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SARA CUBE Annual Conference Helsinki, August
24th, 2005 THE EUROPEAN CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY
PLATFORM. An excellent opportunity for the
construction sector Jesús Rodríguez Dr. Civil
Engineer DRAGADOS (ACS Group) President of
ENCORD Chairman of Support Group (ECTP)
(www.ectp.org)
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Europe facing new challenges 1- Challenges in
Europe
Growth, activity and job recovery
Ageing population
Social Protection
Safety / security
Health
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Europe facing new challenges 2- Global
competition
USA
TAIWAN
CHINA
New technology
New products
Low wages
Malaysia, Singapour,
INDIA
High tech investment
JAPAN
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Europe facing new challenges 3- Sustainable
development
Environment
Pollution
End of low cost oil and energy
Water
Greenhousegases
Climate warming up
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The Construction sector (1)
Key Aspects

• Structures and shapes all economic activities of
  today and tomorrow
• An instrument to revive economy and investments
• A fragmented sector

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The Construction sector (2)
Key Aspects (contd)

• Accounts for 40 of all resource consumption
• Faces large environmental issues
• An actor for energy consumption management
• 25 of total industrial output
• Yields relatively low profit margins
• Faces world actors competition
• Significantly contributes to European export

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The Construction sector (3)
Key Figures (EU 15 2003)

• 910 billion /y estimated construction
  investment
• 9.8 of GDP
• 51.2 of GFCF (gross fixed capital formation)
• 1.8 million enterprises, mainly SMEs
• 97 with lt 20 operatives 93 with lt 10
  operatives
• (reference www.fiec.be)

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The Construction sector (4)
Key Figures (EU 15 2003) (contd)

• 11.7 million operatives
• 7.1 of Europes work force
• 28.5 of industrial employment
• 26 million workers in the EU depend, directly or
  indirectly, on the construction sector
• Biggest industrial employer in Europe
• (reference www.fiec.be)

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The Construction sector (5)
Traditional Construction Image
The bricks and the mason
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The Construction sector (6)
also a world competitive and technical leader

• Rion Antirion Bridge (Greece)
• Tarn River Bridge (Millau France)
• Oresund link (bridge/tunnel)
• Monaco Harbour
• European High Speed Lines
• Large Diameter Tunnels,

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The Construction sector (7)
also a world competitive and financial leader

• PPP, PFI, BOT
• Perpignan - Figueiras
• Lyon Torino
• Home Office
• Middlesex Hospital

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The Construction sector (8)
Top 10 Global Contractors
Without low cost countries CHINA (14th, 15th),
INDIA, MIDDLE EAST
(reference ENR August 23, 2004)
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The Construction sector (9)
Our objectives

• to remain a world leader
• to increase competitiveness
• to become sustainable
• to transform a traditional sector

To reach those ambitious goals we need to develop
a strong RD supported by the European Union
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ECTP a new way to achieve Lisbon and
Barcelonas goals put forward by the European
Construction Stakeholders and fully supported
by the Commission (DG Research E.Andreta,
C.Tokamanis, C.Lesniak, M.Chapuis, A.Lydon, .)
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• ECTP
• ECTP is an initiative to mobilise the
  construction sector, to be changed through RDI,
  in order to satisfy the needs of the society
• A industrial driven platform with the industrial
  commitment and the contribution of all the
  stakeholders, in order to reach the 3 GDP on
  research (1/3 public 2/3 industry)

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Stages and Deliverables

• Stage 1 getting together
• Terms of Reference (ToR)
• - Vision 2030
• Stage 2 define SRA
• - Inputs to FP7 drafts
• - SRA
• Stage 3 implement the SRA
• Open calls
• Specific mechanisms (JTI)

