The research centre in construction science (CICC) was born in 2005. The team includes PhD researchers, PhD students and collaborators from other institutions.
The centre’s organization includes an Executive Board and a Scientific Board.
The executive board is chaired by a president (elected by the PhD members of the Centre) and 4 members of the board. This board has the following competences:
- representing CICC;
- organizing meetings and implementing their decisions;
- coordinating the Centre’s activities in accordance with guidelines from the scientific board and the member institutions;;
- preparing the annual activities plan and the budget;
- coordinating and managing the utilization and maintenance of the CICC facilities and physical resources;
- preparing annual report & accounts;
- submitting all R&D activities and financial proposals to the scientific board.
The scientific board includes all PhD researchers from the Centre. This board has the following competences:
- electing the president;
- approving the nomination of the executive board members proposed by the president;
- defining R&DT policies;
- approving the annual activities plan and its budget;
- proposing guidelines for the utilization of the CICC facilities to the executive board.
The CICC is a research centre whose activity targets quality and excellence of scientific work and its international recognition in fields defined by the PhD researchers.
CICC has close links with the Instituto de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico em Ciências da Construção – ITeCons (http://www.itecons.uc.pt/index.php), which works to solve technical problems for industry, thereby extending the activities developed in Coimbra University in specific areas. CICC provides technical and scientific support and cooperates with the scientific and technical division of ITeCons. The close connection between CICC and ITeCons became stronger with CICC members on the ITeCons executive board.
