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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).

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