INTRODUCTION

CILECCTA and the EC call - NMP-2008-3.4-2 Industrialisation through new integrated construction processes

The development of the CILECCTA concept has been propelled by four sets of drivers:

Building industry drivers

The European Construction Technology Platform has published three major strategic priorities for the industry:

• Meeting client/user requirements
• Becoming sustainable
• Transformation of the construction sector (i.e. its industrialisation)

EC drivers for LCC

The EC has recommended "the development of a common LCC methodology at European level, incorporating the overall sustainability performance of building and construction" to achieve sustainable building practices and improve resource efficiency.

End-user / client drivers

Clients need to plan with increased certainty and require New Generation Whole Life Costing Tools and analysis of the resultant Life Cycle Options (LCOs) to achieve this.

Commercial drivers

The consortium members are all driven by the desire to research, improve and commercialise LCCA. To align with these drivers we have assembled a consortium of 19 partners including universities, RTOs, IAGs, LEs and 10 SMEs. They have developed a work programme over four years with the principal scientific objective of researching and developing the theory of LCCA and its compatibility with codified PBs and CLIs. The application of sustainable LCOs to real assets will be proved in three large scale demonstration construction projects prior to dissemination and commercial exploitation of the project results.