The “SOSTEVAL-TEC” project, whose consortium is led by FCC Construction and is made up of companies such as MATINSA, AENOR, IDP, SIGNE, IECA, GLOBAL FACTOR, DRONE HOPPER, BILDIA, has the collaboration of the TECNALIA technology centers and the Polytechnic University of Madrid, as well as the collaboration of FI GROUP as an external R&D&I consultant. The project arises from the need of the civil works construction industry to increase efficiency, precision and cybersecurity in monitoring, evaluation and certification tasks around information on the sustainable development of its activities, seeking to balance economic, social and environmental protection.

The main objective of the project is to investigate and develop a series of solutions for the evaluation of sustainability in project management in the construction sector, as well as the review for the immediate correction of elements that deviate from the established objectives. To this end, it is proposed to automate and digitalize the evaluation process to make more effective decisions and optimize the sustainability of the project, all through the research and development of three products:

• Innovative methodology to evaluate sustainability throughout the civil construction value chain and improve decision making to achieve it.
• Advanced digital platform that incorporates the methodology and a series of advanced technologies based on data capture, digital twins, advanced data analytics and traceability and digital identity. This will improve the precision, efficiency and comparability of the results, generating proposals for improving sustainability in the sector.
• Certification system by external agents thanks to a tool that automates data collection and its comparison with the standards and evaluation protocols for certification, incorporates innovative digital solutions and technologies that allow information to be validated, and preserves the confidentiality of sensitive data within a supply chain.

IDP participates in the project by leading the third work package on research into digital solutions for the monitoring, analysis and evaluation of sustainability, with the aim of researching and developing the different modules that will provide differentiating functionalities to the Digital Twin platform.

The SOSTEVAL-TEC project, has been subsidized through the 2023 Call for aid co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund to contribute to the improvement of Public-Private Cooperation in the area of ​​R&D&i by supporting Technological Innovation Projects with a tractor effect developed by open innovation centers in the Community of Madrid, within the framework of the strategic areas of smart specialization of the Madrid economy (S3), within the ERDF Operational Program of the Community of Madrid for the period 2021-2027.