Chantiers furtifs urbains – FURET

The FURET approach: improving discretion and acceptability of urban worksites

Society's demand for minimizing urban works annoyance is acute. However, these projects fully contribute to reach the goals of a sustainable city in constant renewal. The “FURET” (Discrete Urban Works) project therefore addresses the urban environment in all the complexity involved in the multitude of urban works that are operating simultaneously on a territory, that territory being itself the support of a variety of functions, uses and services that need to find a way of harmonious coexistence.

Looking for discretion at different scales

The research conducted in the FURET project has produced a variety of results and products, which are delivered in various stages of completions. The central contribution of the project is a Decision Support Instrument prototype, coupled with, an operational approach, Référence du formulaire : ANR-FORM-090601-01-01 6/20 methodical elements, as well as an international benchmarking, all of which are structured in three conceptual levels:<br />- The «territorial discretion«, which is primarily aimed at managers of public space and at the project manager, will equip the planning, in space and time, of a stream of projects distributed over the urban territory: can we arrange in order that a sum of urban worksites is less harmful than the accumulation of the nuisances caused by each urban worksite taken separately? - The «project discretion«, which is aimed at project managers and contractors, will equip their ability to optimize the organization and planning of a worksite operation in a given place and time, with the best integration possible in its urban environment.<br />- The «targeted discretion« meanwhile, proposes specific actions that can be taken towards certain populations (schools, seniors, merchants ...) or some special devices creating interfaces between the life of the project and the city (site visits, breakfasts offered to residents with construction teams, small temporary facilities and amenities, etc.).