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A sectoral view of FP6:

opportunities for knowledge-driven and sustainable CONSTRUCTION in Europe.

Italian experience and proposals in the sector

Paolo ZupaICT Consultant, Italy

E-mail: paolo@zupa.it

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ANCE : The National Association of the private Construction Contractors, active in public works, residential and industrial building

(www.ance.it)

• 20,000 contruction companies of every specialization and size• 101 provincial associations• 20 regional organisations

AFM: the Association for Higher-Professional and Managerial Education & Training in the Construction sector

(http://www.afmance.it)

e.g. EDILforma Project

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leading “Proposal”:

commitment to develop a set of associative services for Innovation, Research, Education,

as a tangible example of “immaterial infrastructure” adequate to a European country

to support the Construction Industry’s growth and competitiveness

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Presentation content

1. The Construction sector in Italy and in Europe: the demand of Innovation

2. The FP6 opportunity: a sectoral view

3. FP6-related R&D projects, intents, networks

4. Preparing the ground: the EDILforma Project experience

5. References

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Construction in Europe

Estimated construction investment (EU 2000) : 852 billion €

10% of GDP, 48,5% of Gross fixed Capital Formation

1.9 million enterprises, of which 97% are SMEs with fewer than 20 and 93% with fewer than 10 operatives

11 million operatives: 7,0% of Europe`s 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

Source: FIEC (www.fiec.org)

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The construction sector is characterised by a high degree of fragmentation, with a large number of actors, which are mainly SMEs, low productivity, a low level of innovation and expensive maintenance.

This highly fragmented structure leads to difficulties in reaching the end-users and to a deficiency of a rapid take-up of R&D results and tracks for innovation

(source: e-CORE, www.e-core.org)

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So:

relevance of the Sector (in Italy, in the Single European Market), but…

(not so much positive) image at the public

critics everywhere (Europe, North America, Pacific Asia) on not pursuing improvements of efficiency, productivity and quality as other manufacturing sectors do

Benchmarking with other sectoral systems needed, to drive entrepreuneral choices in a highly competitive context

Sector perceived as mature, or low-tech, or even no-tech

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• 60% of Europe’s annual construction budget spent on the rehabilitation of existing structures

• by 2010, 25% of the European population will be aged over 60 (30% by 2020)

• persons with disabilities will rise from about 11% today to around 18% by 2020 ( e.g. incorporating barrier-free and "empowering" IST-technologies)

• The building sector is the largest end user of energy in EU• Energy saving, through RUE and RES, in the existing building

stock is a relatively new topic for governmental policy• More than one-third of the total energy used in Europe is

consumed for heating and cooling of buildings and the supply of electricity for building service technology

• road infrastructures develop significant negative impacts in terms of sustainability issues: society demands sustainability and k-based economy, new services for information, for traffic fluidity and inter-modality, for safety, + productivity gains in terms of reduced maintenance, longer service life, minimum disturbances during maintenance, less polluting infrastructures

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CONSTRUCTION

at the cross-road ofUrban development and designHousing and living stylesIndustrial sites and work placesMobilityEnvironmentEnergyWell-beingEntertainment and cultureTourism..................

emerging requirements extended Innovation

wide impact of innovation process (sector, European economy)

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Proposal (e.g. EoI/IP): Knowledge-driven and Sustainable Construction in Europe

Approach • to provide an integrated “reading” of FP6 opportunities

and priorities• to innovate construction products and processes• to sketch a framework for RTD and support actions

Arguments accounted for:

• Analysis of new business development areas• Product diversification as marketing leverage• Strategies for business organization and management

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Specific areas showing the highest-potential in terms of Research & Innovation:

Domotics; Bio-architecture; Fitness/Wellness and Entertainment Centres; Hospitality, Lodging and Resorts;

Work-site management;

New methods of work;

Relationship between execution of works and future running costs, depending on technologies embedded into manufacts

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large-scale research efforts

to contribute an extraordinary support and push to the competitiveness of the Construction sector in Europe

alignment with

requirements for quality of life and sustainability expected evolutionary trends of living styles

thus... affecting and cross-cutting large societal/economic communities (and their related interests and businesses)

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FP6:

CONSTRUCTION as major application area, to drive European-generated R&TD in ICTs, new materials,... ...

Central focus on:

IST (migration towards K-based products, services, skills)

Environmental issues, QoL, sustainable development

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multiple Activity Areas are cross-cut

Priority Thematic AreasCross-cutting ActivitiesStrengthening ERAStructuring ERA

as well as multiple Priority Thematic Areas

1.1.2 IST1.1.3 Nanotechnologies and nanosciences, knowledge-

based multi-functional materials and new production processes and devices

1.1.6 Sustainable development, global change and ecosystems

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rationale:

>> strong integration and comprehensiveness of technologies and processes

>> coherent, comprehensive set of RTD actions (medium-to-long term objectives)

vision supported:

unitary “design/production/service/end-of-life” cycle for construction products/servicesstrong inter-relation of Construction with several other sectors’ requirements (both well supported by IST)

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1) Improving the efficiency, quality and security of the production processes and environments (evolving towards highly knowledge-based production environments, enriched with ‘ambient intelligence’)

2) Improving/optimizing the construction “products”

3) Introducing new methods of work

4) e-Learning, KM and sectoral-specific digital content

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[1] Improving the efficiency, quality and security of the production processes and environments (evolving towards highly knowledge-based production environments, enriched with ‘ambient intelligence’*)

– strengthening further the development and application of ICTs for implementing effective information handling and knowledge management tools to support e.g. company management, decision making, project management, site management, operation automation and integration,….

