Circulair and industrial construction

Why TNO?

All expertise under one roof

First of all, more than 3,500 experts spread over a large number of disciplines work together under one roof on excellent and useful solutions. This multidisciplinary collaboration is also accompanied by a wealth of experience and in-depth scientific knowledge. And finally, TNO has state-of-the-art research facilities available to put innovative solutions into practice and test them.

For companies and entrepreneurs

We are happy to do this, both for large companies and for small and medium-sized businesses. Every assignment is equally valuable: from a project of a few weeks for a manufacturer of insulation materials to large multi-year international research projects with dozens of partners.

With complex issues

Very complex and groundbreaking innovation issues are in good hands at TNO: specialists from the following knowledge areas work together on a daily basis: artificial intelligence, BIM, building regulations, system engineering, structural safety, fire safety, parametic design, making healthcare buildings more sustainable, monuments, predictive twins , adhesives and binders, real estate portfolio management, indoor climate, biobased raw materials and soil subsidence.

Examples of innovation projects are:

• Smarter (constructive) design with fewer raw materials through resource-based engineering;
• Strategic real estate optimization for education and healthcare;
• Optimisation of industrialization and prefabrication through automation and digitalization;
• Development of new calculation rules and standards that allow better use of the strength of existing structures (such as topping);
• Development of new techniques for extending the lifespan of existing structures;
• Improved methods to assess the performance of existing elements such as beams and floors;
• Alternative binders for concrete and stony materials;
• Economic optimisation of biobased floor and wall elements.

The construction sector traditionally consists of a large number of players. Nothing new, collaboration in the chain is a must. That is why TNO is also working on digitalization issues that connect the chain, such as open data, open standards, BIM, predictive twins and Asset Life Cycle Information Management.