1. Main ISSUES of reFINE’s R&I Roadmap-
Main ISSUES of reFINE’s R&I Roadmap
Luc Bourdeau
Secretary General
European Construction Technology Platform

2. ECTP Mission

3. Three Main Initiatives

4. Around 200 Members under the ECTP Umbrella
ECTP Membership
Around 200 Members under the ECTP Umbrella
Statistics on E2BA membership (125 members)

5. Hard & Soft Infrastructure
‘Hard’ Infrastructure
Long / very long lifetime
To support future technology changes
‘Soft’ Infrastructure
Short lifetime
Evolution driven by IT
‘Hard’ and ‘Soft’ must be combined to deliver more
Sustainability
Resilience to climate change
For new transport energy modes
For an ageing society
At socially acceptable cost

6. If Transport Infra does not change
Construction and maintenance costs to increase beyond control from sustainability requirements
Quality of services will become more difficult to ensure
Traffic congestion will continue to grow
Failing infrastructure will not cope with climate change
Deteriorating infrastructure will jeopardize competitiveness
New transport technologies will fail to develop because of inadequate / insufficient infrastructure
Environmental impact of infrastructure will become dramatic
From construction, to upgrade and maintenance, to demolition
Consumption of land, energy, raw materials
Nuisances (noise, vibrations, pollution of air and ground water)
Waste generation 6

7. reFINE Vision for Infrastructure Networks (1/2)
To support EU social and territorial cohesion in a sustainable way
To provide continuous and safe mobility for a high quality of life in sustainable European cities
To support an integrated and efficient transport system for competitive European economy
Multimodal Hubs
Urban Mobility
Long Distance Corridors 7

8. reFINE Vision for Infrastructure Networks (2/2)
To provide continuous, efficient and reliable quality of service with minimum environmental impact over their entire life cycle
To ensure smart and resilient services throughout climate change, natural and man-made hazards
To optimise and manage maintenance / upgrade so as to preserve the quality of life for the future generations of European citizens
Green
Smart
Low Cost 8

9. Multimodal Hubs Airports, Major Railway stations, Harbours
Megastructures organised for cross-modal transit
Servicing very high fluxes of people &/or freight
Critical nodes for International / National / Regional traffic 9

10. Urban Mobility Multimodal urban transport networks
A critical challenge of Sustainable / Smart cities
Develop / maintain a complex fabric of pathways, roads, subways in constricted urban space
Cultural heritage infrastructure
Developing more / deeper / larger underground facilities
Critical to ensure Local / Regional traffic 10

11. Long Distance Corridors
Infrastructure of intercity transport
Long linear structures : Highways, Railways, Waterways
Major pieces of Engineering for crossings : large bridges, tunnel crossings, etc
Integration in landscape
Critical for International / National traffic 11

12. Priorities for a High-Level Service Infrastructure
Life cycle assessment (LCA) approach for Multimodal Hubs
Extending service life of Urban Networks
Reducing impacts of Urban Infrastructure construction, upgrade and/or maintenance
Preserving functional use of Urban Networks in emergency episodes
Extending the life time of existing Long Distance Corridors
Assessing risks for Long Distance Corridor Structures
Reducing costs and disruption of Long Distance Corridors
Foresight and roadmap towards High Level Service Infrastructure
Information data management for Infrastructure
Green, Smart, Low Cost

13. reFINE Roadmap
Building Up Infrastructure Networks of a Sustainable Europe - The reFINE Roadmap
A long way behind us since 2009
Vision, SRA, Impacts
Infrastructure is in agenda of H2020 (NEW and OLD infra)
A lot more to come …
through RD&I projects
through the REFINET CSA
Promoting a large programme (PPP?)

14. The reFINE Roadmap