VINCI - 2005 annual report
VINCI - 2005 annual report
VINCI - 2005 annual report
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A RESPONSIBLE GROUP / R&D AND INNOVATION<br />
146<br />
RESEARCH AND<br />
DEVELOPMENT POLICY<br />
The research, development and<br />
innovation committee, comprising<br />
representatives from various <strong>VINCI</strong><br />
entities, meets every two months.<br />
Its task is to facilitate the sharing of<br />
ongoing research within <strong>VINCI</strong> or within<br />
the framework of European projects,<br />
such as ECTP (European Construction<br />
Technology Platform) and ENCORD<br />
(European Network of Construction<br />
Companies for Research and Development).<br />
The committee is also responsible for<br />
promoting prize-winning projects from<br />
the different <strong>VINCI</strong> Innovation Awards<br />
competitions by identifying innovations<br />
that lend themselves to wider application<br />
across the Group.<br />
Research programmes in <strong>2005</strong> and the companies<br />
involved<br />
Energy saving<br />
Pollution control<br />
Road safety, transport<br />
Prevention<br />
of natural risks<br />
<strong>VINCI</strong> <strong>2005</strong> ANNUAL REPORT<br />
Each business line manages its own<br />
budget and R&D projects based on the<br />
specifi c challenges of its activity. Eurovia<br />
invests 6% of its revenue in R&D,<br />
focusing primarily on sustainable<br />
development, road safety and<br />
the management of its road assets.<br />
The Group encourages exchanges<br />
between national and international<br />
laboratories with the aim of facilitating<br />
inter-company technology transfers.<br />
<strong>VINCI</strong>, which is a member of France’s<br />
technological research association<br />
(ANRT), has also strengthened its<br />
relations with the academic world,<br />
recruiting young PhD students under<br />
industrial training and research contracts<br />
(CIFRE) and participates in CIFRE<br />
forums.<br />
‰ “Home vert” site hut (GTM Construction).<br />
‰ Cold recycling of asphalt mix (SCORE programme, Eurovia).<br />
‰ Recycling in Europe (part of SAMARIS programme, Eurovia).<br />
‰ Environmentally friendly construction (E_co-housing, GTM Construction).<br />
‰ Automated compaction (CIRCOM programme, Eurovia).<br />
‰ Lower temperature road surfacings (coatings, asphalt mixes, Eurovia).<br />
‰ Urban lighting (Citéos CENTER programme, Générale d’Infographie and Citéos/<strong>VINCI</strong> Energies).<br />
‰ Pollution removal from facades (PICADA programme, GTM Construction).<br />
‰ NOx absorbent noise barriers (Eurovia).<br />
‰ Micro-emulsions (Eurovia).<br />
‰ Cold plasma treatment of binder plant fl ue gases (Eurovia).<br />
‰ Biodegradable emulsifi ers (Eurovia).<br />
‰ Vegetable-oil based fl uxing agents (Eurovia).<br />
‰ Remote measuring of atmospheric pollution (Degréane/<strong>VINCI</strong> Energies).<br />
‰ Meteorological observation and environmental monitoring (programmes run by <strong>VINCI</strong> Energies<br />
and ADEME, Météo France, Centre de Recherche Atmosphérique, Laboratoire des Sciences et de<br />
l’Environnement Electromagnétique Terrestre).<br />
‰ New concepts in road construction (European NRCC programme, Eurovia).<br />
‰ Heat-sensitive marking (Eurovia).<br />
‰ Design and deployment of intelligent transport systems on the trans-European road network (European<br />
ARTS programme, Cofi route).<br />
‰ Technical interoperability between electronic toll collection systems in Europe, notably between the<br />
French Liber-t and German Toll Collect systems (European RCI project, Cofi route).<br />
‰ Vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure information systems to avoid pile-ups and improve road<br />
safety (European SafeSpot programme, Cofi route).<br />
‰ Earthquakes and landslides (European Lessloss programme, <strong>VINCI</strong> Construction Grands Projets)<br />
‰ Folding fusegates for dams (Hydroplus/<strong>VINCI</strong> Construction).