Introduction
The CIB Research Roadmaps aim to provide authoritative guidance and support for national and international research bodies and funding agencies.
As the illustration indicates, creating a Research Roadmap requires the following questions to be addressed:
- Conceptual Framework:
What are we talking about? This question includes the typical: What are the issues, how are these interrelated, what influences all of this, who are the stakeholders, what are the relevant areas of expertise, what are the characteristics of relevant systems, processes, and technologies? - State of the Art:
Where are we today? This question includes: State of technology, best practices, international variations, perceived problems and the world’s leading centres of expertise. - Future Scenario:
The stakeholders’ vision is described in this section: Where Do We Want to Be in Ten Years? - Development Strategy:
This section includes: What is needed in terms of knowledge, information, tools, concepts and applications to enable the respective systems, processes and technologies to be developed over time? - Research Contribution:
This section describes how research contributes to the development strategy and what the requirements for research are in order to make that contribution. - Research Agenda:
The Roadmap concludes with the agenda for research worldwide. This will include areas of science and technology development, required sequences of development, priorities, international cooperation within the research community, cooperation between research and practice.
CIB Publications
- W080 – Prediction of Service Life of Building Materials & Components – The factor method as a general framework for service life prediction Past and future trends – CIB Publication 421
- W080 – Prediction of Service Life of Building Materials & Components – Conceptualization of Service Life Prediction CIB Publication 423
- W083 – Roofing Materials and Systems – A World Historical Perspective and Summary of Best Practice Report CIB Publication 424
- W086 – Building Pathology Research Roadmap – CIB Publication 419
- W086 – Building Pathology New Trends on Building Pathology – CIB Publication 422
- W096 – Architectural Design and Management Research Roadmap for Discussion – CIB Publication 416
Clients and Users in Construction
• Research Roadmap Report – CIB Publication 371
• Research Roadmap Summary – CIB Publication 374
• Research Roadmap Summary – CIB Publication 408 Updated Summary 2016
Disasters and the Built Environment
• Research Roadmap – CIB Publication 410
Information Integration in Construction
• Research Roadmap – CIB Publication 417
Integrated Design and Delivery Solutions
• Research Roadmap – CIB Publication 370
• Research Roadmap Summary – CIB Publication 373
Intelligent and Responsive Buildings
• Research Roadmap – CIB Publication 415
TG 74 – Offsite Production and Manufacturing
• Research Roadmap Report – CIB Publication 372
• Research Roadmap Summary – CIB Publication 375
Private Public Partnerships
• Research Roadmap – CIB Publication 411
Smart Cities
• Research Roadmap Report – CIB Publication 407
Tall Buildings
• Research Roadmap – CIB Publication 396
Other publications in support of research road-map development
• Priority Theme SC – Sustainable Construction – Consultation Report 2016
• W099 – Safety and Health in Construction – Research Roadmap Report for Consultation CIB Publication 376
• W107 – Construction in Developing Countries – Research Roadmap Report for Consultation CIB Publication 413
• W117 – Performance Measurement in Construction – 2018 Research Roadmap Report
Ongoing research road-map development projects
PDF copies of presentations on ongoing Research Roadmap development projects as given on June 3, 2016 at the CIB WBC – World Building Congress:
• Edwin Chan – TG79 – Climate Change and Building Regulations
• Les Ruddock – W055 – Construction Industry Economics
• Hans Wamelink – W065 – Organisation and Management of Construction
• Keith Jones – W070 – Facilities Management and Maintenance
• Mel Lees and Ricard Burt – W089 – Education in the Built Environment
• Derek Clements-Croome – W98 – Intelligent Buildings
• Michael Behm – W099 – Safety and Health in Construction
• Geir Karsten Hansen – W111 – Usability of Workplaces
• Adbol Chini – W115 – Construction Materials Stewardship
• Sicco Santema – W117 – Performance Measurement in Construction