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Applications for the Sustainability in the Built Environment Award 2022 organised by BUILT CoLAB are open until 19 August. This award aims to promote and recognise good practices, as well as raise awareness in the industry and public institutions of the need for knowledge and innovation within the scope of sustainability and circularity in the...

DIGITALbuilt recognised as a European Digital Innovation Hub! DIGITALbuilt is a collaborative initiative of AEC Cluster (PTPC – Portuguese Technological Platform for Construction), Portuguese Railway Platform Cluster (PFP), ACPMR – Association Cluster Portugal Mineral Resources, BUILT CoLAB, Itecons Interface Centre, StoneCITI, FI Group and FNWAY, and was now recognized as European Digital Innovation Hub for...

The Workshop “How Circular Economy can accelerate R&D in the AEC sector” organised by BUILT CoLAB and FI Group took place on 19 May. This was the last workshop of a cycle that has been organised within the scope of the Roadmap for Research & Development in the AEC sector, of the FoC – Future...

BUILT CoLAB was invited to attend the meeting that marked the launch of the second phase of the R2CS – Circular Network for Sustainable Construction work, which took place on 27 May at the premises of Gaiurb in Vila Nova de Gaia and was promoted by two network partners, Gaiurb and the Municipality of Valongo....

BUILT CoLAB and APA – Portuguese Environment Agency, together with LNEC, co-organized the face-to-face Capacity Building Action in Lisbon, in the scope of the Circular Agreement with the Construction Industry, dedicated to the topic “Construction and demolition waste management: what has changed? What’s new?”. This Training Action aimed to support the application of the new...

BUILT CoLAB was one of the main sponsors of the 4th ptBIM – the Portuguese Congress of Building Information Modelling, held in Braga between 4 and 6 May, where several of its collaborators had the opportunity to present their scientific papers submitted and approved by the respective scientific committee. Articles presented and their main authors:...

BUILT CoLAB attended the European Young Engineers (EYE), international conference that took place between 05 and 08 May at the headquarters of the Ordem dos Engenheiros in Lisbon. Marco Pedroso, Head of Sustainability of BUILT CoLAB, was one of the invited speakers in Panel 1, which had as theme “How to take into account the...

BUILT CoLAB is one of the main sponsors of the 4th ptBIM – the Portuguese Congress of Building Information Modelling, which will take place in Braga from 4 to 6 May. In this event, organized by the University of Minho, together with FEUP – Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, and IST –...

April was a month of a lot of work and applications at BUILT CoLAB. But if we have to highlight, the applications for the phase II of the Mobilising Agendas for Business Innovation were undoubtedly the most difficult and important for the future of Construction in Portugal. Through these applications a set of activities is...

The BUILT CoLAB RDI team has compiled all the work undertaken throughout 2021 and is now presenting it in a single report available for consultation to all stakeholders. This way we intend to show to the whole AEC sector the developments that the team has been achieving in the work done, both internally and in...