* see ‘SCENARIOS FOR AMBIENT INTELLIGENCE IN 2010’Final Report compiled by K. Ducatel, M. Bogdanowicz, F. Scapolo, J. Leijten & J-C. Burgelman; February 2001, IPTS-Seville(www.cordis.lu/ist/istag.htm)

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[1 - CONT.] Improving the efficiency, quality and security of the production processes and environments (evolving towards highly knowledge-based production environments, enriched with ‘ambient intelligence’)

– Improving communications and interactions between workers, agents, systems, implementing suitable systems, software and intelligent wireless interfaces (e.g. portable intelligent systems to be used by workforce at work-sites, based on mobile communications and interacting with sensoring networks, managers, central application systems, databases, and intelligent software agents);

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[1 - CONT.] Improving the efficiency, quality and security of the production processes and environments (evolving towards highly knowledge-based production environments, enriched with ‘ambient intelligence’)

– Security/safety-supporting solutions to control both the working environments and the health of the workforce, not only pursuing the optimization of existing products/materials, methods, rules,…, but specifically by investigating and experimenting new solutions which are typically to be associated to “proactive surroundings” rich of ambient intelligence (e.g. early warnings and sensoring networks, self-monitoring buildings, smart building materials incorporating in-built sensors and funtional characteristics);

Technologies implied: networking; communication middleware; distributed databases; sensors; materials

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[1 - CONT.] Improving the efficiency, quality and security of the production processes and environments (evolving towards highly knowledge-based production environments, enriched with ‘ambient intelligence’)

– To improve work skills, through continuous learning supported by effective e-Learning solutions (widely customized and flexible to be tailored to different users and changing needs) and new forms of organization (based on learning environments, intelligent workplaces integrated with learning facilities and with capabilities to collect/accumulate experience memory and digital content).

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[2] Improving/optimizing the construction “products” (under both the economic and the functional respect)

– Improving energy saving and efficiency, particularly in buildings, but also in urban contexts, also (when relevant and demanded from user/community requirements) through the adoption/use of renewable energy sources (RES)

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[2 - CONT.] Improving/optimizing the construction “products” (under both the economic and the functional respect)

– Introducing solutions for improving security and safety, to protect people and property (e.g. civil infrastructures, houses and residential buildings/areas, industrial plants/areas, work places), such as multi-sensorial interfaces and ambient intelligence

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[2 - CONT.] Improving/optimizing the construction “products” (under both the economic and the functional respect)

– Integrating construction products with intelligent systems and interactive, multi-functional services to improve access, usability, destination, control:this relates to domotics, as well as to integration with sector-specific construction specifications and user requirements coming from such other societal/economic areas as fitness, leisure, culture, tourism,…, including also bio-architecture, industrial parks and, more generally, sustainable urban planning and development. Here, the challenge is to incorporate into construction practice/technology (since design to operation to end-of-life of “products”) the knowledge and the responsiveness to cope with the emerging requirements and the increasing demand for quality of life and jointly for sustainable development.

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[2 - CONT.] Improving/optimizing the construction “products” (under both the economic and the functional respect)

– Implementing a life-cycle approach to construction “products”, so that to move increasingly towards a “service”oriented industry and to optimize the overall “designproductionservice operationend-of-life” cycle, complying with sustainability requirements (e.g recycling of components,…). This refers to e.g. technologies and organization models for Facilities Management, pre-planned and self-monitored maintenance, intelligent scheduling, self-monitoring buildings and self-diagnosing materials, smart objects and their communicating capacities, distributed databases,…)

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[3] Introducing new methods of work

– Optimizing the co-ordination and integration of the construction company’s business processes with all the participants in the value chain (or, better, value networks, to strengthen the concept of flexible ad-hoc networked partnerships).

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[3 - CONT.] Introducing new methods of work

– Integration with/among different actors, by implementing groupware solutions to favour and to optimize the “mutual interdependency” among dispersed multi-skill teams, or to accelerate the R&D(or design)-to-market cycles

Technologies implied: networking; e-business; e-work; mobile communications; distributed data management; secure and trusted communication; middleware;…

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[4] e-Learning, KM and sectoral-specific digital content

– Developing systems and digital contents in order to accumulate, to access and to diffuse knowledges and know-how pertaining to the Construction sector and to the various competences/skills of the related value chain/networks, by emphasizing both the flexible customization of content access and learning processes, and the widest cross-cutting between Construction and other inter-related areas or sectors.

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• Product innovation, but merged with the necessity and trend towards a product-to-service approach (with service innovation prospects)

• Process innovation (see: materials, work methods, group/cooperative work patterns, value chain/networks).

