Carlos Carrasco CastilloUCAM student, has been announced as the winner of the Innovative Idea Awards awarded by the Colegio de Aparejadores, Arquitectos Técnicos e Ingenieros de la Construcción, together with the Centro Tecnológico de la Construcción de la Región de Murcia.
Guillermo Molina Caballeroof Castilla La Mancha, and César Antonio José Calle Morenofrom Madrid, will be awarded two honorary runners-up prizes for their ideas on environmental impact, and on the prevention of occupational hazards, respectively.
Murcia, 20 May 2024. The president of the Official Association of Quantity Surveyors, Technical Architects and Building Engineers (COAATIEMU) Antonio Luis Mármol, together with the director of the Construction Technology Centre of the Region of Murcia (CTCON), Antonio Trigueros, have announced the winners of the first edition of the Awards for Innovative Ideas in Building.
Special prize
The special prize for the best building innovation project The idea of Carlos Carrasco Castillo, a student of the UCAM, is awarded for his proposal "Human and Machine. The incorporation of exoskeletons in construction". Construction is one of the sectors with the highest risk of accidents and sick leave: "The use of exoskeletons has not yet been standardised on construction sites and can prevent many sick leaves", said Antonio L. Mármol, president of COAATIEMU. He also added that this proposal "can allow the introduction of this technology in the sector and thus reduce sick leave, which has an impact on human and economic resources for companies".
Accesit
Two honorary runners-up prizes were awarded.
One has been for Guillermo Molina Caballero (UGR and UCLM Building Degree) for his idea "SHEIMA Sociedad hispano empresarial de impacto medio ambiente arquitectónico AR+ SOFTWARE Positive architectual respect".. His initiative highlights the creation of databases and the development of algorithms applied to assess the impact of the different construction systems used in buildings and the idea of managing this information through software that allows the environmental impact of buildings to be justified with respect to the environment.
The second runner-up prize goes to César Antonio José Calle Moreno (Escuela Técnica Superior de Edificación, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) for his project "Business Feasibility and Optimisation of Productivity and Occupational Risk Prevention in Construction through the Integration of Passive Ergonomic Exoskeletons in the Construction Work Phases".. This work, unlike the first one, focused on the study of the impact of the technology, but it is not perceived that a development and adaptation to the building is intended.
The objective of these Awards has focused on highlighting the talent of Technical Architects and Building Engineers, as well as their contribution to innovation and development in the building sector.
Antonio Trigueros, president of CTCON, explained that "a large number of proposals were received from all over the country, as well as being of high quality, which made it difficult for the jury to choose".
This awards initiative is part of the existing collaboration agreement between the Murcia Construction Technology Centre (CTCON) and the Official Association of Quantity Surveyors, Technical Architects and Building Engineers of the Region of Murcia (COAATIEMU), with the aim of carrying out actions to promote research and innovation in the field of construction.
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