STRUCTURING THE ERA FOR CONSTRUCTION

R&D Opportunities for the Construction Sector

CEDEX

Madrid 21 April 2008

Christos TOKAMANIS RTD-G.2

CONTENT CONTENT

CONSTRUCTION ERA CONCEPT

ERA ELEMENTS

FP7 CALL RESULTS

ERANET

LEAD MARKET INITIATIVE

EUREKA

COST

OTHER INITIATIVES

JTI « E2B »

GLOBAL STRATEGY

FUTURES STEPS

Construction

Construction in Europe - Key Figures(source : FIEC www.fiec.org annual report 2007)

Estimated construction investment (EU 27 - 2006) : 1196 billion € 10,4 % of EU GDP 50,5 % of Gross fixed Capital Formation

2,7 million enterprises, of which 95% are SMEs with fewer than 20 and 93% with fewer than 10 operatives 15,2 million operatives7,2 % of Europe`s total employment 30,4 % of industrial employment 26 million workers in the EU depend, directly or indirectly, on the construction sectorBiggest industrial employer in Europe

Construction provides and maintains the built facilities and infrastructures required for European Economies to function effectively, including buildings and facilities for the delivery of public services. In doing so it accounts for up to 10% of the EU GDP. The sector therefore has a profound influence on European Competitiveness if its processes are efficient and reliable overall economic competitiveness will increase.

ERA CONSTRUCTIONERA CONSTRUCTION

Joining forces to establish the European Research Area (ERA) and to step up the co-ordination of research activities carried out at National and European level.

Enhancing co-ordination of national and European research programmes and policies, overcoming fragmentation, and creating an “internal market” for research it constitutes one of the central axes of the ERA concept.

The ERA has become a key component of the Lisbon Strategy for transforming Europe into the world’s most competitive and sustainable knowledge-based economy

Since 2004, the ECTP has been contributed successful by :

Implementation

Industrial TransformationIndustrial Transformation“Knowledge-based construction industries”“Knowledge-based construction industries”

NMP Work ProgrammeNMP Work Programme

Construction

Towards Knowledge-basedSustainable & client focus

Life-cycle Safety

New processNew product/service

New stra

tegies

Intelligent construction processesHigh-added value materialsNano-developments

Results Evaluation NMP 2007(1)Results Evaluation NMP 2007(1)

Topic: “Resource efficient and clean buildings”(Call Identifier FP7-NMP-2007-4.0-5, Large collaborative research projects)

Stage 1: 19 eligible proposals received

Stage 2: 7 eligible proposals submitted

4 proposals selected for funding

EC funding requested 33 M€ - Budget 295 M€

Success rate 37% stage 1

57% stage 2

Overall 22%

Topic: "Innovative added-value construction product-services”

(Call Identifier FP7-NMP-2007-4.0-6, Sme collaborative research projects)

Stage 1: 27 eligible proposals received

Stage 2: 10 eligible proposals submitted

4 proposals selected for funding

EC funding requested 11.5 M€ - Budget 75 M€

Success rate 37% stage 1

40% stage 2

Overall 15%

Results Evaluation NMP 2007(2)Results Evaluation NMP 2007(2)

Topic: “Industrialization of construction processes”(Call Identifier FP7-NMP-2008-3.4-2, Industrialization through new integrated construction processes)

Stage 1: 10 eligible proposals received

5 proposals selected to GO

EC funding requested 34 M€

Success rate ~50% at stage 1

Results Evaluation NMP 2008Results Evaluation NMP 2008

From10 countries (18 partners) in ERABUILD to 21 countries (35 partners) in ERACOBUILD (17 EU + 4 Associated)

ERACOBUILD

NEW FP7 NMP ERACOBUILD 34 Partners and 20 Member States

Might play a crucial role in the E2B JTI

6 joint calls in ERABUILD

EUREKABUILD E!3790EUREKABUILD E!3790

E!4078 EUREKABUILD STABCON (3.55 Mio€)

Development of stabilization/solidification method for contaminated sediments and other dredged materials

E!3972 EUREKABUILD GEOSUITE2 (3 Mio€)

Management and presentation of geotechnical data for solving geotechnical design problems

E!4017 MATINOX (0.74 Mio€)

Reinforced Concrete using Flat Stainless Steel Bars

EUREKA A SUCESSFUL ECTP INITIATIVE A

BOTTOM UP APPROACH CONSOLIDATING THE ERA

COSTCOST

Enhancing co-ordination of national research programmes & policies, overcoming fragmentation and creating an “internal market” for research constitute central axes of the ERA concept.