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Emphasis on the need of strongly inter-related and coordinated activities

• Research (both medium and longer term research actions; • e.g. long-term research deals with ambient intelligence, smart

building materials, smart objects, self-monitoring buildings,…)• Technology development• Demonstration (pilot trials; pilots for set-up and delivery of

learning/e-Learning content and services)• Dissemination and Training (vs researchers, engineers,

entrepreuners/managers of Construction SMEs and related sectors’ organizations, public authorities, students,…)

• Accompanying actions to support Awareness Raising and Technology Take-up and Exploitation initiatives at Construction/Engineering companies (specially SMEs).

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Requirements:

• Major R&TD efforts • Multi-disciplinary competences (ICT, energy, materials,

architecture, management, production engineering,…) • Multiple application areas involved (building construction,

domotics, urban planning, transports and infrastructures, tourism, wellness,…)

• wide cross-Europe, multi-disciplinary cooperation among RTD centers, technology transfer organizations, training institutions, intermediate operators

• involvement of large communities of Construction SMEs, business operators, public authorities, ...the public in general too

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ANCE

• has intended to express evolutionary needs and requirements of the sector

• is a users association, representing Constructors’ interests

• is not a research organization, but catalyzes converging RTD interests and capacities from RTD centres, both in Italy and in Europe

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Liaisons with other similar European initiatives

• Associated Partner to the ROADCON Roadmap Project on “Strategic Roadmap towards Knowledge-driven Construction”, IST-2001-37278)

[1 support group also from PL].

• Associated Partner to the Southern & Mediterranean group within the INTELCITY Roadmap Project (IST-2001-37373)

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2083 – IPModel-based methods of work and ICT components for Construction in the digital economy - i-CODE The target industrial sector of i-CODE is Building and Construction, for which the wide dissemination and generalisation of eWork and eBusiness should effect major business improvement and economic leverage. New technologies (ICT) offer the promise of redefining relationships between all construction actors in the value chain, making them more market driven. The aim of this Integrated Project (IP) is to facilitate wide adoption of model based, knowledge driven ICT in the construction sector; so establishing Europe as an international leader for building and civil engineering sectors. Model based refers to semantic description of data and information for automatic processing by computers and integration of tools and applications, supporting the transformation of the conception-design-realisation-maintenance value chain in the mid-term, and better and safer buildings. Note: this EoI is Supported by the Strategic Roadmap ROADCON (IST-2001-37278) Priority: 1.1.2.i - Organisation: CSTB – Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment - Dr. Zarli AlainContact: Alain ZARLI, CSTB BP209, 06904 Sophia Antipolis, France. Tel :(+33) 4 93 95 67 36 ; mailto:zarli@cstb.fr ; URL : http://cic.cstb.fr/

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i-CODE fundamentally proposes:

• adaptation and integration of ICT to the Building and Construction requirements;

• model-based tools and components to support new processes in eWork and eBusiness;

• Build, demonstrate, evaluate and disseminate frameworks and services that supports collaborative eWork and eBusiness in Building Construction, that moreover must support the various and heterogeneous phases (from inception stage to maintenance and refurbishment or demolition) and work environments and constraints of Construction activity;

• new implemented models for smooth automated integration in the production process and co-operation between computer applications and services (eWork and eBusiness);

• Demonstrate and educate the value of those new models for collaborative eWork and eBusiness and how it is changing the way the industry works.

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Project workflow support system that learns to guide users to observe relevant information in their current working context.

Viewing of work instructions and reporting progress by site staff via mobile / wearable devices.

Web-based document management systems, Virtual meeting rooms, Virtual workspaces.

Plug-and-play mapping of non-standardised data from one application to another.

Libraries of building pro ducts containing properties, confi gu ration rules and usage instructions.

Product model based design tools, Model servers, Automatic model validation, Data exchange.

Assuring conformance to require ments, Win-win business models.

Design, cost estima tion, e-com merce, Building auto mation, Environmental impact assessment.

Adaptive systems - Self-configuring ICT systems that learn from their own use and user behaviour, and are able to adapt to new situations without manual maintenance, configuration and support.

Ambient access - Availability of ICT support, applications and data, anywhere, anytime, regardless of physical location: office, construction site, home etc..

Collaboration support - Enabling distributed team members to collaborate across organizational, geo graph ical and time boundaries as if they were co-located.

Flexible interoperability - Ability to interconnect ICT tools and systems of different enterprises very rapidly in unforeseen conditions.

Knowledge management - Sharing previous experiences, best practice and knowledge within and, increasingly, between organisations.

Model based ICT - Computer-interpretable information enabling automation, systems integration and user specific presentations.

Performance driven business process - Support for capturing and fulfilling predefined performance criteria.

Total life cycle management - Specific applications and tools to support various stakeholders in different functions and stages of the building life cycle.

