The 7-8 June 2010 ENCORD Council Meeting was hosted by UPONOR at IDA, the Danish Engineering Society in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Some topics of the agenda included:

- a review of the CO₂ workshop March 2010, the Health and Safety Workshop March 2010, and the activities of the Virtual Construction Platform / 5D initiative along with discussions on the next steps

- a review of the Memorandum of Understanding with the Sustainable Building Alliance

- a discussion on the proposed Top Level Executive meeting in June 2011

- an introduction of the new website and newsletter

- an outlook on the planned workshops, including workshops on the “Aging Society” and “Lean Construction” as well as “Health and Safety” and “Virtual Construction”

- an outlook on the next Council meetings, including the November 2010 meeting at IBM´s innovation center

- on overview of European research opportunities

- a detailed introduction, discussion of the infrastructure initiative “reFINE” and an initiative of ENCORD to make an Infrastructure leaflet.

- a feedback from Ger Maas´ presentation at the European Parliament and

- a discussion on ENCORD´s view on the “Europe 2020 Strategy” of EU President J.M. Barroso.

Thanks

Council members extended their thanks to Ilari Aho, Vice President Indoor Climate Business Group and the local organizer Lars Nielsen and UPONOR for hosting and organizing the event.

Next Council meetings

The next Council meeting will be held 15-16 November 2010 in La Gaude, France at IBM´s research and innovation center.