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EU Presidency: France is already preparing to lead the Council in January 2022

EU Presidency: France is already preparing to lead the Council in January 2022

On 1 January 2022, France will take over the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Slovenia. On the basis of a joint programme developed with the...

December 1, 2021 Read more
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Energy Efficiency: EBC & FIEC meet Commission for a constructive and proportionate EPBD revision Energy & Environment

Energy Efficiency: EBC & FIEC meet Commission for a constructive and proportionate EPBD revision

In the context of the wider consultation process on the way to the revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), EBC and FIEC met with several Directorate-Generals (DGs)...

December 1, 2021 Read more
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Skills: Become a member of the Construction Blueprint Sectoral Skills Alliance! Social Affairs

Skills: Become a member of the Construction Blueprint Sectoral Skills Alliance!

While slowly moving towards its conclusion in December 2022, the Erasmus + project “Construction Blueprint - Skills Blueprint for the Construction Industry” saw last year the establishment of a Se...

November 30, 2021 Read more
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Standardisation: SBS statement on timely delivery of EU standards Standardisation

Standardisation: SBS statement on timely delivery of EU standards

At the occasion of the CEN-CENELEC Stakeholder workshop on the ESOs-EC Task Force on “Timely delivery of European standards for a Green and Digital, Single and Global Market”, held on...

November 25, 2021 Read more
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Late Payment: EBC calls for zero-tolerance at SME Assembly 2021 Economy

Late Payment: EBC calls for zero-tolerance at SME Assembly 2021

In the context of the 2021 SME Assembly, EBC took part in the panel discussion titled “Tackling Late Payment: Construction Ecosystem at the Core of the Issue”, organised by the...

November 25, 2021 Read more
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Vacancy notice: Secretary General

Vacancy notice: Secretary General

The European Builders Confederation (EBC) is currently looking to recruit a Secretary General (SG) to lead and manage the Brussels-based office. The role The Secretary General provides leadershi...

November 3, 2021 Read more
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Digital Construction: BIM-SPEED National training and dissemination workshops Digitalisation & Innovation

Digital Construction: BIM-SPEED National training and dissemination workshops

In the framework of the Horizon 2020 project “BIM-SPEED – Harmonised Building Information Speedway for Energy-Efficient Renovation”, EBC, REHVA, FIEC and ACE organised two national BIM-SPEED tra...

October 28, 2021 Read more
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The European Housing Sector call for contextualised Fit-for-55 and EPBD revision Energy & Environment

The European Housing Sector call for contextualised Fit-for-55 and EPBD revision

In the context of the wider debate following the release of the first batch of the Fit-for-55 package in July 2021 and in view of the revision of the Energy...

October 28, 2021 Read more
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High Level Construction Forum: Co-creating a policy roadmap for the sector Digitalisation & Innovation

High Level Construction Forum: Co-creating a policy roadmap for the sector

The EU Industrial Strategy recognized construction as a priority ecosystem to achieve EU goals, for which the best transition pathways should be identified through a co-creation process including all ...

October 27, 2021 Read more
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Health & Safety: FIEC and EBC call for realistic occupational exposure limits on asbestos and strong accompanying measures

Health & Safety: FIEC and EBC call for realistic occupational exposure limits on asbestos and strong accompanying measures

Following the adoption of the Villumsen report on asbestos at work by the European Parliament earlier this week, the European Construction Industry Federation (FIEC) and the European Builders Confeder...

October 22, 2021 Read more
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Skills: The Construction Blueprint partnership physically reunited for their 6th meeting in Berlin Social Affairs

Skills: The Construction Blueprint partnership physically reunited for their 6th meeting in Berlin

On 13 and 14 October 2021, EBC participated in the sixth international meeting of the Erasmus+ project Construction Blueprint, hosted by the German partners Zentralverband des Deutschen Baugewerbes (Z...

October 21, 2021 Read more
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Energy Efficiency: Construction SMEs call for proportionate and realistic measures in their new position on the EPBD revision Energy & Environment

Energy Efficiency: Construction SMEs call for proportionate and realistic measures in their new position on the EPBD revision

In the context of the current lively debate on the direction to give to the revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings (EPBD) Directive by the European Commission, EBC has...

October 20, 2021 Read more