The research challenges related to the involvement of the construction industry in the preservation of cultural heritage are focussed at the intersection of technology and environment. Socio-economic impacts need to be assessed in order to reach the goals of a consequence based approach to heritage protection.

The number of challenges - preservation, rehabilitation, integration in urban and natural, environment, increase of life quality, economic promotion, multicultural tolerance, spreading of awareness, knowledge transfer, and impact assessment - will be responded to by the activities of different working groups.