diff --git a/.cproject b/.cproject
index bd2598f..effef55 100644
--- a/.cproject
+++ b/.cproject
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 					<folderInfo id="cdt.managedbuild.config.gnu.macosx.exe.debug.133691581." name="/" resourcePath="">
 						<toolChain id="cdt.managedbuild.toolchain.gnu.macosx.exe.debug.500082514" name="MacOSX GCC" superClass="cdt.managedbuild.toolchain.gnu.macosx.exe.debug">
 							<targetPlatform binaryParser="org.eclipse.cdt.core.ELF;org.eclipse.cdt.core.GNU_ELF" id="cdt.managedbuild.target.gnu.platform.macosx.exe.debug.493103663" name="Debug Platform" superClass="cdt.managedbuild.target.gnu.platform.macosx.exe.debug"/>
-							<builder buildPath="${workspace_loc:/sc-components-test/build}" id="cdt.managedbuild.target.gnu.builder.base.214255941" keepEnvironmentInBuildfile="true" managedBuildOn="false" name="Gnu Make Builder" superClass="cdt.managedbuild.target.gnu.builder.base"/>
+							<builder arguments="VERBOSE=1" buildPath="${workspace_loc:/sc-components-test/build}" command="make" id="cdt.managedbuild.target.gnu.builder.base.214255941" keepEnvironmentInBuildfile="true" managedBuildOn="false" name="Gnu Make Builder" superClass="cdt.managedbuild.target.gnu.builder.base"/>
 							<tool id="cdt.managedbuild.tool.macosx.c.linker.macosx.exe.debug.1022976995" name="MacOS X C Linker" superClass="cdt.managedbuild.tool.macosx.c.linker.macosx.exe.debug"/>
 							<tool command="c++" id="cdt.managedbuild.tool.macosx.cpp.linker.macosx.exe.debug.1153644061" name="MacOS X C++ Linker" superClass="cdt.managedbuild.tool.macosx.cpp.linker.macosx.exe.debug">
 								<option id="macosx.cpp.link.option.paths.33338975" name="Library search path (-L)" superClass="macosx.cpp.link.option.paths" useByScannerDiscovery="false" valueType="libPaths">
@@ -190,21 +190,6 @@
 				<useDefaultCommand>true</useDefaultCommand>
 				<runAllBuilders>true</runAllBuilders>
 			</target>
-			<target name="clean" path="build" targetID="org.eclipse.cdt.build.MakeTargetBuilder">
-				<buildCommand>make</buildCommand>
-				<buildTarget>clean</buildTarget>
-				<stopOnError>true</stopOnError>
-				<useDefaultCommand>true</useDefaultCommand>
-				<runAllBuilders>true</runAllBuilders>
-			</target>
-			<target name="clangformat" path="build" targetID="org.eclipse.cdt.build.MakeTargetBuilder">
-				<buildCommand>make</buildCommand>
-				<buildArguments/>
-				<buildTarget>clangformat</buildTarget>
-				<stopOnError>true</stopOnError>
-				<useDefaultCommand>true</useDefaultCommand>
-				<runAllBuilders>true</runAllBuilders>
-			</target>
 		</buildTargets>
 	</storageModule>
 </cproject>
diff --git a/.settings/language.settings.xml b/.settings/language.settings.xml
index 16eb769..343b471 100644
--- a/.settings/language.settings.xml
+++ b/.settings/language.settings.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 			<provider copy-of="extension" id="org.eclipse.cdt.ui.UserLanguageSettingsProvider"/>
 			<provider-reference id="org.eclipse.cdt.core.ReferencedProjectsLanguageSettingsProvider" ref="shared-provider"/>
 			<provider-reference id="org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.MBSLanguageSettingsProvider" ref="shared-provider"/>
-			<provider class="org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.language.settings.providers.GCCBuiltinSpecsDetector" console="false" env-hash="-16163395060831900" id="org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.GCCBuiltinSpecsDetector" keep-relative-paths="false" name="CDT GCC Built-in Compiler Settings" parameter="${COMMAND} ${FLAGS} -E -P -v -dD &quot;${INPUTS}&quot;" prefer-non-shared="true">
+			<provider class="org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.language.settings.providers.GCCBuiltinSpecsDetector" console="false" env-hash="65496988555952" id="org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.GCCBuiltinSpecsDetector" keep-relative-paths="false" name="CDT GCC Built-in Compiler Settings" parameter="${COMMAND} ${FLAGS} -E -P -v -dD &quot;${INPUTS}&quot;" prefer-non-shared="true">
 				<language-scope id="org.eclipse.cdt.core.gcc"/>
 				<language-scope id="org.eclipse.cdt.core.g++"/>
 			</provider>
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 			<provider copy-of="extension" id="org.eclipse.cdt.ui.UserLanguageSettingsProvider"/>
 			<provider-reference id="org.eclipse.cdt.core.ReferencedProjectsLanguageSettingsProvider" ref="shared-provider"/>
 			<provider-reference id="org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.MBSLanguageSettingsProvider" ref="shared-provider"/>
-			<provider class="org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.language.settings.providers.GCCBuiltinSpecsDetector" console="false" env-hash="-3074061603538710" id="org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.GCCBuiltinSpecsDetector" keep-relative-paths="false" name="CDT GCC Built-in Compiler Settings" parameter="${COMMAND} ${FLAGS} -E -P -v -dD &quot;${INPUTS}&quot;" prefer-non-shared="true">
+			<provider class="org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.language.settings.providers.GCCBuiltinSpecsDetector" console="false" env-hash="45958858344554155" id="org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.GCCBuiltinSpecsDetector" keep-relative-paths="false" name="CDT GCC Built-in Compiler Settings" parameter="${COMMAND} ${FLAGS} -E -P -v -dD &quot;${INPUTS}&quot;" prefer-non-shared="true">
 				<language-scope id="org.eclipse.cdt.core.gcc"/>
 				<language-scope id="org.eclipse.cdt.core.g++"/>
 			</provider>
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9766c4a..c126648 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.3)
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/sc-components/cmake)
 
