Newsletter Building Europe

NEWSLETTER Nº 08 / July/September-2020
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The eighth meeting of the High Level Tripartite Strategic Forum '2050 Construction' meets more than one hundred professionals from the European Construction Industry

This forum is part of the European Commission's Action Plan for 'Construction 2020'. Speakers and attendees discussed about the EU Next Generation Recovery Plan, including the Renovation Wave, to strengthen the sector's ecosystem in the face of the crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic.

NEWS

If you want to improve your Health and Safety at height works skills, use the 'Upp Games' app!

Result of the Erasmus+ project, after 27 months of work in the field of Health and Safety in Construction, carried out by seven partners from Spain, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Slovenia.

Health and Safety Blueprint and European Commission hold the Second Stakeholders Meeting of the project

This second meeting with European construction industry stakeholders will take place online on September 2nd, 2020, to discuss the challenges of 'green' jobs and the impact of COVID-19 on the building sector.

Projects of the Fundación Laboral de la Construcción, in the European Sustainable Energy Week

Initiatives such as Construye 2020+, Construction Blueprint, Health and Safety Blueprint, Bus.Trainers, EPIU Getafe Hogares Saludables and Watter Skills aim to achieve a more sustainable construction sector with a future.

Prototype of the Tycon application to promote entrepreneurial skills in construction

Since October 2018, the Fundación Laboral has participated in this European project, led by the Open University of the Netherlands, together with other entities from Germany, Slovenia, Italy and the United Kingdom.

Construction Blueprint launches an Interactive Map with over 120 European best practices

The partners have identified innovative initiatives in eleven countries to which the consortium belongs, dealing with skill gaps and skills mismatches in the topics of Energy Efficiency, Digitalisation and Circular Economy among other.

The virtual reality application for Health and Safety in road works, VRoad, will be ready for this Summer

This European project led by Fundación Laboral de la Construcción is working on the beta version of this tool, which will soon be launched in Spanish, English, French, Italian and Portuguese, partnership languages.

OTHER PROJECTS

	The BIM Alliance is launched, a space for collaboration and opportunities to minimize the energy impact of construction in Europe
	Through the EPIU Getafe Healthy Homes project, Fundación Laboral fights energy poverty for the comfort of citizens
	Participate in the Icaro survey on equal opportunities in construction for women and young people and learn about the progress of the project
	The Foundation collaborates in the CDWaste project on construction and demolition waste management. More information in its first newsletter

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