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BUILT CoLAB supports the “Sustainable and Digital Building” webinar organized by the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria. This event takes place on July 14 and aims to create a discussion forum, addressing different topics with the contribution of some of the experts in the field. The topics to be discussed are the challenges in improving the...

Applications for the Prestige AEC Project, promoted and promoted by PTPC / Cluster AEC, and financed by Portugal 2020, are open until July 15, which is intended to collect and compile images of reference objects of Architecture, Engineering, and Construction in Portugal, for the publication of a representative author’s book of the AEC sector. The...

On June 28, an Innovation Talk was held on the “Digital Transformation Plan of the AEC Sector – Architecture, Engineering, and Construction”, an event promoted by ANI. The initiative, which took place online, featured luís Gomes and António Aguiar Costa, Vice President and Director of R&D at BUILT CoLAB respectively, who had the opportunity to...

The next call for the METABUILDING project, GROW/HARVEST Call, opens on June 15. This Call aims to encourage SMEs in the Construction sector to address the challenges of ICT, Nature-Based Solutions, Circular Economy and Recycling, and 3D Printing, with funding up to €60,000. Proposals must be based on collaborative projects between two partners or more...

Next Thursday, May 27, the closing conference of DigiPLACE, a European project that aims to develop digital platforms and common ecosystems of services to support innovation in the AEC sector and pave the way for future projects in the area of digital construction. This conference was called “The future building blocks – How digital platforms...

Cluster AEC, partner of BUILT CoLAB, was one of the selected entities, unique in Portugal, for the European initiative “Towards Green Transition Facility”, which aims to support the green initiatives of clusters and their associates. The “Towards Green Transition Facility” is an initiative of the European Cluster Collaboration Platform (ECCP) to enable clusters registered with...

THE ANI reported that applications for the SIFIDE Incentives system for fiscal year 2020 may be submitted by 30 June 2021. Thus, companies now have one more month than expected to apply to the System of Tax Incentives for Research and Business Development, which aims to increase the competitiveness of companies by supporting their research...

Applications for the BIM 2021 Excellence Award, an award created by CT197-BIM, the Bim National Technical Commission for Standardization, are open, and this year with the support of BUILT CoLAB, and Cluster AEC/PTPC. The BIM Excellence Award aims to enhance and promote the digitization and implementation of BIM at the national level through the dissemination...

The new research and innovation framework programme, Horizon Europe – an ambitious research and innovation programme with almost €100 billion for the period 2021-2027 and succeeding Horizon 2020 – is in force since 1 January 2021. Portugal aims to leverage around 2 billion (400,000 more than in H2020). Final work programmes are emerging and the...

ACA Group is the new member of BUILT CoLAB with the unanimous approval of BUILT CoLAB members present at the 3rd General Meeting of the Association. The company, founded in 1982, is today one of the most relevant Portuguese and international players in the construction sector. Focused on dynamic, innovative, and ambitious management, the ACA...