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2084 - IP Knowledge Management for Intelligent Construction - KMIC A better management of knowledge in construction is likely to improve process efficiency, reduce costs, and increase quality of building, but organisational and cultural changes are needed. On their hand, new technologies (ICT) have the potential to help and support the implementation of new KM solutions. The overall aim of this IP is to make the European construction industry adopt on a large scale new IT-supported work and business organisations that improve KM within companies and in the context of collaborative construction activities with partners. The IP will generate sub-projects for the various fields of application of KM in construction activities, and will implement integration activities devoted to harmonisation, awareness, demonstration, learning and dissemination, as well as cross-projects activities for supporting KM in construction (ontologies, KM impact measurement, soft issues, etc.). Note: this EoI is Supported by the Strategic Roadmap ROADCON (IST-2001-37278) Priority: 1.1.2.i - Sub-priorities: 1.1.2.iv Organisation: CSTB – Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment – Dr. Bourdeau Marc (marc.bourdeau@cstb.fr)Click here for the submission form of this Expression of Interest For comments on this Expression of Interest, click here

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2136 - IP Bridging the Gap - CONSTRUCTION IT Construction is a fragmented industry, with low profit margins and deep-rooted working traditions. The relationships within the construction supply chain are complex. Research in Construction IT to date has had limited impact on industry. This EoI is for the establishment of an Integrated Project (IP), which aims to extend the existing construction IT research, in order to generate exploitable research results. The IP can be an independent project, or operate as a fairly autonomous work package within another IP (for example ROADCON). The IP will engage the existing successful construction IT research projects and expand their findings, so that they will become exploitable. The IP will set up: (i) a clients and senior executives club; as well as a (ii) professional bodies network, in order to influence the macro-economies and procurement practices, and also to reach the practitioners within the industry. The client’s club will select components of existing projects, which are exploitable. The professional bodies will find suitable real life demonstrations. The research teams will implement their demonstrators and identify supply chain, human factor and technological factors, which need to be considered, in order to reap business benefits. The clubs will disseminate these findings and assist the cultural change within the industry. Priority: 1.2.2 - Sub-priorities: 1.1.2.iv - 1.1.2.i Organisation: Univ. of Salford, Prof. Sarshar Marjan (M.Sarshar@Salford.ac.uk)Click here for the submission form and the full text of this Expression of Interest For comments on this Expression of Interest, click here

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INTELCITY is a one-year RTD roadmap project funded by the E.U. Information Society Technologies (IST) Programme. It aims to explore new opportunities for sustainable development of cities through the intelligent use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). It will integrate the knowledge of experts in sustainable urban development (SUD) and ICTs to deliver a roadmap that relates the range of potential ICT development options to planning and urban re/development processes. The partnership is led by the University of Salford, UK and includes: VTT, Finland; ITAS, Karlsruhe and IOER Dresden, Germany; CSTB, France; ESI of the Free University of Amsterdam, TaeD of the University of Florence and the Polytechnic of Turin, Italy; Napier University, Edinburgh and the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.

INTELCITY IST-2001-37373

Contact details: Patrizia Lombardi, Mediterranean End User Networking Platform co-ordinator, Polytechnic of Turin. Tel: +39 011 564 6423. Fax: +39 011 564 6499. E mail: patrizia.lombardi@polito.it

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ANCE - The depicted reference framework is

intended also to: • raise awareness, at associated Construction companies,

about possible European-wide RTD scenarios• stimulate interests of, and confrontations among,

universities and RTD & Transfer centres, about the RTD demand expressed by the Entrepreuneural Associated System

• identify more specific RTD actions to submit within Regional, National, European programs, based on the innovation level expressed by individual/clustered companies

• drive the planning of post-degree courses on the Strategic Management of construction companies

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EDILforma Project“Managerial training in the

building industry of the South of Italy”

“set of mutually integrated initiatives in research, training and technical assistance, with an experimental and prototipe valency in the area”

www.edilforma.afmance.it

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EDILforma Project

• addressed to those engaged in the building sector, to stimulate, strengthen and accelerate the processes of change necessary for the development of construction enterprises.

• The actions in the EDILforma Project produce value through experimentation of innovative methods and the dissemination of good practice as instruments for increasing the managerial and technical competence of those working in the building industry.

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EDILforma Project: the Mission

• establishment and experimentation of a methodology

• integration of a coordinated set of activities that can: detect and record trends in the building market; identify the requirements for change suggested by the market; prepare diversified training activities appropriate for the area.

• involvement of local players engaged, with differing skills and competencies, in the building industry chain, and co-ordinated by their local trade associations

The prototype is associated with a proposal for an industrial policy for the construction industry

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EDILforma Project

The experiences are based on the involvement of :

• about 300 young under-graduate and graduate people

• about 300 other people: businessmen and their collaborators, managers in the public administration and banks, professionals and managers of trade associations;

• 8 Universities and 8 Technical Colleges.