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HLG
Mirror Group
SG
600 members
Secretariat (CSTB)
National TPs (18 countries)
Focus Areas Underground construction, cities
buildings, networks, cultural heritage,
materials, quality of life.
Plenary Assembly (Paris, Oct. 25th, 2005)
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HIGH LEVEL GROUP (13 countries)
Construction companies Hochtief, FCC, Bouygues,
Soletanche-Bachy, NCC, Necso, Vinci, Besix,
Züblin, Dragados, Bam, T. Woodrow Suppliers
Herrenknecht, Consolis, Saint-Gobain, Corus,
Lafarge, Lohja Rudus, EdF Designers Arup,
Arcadis, Egis, Ian Ritchie Operators Autostrade
Financial organizations European Investment
Bank Researchers Salford Univ, Czech Technical
Univ., Vilnius Univ., TNO, CSTB, BAM, VTT, ZAG.
Clients Danish Broadcasting Coop., GERG, Dutch
Building Agency User organisations EDF, AGE,
Eurocities
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SUPPORT GROUP (12 countries)
Construction companies Bouygues, NCC, Dragados,
Necso, Soletanche Bachy, FCC, Vinci. Suppliers
Saint-Gobain, Corus, Heidelberg, Leonardo, EdF
Designers Arup, Evata Operators Autostrade
Researchers CSTB, DBUR, BBRI, DWW End
users/clients EDF, ASM, Deltaneth, Erabuild
(Tekes) Link with Eccredi European Commission DG
Research, DG Enterprise, DG Environment, ..
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LINKS
Appropriate links are being established at SG
level or F.A. levels with ETPs ERTRAC, ERRAC,
Steel, Water supply, Manufuture,
Industrial safety, Forest, . FP5 Networks
E-core, Geotechnet, FP6 Projects Tunconstruct,
Manubuild, I-stone Eranet Erabuild
Organisations Eccredi, Encord, Elgip, Enbri,
ACE, CIB, FIB, RILEM,
FIEC, Nanocem,
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NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS

• Involvement of all stakeholders (SMEs)
• Support from Member States
• Dialogue with societal players
• Contribution to ECTP deliverables
• Dissemination of ECTP deliverables
• Inputs for National Research Programmes

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NTPs

• Germany
• Austria
• Croatia

• Poland
• Spain
• Netherlands
• Finland
• United Kingdom
• France
• Belgium

• Denmark
• Greece
• Norway
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• 13.Slovenia
• 14. Czech

18. (Portugal) 19. (Turkey) 20. Lithuania
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ECTP NTPs

• 1st meeting (Nov. 2004) getting together
• 2nd meeting (Mar. 2005) Vision 2030
• 3rd meeting (June 2005)
• SRA draft
• Eureka umbrella
• 4rd meeting (Oct. 26th, 2005) NTPsMirror Group

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Mirror Group

• Scope Link between ECTP and Member States
• Members
• DG Research (EU)
• Member States
• ECTP (observers)
• 1st meeting Feb 23, 2005
• 2nd meeting June 8, 2005
• 3rd meeting Oct.26, 2005

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MS at 2nd Mirror Group

• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Norway
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• UK

• Austria
• Belgium
• Bulgaria
• Check Republic
• Denmark
• France
• Greece
• Italy

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New initiatives

• Focus Area on Processes ICT
• Advisory Group of clients/users
• Involvement of SME

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Vision 2030

• March 1st Endorsed by HLG

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It is easy to paint a very grim picture of the
near future for Europe
Urban sprawl
Natural hazards Pollution
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The opportunity Europe as the only continent in
the world combining high culture and high
techniques
Smart Soils
Vital cities
Drill robot
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Vision 2030

• Knowledge-an demand-driven sector.
• To satisfy the needs of clients and society.
• Providing high quality of life.
• Long-term responsibility to the mankinds
  environment.
• Good reputation as an attractive sector.
• Deeply involved in research and development.
• Companies well known by their competitiveness on
  local, regional and global levels.

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Meeting client requirements

• Europe provides a variety of attractive,
  healthy, safe, accessible and useable and
  sustainable environments
• The construction sector is based on costumer and
  user-driven life-cycle processes

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Becoming sustainable

• Europe combines high tech with high
  culture, and is a natural leader in creating a
  sustainable built environment.
• The built environment links nature and citizens
  in a sustainable way

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Generating and implementing RDI

• A construction sector that is open to innovation
  have the following characteristics
• Long-term relationships
• Knowledge-based
• A focus on performance and costs over the
  life-cycle
• Widely accepted sets of performance indicators.

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Strategic Research Agenda (SRA)

• June 2005 1st draft
• November 2005 Endorsement by HLG

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Strategic Research Agenda (SRA)

• The context of the European Construction Sector
• Societal needs
• European Policies
• New opportunities for change offered by
  technology
• Europe 2030 A vision for the future of the
  construction
• Strategic research priorities
• Meeting client requirements
• Becoming sustainable
• Transformation of the construction sector
• Making the vision a reality

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1. Meeting Client Requirements

• A variety of attractive, healthy, safe,
  accessible, useable environments, where
  significant economic prosperity is underpinned by
  social cohesion

• Healthy, Safe and Accessible Built environment
  for All
• A New Image of Cities
• Unlimited Underground Spaces
• Mobility and Supply through Efficient Networks

