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Digitalisation: BIM4Ren General Assembly, Tech day & webinar Digitalisation & Innovation

Digitalisation: BIM4Ren General Assembly, Tech day & webinar

The Horizon 2020 project BIM4Ren had a very busy month behind, made of internal meetings and external events as the number of discoveries and developments is accelerating in this Research...

November 27, 2020 Read more
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CONDAP Project: Info day & Pilot-testing of the Online Course for construction mentors Social Affairs

CONDAP Project: Info day & Pilot-testing of the Online Course for construction mentors

On 10 November, EBC held the first online Info Day of the Erasmus + project CONDAP, which aims to enhance the skills of mentors in construction apprenticeships. The event, celebrated...

November 13, 2020 Read more
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Construction 2050 Alliance: Event on the role of construction in the national Recovery Plans

Construction 2050 Alliance: Event on the role of construction in the national Recovery Plans

On 2nd December, the Construction 2050 Alliance will organize the high-level online event “The role of construction in the national Recovery Plans".  At the occasion, different Member States will p...

November 3, 2020 Read more
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Standardisation: future challenges for the sector, from CPR to environmental performance Standardisation

Standardisation: future challenges for the sector, from CPR to environmental performance

Tuesday the 20th October 2020, Small Business Standards (SBS) gathered several renowned experts to discuss the review of the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) and the future of construction envir...

October 26, 2020 Read more
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Skills for construction mentors: CONDAP online event on 10 November Social Affairs

Skills for construction mentors: CONDAP online event on 10 November

Join us for the CONDAP online event: "Green, digital and communication skills for mentors in construction apprenticeships", organised by the European Builders Confederation (EBC) in relation to the Er...

October 21, 2020 Read more
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EBC welcomes Renovation Wave Communication as a step towards more energy efficiency renovations Energy & Environment

EBC welcomes Renovation Wave Communication as a step towards more energy efficiency renovations

Today the European Commission (EC) published its long-awaited communication on “A Renovation Wave for climate neutrality and recovery”, which highlights the importance of energy efficiency renova...

October 14, 2020 Read more
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EBC talks about the Renovation wave at the SolarPower Summit Digitalisation & Innovation

EBC talks about the Renovation wave at the SolarPower Summit

Last week, EBC participated in the SolarPower Summit 2020, SolarPower Europe’s annual flagship event. This edition focused on the contribution of solar-based solutions to achieve a fully decarbonise...

October 7, 2020 Read more
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Public procurement: Support construction SMEs during Covid-19 by better implementing the Directive Economy

Public procurement: Support construction SMEs during Covid-19 by better implementing the Directive

The EU economy was hit hard by the consequences of the Covid-19 crisis and is only slowly recovering from, in many places, complete standstill. Even though various economic sectors feel...

October 6, 2020 Read more
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Digital skills: the CONDAP online course for construction mentors is ready Social Affairs

Digital skills: the CONDAP online course for construction mentors is ready

One the core objectives of the Erasmus + project CONDAP - Digital Skills for Workplace Mentors in Construction Sector Apprenticeships is the collective production of a Vocational Open Online Course...

September 30, 2020 Read more
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Standards: SBS Annual event on SMEs and the data economy Standardisation

Standards: SBS Annual event on SMEs and the data economy

On 29 September, Small Business Standards (SBS), the European organization representing SMEs in the standardization community, held its annual event, this year dedicated to “How can standards suppor...

September 30, 2020 Read more
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Digital construction: join the DigiPLACE Community of Stakeholders Digitalisation & Innovation

Digital construction: join the DigiPLACE Community of Stakeholders

DigiPLACE is the European H2020 project that is responsible for designing the reference architecture of the European digital platform for constructions, that could integrate the different technologies...

September 29, 2020 Read more
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Circular Economy: construction SMEs are vital to achieve the EU environmental goals Energy & Environment

Circular Economy: construction SMEs are vital to achieve the EU environmental goals

After months of forced standstill, discussions on the EU's ambitions for a circular economy have resumed in Brussels and across Europe. In response to the New Circular Economy Action Plan...

September 14, 2020 Read more