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High-level assistance and orientation on new Market Opportunities and Trends:

•Fitness/Wellness Centres•Entertainment•Bio-Architecture, Bio-Building•Smart home, Domotics, Intelligent Buildings

Specialized (prototypes of) services:•e-Learning•Data bases•Virtual Market Place•Knowledge Management, Content Management

EDILforma Project

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SEMINARS on key themes

NEW SCENARIOS FOR THE MARKET

FACILITY MANAGEMENT AND GLOBAL SERVICE

THE ROLE OF MULTIUTILITIES

CONSTRUCTION AND SUSTAINABILITY

NEW BUSINESS MODELS

TRAINING AND INFORMATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION LABOUR FORCE

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The CO-MASTERING feasibility and experimentation:

How to conceive and implement a post-graduate Master course on Construction Management, designed and carried-out by multiple cooperating universities, integrating:

Education & researchFace-to-face + distance learning (eL)In-class + on-the-job training

and providing socializing environments among industry, academy and research, trainees(+ contribution to renovating/adapting curricula)

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EDILforma follow-up: Implementing a network of operating nodes, collectively

providing a “learning environment” and acting as a “learning organization”;

Emphasizing the socialization among actors from industry and academy & research, with trainees on-the-job

Running complementary distributed experiences of integrated training & research:

ICT in ConstructionInfrastructuresWater cycle management Business re-organization and value-chainsSustainable development, bio-architectureScenarios and products for Tourism and Leisure TimeCultural Heritage Restoration

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EDILforma follow-up:

More:

Cooperation agreement between ANCE and MIUR (e.g. for establishing a National Research & Innovation Plan for the Construction industry)

Ref.: FP6 “Article 169” instrument (Programmes implemented jointly by several Member States, and the European Commission)

www.cordis.lu/fp6/instrument-169/

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Initiatives in other Countries

UK (DTI): “Rethinking Construction” (= agenda for the sector); CIRM (Construction Research and Innovation Management) budget

FINLAND: 6 technology programs for Construction

SWEDEN: “Competitive Building” and “Competitive Infrastructure” Programs

B, FI, DE, UK, NL, SE: specific funds for R&I by Construction firms

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FP6-related (+other) opportunities in Italy (and around)

some references

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I.P. “ADVANCED SUSTAINABLE HOUSING – ASH” (1.1.6.1 i )

Objectives:• adoption of sustainable and advanced energy efficient

technologies by building industries• improvement of building energy performance, particularly

in the residential sector• achieving relevant energy and cost savings over a life

cycle period• application of advanced sustainable and energy efficient

technologies in social houses, since the supply of houses with low operating costs can be a valid alternative to other kind of social subsidies

• innovative applications introducing RUE and RES new technologies

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The ASH proposal aims at introducing innovative, ready for market penetration, energy and environment sustainable technologies in the building sector, thus improving the overall quality of social housing in Europe.

It foresees extensive field demonstration projects of advanced integrated housing solutions using technology procurement techniques (conforming to the recently approved EU Directive on Energy Performance of Buildings)

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IST implied in ASH:

• smart system management• technological integration of aspects

related to materials, energy systems/products, ambient conditions,....

• education and training• IT communication

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ASH Proposers/partners:(Lombardia Region)• Punti Energia – Network of Local Energy Management Agencies, a

non profit Association• Polytechnic of Milan – BEST• Aler – Brescia – Social House Organisation • Centredil – ANCE – Builders Association

• + Authorities, agencies and partners from other European regions:─ Industrial partners (builders and national/regional builders’

associations)─ Social Housing Organisations─ Energy Agencies─ Universities and Research Teams

Contact: AFM-ANCEDr Paolo Zupa, Tel.: +39 347 8656881, Email: paolo@zupa.it

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TEAM S.r.l.

(contact: Dr Tayyab ABBAS SHAMSI)

address: Via G. Marconi, 46I-21027 Ispra (Varese)

Tel. +39 0332 781777Fax +39 0332 780802e-mail : teamva@tin.itWeb site: http://www.team-group.com

acts as National Contact Point in Italy for the ROADCON project

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3 lines of interests:

1. partnership in ROADCON-based Integrated Project developments

2. eBusiness: business cooperative networking, CSCW, ICT supporting value-chains/networks and business clusters– sectors: Building, other industry sectors– Polish partners sought: specially Associations (or

Consortia) of Industry Enterprises

3. eBusiness: interoperable applications and e-services for the Single European Electronic Market

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Grifo multimedia S.r.l.

Address: SP Casamassima km3, Tecnopolis 70010 Valenzano (BA) - ITALY

Tel. +39.080.4677630E-mail: a.ulloa@grifomultimedia.itWeb site: www.grifomultimedia.it

ICT company, specialized on advanced multimedia eLearning technologies and products

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GRIFO - Main area of interest/activity:

“Global e-LEARNing services for the AUTOmotive industry (LEARN4AUTO)”,

follow-up of “ELSA” project (FP5), Partnerships for multilingual and multicultural content

Searching for: Polish partners (e.g. for content localization, or other cooperative roles) to be included in the European-wide business network (e.g. companies, or their Association, in the automotive sector)

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LEARN4AUTO contact:

Ms Roberta Memeo - e-learning specialist

Grifo multimedia S.r.l. - SP Casamassima km3, Tecnopolis - 70010 Valenzano (BA) - ITALYmobile +39.348.4057744r.memeo@grifomultimedia.it - www.grifomultimedia.it

