1. H-KNOW NMP-2007-214567 Advanced Infrastructure for Knowledge Based Services for Buildings Restoring Project Overview FSMLR/LABEIN Dr. Mikel Sorli

2. Agenda 1.Background 2.Needs 3.Business Objectives 4.S&T Objectives 5.H-KNOW Concept 6.Business Cases 7.Current Actions 8.Next Actions

3. 1. Background  Increasing number of multidisciplinary complex works in construction industry (CI), particularly for maintenance / restoration of old and CH buildings.  The nature of these works requires small, highly competent and flexible organisations, i.e. specialised SMEs.  Lack of information flow between different actors taking a role in the processes. ECTP 2009 - LE PLAZA HOTEL - BRUSSELS 24 & 25 November 2009

4. 2. Needs  Innovative solutions to support new forms of collaborative working networks of SMEs and RTD experts for restoration and maintenance.  SMEs need to: –Create business collaborations to carry out complex projects –Access to competitive knowledge in materials/processes ECTP 2009 - LE PLAZA HOTEL - BRUSSELS 24 & 25 November 2009

5. 3. Business Objectives  Advanced and cost-effective solution  The project plans to develop an ICT solution, which will include: –(1) an advanced support for realisation of new forms for SME-RTD networking through their specific knowledge/competence integration, within a new collaboration structure and –(2) innovative services for competitive knowledge sharing and training providing  The system should provide the possibility for interactive sharing, generation and reuse of the branch specific knowledge and essential expertise ECTP 2009 - LE PLAZA HOTEL - BRUSSELS 24 & 25 November 2009

6. 4. S&T Objectives  Methodology for creation of SME-RTD Virtual Collaborative Networks (VCNs), supported by a set of models and methods for: –Network set-up (respecting organisational, cultural and technical aspects) and –Procedures/models for knowledge structuring and management, adapted specifically for and by SMEs.  SOA platform, hosting a set of services for: 1.Management of Social Interactions (MSI) Services enabling a framework for collaboration (VCN establishment). 2.Ontology and KM Services for efficient knowledge collection and sharing within the RTD-SME networks. 3.Technology Enhanced e-Learning (TEL). Definition and development of an optimal form of e-learning from inputs of KM Services. The platform should enable interactive knowledge sharing among RTDs & SMEs within VCNs. ECTP 2009 - LE PLAZA HOTEL - BRUSSELS 24 & 25 November 2009

7. 5. H-KNOW Concept (I) ECTP 2009 - LE PLAZA HOTEL - BRUSSELS 24 & 25 November 2009 Business Opportunity ? Initialisation of VBE Creation

8. 5. H-KNOW Concept (II)  MSI Services –Creation of Virtual Collaborative Networks (VCNs) out of a Virtual Breeding Environment (VBE) Searching for optimal team (VCN creation) Searching for expertise –Collaboration tracing (statistics) –Select communication needs (voice, e-mail, chat, etc) ECTP 2009 - LE PLAZA HOTEL - BRUSSELS 24 & 25 November 2009

9. 5. H-KNOW Concept (III)  KM Services and Ontology –Knowledge collection from CKR and experts Ontology definition –Resource discovery (searching) for similar works –Customized services to support works (CASS) Business Cases Specific Services ECTP 2009 - LE PLAZA HOTEL - BRUSSELS 24 & 25 November 2009

10. 5. H-KNOW Concept (IV)  TEL Services –Discovery of Learning pills from inputs of the Ontology and KM Services Learning Objects creation –Courses scheduling –Courses tracking ECTP 2009 - LE PLAZA HOTEL - BRUSSELS 24 & 25 November 2009

11. 5. H-KNOW Concept (V) ECTP 2009 - LE PLAZA HOTEL - BRUSSELS 24 & 25 November 2009

12. 5. H-KNOW Concept (VI) Architecture ECTP 2009 - LE PLAZA HOTEL - BRUSSELS 24 & 25 November 2009

13. 6. Business Cases (I)  BC1 (German) - Gathering of knowledge related to new materials/processes & VCN business aspects (MSI & KM Services) –Focus on the realisation of the Collaborative Application Specific Services "Energy-efficient buildings restoration" and "Old Building Maintenance". –Application of the: MSI services for organisation of the innovative long-term collaboration forms, KM based services for monitoring of new materials related knowledge sources and for collection of documents related to business aspects in SME networks. ECTP 2009 - LE PLAZA HOTEL - BRUSSELS 24 & 25 November 2009

14. 6. Business Cases (II)  BC2 (Spanish) - CH restoration knowledge gathering & transfer into a learning content (KM & TEL Services) –Focus on the realisation of the Collaborative Application Specific Service "CH Object restoration“. –KM services: Appropriate structuring of the large knowledge corpus collected from international sources Knowledge structuring to be done aiming at its reuse in future CH restoration works as a kind of e-Guidelines for Restoration –TEL services: Generation of training content (using knowledge from KM) and its transference to the learning objects/pills. ECTP 2009 - LE PLAZA HOTEL - BRUSSELS 24 & 25 November 2009

15. 6. Business Cases (III)  BC3 (Portuguese) - Knowledge resources discovery and teams creation (MSI & KM Services) –Focus on the realisation of the Collaborative Application Specific Services "CH Object restoration" and "Old Buildings Maintenance” –Resources discovering using the eConstroi e- marketplace created and managed by partner VORTAL ECTP 2009 - LE PLAZA HOTEL - BRUSSELS 24 & 25 November 2009

16. 6. Business Cases (IV)  BC4 (Italian/French) - Knowledge resources discovery and On-site provision of the climatology related knowledge to teams (KM & MSI Services) –Focus on the realisation of the Collaborative Application Specific Service "CH Object restoration". –KM: Existing knowledge on specific aspects related to the influences of the past and present climate changing will be collected and made available for reuse –MSI: Online support to mobile workers in a construction site, which is often in remote areas ECTP 2009 - LE PLAZA HOTEL - BRUSSELS 24 & 25 November 2009

17. 6. Business Cases (V) Summary

18. 7. Current Actions  Project Status: M11 out of 36M (30%)  Activities: –Methodology and Ontology Specification based on: SotA and requirements analysis, Methodology and System Concept and Business Cases –Platform specification MSI Services specification KM Services specification TEL Services specification ECTP 2009 - LE PLAZA HOTEL - BRUSSELS 24 & 25 November 2009

19. 8. Next Actions  Activities: –Methodology and Ontology development Based on the specification –Early Prototype implementation for the 4 BCs Testing and assessment procedures in order to gather users’ feedback for the full prototype implementation –Demonstrators Validation of H-KNOW results within the VCN to bring these to the related Construction Industry community ECTP 2009 - LE PLAZA HOTEL - BRUSSELS 24 & 25 November 2009

20. 7. Current Actions –First version of the exploitation plan released on M9 Exploitable Foreground identified: –ICT tool –Methods of application of technologies for VCN management within CI Purpose of Exploitable Foreground: –In further research activities –For developing and creating a new product –For providing a service Exploitation ways: –First 12 months after the end of the project: Enhancement of the SW services based on the application at the end-users and presentation of H-KNOW to other potentially interested ICT providers –Following stages: Exploitation of H-KNOW methodology and services in other industrial sectors In parallel to the joint exploitation activities, each partner will develop own plans for the exploitation of project results ECTP 2009 - LE PLAZA HOTEL - BRUSSELS 24 & 25 November 2009

21. Thank you very much for your attention Dr. Mikel Sorli sorli@labein.es http://www/h-know.eu