Technology monitoring in construction

This paper describes a new concept for the Internet supported identification of experts in the definition of the search field for technology monitoring that takes into consideration the special requirements of the construction industry. This is done by a structured approach using the concept of technological definition in combination with the identification of experts for the identified technologies to further evaluate specific technologies for applications in the constructions sector. The research activity was carried out in the context of the research project I3CON that is funded in the 6th European Framework Programme.