The main objective of the Technology Watch and Competitive Intelligence in the Construction Industries (VT-CON) project is the development of Technology Watch activities to increase knowledge in companies in the construction and related sectors, within its main lines of research.
The activities that CTCON will develop in this project will make it possible to capture current technological innovations, as well as to interpret future advances in these technologies with the aim of transmitting and disseminating them to companies in the different industrial sectors of the Region of Murcia.
The specific objectives are:
- Increase CTCON's knowledge base in specific lines of research for the sector, such as the Circular Economy (Recycling and reuse of Construction and Demolition Waste - C&DW), Digital Construction (Digitalisation of Infrastructures, Digital Twins, IoT, .... which could be included in Construction 4.0), the development of New Construction Materials and Product Engineering.
- To organise the channels for collecting the most relevant and strategic information from the environment for companies and the sector, as well as to collect the information needs of companies in the sector (where to collect and what is important and new).
- Promote the information gathered in the surveillance actions towards companies, using as many media as possible (Newsletters, Newsletters, CTCON website, other websites, social networks, etc...).
- Organising events (Conferences, Conferences, Technological Forums, etc...) to communicate technological advances in the different thematic areas.
- Preparation of technology watch reports reflecting the latest technological advances, regulatory situation, patents, etc... of relevance to the sector.
This project is financed through a grant from the Instituto de Fomento de la Región de Murcia aimed at the Technology Centres of the Region of Murcia, Modality 2: Programme of non-economic actions to support R&D, co-financed by 80% by the ERDF global grant.
