IKT – Institute for Underground Infrastructure

IKT-Association of Network Operators

IKT was founded in 1994 to support, through its research and consultancy services, the construction, renovation and maintenance of public utility networks to benefit both the environment and utility customers.
IKT is owned by, and works closely with, two associations representing network owners and their supply chains. This ensures that IKT can undertake research, testing and monitoring in a neutral and independent manner.

The IKT-Association of Network Operators comprises more than 130 network asset owners who collectively hold two thirds of the shares in IKT. Solving their technical and operational issues and needs provides the main driver for IKT’s work programmes.
The IKT-Association of Industry and Services holds the remaining third of shares. It comprises more than 70 companies that supply products and services to the network operators. They are able to ensure that their input is taken into consideration in the decvelopment of IKTs programmes. IKT also provides specialist support to the supply chain through performance testing and certification of products and the proving of new products and processes.
More about IKT-Association of Industry and Services

Network Operators

As the main shareholder the Association of Network Operators has three representatives on the supervisory board of IKT and has the following mission and objectives:

To promote and advance research and testing activities aimed at developing technically innovative, high-quality, customer and environmental friendly, economically sustainable underground utility infrastructure.
To be a forum for discussion, exchange of experiences and informing of opinions between network operators and IKT.
To oversee IKT’s status as a non-profit organisation with no commercial objectives.

Become a member

Membership of the Association is open to network operators.

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The benefits of membership include:

Access to extensive and detailed information on forthcoming, on-going and completed research projects. of IKT
Input to IKT’s research programme by proposing one’s own topics of interest
Active involvement in IKT projects
Networking, discussion and exchange of ideas and experience between members
Free copies of all IKT reports
discounted attendance to all IKT seminars and conferences

Current members

Contact:
IKT - Institute for Underground Infrastructure
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T: +49 (0) 209 17806-0
E: info@ikt.de

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