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Standardisation: EBC participates in CEN-CENELEC video on Standards in Construction

EBC was pleased to take part, upon invitation of CEN-CENELEC, in fruitful discussions on the development of digital solutions in construction, together with other major construction stakeholders such ...

Vacancy notice: EBC Standardisation Officer

The successful candidate will work as an integral part of the EBC team in the secretariat, but devoting his/her full time to SBS, reporting directly to the EBC Secretary General...

Green Deal: EBC met Diederik Samsom during monthly construction lunch

In the framework of the monthly Construction lunches initiated by Construction Products Europe in 2019, EBC organised the first edition in 2020 and invited high-level construction actors from the Euro...

Construction Products Regulation: legislative scrutiny time on its implementation

On 22 January 2020, the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) of the European Parliament hold a legislative scrutiny session concerning the implementation of the Construction Produc...

Future of construction: EBC invited to EESC High-Level Stakeholder Roundtable on the future of the Construction Industry

Late Payment: ECJ considers Member States have to guarantee timely payment by public authorities

On 28 January, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Justice ruled that Italy had violated Directive 2011/7/EU on combating late payment in commercial transactions, because it failed to...

EBC welcomes the new Director of Small Business Standards

EBC is glad to welcome Maitane Olabarria Uzquiano as the new Director of Small Business Standards (SBS), the voice of European SMEs in standardisation. SBS is the European association created...

DigiPLACE Survey: assessing the digital maturity of construction SMEs and craftsmen

Funded by the EU Horizon 2020 programme, the project “DigiPLACE – the Digital Platform framework for Construction in Europe” aims at assessing the feasibility of a European digital platform that...

Housing: EBC and the European Housing Forum advocate for re-establishment of the URBAN Intergroup in the European Parliament

Driving times and Tachographs: Political agreement recognizes construction specificities

Yesterday the TRAN Committee of the European Parliament approved the trilogue agreement on the “Driving times” and “Tachograph” Regulations reached before Christmas. The European construction ...

European Commission launches ‘fair minimum wage’ initiative

On 14 January, the European Commission (EC) presented a Communication on building a Strong Social Europe for Just Transitions, setting out how social policy will help deliver on the challenges...

Final NETconVET meeting in Madrid

After two and a half years of work, the NETconVET consortium met for the last time in the headquarters of the Fundación Laboral de la Construcción in Madrid on 15th...