-include(cmake/GitFunctions.cmake)
+include(GitFunctions)
 get_branch_from_git()
 
 ### set the directory names of the submodules
@@ -13,10 +13,15 @@ set(GIT_SUBMODULE_DIR_sc-components .)
 set(GIT_SUBMODULE_BRANCH_sc-components ${GIT_BRANCH})
 
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
-include(cmake/Submodules.cmake)
+include(Submodules)
+include(Conan)
 
 #enable_testing() 
 
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
+
 if ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "GNU" OR "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "Clang")
     set(warnings "-Wall -Wextra -Werror")
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAG_RELEASE "-O2 -DNDEBUG")
@@ -27,6 +32,8 @@ elseif ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "MSVC")
     set(warnings "/W4 /WX /EHsc")
 endif()
 
+setup_conan()
+
 # This line finds the boost lib and headers. 
 set(Boost_NO_BOOST_CMAKE ON) #  Don't do a find_package in config mode before searching for a regular boost install.
 find_package(Boost COMPONENTS program_options system thread REQUIRED)
@@ -36,16 +43,22 @@ find_package(SystemC)
 if(SystemC_FOUND)
     add_definitions(-DWITH_SYSTEMC)
     include_directories(${SystemC_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-    link_directories(${SystemC_LIBRARY_DIRS}
-)
+    link_directories(${SystemC_LIBRARY_DIRS})
 else()
     message( FATAL_ERROR "SystemC library not found." )
 endif()
 
