Development of a Construction Information Platform

1. CrIP Development of a Construction Information Platform Assessment of needs Questionnaire (Marc Bourdeau, CSTB) ECTP Operational Meeting, 28 January 2009 EC Enterprise and Industry DG

2. Context & Objective • The questionnaire is one of the instruments used to gather CrIP portal requirements • Objective: Capture quantitative information to assess information needs for different groups of construction stakeholders Phase 2 Consult End-users (Questionnaire, Interviews, Workshop) Phase 1 Capture Industry Needs and Requirements based on documentation and archival data CrIP Requirements Capture Methodology Phase 3 Analyse data and formulate CrIP Portal requirements Phase 4 Validate CrIP Portal requirements

3. Overview • Targeted content • Regulatory framework (policies, legislation, regulations, standards, etc.) • Research programmes & RTD outcomes ( innovations) … at EU, national and local levels • Targeted user sample • Construction operators (including SMEs) • Suppliers • Trade associations • Governmental bodies and agencies • Research bodies • Sample size: several hundreds • Expected covering: fair repartition between stakeholder groups, disciplines, and EU member countries

4. Overview • Languages: English, Italian, French, German, Polish, Slovenian, … • The questionnaire will be filled online at the CrIP web site: www.constructioninformationplatform.eu • Promotion channels • ECTP • Trade associations • Dedicated networks (ENBRI, ENCORD…) • Consortium personal contacts • Scheduling • Questionnaire validated on pilot sample: first week of February • Questionnaire ready online and advertised on selected media: second week of February • Questionnaire filled: end of February • Analysis of results: March • Presentation of results in the Interim Report and at the Mid-Term Workshop (April)

5. Links with ECTP • Privileged channel to get in touch with construction stakeholders in order to assess their needs regarding the information targeted in CrIP • Expectations • Validate the questionnaire (today Workshop) • Promote CrIP and publish link to the questionnaire in the ECTP “e-News in brief” • Ask associations, networks and construction NTPs represented in ECTP to advertise on CrIP and the questionnaire (on their web sites, through their newsletters…)

6. Structure of the questionnaire • Section A: “Define yourself” (6 questions)  know the role played by your organisation in the construction value-chain, and your personal fields of interest • Section B: “Information Use” (9 questions)  define what kind of information on the construction sector you currently need to access and use for your job, especially in terms of legal information, what are your sources of information, how often you use this information, and in which circumstances • Section C: “Level of satisfaction” (3 questions)  precise how much satisfied is the respondent with his current practices to access and use legal information, and the possible barriers • Section D: “Way forward” (4 questions)  get information on some functionalities you would expect from a Construction Information Platform

7. Section A: “Define yourself” (1/6) Question A1: Personal details Name and email address are optional. Anyway the information provided in the questionnaire will remain anonymous. Email address will be used to send the results of the survey to the respondent. • What is your name? …… • What is your email address? (we would like to send you the result of the analysis performed on the answers to this survey): ……@...... • What is the name of your organisation? …… • What is your job title? ……

8. Section A: “Define yourself” (2/6) Question A2: Your Activity • What is your core business activity? Оarchitect Оengineer (structure, HVAC…) Оquantity surveyor Оtechnical approval body Оproject manager Оcontractor Оspecialist sub-contractor Оbuilding owner Оfacility manager Оfunder Оmanufacturer / supplier Оretailer Оresearch institute Оuniversity Оpublic authority (please specify your field of activity): ...... Оstandardisation body Оtrade association (please specify the interest you represent): …… Оeducator/trainer Оinfo service Оother (please specify): ……

9. Section A: “Define yourself” (3/6) Question A3: Organisation size • What is the size of your organisation (in case you belong to a trade association, indicate here the number of members that your organisation has)? О1 – 10 О11 - 20 О21 – 50 О51 – 100 О100 – 250 О250 - 1000 О> 1000

10. Section A: “Define yourself” (4/6) Question A4: Organisation type • What is the type of your organisation? Private organisation • National public organisation • International public organisation • National research institution • International research institution • National no-profit organisation • International no-profit organisation Industrial association • Other (please specify): ……

11. Section A: “Define yourself” (5/6) Question A5: Activity area • In which EU member states your organisation has permanent or temporary offices / activities? Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden United Kingdom

12. Section A: “Define yourself” (6/6) Question A6: CrIP • How do you know about this questionnaire? ОDirect contact with D’Appolonia, CSTB or Cardiff University ОECTP e-News ОTrade association ОConstruction network ОOther (please specify): ……

13. Section B: “Information use” (1/9) Question B1: Document access • What is the most usual way you use to access each type of document listed below?

14. Section B: “Information use” (2/9) Question B2: Information providers • Please rank from the most usual to the less usual the profile of the people or services that provide you information regarding policies, legislation, regulations, standards, research results, etc.

15. Section B: “Information use” (3/9) Question B3: Frequency • How often you access or use each type of document listed below during your work activities?

16. Section B: “Information use” (4/9) Question B4: Push / Pull • Please indicate for each type of document if normally you search or look after it or instead you receive it from some information providers

17. Section B: “Information use” (5/9) Question B5: Location • Where do you normally access the information / documents listed below?

18. Section B: “Information use” (6/9) Question B6: Time dedicated • How much time you dedicate during your work activities to get information about the listed document? (Indicate the average duration of each search)

19. Section B: “Information use” (7/9) Question B7: Understanding • Please indicate your level of understanding for each document type listed below

20. Section B: “Information use” (8/9) Question B8: ICT tools • For your working activities, have you ever used one of the following ICT tools (rank according to your use)?

21. Section B: “Information use” (9/9) Question B9: ICT devices • For your working activities, have you ever used one of the following ICT devices (rank according to your use)?

22. Section C: “Level of satisfaction” (1/3) Question C1: Information media • Please rank your level of satisfaction with the method you use to access policies, regulations, standards, research documents, etc., from the most satisfactory to the less satisfactory

23. Section C: “Level of satisfaction” (2/3) Question C2: Barriers • Please assign a value to define the most important barrier to use information regarding policies, regulations, standards, research documents, etc. in your work activities

24. Section C: “Level of satisfaction” (3/3) Question C3: Use • Please shortly define with your own words why you are using or not using in your work European policies, legislations, standards or technical agreement guidelines ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

25. Section D: “Way forward” (1/4) Question D1: Improvement • In your opinion what is the most important aspect that you would like to be improved relatively to information access regarding policies, regulations, standardisation, research documents, etc.?

26. Section D: “Way forward” (2/4) Question D2: Search or Get • Regarding policies, regulations, standardisation, research documents, etc. do you prefer to periodically receive relevant information from some sources or to search for it when needed? ОI prefer to receive information from some sources ОI prefer to search for it when needed

27. Section D: “Way forward” (3/4) Question D3: Sources • From which web sources you will prefer to get info (either by searching them or receiving regular newsletter)? ОEC website ОNational public body website ОTrade association website ОConstruction sector dedicated website ОProduct Supplier website ОOther (please specify): ……

28. Section D: “Way forward” (4/4) Question D4: Money • Would you be ready to subscribe a paid service in order to better access and get holistic and relevant information regarding legislation, standardisation, policies, etc. related to the construction sector? Please detail your answer below: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ОYes ОNo