Construction 4.0 represents the digital evolution of the construction sector, making it more competitive in the global market through automation, robotics, and advanced digital tools. This digital shift enhances project predictability, improves working conditions, and attracts young talent to the sector. However, the industry’s inherent fragmentation, with many roles and players involved, makes digitalisation more complex than in other sectors.
EBC advocates for a gradual digital transformation that includes and benefits construction SMEs, enabling them to overcome investment limitations and limited digital expertise. By fostering a collaborative digital ecosystem, EBC promotes an inclusive approach to Construction 4.0.
Digitalisation
The European construction industry faces three major challenges: improve its productivity, increase the safety and wellbeing of its workforce and make a shift towards a green, resource efficient indus...
Standardisation
On 14 June, CEN/TC442, the Technical Committee (TC) working on the standardisation of Building Information Modelling (BIM), held its plenary meeting in Tromsø, Norway. The meeting was the first hybri...
Digitalisation
Today 8 June, ECCREDI (The European Council for Construction Research, Development, and Innovation) held in Brussels an Open Forum followed by its Council meeting. The event sought to give an...
Economy
In the context of the EU Industry Days 2022, EBC Secretary General Fernando Sigchos Jiménez was invited by the European Commission DG Grow to speak in an episode of the...
Digitalisation
On 26 January, the European Commission launched an expression of interest (EoI) for the purpose of developing supporting actions for the digitalisation of construction SMEs. The dual purpose of this...
Social Affairs
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...
