Project coordinator, Ghent University, founded in 1817, is one of the major universities in Belgium with more than 47,000 students and 15,000 employees. The Department of Structural Engineering and Building Materials brings expertise on concrete 3D printing and carbon curing concrete technology.

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TESIS was founded as an academic spin-off company,aiming to provide products and services based on emerging technologies in the field of structural engineering. TESIS is active in the field of sustainable construction materials and advanced simulation tools for structural analysis and design.

ORBIX is a frontrunner in recycling of mineral residues from the stainless steel industry. The carbonatation of slags is one of their many patented innovations. In its facilities ORBIX has access to laboratory (equipped with characterization and quality assurance test equipment) as well as pilot scale facilities.

TUDa is specialized in experimental and numerical research on low-carbon mineral and geopolymer binders, building physics of materials and circularity and life-cycle assessment of construction materials. The institute has modern laboratories for experimental chemical/physical characterisation of construction materials and has a high-performance computer.

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UPAT will contribute with its unique labs for experimental research in materials and structural engineering: (i) the Structural Materials Lab and the Structures Lab (with strong loading frames, 2 large reaction walls & a strong floor, fully equipped to offer full-scale predominantly static and pseudo-dynamic testing capabilities); (ii) the Shake Table Facility.

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in3D specializes in the production of individual and complex objects utilizing 3DCP. As a spin-off company affiliated to the university of Innsbruck, in3D has been involved in 3DCP relevant research since 2015. In house developed Digital tools, processes and general experience in 3DCP allowed in3D to manufacture high quality concrete elements.

MCA Mario Cucinella Architects includes more than 100 professionals. MCA specialises in architectural design that integrates environmental and energy strategies, thanks to its in-house R&D unit analysing trends in the property sector, focusing on sustainability. From the creative phase to construction on site, MCA develops the entire design process by BIM.

ETH Zurich is ranked as top universities and will be involved through the Block Research Group. BRG focuses on (graphical) analysis of masonry structures, computational form finding and structural design, discrete element assemblies, and fabrication and construction technologies. BRG (with ZHA and in3D) designed and built two unreinforced dry-assembled 3DCP bridges and developed a discrete unreinforced slab system. BRG developed COMPAS, a computational framework for research in architecture and structure.

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EMPA is known worldwide as one of the pioneers in the research of novel iron-based shape memory alloy for concrete structures. Extensive studies on SMAs for civil engineering applications have been done over the last 20 years. Recently, EMPA has been equipped with a stateof-the-art 3D concrete printer.

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Re-fer is the world’s only supplier for structural products in construction made of iron-based shape memory alloys. Since 2017, re-fer has realized with its contracting partners a large number of (retrofitting) projects in the area of buildings and bridges.

Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) have designed transformational projects worldwide for over 40 years. The Computation and Design (ZHACODE) is a practice-embedded research group focusing on strategic innovations that bridge from disciplinary advances to novel and practical applications.