TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION is a private, independent, non-profit applied research centre of international excellence. Legally a Foundation, Tecnalia is the leading private and independent research and technology organisation in Spain and one of the largest in Europe, employing 1,419 people (164 PhDs) and with income of 110 Million € in 2012. TECNALIA is committed to generate major impacts in economic terms, by means of innovation and technological development, addressed by 7 business divisions, covering economic sectors of Construction, Energy, Industry, Transportation, Health and ICT. The Sustainable Construction division covers the whole value chain of the construction sector, from materials building and products to the buildings themselves, the city and the civil infrastructures. The division’s activity focuses on efficient use of resources, upgrading and life extension of buildings and infrastructures and urban regeneration, paying special attention to cultural heritage.

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Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Bizkaia C/Geldo Edificio 700 48160 Derio (Bizkaia) SPAIN Tel.: +34 946.430.850
Maria Zalbide
www.tecnalia.com
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RINA Consulting is the engineering consultancy division of RINA, a global corporation that provides engineering and consultancy services, as well as testing, inspection and certification. RINA Consulting is the result of the integration of a number of internationally respected companies including D’Appolonia, Centro Sviluppo Materiali, Edif ERA (ERA Technology), G.E.T., Logmarin Advisors, OST Energy, Polaris, SC Sembenelli Consulting and Seatech. RINA Consulting brings together a rich heritage of engineering consultancy expertise into one unique organisation. Working alongside Clients, as a trusted technical partner, RINA Consulting provides a wide range of traditional and innovative services to critical industry sectors, including Oil & Gas, Power, Renewables, Space & Defence, Steel, Transport & Infrastructure sectors. Our 1,700 talented professionals give us the depth of experience across engineering disciplines to support Clients at each phase of their project – from initial concepts and design, through to operation, maintenance and decommissioning. We are committed to providing services that are of the highest quality for our Clients, creating added value for their business through our technical advice and support - managing risk, operating safely, in a sustainable way and optimising performance.

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RINA Consulting Via San Nazaro 19, Genova ITALY Tel.: +39 010 6021730
Clemente Fuggini
www.rinaconsulting.org
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Universidad de Cantabria (UC) is a modern public institution with an overall budget in 2016 of 105.9M€, whose main purpose is to contribute to social progress through teaching and scientific excellence. This allowed UC to confirm the “International Campus of Excellence” label in December 2014 with the highest score.
In terms of EU Projects, the UC has an extensive experience in international research projects and programmes, specifically in the 7th Framework Programme (2007 – 2013), but also in the first Horizon 2020 calls. UC participated in 54 FP7 projects with more than 12M€. In the first H2020 calls (2014 – 2015 WPs), it has obtained 18 projects for more than 6.5M€. It currently coordinates 5 EU projects (FP7, ERC, MSCA y ERA-NET) and in December 2014, the UC obtained its first ERC for a total of 1.5M€. In addition to participating in more than 70 projects from the EU Framework Programmes for Research and Innovation, UC actively participates 22 projects from other European funding schemes such as: Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme, CIP-Pilot Actions (3), LIFE+ (3), Research Fund for Coal and Steel (2), Civil Protection (1), Creative Europe (1), European Investment Bank-University Research sponsorship programme (EIBURS), Atlantic Area (6), Interreg SUDOE (1), Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency (Chafea) (1), E-Content Plus(1), EEA Grants (1) and ERA-NETs (3).

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Universidad de Cantabria Av de los Castros s/n. 39005 Santander (Cantabria) SPAIN Tel.:+34942 201758
Antonia Pérez Hernando
www.web.unican.es
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ACCIONA Construcción is a leading European construction company constructing and managing buildings and civil infrastructures under the sustainability principles. It has an international presence in more than 30 countries and its total turnover in 2015 was about 3,33billion€, employing by 14.000 people. The company is now a leader in R&D and innovation and is ranked among the leading construction companies in the world recognized for its practice of implementing the most advanced and innovative techniques and technology, selectively incorporating those most suitable for each individual project.

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C/ Valportillo Segunda, 8 Polígono Industrial Alcobendas 28108 Alcobendas Madrid SPAIN Tel. :+34 91 791 20 20
Rafael Socorro José Luis Burón
www.acciona.com
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Louis Berger (LB) carries out its work in the engineering area, within the private and public sectors. Founded in 1987 and having consolidated its position as one of the most prestigious design centers worldwide, LB has a wide network of offices established in geographical focal points strategically distributed around the world: Spain, Latin America and North America.
LB designs global solutions within the main engineering and architectural fields: infrastructures, hydraulic works, town and city planning, environment, building, industry and energy, management and new technologies. The company offers comprehensive consulting services, ranging from the preliminary design and engineering design to construction supervision and construction management phases, including all the management, advisory and organization processes.

