Strat-CON: A strategic vision for future R&D and innovation in ICT-enhanced construction

Significant developments over the last decade in Internet technologies and ICT at a large (should it be general technology like semantic modelling, knowledge mining, or RFID and mobile technologies, or domain-oriented like e-commerce, collaborative spaces, digital mock-ups, etc.) has opened up a large spectrum of potential applications of ICT for the Construction sector. The real adaptation and deployment of ICT in Construction has indeed just started, and there is a high need to organize and plan future R&D actions for Construction ICT, while at the same time better convince Construction actors. This is the role of the Strat-CON project, introduced in terms of aims of major results in this article, and with a focus on the sub-roadmaps in line with the ICE 2007 conference topics. This work is supported by the ERABUILD network (European ERA-Net for Construction, which issued in 2005 an invitation to tender on the topic of “Managing Information in Construction”.