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Polytechnic of Bari- DIMEG (Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Gestionale, Facoltà di Ingegneria)Contact: Prof. Vito Albino, Tel:+39 080 5962759, Fax:+39 080 5962788, E-mail: v.albino@poliba.it

Areas of interest/activity:• SCM (Supply Chain Management)• Virtual enterprise – extended enterprise• (Virtual) value chains• ICTs supporting value-creating business

processes• Life-cycle analysis/management of

Construction processes and products• Advanced logistics and infomobility

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Polytechnic of Bari- DIMEG

Contact: Prof. A. Claudio Garavelli, Tel:(+39) 080 5962 719, Fax:+39 080 5962788, E-mail: c.garavelli@poliba.it

“Knowledge Angels” NoE about Knowledge Management

see

SIG on the KMForum Project web-site: http://www.knowledgeboard.com/

Knowledge Angels Meeting in Berlin, 23/24 January 2003

People interested in setting up the Knowledge Angels Network of Excellence are invited to meet in Berlin for planning the preparation of the proposal (23 + 24 January 2003)Venue: Fraunhofer IPK , Pascalstr. 8-9, 10587 Berlin, Germany

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Polytechnic of Bari- DIMEG

Contact: Prof. A. Claudio Garavelli, Tel:(+39) 080 5962 719,

Fax:+39 080 5962788, E-mail: c.garavelli@poliba.it

is preparing the participation to the “Co-evolve“ IP (“Co-evolving Organisations within a Knowledge Ecology”),

led by the Fraunhofer Institute,

on applications of complexity theory and knowledge management to business

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Polytechnic of Bari- DIMEG

Contact: Prof. A. Claudio Garavelli, Tel:(+39) 080 5962 719,

Fax:+39 080 5962788, E-mail: c.garavelli@poliba.it

currently preparing a CRAFT-type , or collaborative research, project for SMEs of Furniture Districts

jointly with IRC-IRIDE (Tecnopolis) + Spanish districts

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Group activities:• Construction (infrastructures, buildings)• Environment

services for waste collection and disposal; design, implementation, management of plants for

waste disposal, dumps, systems for special waste treatment;

design, implementation and management of monitoring systems (meteorology, air/water quality, fire safety;

research and development on environmental technologies (http://www.gruppointini.com/it/pages/p3d_a.htm)

• Services (e.g. BIC Sprind): training, assistance, international cooperation, business creation and development, ICT networking

• Tourism• Agro-food

Gruppo INTINI (Intini Group) - Noci di BariContact: Mr Gianni Tedeschi - Tel. +39 080 49431, e-mail: gtedeschi@intini.it - web site: http://www.gruppointini.com

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Gruppo INTINI

Companies incorporated/participated:

SMA, CAMASSA, ECOPOLIS 2000,ITALTRACO, JONICA SERVIZI, SELECO, MANDURIAMBIENTE,….Partner of ALENIA (satellite communications)

FP6 main area of interest:

monitoring/alerting systems for fire safety (eg: early warning)environmental risk analysis

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2268 - NOE

e-Learning tools supporting civil engineering courses in High-Schools - e-Construction

In the construction sector in Europe recently there is a growing demand of skills and qualifications on all levels. New construction work is done with more and more technological support and/or in prefabrication, which both lead towards more industrialise Priority: 1.1.2.i - -

Organisation: Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Università di Salerno - Prof. Palazzo Bruno (palazzo@unisa.it)

For comments on this Expression of Interest, click here

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Polytechnic of Bari - DEE (Dipartimento di Elettrotecnica e Elettronica, Facoltà di Ingegneria)

Contact: Prof. Bruno MaioneTel: +39 080 5963247E-mail: maione@poliba.it

Areas of interest/activity: Industrial Automation, System Control

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Polytechnic of Bari- DEE (Dipartimento di Elettrotecnica e Elettronica, Facoltà di Ingegneria)Contact: Prof. Franco Corsi, Tel: +39 080 5963265 / 5963313

E-mail: corsi@poliba.it

Areas of interest/activity:• Design, characterization and testing of

components• High-performance filter design/testing• Front-end and read-out electronics for imaging

systems in industrial applications• Front-end electronics for low-cost imaging

sensor systems (bio-medical applications)• Performance evaluation and optimization of

microsystems

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Relevant SITES

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FIEC : http://www.fiec.org/

25 countries (Poland included: KPB UNI-BUD, KZPB)

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ECCREDI(European Council for Construction Research,

Development and Innovation)

www.eccredi.org

The aim of ECCREDI is to contribute to the competitiveness, quality, safety and environmental performance of the construction sector and to the overall sustainability of the built environment, by increasing the extent and effectiveness of construction research, technical and process development as well as innovation.

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e-CORE (European Construction Research Network)

http://www.e-core.org/

Thematic Network project introduced by ECCREDI under the September 2000 GROWTH call

Single entry point for stakeholders seeking information on the latest technological advances in construction research

Reference group for developing future R&D strategies for the construction sector

Forum to exchange information and to find partners to undertake future collaborative R&D actions.

