What is ENCORD?
European Network of Construction Companies for Research and Development
ENCORD is a forum for all industry stakeholders whose main business lies in the construction sector. Founded in 1989 ENCORD has become a major network in the construction sector. Our members are leading companies and suppliers with a business focus on Europe. Representatives of the companies are decision-makers and executives working on research, development and innovation.
What does ENCORD do?
“We unite to innovate.”
SHARING KNOWLEDGE
ENCORD facilitates exchange of experience and best practice
PROVIDING INFORMATION
ENCORD delivers inputs for future strategic decision making
SETTING PRIORITIES
ENCORD influences R&D agendas of corporates and authorities
Who are the members of ENCORD?
The member companies are found regularly in the Top 50 European and Global Contractor lists and all together employ over 1.15 Million people and have combined annual revenue of over 205 Billion Euro.
ACCIONA Infraestructuras, S.A. is the leading company of the Infrastructure Division of ACCIONA. The strong growth of its parent companies has made ACCIONA Infraestructuras into one of the leaders in the Spanish construction sector, with noteworthy international operations that currently involve over thirty countries.
Participants at ENCORD
Ignacio Calvo Herrera | Acciona R&D Department Director
Javier Bonilla | European R&D Manager
Autodesk, Inc., is a leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software. Since its introduction of AutoCAD software in 1982, Autodesk continues to develop the broadest portfolio of 3D software for global construction markets.
Participants at ENCORD
Olivier Lepinoy | AEC Sales Development Executive, EMEA
Balfour Beatty is a world-class infrastructure services business operating across the infrastructure lifecycle, with leading positions in major markets. In over 80 countries, in diverse markets and economies, we provide the assets societies need to function, develop and thrive.
Participants at ENCORD
John Dunne | Head of Global Health & Safety Practices
BAM
Construction Company
20,000+ employees
€ 7+ Bn revenue
Royal BAM Group nv is a construction firm with ten operating companies in five European home markets and in niche markets worldwide. BAM’s operating companies are active in the business lines Construction and Property, Civil engineering, as well as in Public-private partnerships.
It is BAM’s mission to build sustainable environments that enhance people’s lives by enabling the right people to capitalise on state-of-the-art knowledge, resources and digital technologies, providing solutions across the total construction life cycle for the Group’s clients and generating maximum value for its stakeholders.
Royal BAM Group nv celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2019. Throughout those 150 years we – together with our partners – have worked with passion and commitment to create impressive buildings and infrastructure that have improved people’s lives. We are very proud of that!
To celebrate our 150th anniversary, we are planting 150,000 trees in different parts of the world. With this gesture to future generations we underline BAM’s mission to realise a sustainable environment. Sustainable in terms of quality for the hundreds of thousands of people who get to use what we build, sustainable in terms of solutions for our clients and sustainable in terms of value creation for our shareholders.
Participants at ENCORD
Menno de Jonge | Director Digital Construction at Royal BAM Group nv & Vice President and Treasurer of ENCORD
Nitesh Magdani | Leader Working Group Sustainability
Wilfred van Woudenberg | Leader Working Group Virtual Construction
Stephanie Whittaker | Leader Working Group Foresight
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BOUYGUES CONSTRUCTION
French Construction Company
Key figures 2018:
50,000+ Employees
€12+ billion revenue
BOUYGUES CONSTRUCTION is a global player in construction, based in France, with operations in more than 60 countries. It designs, builds and operates projects in the sectors of building, infrastructure and industry.
As a responsible and committed leader in sustainable construction, Bouygues Construction sees innovation as its primary source of added value “Shared innovation” that benefits its customers at the same time as improving its productivity and the working conditions of its employees.
Participants at ENCORD
Thierry Juif | Vice President of ENCORD & Working Group Sustainability
Pierre Barrelet | Working Group Lean
Pierre Benning | Working Group Digital Built Environment
Laetitia Flourent |Working Group Foresight
Philippe Fornage |Working Group Health & Safety
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CCC
Construction Company
130,000+ employees
$ 5+ Bn revenue
Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC) CCC is a multinational construction company operating in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, the Carribean, Central America, C.I.S and South East Asia, with its main office in Athens, Greece. In more than five decades of operation, CCC has grown to become one of the leading contractors in the international construction field, with over 130,000 employees composed of more than 60 nationalities. CCC provides Engineering, Project Management, Procurement and Construction services for Buildings, Civil and Municipal Works, Pipelines (Oil, Gas and Water), Petrochemical Plants and Refineries, Industrial Plants, Marine Works
The following links give you more information about the extensive
experience of CCC with Building Information Modelling and the
projects where BIM was used.