+if(CCI_FOUND)
+    include_directories(${CCI_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+    link_directories(${CCI_LIBRARY_DIRS})
+else()
+    message( FATAL_ERROR "SystemC CCI library not found." )
+endif()
+
 if(SCV_FOUND)   
     add_definitions(-DWITH_SCV)
     link_directories(${SCV_LIBRARY_DIRS})
-endif(SCV_FOUND)
+endif()
 
 set(PROJECT_3PARTY_DIRS external sr_report sr_signal)
 include(sc-components/cmake/clang-format.cmake)
diff --git a/cmake/Conan.cmake b/cmake/Conan.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cfbf2d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/Conan.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+macro(setup_conan)
+  find_program(conan conan)
+  if(NOT EXISTS ${conan})
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Conan is required. Please see README.md")
+    return()
+  endif()
+
+  if(${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL Darwin)
+    set(os Macos)
+  else()
+    set(os ${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME})
+  endif()
+
+  if(${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} STREQUAL GNU)
+    set(compiler gcc)
+  elseif(${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} STREQUAL AppleClang)
+    set(compiler apple-clang)
+  else()
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Unknown compiler: ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}")
+  endif()
+
+  string(SUBSTRING ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION} 0 3 compiler_version)
+
+  set(conanfile ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/conanfile.txt)
+  set(conanfile_cmake ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/conanbuildinfo.cmake)
+  set(compiler_libcxx libstdc++11)
+
+  if("${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" STREQUAL "")
+	set(CONAN_BUILD_TYPE Debug)
+  elseif("${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" STREQUAL "RelWithDebInfo")
+	set(CONAN_BUILD_TYPE Release)
+  else()
+	set(CONAN_BUILD_TYPE ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE})
+  endif()
+
+  execute_process(COMMAND ${conan} install --build=missing
+	  -s build_type=${CONAN_BUILD_TYPE} -s compiler.libcxx=${compiler_libcxx}
+	           ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} RESULT_VARIABLE return_code)
+  if(NOT ${return_code} EQUAL 0)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "conan install command failed.")
+  endif()
+
+  include(${conanfile_cmake})
+  conan_basic_setup(TARGETS)
+endmacro()
diff --git a/conanfile.txt b/conanfile.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b57a63b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conanfile.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[requires]
+	gsl_microsoft/20180102@bincrafters/stable
+	spdlog/0.16.3@bincrafters/stable
+    SystemC/2.3.2@minres/stable
+    SystemCVerification/2.0.1@minres/stable
+    SystemC-CCI/0.9.0@minres/stable
+
+[generators]
+    cmake
+    txt
+
+[options]
+    SystemC:stdcxx=14
+    SystemC:shared=True
+    SystemCVerification:stdcxx=14
+    SystemC-CCI:stdcxx=14
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index b354995..404c47c 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8.12)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.3)
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../cmake) # main (top) cmake dir
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake) # project specific cmake dir
-set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11) # compromise, SystemC does not compile with C++14
 
 project (sc-components)
 
@@ -32,6 +31,7 @@ endif(ZLIB_FOUND)
 
 if(SCV_FOUND)   
     add_definitions(-DWITH_SCV)
+    include_directories(${SCV_INCLUDE_DIRS})
     link_directories(${SCV_LIBRARY_DIRS})
     add_subdirectory(transaction_recording)
 endif(SCV_FOUND)
diff --git a/examples/transaction_recording/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/transaction_recording/CMakeLists.txt
index ac2d8a1..de77be7 100644
--- a/examples/transaction_recording/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/transaction_recording/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8.12)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.3)
 # Add executable called "transaction_recording" that is built from the source files
 # "scv_tr_recording_example.cpp". The extensions are automatically found.
 add_executable (transaction_recording scv_tr_recording_example.cpp)
diff --git a/sc-components b/sc-components
index f1c733d..d4653d0 160000
--- a/sc-components
+++ b/sc-components
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit f1c733dc2caed17742feca32a275eb21d15a4c8d
+Subproject commit d4653d028cec23a4d2ab63f1c213ac627393c7cf