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ITCBP (IT Construction Best Practice): A one-stop source of information and guidance on the benefits of effective IT use for the UK construction industry (case studies, guidance on how to apply IT to construction business needs, the latest industry news, and events)

http://www.itcbp.org.uk/itcbp/

CII- Construction Industry Institute

http://www.construction-institute.org/

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Some Italian EoI’s

related with the Construction sector

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2202 - IP Integrated Project for Knowledge-driven and Sustainable Construction in Europe - E-CONSTRUCT The Integrated Project emphasizes the relevance of the Construction sector in Europe and identifies a coherent, comprehensive set of research actions aimed at supporting its overall growth and competitiveness, mainly through the use, development and customization of IST, the evolution towards knowledge-driven business models, and the harmonization with environmental issues, quality of life and sustainable development. Expected benefits are commensurated to the high density of relations between the sector and many other evolving economic/societal areas (e.g. urban planning, bio-architecture, housing and living styles, industrial/work places, well-being, entertainment, tourism,…), according to which the Project postulates a cross-sectoral and cross-disciplinary approach based on a vision of products/services incorporating highly integrated intelligence, efficiency and quality. Priority: 1.1.2.i Sub-priorities: 1.1.6.1.i - 1.1.2.iv - - Organisation: ANCE - Associazone Nazionale Costruttori Edili - Mr. Gennari Antonio Click here for the submission form and the full text of this Expression of Interest For comments on this Expression of Interest, click here

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2203 - NOE European Network for Seismic Risk Mitigation - EUROSEISMICNET Earthquakes still cause severe disruption to all societal systems in vulnerable communities. To meet the challenge of reducing earthquake consequences, a network of excellence in seismic risk mitigation, integrating the expertise of social scientists, economists, urban planners, information technologists as well as engineers and earth scientists, is proposed.The network shall lead to a European integrated seismic risk management framework, by bringing together a group of established centres of excellence in earthquake engineering in Europe, as well as institutions with specific expertise in other correlated fields.Capitalising on the existing centres of excellence, and by permeating advanced knowledge and utilising optimally the available expertise, a European research area able to compete at World level in all fields related to earthquake risk mitigation will result. Priority: 1.1.6.3 Sub-priorities: 1.1.2.i - 1.1.3.ii - - Organisation: Università di Pavia - Prof. Calvi Gian Michele Click here for the submission form of this Expression of Interest For comments on this Expression of Interest, click here

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2262 - IP ECO-Buildings for Eco-Cities: study and demonstration of sustainable solutions for applications in the Mediterranean area” - ECOBEC The project aims at the supporting the implementation of an innovative energy system for urban areas, based on: eco-buildings, featuring passive optimisation and renewable generators distributed micro polygeneration units for the efficient and ecological generation of multiple final uses of energy telematic energy networks for the energy service management. The Implementation Plan aims at supporting such implementation at different levels: by the development and demonstration of cost effective and efficient solutions for selected application cases representative of classes of future applications by the analysis and evaluation on the field of the environmental, economical benefits and by the assessment of quality and user acceptance by system study and technology transfer aimed at defining best practices and criteria for future applications, including the estimation via value analysis of their potential business. A coordinated cluster made of one System Study Project and four Application Projects is foreseen. The System Study Project aims at finalising the Application Projects and at generalising the results of the demonstration activities in view of the subsequent exploitation. - - Organisation: Centro Ricerche FIAT - Mr. Campanile Pasquale For comments on this Expression of Interest, click here

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2305 - IP Research into an integrated surveillance system for heavy construction workers - ISWork Thousands of workers are engaged in the EU in the construction of speed highways and rail tracks. This type of work is associated with serious risks deriving from different factors: geological conditions, machinery, digging, climate, dusts, Priority: 1.1.2.i Sub-priorities: 1.1.7.i - - Organisation: Centro per lo Studio e la Prevenzione Oncologica, Florence, ITALY - Dr.Seniori Costantini Adele For comments on this Expression of Interest, click here

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2318 - NOE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT & DESIGN OF URBAN MOBILITY NETWORKS AND PUBLIC SPACE - MOBILUS Several different ideas are today included in the up-to-date concept of sustainability: they influence the management of urban public space of European towns in the XXI century. One of the main concern is urban quality (i.e. architectural quality, quality of materials, etc.). Urban public space (for mobility, leisure, feasts and meetings) is also the space for mobility: there, cycling lanes and pedestrian facilities are meant to develop modes of transport alternative to car, answering to the environmental concerns of citizens. Environmental concerns of citizens play a very important role in the decision making process regarding safety, air quality, noise reduction and environment preservation as a general goal.Safety in mobility is a key point when transforming public space. We are convinced that the safety objective can play the role of a lever for decision making in town management. Priority: 1.1.6.2 Sub-priorities: 1.1.7 - 1.1.7.ii - - Organisation: UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA - Prof. Tira Maurizio Click here for the full text of this Expression of Interest For comments on this Expression of Interest, click here

