For decades, building sustainability has been assessed mainly through its operational phase: energy consumption, thermal performance, and emissions during use. However, a dimension that has gained central importance in the sector — and is increasingly becoming mandatory under European regulation — is embodied carbon. Embodied carbon refers to the emissions generated before a building
The construction sector is undergoing a critical phase of transformation, driven by increasing demands for efficiency, sustainability, and innovation. At the heart of this landscape lies an increasingly evident reality: the shortage of skilled labour—particularly in core operational technical roles—whose absence jeopardises not only the pace of construction works but also the overall sustainability of
Construction today increasingly seeks to optimise resources and be as efficient, fast and economically viable as possible while maintaining high-quality standards. With increasingly demanding rules and characteristics, certification protocols seek well-being and quality for building users. These certifications, which are increasingly in demand regarding quality of life, also aim to protect our planet’s scarce resources.
In recent years, the civil construction sector has undergone a reinvention that has made it possible to overcome the constant difficulties at an economic level, thus increasing sensitivity to the importance of cost control as a means of success for the organization. In this sense, in this article, we will approach the concept of
Workers of any profession are confronted daily with many hazards in the workplace. Health and safety at work identify and assess a wide range of potential hazards in the workplace, requiring interventions, from accident prevention and the most severe risks. The prevention of diseases and accidents at work should be the objective of health and
If technology, industrialization and sustainability are the significant changes that we will have to witness in the coming years in construction, durability, efficiency, adaptability and cost and waste reduction are the main premises for the future of the building. Even a more inattentive look can see that the construction sector generally has a very high
Digital twins occupy a central place in the process of managing the life cycle of a space or building just like BIM – which we’ve addressed in a previous article. Although distinct, they are intimately related concepts. What’s a Digital Twin? A Digital Twin is a virtual model of a physical entity, built using digital, computational, and informational tools and technologies. The Digital Twin replicates its physical counterpart and
Building Information Modelling (BIM) emerges as a solution for modernizing and restructuring the construction sector, stimulating the collaboration amongst project stakeholders, promoting digitization as a response to the need for optimizing communication and obtaining more efficient processes. Although often seen as a technology, BIM is also (and foremost) a new work methodology. On one hand,