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The Mobilizing Agenda “Construction Industrialization – From ‘construction site’ to ‘factory’, a new paradigm of the sector for the 21st century” in which BUILT CoLAB participates was, on November 29, 2021, evaluated with “Very Good” and thus passed to the second phase of scrutiny. This agenda, resulting from a contest of ideas for the RRP,...

DIGITALbuilt, the collaborative initiative of the Architecture, Engineering and Construction Cluster (AEC), the Portuguese Railway Platform Cluster (PFP), ACPMR – Portugal Mineral Resources Cluster Association, Itecons Interface Centre, Ferrovia Competence Centre, StoneCITI, BUILT COLAB, FI GROUP and FNWAY, was recognized as a Digital Innovation Hub. This recognition means that it will provide, in a “one-stop-shop”...

BUILT CoLAB organized yesterday, November 11th, the Formal Kick-off Conference of REV@CONSTRUCTION – “Digital Construction Revolution”, the Mobilizing Project for the AEC sector that it coordinates. The online event, focused on the digital transformation of the AEC sector, sought to present to the nearly 200 participants not only the project’s objectives, but also the main...

João Moutinho, Business & Internationalization Director, represented BUILT CoLAB in the panel of the BfK Jury – Born from Knowledge Ideas 2021, which took place on October 27th at Instituto Pedro Nunes, in Coimbra. The business ideas in this contest were distributed by 4 thematic categories, having João Moutinho participated in the panel that evaluated...

The protocol “Circular Agreement with the Construction Industry”, which formalizes the partnership between BUILT CoLAB and the Environmental Fund, was signed yesterday, October 11th, in Lisbon. BUILT CoLAB was one of the entities selected by the Environmental Fund, for the implementation of several training actions and thematic workshops, with the final goal of preparing an...

The protocol Circular Agreement with the Construction Industry, which makes BUILT CoLAB a partner of the Environmental Fund, will be signed on October 11th. This ceremony will be attended by the Minister of Environment and Climate Action, João Pedro Matos Fernandes, and the Director of the Environmental Fund, Alexandra Carvalho. BUILT CoLAB will be represented...

Following Notice No. 01/C05-i01/2021, which calls for the expression of interest for the development of projects within the scope of the Mobilizing Agendas for Business Innovation, BUILT CoLAB has been developing, with the various agents of the AEC sector, “Mobilizing Agendas for Reindustrialization and Green Agendas for Business Innovation”. These are projects of great ambition...

PTPC – Portuguese Construction Technological Platform, the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, and 3Drivers, BUILT CoLAB’s associates, are the partners of the Circular Buildings project promoted by SmartWaste and funded by EEA Grants. This project aims to develop decision support tools to promote increased reuse of materials and reduction in waste production...

The winners of the BIM Excellence Awards 2021 are already known, an edition that, according to the Jury, demonstrates that the digital maturity of the national industry has evolved in an extremely positive way, demonstrated by the overall quality of all applications evaluated. The winners were: • “Simulation and Project” Award – COBA – Engineering...

In the design and execution of infrastructure works, the allocation of equipment and workers on the different work fronts has a frankly notorious impact on costs. Since fuel consumption is one of the factors with the greatest impact, it is relevant to accurately forecast and monitor in different scenarios of load, route (sinuosity, distance, etc.),...