The digital transformation of construction is powered by innovative technologies such as Building Information Modelling (BIM) and digital tools like Digital Product Passports (DPP) or Digital Building Logbooks (DBLs). While they provide significant opportunities, its adoption among SMEs—who make up over 94% of the sector—remains limited due to accessibility and cost challenges.
EBC advocates for a digital framework tailored to the realities of SMEs, emphasizing open standards, practical and affordable tools, and targeted training. By supporting SME-friendly policies for digital construction, EBC promotes a future-ready construction sector where data-driven decisions are accessible to all. EBC action aims to ensure that digital standards and tools across the construction sector support sustainable, efficient, and inclusive growth.
Digitalisation & Innovation
The European Commission’s HLCF video series explores Digital Building Logbooks (DBLs). EBC’s Fernando Sigchos Jiménez discussed DBL benefits for SMEs, highlighting challenges like data privacy, fragmentation, and the digital skills...
Digitalisation & Innovation
On 5 and 6 September, EBC travelled to Ireland, for the General Assembly of the Horizon Europe initiative HumanTech, whose efforts are geared towards developing human centred technologies for a...
Digitalisation & Innovation
The European Council for Construction Research, Development, and Innovation (ECCREDI) convened on 20 June 2024 for its council meeting at the Belgian private research institute Buildwise in Zaventem, ...
Standardisation
As part of its role in coordinating construction activities for SBS, EBC took part in the CEN Technical Committee 442 plenary meeting, dedicated to the standardisation of Building Information Modellin...
Digitalisation & Innovation
The latest General Assembly of the Horizon Europe project BEEYONDERS, Breakthrough European tEchnologies Yielding cOnstruction sovereigNty, Diversity & Efficiency of ResourceS, concluded recently ...
Digitalisation & Innovation
From 23 to 25 August, the partners in the EU-funded HumanTech initiative gathered in Oslo for the mid-term meeting of this Horizon Europe project aimed at developing human-centred technologies that...
