
Buildings    Quality of life    Materials
   Networks    Cultural Heritage
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Focus area outputs

• Vision 2030 and Strategic Research Agenda (SRA)
  (both are available on the ECTP website)
• Research priorities (in 11 Fisches) (not yet
  publicly available)
• Topic areas
• Technologies for healthy, safe, accessible, and
  stimulating outdoor environments for all
• Innovative use of underground spaces
• New technologies, concepts and high tech
  materials for efficient and clean buildings
• Reduce environmental and man made impacts of
  built environment and cities
• Sustainable management of transport and utility
  networks
• A living cultural heritage for an attractive
  Europe
• Improve safety and security within the
  construction sector
• New integrated processes for the construction
  sector
• High added value construction materials
  (excluding resource management aspects)
• Nanotechnologies for materials in construction
• Technologies and engineering for innovative added
  value services offered by SMEs in the
  construction sector

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Research priorities - Networks

• New methods/tools for the comprehensive
  management of transport and utilities
  infrastructure in urban and extraurban context to
  reduce impact on service (timing E, 20M)
• Standards, models and databases to assess, follow
  and predict the long-term performance of
  structures and components subject to ageing and
  deterioration (timing B, 15 M)
• New concepts to extend the life time of
  structures or increase their capacity, with no
  reduction in safety and with positive impact on
  maintenance (timing M, 20M)
• New testing methods for early detection of
  damages for structures and infrastructures, even
  buried, with minimal impact on traffic and
  supply (timing M, 20M)
• Develop, design, build and operate, with new or
  non-conventional multifunctional materials or
  with traditional materials of enhanced
  performances, with low environmental impact, high
  durability, reduced maintenance and operation
  costs, and increased comfort for users and
  citizens (timing M, 20M)
• Integrated life-cycle assessment systems
  combining cost-efficient and easy-to-maintain
  sensors, monitoring and performance prediction
  systems, and covering all stages of construction
  control, asset management, and optimisation of
  maintenance (timing B).
• ICT and ITS systems to optimise traffic,
  serviceability and security of networks
  integrating traffic and transport monitoring and
  management, information to users, tolling,
  incident and crisis management (timing M.
  Priority to be considered in conjunction with
  DGTREN and DG ISM).(NOTE Timing
  abbreviations B beginning, M middle, E
  end, in terms of life of FP7)

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Advisory Groups

• 2 have been established
• Clients and Users
• SMEs

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Advisory Group of Users and Clients - Members

• Dutch Ministry of Transport
• EDF European Disability Forum
• Eurocities
• Europa Nostra
• ICCF - International Construction Clients Forum
• Danish Association of Construction Clients
• Network Rail
• Danish Building Research Institute
• CSTB
• SINTEF
• AGE - the European Older People's Platform
• CECODHAS - European Liaison Committee for Social
  Housing

• GERG - The European Gas Research Group
• Monumentwacht Nederland
• UEPC - European Union of Developers and House
  Builders
• OWHC - Organisation of World Heritage Cities
• ICOMOS - International Council on Monuments and
  Sites / CHEDI - Culture, Heritage Development
  International
• UNIVERDE Agencies sarl / SUSTCON S.E.
  (Sustainable Concrete Construction
  Technologies, in creation).
• Europa Nostra
• Swedish Construction Client Forum

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Advisory Group of Users and Clients - Scope

• To secure that users and societies views and
  needs are reflected in ECTP
• To collaborate with ECTP in developing a vision
  2030, SRA, JTI and roadmap for research and
  innovation in the construction sector by
  contributing with user and society viewpoints
• To collaborate with ECTP in disseminating the
  ideas of ECTP to the Commission stakeholders
• To develop a better framework for future
  communication links and networking between users
  and society and construction sector in general

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Advisory Group of Users and Clients - Main Tasks

• Contributing and revising the draft ECTP
  deliverables from the point of view societal
  needs
• Suggest initiatives on and contribute to
  disseminate the ideas of ECTP to the Commission
  stakeholders
• Suggest initiatives on how to improve the
  framework for communication and networking
  between users and society and construction sector
  in general

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Advisory Group of Users and Clients
Recommendations to SG

• General
• User and client perspectives should be
  incorporated in the formulation and assessment of
  research proposals
• Research should have the active participation of
  users and/or client interests in both execution
  and the dissemination and application of research
  outputs
• Research should address topics and issues of
  particular relevance to clients and users
• Proposals should
• Be formulated with clear user/client involvement
• Be interdisciplinary, in that social scientists
  should be working alongside physical scientists
  on issues of management, organisation and
  implementation
• Be assessed by experts who can bring client
  perspectives to the evaluation
• Be steered by groupings that include
  representatives of client and user interests
• Have dissemination and implementation strategies
  that clearly involve client and user interests
• Seems to be similar to the way Sustainable
  Bridges is organised!

