Nexans
For over 120 years, Nexans has played a crucial role in the electrification of the planet and has been committed to electrifying the future. Today, Nexans renews its ties with its DNA and goes beyond cables to offer more value to its customers with a complete service that leverages digital technology to maximize the performance and efficiency of their critical assets. Nexans is a key driver for the world’s transition to a more connected and sustainable energy future.
The Group designs solutions and services along the entire value chain in three main business areas: Generation & Transmission (covering offshore wind farms, subsea interconnections, land high voltage), Distribution & Usages (including utilities, buildings, emobility), Industry & Solutions Projects, Harnesses and Telecom Infra.
Research themes
- Future of Work & Industrial Relations (1)
- Culture and Diversity (1)
- Supply Chain Management, Logistics (1)
- Building Materials & Systems (1)
- Building Design and DFMA (1)
- Prefabrication & Advanced Manufacturing (1)
- Construction Management (1)
- Digital Project Management (1)
- Sustainable Materials & Products (1)
- Energy (1)
- Life Cycle Assessment (1)
Culture and Diversity
Theme coordinator
Dr Gillian Matthewson
Projects
#66 Future of construction education
Supply Chain Management, Logistics
Theme coordinator
Dr Wen Li
Projects
#93 US Research Tour 2024: San Francisco and Greater Bay area
#65 European Research Tour 2023: Berlin – Copenhagen – Malmö
Light House Project #7: Platform Delivery of Affordable Housing
#61 Building Productivity – Product, Process, People
#15 Using the Whole Tree for Future Timber-Based Construction – Scoping Study
Building Materials & Systems
Theme coordinator
Dr Rackel San Nicolas
Projects
#85 From Digital Design to Human Robot Collaborative Masonry Construction
#68 Development of a solution for high-rise mass timber residences through a Post & Plate system – Phase 1 feasibility study
Light House Project #7: Platform Delivery of Affordable Housing
#61 Building Productivity – Product, Process, People
#41 New Materials for Windows of the Future – Phase 2
Building Design and DFMA
Prefabrication & Advanced Manufacturing
Projects
#93 US Research Tour 2024: San Francisco and Greater Bay area
#68 Development of a solution for high-rise mass timber residences through a Post & Plate system – Phase 1 feasibility study
Light House Project #7: Platform Delivery of Affordable Housing
Light House Project #13: Mixed Reality Carpentry Demonstration
Light House Project #3: NCHA Independent Living Lab
Construction Management
Theme coordinator
Dr Mehrdad Arashpour
Projects
#68 Development of a solution for high-rise mass timber residences through a Post & Plate system – Phase 1 feasibility study
Light House Project #7: Platform Delivery of Affordable Housing
#21 Regulatory Reform for Industrialised Building
#61 Building Productivity – Product, Process, People
Light House Project #13: Mixed Reality Carpentry Demonstration
Digital Project Management
Projects
#93 US Research Tour 2024: San Francisco and Greater Bay area
Light House Project #28: The application of computer vision to measure productivity and enhance safety on construction sites
Light House Project #7: Platform Delivery of Affordable Housing
#61 Building Productivity – Product, Process, People
#17 The implication of Industry 4.0 for the construction industry: towards smart prefab
Sustainable Materials & Products
Theme coordinator
Dr Philip Christopher
Projects
#93 US Research Tour 2024: San Francisco and Greater Bay area
#65 European Research Tour 2023: Berlin – Copenhagen – Malmö
Light House Project #7: Platform Delivery of Affordable Housing
Light House Project #6: Malvern East Apartment Development
#32 Acoustic flanking performance of mid-rise light gauge steel (LGS) structures
Energy
Theme coordinator
Dr Victor Bunster
Projects
Light House Project #7: Platform Delivery of Affordable Housing
#50 Development of Artificial Neural Network and Automated Life Cycle Assessments for Cloud Based Residential Energy Estimations
#36 Academic validation of performance gap research in energy rating systems
#27 Environmental Decision-Support for Structures
#11 Environmental Credentials for Building Technology Platforms
Life Cycle Assessment
Theme coordinator
Dr Victor Bunster
Projects
#65 European Research Tour 2023: Berlin – Copenhagen – Malmö
Light House Project #7: Platform Delivery of Affordable Housing
Light House Project #6: Malvern East Apartment Development
#59 Innovative Steel–Timber–Concrete Composite StrongFloor
#28 Componentised Internal Wall Systems for Multi-residential Applications