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2066 - NOE Wind Effects on the Built Environment - WEBE The proposed NoE (arising from the COST action C14 in "Urban Civil Engineering") will deal with the effect of wind on the built environment, both negative and positive. The main focus will be on prevention and mitigation of the effects of windstorms, a particularly significant natural hazard: in this line, the NoE intends to foster and co-ordinate the great deal of ongoing European research on appropriate design of structures and constructed facilities, contributing to innovative materials' technologies and production process, and developing active and passive control devices. However, "negative" effects of wind can be reduced also by efficient land- and town-planning; moreover, wind has potentially several beneficial effects, like dispersion of pollutants and naturel ventilation of closed and open spaces: these aspects, so far somewhat neglected, will be underscored by the NoE. Finally, the NoE will pay attention to the potentials of wind as a renewable energy source, and as a contributor to energy saving through natural ventilation. On all these aspects, the NoE will promote sharing of results and dissemination to potential utilisers and stake-holders. Priority: 1.1.3.3 - Sub-priorities: 1.1.6.3 - 1.1.6.1 - - Organisation: C.R.I.A.C.I.V. – Centro di Ricerca Interuniversitario per l’Aerodinamica delle Costruzioni e l’Ingegneria del Vento (Università di Firenze, “La Sapienza”, Perugia and Trieste) - Prof. Dr.-Ing. Borri Claudio Click here for the submission form of this Expression of Interest For comments on this Expression of Interest, click here

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2201 - IP The Archimede's Bridge crossing: design, analysis and technology - ABCD-T The Archimede's Bridge (or Submerged Floating Tunnel) is an innovative transportation infrastructure for crossing sea straits, fjords or inland waters; with respect to more traditional crossing solutions the SFT merit lies in reduced energy consuption and air pollution and in minimized visual impact and onshore land use. In the proposed work research topics which are relevant to the structural design, structural analysis, environmental impact analysis and permanent monitoring of a SFT are addressed. Typical anticipated research areas are: 1- strucural safety against environmental and accidental loading (fires, intentional attacks), 2- impact on the marine (or inland water) and shore environment, 3 - intelligent monitoring of structural integrity, hazardous events and environmental indicators. Priority: 1.1.3.iii Sub-priorities: 1.1.2.i - - Organisation: Dipartimento di Ingegneria Strutturale - Politecnico di Milano - Mr. Perotti Federico Click here for the submission form and the full text of this Expression of Interest For comments on this Expression of Interest, click here

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2162 - IP Wind reliability of Built Environment, cultural Heritage and Signature Structures - BEHSST Extreme wind causes every year great damage and huge losses to built environment. The technological progress of our society contributes to increase its vulnerability through the realisation of ever more hazardous and highly costly structures. The ageing of cultural heritage implies growing problems for the preservation of monuments. Past and present offer numberless examples of collapses and structural crises. However, despite recent advances in wind engineering, appropriate methods for estimating the wind reliability are still very limited. In response of this challenge, this IP develops new strategies aimed at improving safety and sustainable management of built environment, cultural heritage and signature structures under extreme wind actions and at creating a reference model for a perspective European database, monitoring network and safety plan. - - Organisation: Genoa University Click here for the submission form of this Expression of Interest For comments on this Expression of Interest, click here

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2201 - IP The Archimede's Bridge crossing: design, analysis and technology - ABCD-T

The Archimede's Bridge (or Submerged Floating Tunnel) is an innovative transportation infrastructure for crossing sea straits, fjords or inland waters; with respect to more traditional crossing solutions the SFT merit lies in reduced energy consuption and air pollution and in minimized visual impact and onshore land use. In the proposed work research topics which are relevant to the structural design, structural analysis, environmental impact analysis and permanent monitoring of a SFT are addressed. Typical anticipated research areas are: 1- strucural safety against environmental and accidental loading (fires, intentional attacks), 2- impact on the marine (or inland water) and shore environment, 3 - intelligent monitoring of structural integrity, hazardous events and environmental indicators. Priority: 1.1.3.iii Sub-priorities: 1.1.2.i - - Organisation: Dipartimento di Ingegneria Strutturale - Politecnico di Milano - Mr. Perotti Federico Click here for the submission form and the full text of this Expression of Interest For comments on this Expression of Interest, click here

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2150 - NOE Science and Technology for the Cultural Heritage - CULTUREX The conservation of Cultural Heritage has a great relevance in all European countries and in consideration of the progressive integration and harmonisation of all activities in the EC area, it seems very useful, in the frame of IST, the creation of a Network of Excellence (CULTUREX) in which the critical mass required for approach the general problem of dynamic access to and preservation of Cultural Heritage is achieved with the participation of Leading Institutions, Research Centres and IT SMEs of several EC and NAS countries They will be linked under a common structure which will use future generation of information technologies in order to render accessible historical, scientific and technological aspects, involved in the conservation field, creating an user friendly Interactive European Data Base (IDB) and developing specific e-courses. The main objective of the proposal is to provide technological base and demonstrate possibility to use intelligent systems for dynamic access of the results of successful RTD projects bringing people to active participation on the preservation of local cultural heritage. - - Organisation: CNR - Mr. Piero Tiano Click here for the submission form of this Expression of Interest For comments on this Expression of Interest, click here

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