International Workshops ESITC Caen: an original pedagogical device for learning to collaborate internationally

Open to foreign students, it confronts multidisciplinary and multicultural teams with projects resulting from real calls for tenders. During one month, the different teams build their files. They benefit from comprehensive pedagogical support - including tutoring, specialised theoretical courses and conferences - provided by ESITC Caen teams and professional experts in the sectors concerned. 

Students from all over the world are also offered technical visits to prestigious sites such as the Mont Saint Michel dam and the terminals of the port of Le Havre...

The themes

• Offshore renewable energies and aquaculture - Offshore renewable and aquaculture: the call for projects concerns the construction of a salmon aquaculture farm in a floating structure on the Brittany and Normandy coasts with the obligation to be energetically self sufficient.
• Renewable constructions - Sustainable building engineering: the call for tenders concerns the renovation and extension of a building in Le Havre and its conversion into a cultural space. The projects must take into account certain specific aspects such as accessibility, energy efficiency and the atmosphere of the original building.
• Ingénierie portuaire et travaux - Port engineering and maritime works: the aim here is to work on the development of the port of Cherchell East (Algeria). In addition to the need to establish a new container port, the candidates have to deal with the constraints linked to the preservation of the original archaeological site.

The 2019 workshop was supported by the Normandy Region, Cerema, the professional federations FFB and FRTP and companies: Accoast, Antea, Artelia, Apave Cathie Associate, CSi Portugal, VCMF FondOuest, SDi/ DEME, ETMF, Eiffage GC, Geotec, G TEC, IMDC, Innosea, SAIPEM, Jan de Nul, Arcadis, Charier GC, Eiffage, Ingérop, VINCI Construction, BESIX, Bouygues.

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