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Advisory Group of SMEs - Members

• AIDICO
• ASM (Polish NTP)
• BBRI
• Univ. of Zagreb (Croatian NTP)
• DTI (Danish NTP)
• ECCREDI
• Fédération Française du Bâtiment
• FUTUREtec

• GEODELF
• LABEIN
• OSEO ANVAR
• SINTEF (Norwegian NTP)
• SW Umwelttechnik AG
• UAB Constructus (Lithuanian NTP)
• TNO

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FP 7
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Expected budget spread
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Other initiatives relating to FP7

• QuicNet
• (are there any others?)
• Appears to be an initiative from the German
  National Technology Platform
• Initial partners
• Bilfinger Berger, BAM, DB, Schussler-Plan, TLB,
  bast, BAW, Grassel Beratende Ingenieure Bauwesen,
  TSB
• Open workshop held in Berlin 22/23 June 2006
• Clashed with Client/User AG meeting
• Still awaiting feedback
• does anybody know anything?

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QuicNet - Objectives

• To enhance construction quality in terms of
  sustainability and lifecycle from varying
  perspectives (owners, users, construction
  industry, politics, administration and research)
• To adopt a holistic approach to the building
  structures for networks and to integrate it into
  a system of lifecycle management

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QuicNet Proposed organisation

• Horizontal
• Monitoring Management
• WP1 Project Management
• WP2 Quality Assurance
• Work packages
• WP3 Survey of boundary conditions
• WP4 Lifecycle Analysis
• WP5 Infrastructure Management
• Evaluation Dissemination
• WP6 Dissemination

• Vertical
• Areas
• A1 Utility Networks
• A2 Roads
• A3 Railways
• A4 Waterways

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• Back to the ECTP

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ECTP Conference November 21-22, 2006 -
Versailles, France

• Aims of the conference
• To present some ECTP results of the last year and
  detailed initiatives of the Focus Areas and other
  ECTP Groups.
• To enlarge the number of stakeholders
  contributing to the change of the construction
  sector through the developments of new strategies
  on research and innovation.
• To identify synergies with other initiatives as
  other European Technology Platforms, Technical
  Associations, consortiums involved in past a
  present research activities.
• To disseminate EU on-going RD projects on
  Construction
• To promote research proposals for 7th Framework
  Programme and Eurekabuild (Eureka umbrella on
  construction).

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Draft agenda day 1

• 9.00 Opening session
• 10.30 Past, present and future on research in
  construction
• Research projects and networks
• ECTP
• 14.00 Past, present and future on research in
  construction (cont.)
• SMEs involvement in R,D I
• Clients users views
• 14.30 Invited speech Opportunities in FP7 for
  the construction sector, Nicholas Hartley, DG
  Research
• 15.00 Parallel sessions of information on ECTP
  Focus Areas and brokerage event for research
  proposals in FP7 and Eurekabuild
• Session 1 Cities and Buildings and Materials FAs
• Session 2 Networks and Underground constructions
  FAs
• Session 3 Cultural Heritage
• Session 4 Processes ICT and Quality of life
  (Sustainability, Health and Safety) FAs
• (Format of each session - Relevant facts from FAs
  by FA leaders (30 min.), Link between FA scopes
  and FP7 themes (15 min.), Brokerage event (75
  min.))
• 17.30 Closing of the first day

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Draft agenda day 2

• 8.30 Transport and networks
• 9.30 Synergy on construction related issues with
  other ETPs
• 11.00 Synergy on construction related issues with
  other ETPs (cont.)
• 12.00 Parallel sessions Brokerage event for
  research proposals in FP7 and Eurekabuild
• Session 1 Environment
• Session 2 Transport
• Session 3 NMP (Materials, energy, buildings, )
• Session 4 Eranet, Eranet
• Session 5 Technologies and engineering for
  innovative added-value services offered by SMEs
  in the Construction Sector
• 14.00 Parallel sessions Brokerage event for
  research proposals in FP7 and Eurekabuild (cont.)
• Session 1 Environment
• Session 2 Transport
• Session 3 NMP (Materials, energy, buildings, )
• Session 4 Eranet, Eranet
• Session 5 SMEs
• 16.00 Closing of the conference

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Conclusions

• If you havent done so already, register with the
  ECTP
• It will give you access to the private areas of
  the web site
• Consider attending the plenary assembly in
  Versailles
• Registration form is on the ECTP web site
• It is likely that most FP7 construction calls
  will be based on the ECTP priority areas
• Look at the SRAs and start thinking about
  possible consortia for new projects

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• www.ectp.org