Participants at ENCORD
Zuhair Haddad | CIO CORPORATE ASSETS AND RISK MANAGEMENT
Issam Elabsi | CCC BIM Centers Director and BIM Academy Director
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Doka is a world leader in providing innovative formwork, solutions and services in all areas of construction. The company is also a global supplier of well-thought-out scaffolding solutions for a varied spectrum of applications.
With more than 160 sales and logistics facilities in over 70 countries, Doka has a high-performing distribution network for advice, customer service and technical support on the spot and ensures that equipment is provided swiftly – no matter how big and complex the project.
Doka employs 7,400 people worldwide and is a company of the Umdasch Group, which has stood for reliability, experience and trustworthiness for more than 150 years.

Umdasch Group Ventures, also a company of the Umdasch Group, is the innovation hub focusing on disruptive innovations and business models along the entire value chain of construction processes.
Participants at ENCORD
Peter Reisinger | Director Engineering
and some more, actively supporting the Working Groups
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Ballast Nedam is a result driven Dutch construction- and development company. Their people are the driving force behind their success. For over 140 years Ballast Nedam have been exploring new ways of creating landmarks for a better living environment. These are small-scale local projects or large infrastructure works and complex high-rise buildings. Just around the corner, in the city center or abroad. Ballast Nedam are challengers, raising the bar and challenge the existing when seeing that things can become even better.
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FCC – Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas, S.A. – is the controlling company of the leading Spanish construction firm. It works as general contractor in the whole range of construction works and services, such as highways, hydraulic and marine works, air and rail transport, housing, non-residential building, refurbishment and maintenance, concessions, infrastructure maintenance, oil and gas pipelines, etc., either in Spain or abroad.
Participants at ENCORD
Antonio Burgueño | Director of Innovation
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Ferrovial Agromán is, with more than 80 years of experience, one of the world’s leading construction companies with international presence in more than 50 countries and projects on five continents. Apart from its expansion and consolidation in other European and Latin American countries, Ferrovial Agromán has focussed part of its future growth in the United Kingdom, Poland, Eastern European countries and United States through its subsidiaries.
Participants at ENCORD
Laura Tordera | Head of R&D
Juan Elizaga Corrales | Director of Institutional Relations and R&D&I
With some 22,000 employees, in more than 120 countries around the world, HILTI provides leading-edge technology to the global construction industry. Hilti products, systems and services offer the construction professional innovative solutions with outstanding added value.
Hilti excels through outstanding innovation, top quality, direct customer relations and effective marketing. The company upholds a clear value orientation. Integrating the interests of all the company’s partners – customers, suppliers and employees – into its strategy and actively honoring its social and ecological responsibility creates the foundation of trust that makes possible the long-term success of the company.
Participants at ENCORD
Andreas Bong | Senior Vice President Corporate Research & Technology
HOCHTIEF is one of Europe’s leading players in the construction industry. As one of Europe’s leading civil engineering companies, HOCHTIEF is expanding continuously into the broader fields of construction related services. The related range of services comprises design, finance, build and operate for every type of project. As a result, HOCHTIEF is taking its own unique stand as system leader for complex construction-related projects on a national and international scale.
Participants at ENCORD
Rene Schumann | Managing Director of HOCHTIEF ViCon
Implenia is Switzerland’s leading construction and construction services company. It also has strong positions in the German, French, Austrian, Swedish and Norwegian infrastructure markets, as well as significant building construction and civil engineering operations in Germany and Austria. Established in 2006, Implenia can look back on around 150 years of construction tradition. It brings the expertise of its highly skilled construction units together under the roof of a company active throughout Europe. With the broad offering of Implenia and the deep experience of its specialists, the Group can manage a building project through its entire lifecycle and deliver work that is economical, integrated and customer-centric. The focus is on striking a sustainable balance between financial success and social and environmental responsibility. Implenia, with its headquarters in Dietlikon near Zurich, employs more than 10,000 people in Europe and posted revenue of around CHF 4.4 billion in 2018. The company is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (IMPN, CH0023868554). More information can be found at
www.implenia.com.
Participants at ENCORD
Marc Brülhart | Global Head Project Excellence & Services
Frank Becker | Global Head Quality/IMS & Safety
NCC is one of the leading construction and property-developing companies in the Nordic region. NCC is active throughout the value chain in its efforts to create environments for work, living and communication. We challenge ourselves to create a better tomorrow hallmarked by top-class sustainable solutions. We want to be at the cutting edge of development, listen, share ideas and cooperate.
Participants at ENCORD
Christina Claeson-Jonsson | Director of Research and Development
Pekka Kiuru | Senior Vice President Business Development
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OHL
Construction Company
70,000+ employees
14+ Bn revenue
STRABAG SE is a European-based technology group for construction services, a leader in innovation and financial strength. Our services span all areas of the construction industry and cover the entire construction value chain. We bring together people, materials and machinery at the right place and at the right time in order to realise even complex construction projects – on schedule, of the highest quality and at the best price.
