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French Demonstrator update: Insights from recent webinar on circular office installations
On 10 June 2026, partners Drastic's French Demonstrator came together to share insights and practical experiences on the reuse of removable partitions and ceiling tiles within renovation projects.
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Design for reuse now: hands-on Nordic workshop in Tallinn
On 4 June 2026, partners from Drastic’s Nordic Demonstrator gathered at TalTech – Tallinn University of Technology in Tallinn, Estonia, for a project co-creation workshop focused on accelerating the transition towards circular and adaptable building systems.
Three months of learning, innovation, and collaboration in industrial renovation
Three months of learning and collaboration
Last week, Drastic’s Estonian Demonstrator successfully concluded a comprehensive three-month training series dedicated to industrial renovation, hosted by project partners, TalTech and Timbeco.
French Demonstrator gives office partitions a new lease of life
The Drastic project is excited to announce the latest phase of activity from its French Demonstrator: a circular office partition installation at project partner Clipper Coramine’s headquarters in Senlis, France.
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Register now for French Demonstrator’s circular office renovation webinar
Registrations are now open for the upcoming Drastic project’s French Demonstrator’s webinar on 10 June 2026, exploring how circular solutions can support office renovation projects through material reuse and whole life carbon reduction.
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Spanish demonstrator continues to drive circularity in construction
Drastic’s Spanish Demonstrator continues its mission to advance circular solutions for the construction sector, with a full-day event hosted at the North Campus of the School of Civil Engineering (UPC) in Barcelona, Spain on April 24.
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Updates from the CircHub Cluster
The CircHub Cluster has released a new interview video featuring Carolin Spirinckx, Project Manager at Drastic’s coordinating partner, VITO, sharing insights from the latest CircHub workshop, held in Naples on 5 March 2026.
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Drastic wins with ceiling tiles
The Drastic project is excited to announce the latest phase of activity from its French Demonstrator: a re-used ceiling tiles installation in Aubervilliers, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.
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CircHub Cluster leads workshop on sustainable & energy-efficient building materials in Naples, Italy
On 5 March 2026, Carolin Spirinckx, Project Manager at Drastic’s coordinating partner VITO, represented the Drastic Project as part of a workshop on sustainable & energy-efficient building materials in Naples, Italy at the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche.
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Demonstrators in action: Estonian demonstrator validates design for disassembly in timber renovation systems
Drastic’s Estonian Demonstrator has reached a significant technical milestone with the successful completion of the full assembly and disassembly cycle of prefabricated timber-framed insulation panels developed for building renovation in Estonia.
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Behind the paper: non-destructive assessment of reclaimed timber elements
This paper evaluates the use of X-ray computed tomography (CT) scanning and computational mechanics to assess the quality of reclaimed timber elements.
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