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Co-ordination with activities in New Associated States (Task Group 5)


Objectives

The objectives of task group 5 responsible for "Co-ordination with activities in New Associated States", can be summarized as follows:

  • To identify form and communication systems for accessing stakeholders in the ECOserve field
  • To establish a record of applied practice in the geographical area represented by the New Associated States in regard to
    • Standards
    • General technical specifications
    • Environmental indicators and tools
  • To establish an overview of present volumes of production within the ECOserve domain and of use of industrial by-products in concrete construction
  • To collect information about national plans in the New Associated States related to European Construction Technology Platform (ECTP)

Description of work

The initial task at hand will be to conclude a membership contract with representatives from all the New Associated States, i.e. Bulgaria, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. The succeeding work will consist of the following sub-tasks:

  • Mapping of applied practice in the field of Quality Assurance an Control. This work will be reated to Technical Standards, their status and correspondence with CEN standards
  • Collection of data and preparation of a report on consumption of cement, aggregate and concrete. Estimation of the potential contribution to the ECO-Serve objective in the field of the NAS area
  • Collection of data and preparation of a report on use of industrial by-products in production of concrete and in road construction
  • Follow up on activities in regard to formation of National Construction Technology Platforms (NCTP) in New Applicant States
  • Demonstrate, based on this and on the results in the four clusters, the positive environmental aspects of the ECOserve approach by technical lectures and publications in selected local languages.

Achievements

Membership contracts with 6 members from New Applicant States have been concluded. There are still missing some members, i.e. from Bulgaria, Czech Republic and Latvia. Contacts are being developped and renewed here.

This is a partial achievement of deliverable D5.1. This deliverable has been extended for the whole duration of the network.

A list of deliverables of this task group and their degree of completion can be found under "Network output".

Partners

This task will be performed by the Polish Academy of Science (PAS). DBT will make the liaison with the other Task Groups.

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