Examples of Actions within TUD (Transport and Urban Development)

C19 Proactive Crisis Management of Urban Infrastructure

C21 Towntology – Urban Ontologies for an Improved Communication in Urban Civil Engineering Projects

C23 Strategies for a Low Carbon Built Environment

C25 Sustainability of Constructions: Integrated Approach to Life-time Structural Engineering

C26 Urban Habitat Constructions under Catastrophic Events

354 Performance Indicators for Road Pavements

NATIONAL INITIATIVESNATIONAL INITIATIVES

Examples :

Poles de competitivites, clusters…

National R&D programmes : “Digital construction, sustainable construction, avanti, sara, cube, compass, buildings of tomorrow, buildings and housing….” Representing >~60 Mio€”

R&D programmes of research institutes (ENBRI, FEHRL, ELGIP…)

AN IMPORTANT ADD-ON TO EU ERA INITIATIVES

Energy Efficient Building Joint Technology Initiative

E2BE2B JTIE2B JTI

Target:• Create the winner “Energy Efficiency” European Business Consortium able to win over non European competitors.• Materialize the Energy European Strategy through a profitable wide spread “Energy Efficiency” European Market.

E2B JTI MOVING FORWARD: A STRATEGY TO FOSTER THE ENERGY EFFICIENT EUROPEAN BUILDING SPACE

• Empower the European economy saving energy consumption.• Improve the Quality of Life within the European Space.

ACCIONA (SP) VINCI (FR) ARUP (UK) KERABEN (SP) EDF (FR) ZUEBLIN (GE) MOSTOSTAL (PL) NCC (SW) BOUYGUES (FR) SIEMENS (GE) SAINT-GOBAIN (FR) DRAGADOS (SP)ARCELOR (SP,FR) HOTCHTIEF(GR) … (~20 Members)

E2B JTI E2B JTI STRATEGYSTRATEGY

European Strategic Energy Technology Plan

(SET-Plan) DG TREN & DG Research

• Workshop on Energy Efficient Buildings (May 8, 2007)• Contributions from ECTP & other ETPs• Meeting with Commissioners Pielbags and Potocnik

(June 22, 2007)http://ec.europa.eu/energy/res/setplan/index_en.htm

ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN BUILDINGS BUILDINGS

C.I.P.C.I.P.The 2008 call for proposals is your chance to apply for IEE (Intelligent Energy Europe) funding. Some 45 Mio€ will be made available, supporting up to 75% of eligible project costs.

Capacity building; building and spreading of know-how, skills and methods; exchanges of experience; development of market and intelligence; policy input; awareness raising and information provision; and education and training.

http://ec.europa.eu/energy/intelligent/projects/print/buildings_en.htm

Submit your application before the deadline (26 June 2008, 17:00 Brussels time)

SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION LEAD MARKETLEAD MARKET

POLICY INSTRUMENTS

LEGISLATION

Performance based buildings, EBPD…

PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

LCC and LCA approaches

STANDARDISATION, LABBELING, CERTIFICATION

EU standards taking into account Sustainability

Accelerate the developments of new large scale markets with great international potential. Better anticipate necessary legal and regulatory changes and use existing policy mechanisms in a more targeted and consistent manner. Design and implement such a concerted action in a small set of “pilot” markets

http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/leadmarket/leadmarket.htm

Continuing to Implement ERA in FP7 , in NMP, other Themes and in other programmes, consolidate the PPP in JTI/E2B in 2008, ERANET+

Better understanding expectations of Member States , Society, Industry & Clients & Users

Contribute to the overall EU Policies (Climate Change, Green Procurement, ...)

Helping to shape Work Programme revisions and increasing synergies with ECTP & ETPs SRA

Identify the potential need/possibilities for increased cooperation (Including International)

Learn about expectations/plans for future activities, in particular after the end of current projects

SOME FUTURE STEPSSOME FUTURE STEPS

ERA CONSTRUCTIONERA CONSTRUCTIONCORE ELEMENTSCORE ELEMENTS

COSTNATIONAL R&D

FP7 NMP/INFSO/ENV..., CIP, SET-PLAN, LM, ETAP, ERC, ECOBUILDINGS,CONCERTO… …

EUREKABUILD

ERACOBUILD

JTI E2BResearch

Education

Growth & Jobs

Innovation

EU

NATIONAL

REGIONAL

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Thank you for yourkind attention

christos.tokamanis@ec.europa.eu

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