Objective The construction sector is one of Europe's biggest industries accounting for 10% of Gross Domestic Product with approximately 92% of manufacturers being SMEs. This sector directly employs 12 million EU citizens and 26 million workers are dependent on the sector. However, due to the global economic crisis, the last few years have been full of uncertainty for many companies in the construction and engineering industry. These companies are facing fierce competition and winning new contracts as well as delivering on schedule and on budget is fundamental to their survival. Core to these problems are, enterprises and more especially SMEs are operating in a dynamic business environment with constant exposure to risk leading to underperformance, low productivity and sometimes businesses could stop trading overnight. This project therefore, aims at developing a cost effective, user friendly risk management system, which evaluates, monitors, and reviews both imminent and impending risks with a view to completely eliminate or minimise their impact. RiMaCon consortium wishes to challenge and overcome the current non trivial, interdisciplinary and intersectoral barriers currently preventing the development and implementation of efficient risk management systems in SMEs. It will therefore design and develop a robust, reliable, and sustainable risk management prototype system suitable and affordable for the construction SMEs, possibly in a software format or a portal. This risk management prototype will be dynamic, flexible to adapt to different construction contexts. RiMaCon has already carried out preliminary survey / investigation and confirmed this need especially for SMEs who are under resourced, vulnerable and also lack the technology to develop a robust risk management system. RiMaCon (two Universities and two SMEs) is balanced in terms of expertise and knowledge to tackle this problemn and will work with a large database of construction SMEs who would provide the data. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabasesnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware applicationssystem softwaresocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economicsproductivitysocial sciencessociologygovernancecrisis management Programme(s) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IAPP - Marie Curie Action: "Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways" Call for proposal FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IAPP See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MC-IAPP - Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) Coordinator UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON EU contribution € 409 912,52 Address WULFRUNA STREET WV1 1LY Wolverhampton United Kingdom See on map Region West Midlands (England) West Midlands Wolverhampton Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Chike F. Oduoza (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ZAPADOCESKA UNIVERZITA V PLZNI Czechia EU contribution € 89 137,67 Address UNIVERZITNI 8 301 00 Pilsen See on map Region Česko Jihozápad Plzeňský kraj Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Jiri Tupa (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data DANSK BRAND- OG SIKRINGSTEKNISK INSTITUT FORENING Participation ended Denmark EU contribution No data Address JERNHOLMEN 12 2650 Hvidovre See on map Region Danmark Hovedstaden Københavns omegn Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Tina Sander (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THYME SOFTWARE LIMITED Participation ended United Kingdom EU contribution € 1 100,00 Address THE INNOVATION CENTRE COVENTRY UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY PARK PUMA WAY CV1 2TT COVENTRY See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact John Pinner (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data VETTORAZZO COSTRUZIONI SRL Italy EU contribution € 380 790,47 Address VIA DEL PROGRESSO 26 35127 PADOVA See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Marco Vettorazzo (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data COMPUTORS LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 40 376,57 Address OATLANDS WAY 8 WV6 7XW WOLVERHAMPTON See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Wayne Robinson (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data