News tech helps construction sector to be more worker-friendly
A new European project—BEEYONDERS—seeks to make life easier and safer for building workers. The aim is to pave the way for a more sustainable and competitive construction industry in Europe.
Ageing workforce, labour shortages, the need to improve the safety and the well-being of construction workers of any age and gender: these are some of the challenges that the European construction sector is facing currently.
Digitisation, automation, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are the means identified by BEEYONDERS to face these issues and help the European construction industry to increase its competitiveness, efficiency, safety and quality while reducing its environmental impact.
BEEYONDERS is a new European-funded project which aims to produce, commercialise and integrate pioneering worker-friendly technologies—such as autonomous vehicles and human robot collaboration, additive manufacturing, diagnostics and monitoring and autonomous maintenance—into real construction scenarios.
Thus, the project will demonstrate the positive impact of these new technologies in terms of efficiency of resource use, reduced waste and embodied CO2 emissions and improved safety in construction environments. This will lead to a greater wellbeing of the construction workforce, who will be at the heart of the project's innovation.
Finally, BEEYONDERS solutions will reduce the dependence on imported technologies related to additive manufacturing, human robot collaboration or autonomous vehicles, paving the way towards a more sustainable and competitive European construction industry.
"We are going to develop technology for a better, more efficient, less polluting and more human construction sector; following the best European standards and values", says Antonio Alonso Cepeda, BEEYONDERS project coordinator.
The project started in June 2022 under the coordination of Acciona and the participation of 21 partners, two affiliated companies and one associated country. For the upcoming 42 months they will work together to produce, commercialise and integrate pioneering worker-friendly technologies for Europe's construction sector.
Visit the project's website to find out more: beeyonders.eu
About BEEYONDERS
Grant agreement number: 101058548
Title: Breakthrough European tEchnologies Yielding cOnstruction sOvereignty, Diversity & Efficiency of ResourceS
Duration: 42 months (June 2022—November 2025)
Project Coordinator: Acciona (Spain)
Consortium: 21 partners from 8 countries (Spain, Italy, Belgium, France, Hungary, Denmark, Finland, The Netherlands), two affiliated companies and one associated country (Turkey)
BEEYONDERS is coordinated by Acciona Construction SA and developed in cooperation with 20 other partners:
Fundacion Tecnalia Research & Innovation, Instituto Tecnologico De Aragon, Pno Innovation Sl, Fundacion Andaluza Para El Desarrollo Aeroespacial, Stam Srl, Fondazione Istituto Italiano Di Tecnologia, European Builders Confederation, Centre Scientifique Et Technique Du Batiment, Holcim Innovation Center Sas, Fondazione Icons, Hidromek-Hydrolik Ve Mekanik Makinaimalat Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi, Infra Plan Konzaltnig Jdoo Za Usluge, Aiscat Servizi Srl, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus Vtt Oy, Caidio Oy, Fira Group Oy, Fira Oy, Fira Smart Services Oy, Cobod International A/S, Seaboost, Ingeo Bv
Contact:
Acciona (Coordinator)
Antonio Alonso Cepeda
Tecnalia (Technical Coordinator)
José Carlos Jimenez Fernandez
E-mail: coordinator@beeyonders.eu
Phone: +34 91 791 20 20
Communication & Press contact:
ICONS
Sofia Finzi
E-mail: info@beeyonders.eu
Phone: +39 0371 091065
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