1. Brno 20 th April ___________ Scott Steedman President, ECCREDI and the E-CORE project Strategies for construction research in Europe

2. ECCREDI – the European Council for Construction Research Development and Innovation, manages: E-CORE – the European Construction Research Network www.e-core.orgwww.e-core.org

3. E uropean F ederation of E ngineering C onsultancy A ssociations http://www.efcanet.org E uropean L arge G eotechnical I nstitutes P latform http://www.elgip.net E uropean N etwork of B uilding R esearch I nstitutes http://www.enbri.org E uropean N etwork of C onstruction C ompanies for R esearch and D evelopment http://www.encord.org E uropean O rganisation for T echnical A pprovals http://www.eota.be F orum of E uropean N ational H ighway R esearch L aboratories http://www.fehrl.org E uropean C onstruction I ndustry F ederation http://www.fiec.org E uropean L iaison C ommittee for S ocial H ousing http://www.cecodhas.org E N B R I A rchitects’ C ouncil of E urope http://www.ace-cae.org T he C onsortium of E uropean B uilding C ontrol http://www.cebc.co.uk T he E uropean C ement A ssociation http://www.cembureau.be C ouncil of E uropean P roducers of M aterials for C onstruction http://www.cepmc.org E uropean A sphalt P avement A ssociation http://www.eapa.org E uropean C ouncil for B uilding P rofessionals http://www.ecbp.org E uropean C ouncil of C ivil E ngineers http://www.eccenet.org E uropean C onvention for C onstructional S teelwork http://www.steelconstruct.com ECCS CECM EKS

4. E-CORE DEVELOPING STRATEGY Who: for the Commission Why: to help the Commission reach its objectives and the sector to improve its performance, and in particular: to recommend priorities for research, development and innovation expenditure to influence Member States, industry and institutions towards the built environment

5. 12 Months  Development of RTD database  Technology Watch  Strategy development Oct 2002Oct 2003April 2005 Oct 2001 200220032004 24 Months Oct 2004 E-CORE

6. Database & RTD info Portal Luc Bourdeau www.e-core.org

7. E-CORE Technology Watch, Transfer & Innovation Brian Atkin www.e-core.org

8. aimed at political objectives: a competitive, knowledge based economy, sustainable development, quality of life … DEVELOPING STRATEGY the E-CORE strategy www.e-core.org

9. DEVELOPING STRATEGY – OUTPUT Environment and society Users Materials and technologies Production Workforce Five ‘views’ of a strategy www.e-core.org

10. DEVELOPING STRATEGY – OUTPUT www.e-core.org/survey

11. SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION Road map High level goals Baseline

12. DEVELOPING STRATEGY - TOOLS using mapping tools

13. THE VIEW OF THE END USER performance approach visualisation training and empowerment

14. DEVELOPING STRATEGY – GOALS Productivity Image Worker satisfaction Client satisfaction User (society) satisfaction Process improvement Culture of innovation Common standards Sustainable construction Product performance COMMON GOALS

15. B4E - Building for a European Future Conference to debate the E-CORE strategy at Maastricht, October 2004 www.b4e.org

16. Next steps: A High Level Group to develop visions for the future: delivering the E-CORE strategy developing a new research agenda for construction in FP7

17. iBUILD www.ibuild-online.com Research to practice: TNO Delft, European Design Centre

18. to develop visions by scenario building, based on drivers for change …

19. Construction research strategy for Europe ECCREDI E-CORE HLG for the Built Environment Scott Steedman info@eccredi.org