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Parque Científico y Tecnológico, Avenida Albert Einstein, Nº 6 Santander, Cantabria, SPAIN
Tel.:+34 942 290 260
Montesclaros Gutierrez Gonzalez
www.louisberger.com
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SŽ-Infrastruktura, d.o.o (SZI) or Slovenian railway network is the national infrastructure manager on Slovenian railway network. The company is a part of state owned Slovenian Railways Company (SZ-Group). SZ-Group is the backbone of Slovenia's public passenger transport system, and an important factor of supporting the economy by providing comprehensive logistical transport solutions on the crossing of two TEN-T and Pan-European traffic corridors.
SŽ-Infrastruktura, d.o.o. as one of the companies within SZ-Group is according to the provisions of the legislation responsible for maintenance of the public railway infrastructure, traffic control and infrastructure management. It covers 1207 km of railway lines (39 % electrified 3kV DC and 27 % double track line), 128 rail stations and 888 railroad crossings.

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Kolodvorska 11 1000 Ljubljana SLOVENIA
Tel: +386 1 29 14 021
Matjaž Kranjc
www.slo-zeleznice.si
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Aon is the leading provider, in Italy and worldwide, of risk management, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, and human resources solutions and outsourcing services. Aon plc is listed on the NYSE and has its headquarters in London. Operating in more than 120 countries with more than 72,000 employees, has developed a global network dedicated to the insurance management of multinational companies. Aon plc has grown exponentially and, to date, has achieved a consolidated turnover of over 11,7 billion dollars. Its leadership is proven by international awards and from June 2010 Aon is official partner of Manchester United.
Aon Italia S.r.l. is the Italian branch of Aon plc. Aon provides an excellent service to its clients: multinational and national companies, financial institutions, public entities and healthcare, and trade associations. Aon Group is appointed in Italy for the risk management and insurance programs of 28 Italian Groups listed in the FTSE MIB, of more than 8,000 small and medium Companies and of more than 700 Public Organizations/Large Companies. Aon Italy is located in 23 cities across the Country, with over 1.200 employees, and works alongside with companies and institutions belonging to every field of activity, providing competitive and tailor-made solutions, thanks to the experience and expertise of highly qualified professionals. The knowledge of local markets, together with the international network (Aon Global Client Network), allows Aon to provide the best service to companies of every size and industry all over the world.

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Via A. Ponti, 8/10 20143 Milan ITALY Tel: +39 2 454341
aonrisksolution@aon.it
www.aon.it
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FEHRL – Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories. Formed in 1989 as the Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories, FEHRL provides a structure for the coordination of road and transport infrastructure research. Comprising members from over thirty European nations and international affiliates from USA, Australia, Israel and South Africa, FEHRL’s aim is to encourage collaborative research and knowledge transfer, as well as, to provide relevant knowledge and advice to governments, the European Commission, the road industry and road users on related technologies and policies. Through the national groups established in many countries, the national research centres are complemented by a dozen universities and Regional Transport Offices, FEHRL has a permanent presence in Brussels for the coordination of activities with other organizations, communications, dissemination, training and events.

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Boulevard de la Woluwe 42 1200 Brussels BELGIUM Tel.:+32 2 775 82 45
Dr Adewole Adesiyun
www.fehrl.org
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Antea, established in 1989, is specialized in the development of Software Solutions to supply integrated services for the Chemical, Petrochemical, Energy, Utility and other industrial sectors.
As a private company, Antea boasts an international sales, consulting and support network. In addition to its headquarter in Italy and offices in USA, Saudi Arabia and Algeria, Antea also boasts local partnerships in Egypt, Germany, Iran and Nigeria. Antea offers the most advanced technologies in its products development and a complete range of services for monitoring maintenance and inspection operations, contributing to personal safety and environmental sustainability. The 3D extraordinary capacities of Antea's products enable more intuitive asset management, facilitating the information exchange and faster training.

