NETIVEI ISRAEL - NATIONAL TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY LTD

Their core work

Netivei Israel (NTIC) is Israel's national road infrastructure company, responsible for planning, building, and maintaining the country's intercity road network including bridges, tunnels, and interchanges. In H2020 projects, they contribute real-world infrastructure assets and operational expertise as a road authority, serving as a testbed and end-user for research on infrastructure inspection, climate resilience, and biodiversity integration. Their involvement brings the perspective of a national infrastructure operator managing thousands of kilometers of roads and hundreds of structures under diverse environmental conditions.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

NTIC's early H2020 involvement (2015-2018) centered on physical infrastructure inspection and maintenance — notably robotic systems for bridge assessment (AEROBI) and cross-modal infrastructure openness (FOX). From 2018 onward, their focus shifted decisively toward resilience, risk management, and environmental integration, with RESIST addressing extreme weather threats and BISON tackling biodiversity impacts of road networks. This evolution mirrors the broader European infrastructure sector's pivot from pure engineering challenges to climate adaptation and ecological responsibility.

NTIC is moving from traditional infrastructure engineering toward climate-adapted, ecologically integrated transport network management — expect future interest in green infrastructure and nature-based solutions for roads.

How they like to work

NTIC operates exclusively as a participant or third party — never as a coordinator — which is typical for a national infrastructure operator that provides real-world assets and operational context rather than leading research design. With 86 unique partners across 28 countries, they connect broadly across European research consortia, functioning as an end-user voice and infrastructure testbed. Their mix of participant and third-party roles suggests they are often brought in to validate research outputs against actual road network conditions.

NTIC has collaborated with 86 unique partners across 28 countries, giving them a remarkably wide European network for an Israeli infrastructure operator. This breadth reflects participation in large CSA-type coordination projects that assemble many national road authorities and research bodies.

What sets them apart

NTIC offers something few partners can: direct access to a national road network as a living laboratory, with the authority to test and validate research on real bridges, tunnels, and highways. As Israel's national road company, they bring infrastructure challenges shaped by arid climate, seismic risk, and rapid urban growth — conditions underrepresented in most European consortia. For any project needing an infrastructure operator as end-user or demonstration site outside the EU core, NTIC is a proven and well-connected choice.

Highlights from their portfolio

• AEROBI
  Their highest-funded project (EUR 155,800), developing aerial robots for contact-based bridge inspection — a direct match to NTIC's core bridge maintenance responsibilities.
• RESIST
  Addresses resilience of transport infrastructure to extreme events, reflecting NTIC's strategic shift toward climate adaptation for national road networks.
• BISON
  Their most recent project (2021-2023), signaling a new direction into biodiversity integration with transport infrastructure planning.