Objective The objective of the E-Construct project is to help the European Building and Construction (BC) industry to build faster, cheaper and better, by developing, demonstrating and disseminating a new Communication Technology (CT) that is specifically tailored to the industry needs. Although Internet (plus Intranet and Extranet) potentially forms the ideal open, low-cost communication platform for the BC industry, in practice Internet is currently only used in a limited way because of insecurity, insufficient bandwidth and insufficient structuring of information. E-Construct will develop an Internet (XML)-based Building-Construction Markup Language (BCML) that will provide the right information infrastructure for this industry.This will include a number of national flavours specific for the European BC industry. I will be semantically rich and support many of the notions used in practice. The semantics will support electronic business communication about construction products, resources, work methods, regulations and much more. The semantics will be developed in a separate part that acts as a "neutral" classification system providing classification neutral object identifications. BCML-based electronic communication will be fast, open, secure, inexpensive, and widely available and applicable. E-Construct will develop a cluster of three related BCML-based applications that support the supply chain and the execution of large-scale projects involving partners from multiple member states and are of enough interest to boost its application in industry.E-Construct will co-operate with other organisations that develop XML vocabularies for electronic business for the Building and Construction industry, i.e. the aecXML working group initiated by Bentley Systems in the USA and the ebXML organisation initiated by UN/CEFACT and AOSIS. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesinternet Programme(s) FP5-IST - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on a "User-friendly information society, 1998-2002" Topic(s) 1.1.2.-2.3.3 - Enhanced consumer-supplier relationships Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator TAYLOR WOODROW CONSTRUCTION LIMITED EU contribution No data Address RUISLIP ROAD 345 UB1 2QX SOUTHALL United Kingdom See on map Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BETANET SA Greece EU contribution No data Address SYNGROU AVENUE 18 11742 ATHENS See on map Total cost No data Business Unit of TNO Built Environment and Geosciences Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Van Mourik Broekmanweg 6 2628 XE DELFT See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE DU BATIMENT - CSTB France EU contribution No data Address 4, AVENUE DU RECTEUR POINCARE 75782 PARIS See on map Total cost No data EPM ENGINEERING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY AS Norway EU contribution No data Address GRENSEVEIEN 107 0663 OSLO See on map Total cost No data NEMETSCHEK AG Germany EU contribution No data Address RIEDENBURGER STRASSE 2 81677 MUENCHEN See on map Total cost No data STICHTING STANDAARDBESTEK BURGER- EN UTILITEITSBOUW Netherlands EU contribution No data Address WILLY BRANDTLAAN 81 6716 RJ EDE See on map Total cost No data TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT Netherlands EU contribution No data Address JULIANALAAN 134 2628 BL DELFT See on map Total cost No data