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2. Becoming Sustainable

• The built environment links nature and citizens
  in a sustainable way
• Reduce Resource Consumption
• Cost-effective and Eco-efficient Built
  Environment
• Efficient and Environmentally Friendly Building
  Materials
• Reduce Environmental and Anthropogenic Impacts
• Protecting Land and Water
• Impact of Infrastructure on the Environment
• Sustainable Management on European Assets
• Transports and Utilities a European Asset
• A Living Culture for an Attractive Europe
• Improve Safety and Security
• Mastering Natural and Man-made Hazards
• Safety and Security of Infrastructure Against
  Natural and Anthropogenic Hazards

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3. Transformation of the Construction Sector

• A successful knowledge- and demand- driven sector
• A New Knowledge-Based Construction Process
• ICT and Automation
• High Added-value Construction Materials
• Attractive Workplaces

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SRA contributions from NTPs

• Sept.1 Comments from NTPs
• Sept.15 New SRA version
• Oct. 26 WG NTPs Mirror Group meeting
• Nov. 10 Final draft
• Nov.22 HLG approval

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ECTP actions (1)

• To improve SRA document, by ECTP and NTPs
• To complete SRA Focus Areas documents.
• To influence the European (FP7) and National RD
  programmes getting SRA priorities in these
  programmes.

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FP7

• Cooperation
• Health
• Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology
• Information and Communication Technologies
• Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new
  Production
• Energy
• Environment (including Climate Change)
• Transport (including Aeronautics)
• Socio-economic Sciences and the Humanities
• Security and Space
• Ideas
• People
• Capacities

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ECTP actions (2)

• To implement SRA priorities (ROADMAP)
• What
• Who
• When
• How

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ECTP actions (3)

• Joint Technology Initiative Jules Verne
• IPs and other collaborative RD initiatives
  within FP7
• Eranet
• Eureka projects under Eureka umbrella
• Other initiatives at National level through
  National TPs

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JOINT TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE FOR FP7
JULES VERNE
New Construction Products Processes for
European City Districts of tomorrow
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TODAYS SITUATION

• 80 of population is living working in urban
  areas
• Globalisation requires mobility
• Building life cycle in a city is about 100 years
• drastic changes are not realistic
• retrofit and operation aspects have to be
  addressed

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Jules Verne deliverable European City District

• Reduction in energy consumption in existing and
  new buildings.
• Reduction of CO2 emissions
• Reduction of noise, pollution and traffic
• Increasing of green spaces
• Intermodal transport systems hub exchange
  efficiently located in the district for local,
  regional national and international connections
• All utility services underground
• ..

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Jules Verne JTI Research Tasks

• New comfortable buildings with reduced energy
  consumption
• Transformation of existing buildings to gain new
  comfort level
• Technologies to open underground spaces with
  competitive cost
• Free dynamic flow networks for the transit of
  people, services, goods and utilities.

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Eranet

• FP6 Erabuild, .
• Coordinating National RD programmes
• Joint calls
• ICTconstruction Finland, Austria, France and
  Sweden
• FP7
• Eranet
• Eranet Plus

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Umbrella Eureka on Construction Eurekabuild

• An initiative presented by Spanish Eureka
  organisation
• To be developed together with some National
  Construction Technology Platforms (NTPs) under
  the framework of ECTP
• To fit some priorities that are defined at SRA,
  using National RD funds

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Eurekabuild Core Group

• ECTP SG chairman and secretariat
• NTPs from
• Belgium
• Greece
• Poland
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Sweden
• Finland

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Plenary Assembly (Paris, Oct.25th, 2005)

• Public event to disseminate ECTP results and to
  get the involvement of more stakeholders
• Opening session
• 1st session Deliverables of ECTP
• 2nd session Focus Areas, NTPs, SMEs, clients
• Closing session ECTP and FP7

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Closing remarks

• ECTP Vision 2030 will be reached by
• The initiative and commitment of the industry
• In collaboration with all stakeholders
• With the support of the EC and the EP
• With the support of Member States
• Actions have to be carried out at European and
  National and levels (FP7, Eureka, National
  Programmes )

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ECTP European Construction Technology Platform
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Contributions to ECTP

• Through National TPs
• Through ECTP Focus Areas

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ECTP

• Jesús Rodríguez
• ECTP SG chairman
• jrs-geocisa-madrid_at_dragados.com
• Luc Bourdeau
• ECTP secretariat
• secretariat.ectp_at_cstb.fr
• Focus Area leaders
• (see www.ectp.org)