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Antea S.r.l. Via San Crispino, 82 35129, Padova ITALY Tel.:+39 0497808312
antea@anteash.com
www.anteash.com
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LGI Consulting. Founded in 2005, LGI Consulting is a European business consultancy focused on sustainable innovation. It stimulates value creation along four business lines: Innovation Strategy, Management Consulting, Digital Solutions, and Communication & Design. Our ‘multispecialist’ team presents a diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, including Engineering & Science, Architecture & Design-Thinking, Business, Finance & Economics, Law, Communication, Social & Political Sciences, and Information Technology. Our range of expertise and services enable us to tackle complex challenges in designing and managing innovation, as well as business modeling, strategic planning, programme management, information systems and online solutions. We work with multinational companies, small and medium enterprises, research centres, universities and public institutions from across Europe in a number of sectors. LGI’s offices are based in Paris, home to our headquarters, Brussels, Hamburg and Valencia, with representations located in Lille and Montpellier.

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LGI Headquarters 13 rue de Marivaux 75002 Paris FRANCE Tel.: +33 (0)1 8416 3073
Mathieu Salel
www.lgi-consulting.com/
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Smartec SA was founded in 1996, as a result of the development our SOFO monitoring system at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - Lausanne (EPFL) which received awards for innovation at the time. Today, Smartec is a leading supplier of fiber-optic technology used by the world-wide structural, geotechnical, energy and oil & gas industry. We employ dedicated individuals who focus on providing our customers with the best solution to their technical challenges.
The quality of our products and the experience of our engineers at Smartec are reflected by the completion of more than 800 successful monitoring projects, located in 30 countries on all continents. Some notable projects include the Burj Kalifa tower (world’s tallest building), the Duxton Complex in Singapore, the New I35W bridge in Minneapolis, MN, the Manhattan Bridge in New York, NY, the Alp Transit tunnel in Switzerland (world’s longest tunnel), the CERN-LHC particle accelerator (world’s largest particle accelerator) and the ITER fusion reactor.

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Via Pobiette 11 CH-6928 Manno SWITZERLAND Tel.: +41 91 610 18 00
Daniele Inaudi
www.smartec.ch
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Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute or Zavod za gradbeništvo Slovenije (ZAG Ljubljana) is the leading Slovenian institute in the field of building and civil engineering. The organization is widely recognized both in Slovenia and in other countries by means of its experts, top-class equipment and multi-disciplinary work, including life cycle analyses of different construction materials. Its research and testing sector is divided up into four departments: materials, building physics, structures, and geotechnics and infrastructure, it also has its own department for metrology.
In the field of tasks deriving from the CPR (the Construction Products Regulation) it has two independent services: the Certification Service and the Service for Technical Assessments. ZAG is involved in the international co-operation in science and technology with institutions from the EU, the USA and other countries.
ZAG's researchers are mostly oriented towards applied research work, which also contribute to the latest scientific results. Over the last 10 years ZAG has participated in more than 50 projects funded from the EU (4th - 7th FP, H2020).

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Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute Dimičeva ulica 12, SI 1000 Ljubljana, SLOVENIA Tel.: +386 1 2804-250
Assist. Prof. STANISLAV LENART
www.zag.si
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Aiscat Servizi is a consulting engineering company founded in 2005 as subsidiary of AISCAT, (the Italian Association of Toll Motorways and Tunnels Concessionaire Companies) with the aim of supporting the Associates, by providing added-values services in the fields of road engineering and transport economics.
Since its establishment, Aiscat Servizi provided its expertise to both national and international partners, by carrying out many assignments aimed at supporting private companies and public entities in improving management and operation policies of transport infrastructure.
Aiscat Servizi can take advantage from the largely recognised experience and expertise of AISCAT gained in 50 years of activity in the field of planning, design, construction, and daily operation and maintenance of toll motorways and tunnels.

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Via Gaetano Donizetti, 10 – Rome (Italy) Tel.: +39 064827163
Ing. Federico Di Gennaro - Ing. Selenia Perelli
www.aiscatservizi.com
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Network rail runs, maintains and develops Britain’s rail tracks, signalling, bridges, tunnels, level crossings, viaducts and stations. This includes 30,000 route kilometres of track (and infrastructure), 43% of this is electrified, with plans to increase this to 55% over the next few year, 32,000 bridges and tunnels, 8,200 commercial properties, 19 key hub stations run by NR out of which 2,500 stations are leased to train operators. More than half of all passenger journeys start or finish at one of our 19 key stations. More than 35,000 people are employed by Network Rail.

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Network Rail 1 Eversholt Street London NW1 2DN UNITED KINGDOM Tel: + 020 7557 8000
Kevin Blacktop
Mark Gaddes
www.networkrail.co.uk
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