Informations systems for an integrated european construction industry

The establishment of a more extensive Common Market, i.e. a real, fully-integrated community-wide internal market in 1992 is seen as the main objective of the European integration. Progress towards achieving free circulation of products will depend on, among other things, the implementation of information systems for a construction industry. These systems will contain coordinated buildings regulations, European codes of practice, European technical specifications for products, European agreed methods of proving conformity with these specifications, testing and certification and all information on materials and products needed to meet the operator's requirements in the local context. The results of a research conducted in the province of Trento, on the demands of small and medium size producers in the construction industry, have clearly indicated the input criteria of Information Systems in order to prevent and to fill in possible gaps between local and European producers.