Participants at ENCORD
Norbert Pralle | Chairman of ENCORD
Dominik Mann | WG Foresight, General Secretary
Michael Ott | Lean Construction
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STRABAG SE
Construction Company
70,000+ employees
€ 14+ Bn revenue
STRABAG SE is a European-based technology group for construction services, a leader in innovation and financial strength. Our services span all areas of the construction industry and cover the entire construction value chain. We bring together people, materials and machinery at the right place and at the right time in order to realise even complex construction projects – on schedule, of the highest quality and at the best price.
Our annual
group brochure Research, Development & Innovation features reports on the most important works and serves to network management, clients, investors and our employees.
Participants at ENCORD
Norbert Pralle | Chairman of ENCORD
Dominik Mann | WG Foresight, General Secretary
Michael Ott | Lean Construction
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Having started its activity in 1921, Teixeira Duarte is now leading one of the largest Portuguese Economic Groups. Based on its structuring values: Ability, Efficiency, Pledge, Truth, Commitment, Reliability and Respect, Teixeira Duarte continue performing its mission: Execute, contributing towards the construction of a better world.
Participants at ENCORD
Rita Moura | Project Manager Innovation Management
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Uponor is a leading international provider of systems and solutions for safe drinking water delivery, energy-efficient radiant heating and cooling, and reliable infrastructure. We serve a variety of building markets, including residential, commercial, and industrial and civil engineering.
We have over 4,000 Uponorians in 30 countries around the world, with our head office located in Vantaa, Finland. In 2018, our net sales reached €1.2 billion. Uponor is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.
Participants at ENCORD
Ilari Aho | Vice President New Business Development & CSR
Michal Ledzinski | Manager BIM Centre
Suleyman Dag | Director Innovation Management
VINCI is the world’s leading company for concessions, construction and related services. VINCI designs, finances, builds and manages infrastructures and facilities for public sector and private organisations. The group has a presence in over 100 countries, through 3000 companies. It operates in four different lines of business: Concessions, Energy and Information , Roads and Construction. In each one it holds a leading position in Europe and around the world.
VINCI Construction UK is an international developer with three inter-related businesses in Housing, Property and Construction. Its principal areas of activity are in the UK, USA, Canada, Spain, and Africa.
Participants at ENCORD
Christophe Gobin | Head of R&D
Veidekke is the largest Norwegian construction company and the fourth largest in Scandinavia. Veidekke’s business involves a network of Scandinavian construction operations, rehabilitation work, major heavy construction contracts and development of dwellings for the company’s own account as well as buildings for public use. Other business segments are asphalt operations, production of crushed stone and gravel (aggregates) and maintenance of public roads.
Participants at ENCORD
Steinar Stake | Head of H&S
TRIMBLE
Key figures 2018:
US$ 3.10 billion revenue
Over 9000 employees in 35 countries
Customers in 150 countries
Service networks in 125 countries
Trimble is transforming the way the world works by delivering products and services that connect the physical and digital worlds. Core technologies in positioning, modeling, connectivity and data analytics enable customers to improve productivity, quality, safety and sustainability. From purpose built products to enterprise lifecycle solutions, Trimble software, hardware and services are transforming a broad range of industries such as agriculture, construction, geospatial and transportation and logistics.
Tekla software solutions for advanced BIM and structural engineering are produced by Trimble. Trimble’s construction offering ranges from total stations to advanced software, giving the industry tools to transform planning, design, construction and operation of buildings. Tekla software is at the heart of the design and construction workflow, building on the free flow of information, constructible models and collaboration.
Participants at ENCORD
Jorma Jan Zielinski | Business Area Director
Skanska uses knowledge & foresight to shape the way people live, work, and connect. More than 135 years in the making, Skanska is one of the world’s largest development and construction companies, with 2021 revenue totaling SEK 148 billion. The company operate across select markets in the Nordics, Europe and the United States. Together with their customers and the collective expertise of our 30,000+ teammates, Skanska creates innovative and sustainable solutions that support healthy living beyond our lifetime.
STRABAG SE is a European-based technology group for construction services, a leader in innovation and financial strength. Our services span all areas of the construction industry and cover the entire construction value chain. We bring together people, materials and machinery at the right place and at the right time in order to realise even complex construction projects – on schedule, of the highest quality and at the best price.
Participants at ENCORD
Norbert Pralle | Chairman of ENCORD
Rainer Bareiss | Virtual Construction Platform
Fabian Bauer | WG CO2 & Sustainability
Franz Klager | WG Foresight, General Secretary
Michael Ott | Lean Construction