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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.
What does it take to scale circular construction? Lessons from Drastic’s Fifth General Assembly
On 2–3 June 2026, partners from across the Drastic consortium gathered at TalTech in Tallinn, Estonia, for the project's fifth General Assembly.
The meeting brought together partners from across Europe to share progress, exchange lessons learned and explore a central challenge facing the construction sector: how can circular construction solutions become practical, scalable and economically viable?
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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How can circular solutions be scaled across the built environment value chain, and how does the Drastic Project play a key role in this process?
Discover key insights from the first European Drastic webinar- ‘Circularity in the built environment: From global vision to local action’.
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Drastic Launches First Project Webinar: Circularity in the Built Environment
The Drastic project has launched its first webinar in a new series exploring circularity in the built environment. Taking place on 11 March 2026, the session will examine how global policy, national strategies and project-level innovation can work together to accelerate implementation.
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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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EU Project Collaboration: CircBoost
The Drastic project is delighted to welcome a new EU project collaboration with CircBoost for 2026!
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Drastic partner, Produktif, wins two Green Solutions 2025 Awards
Drastic is delighted to announce that project partner, Produktif, has received not one, but two Green Solutions 2025 Awards from Construction-21 International for their work on the design and submission of a winning Passive House construction to the Ice Box Challenge Oslo in the summer of 2024.
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Drastic Partner joins COP30 delegates for International Green Solutions Award nomination
Drastic partner Produktif joins around 60 hopeful entrants to the prestigious international round of Construction 21’s Green Solutions Awards 2024-2025, which will be announced on 12 November 2025 at COP30 in Belém, Brazil.
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Drastic partners gathered in Barcelona for project’s General Assembly
Drastic’s fourth General Assembly, held at Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, gathered the project’s consortium at a pivotal moment, as Drastic hits its two-year mark and is privy to a clearer view of the challenges ahead, via the experiences and lessons learned from two years of project proceedings.
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Constructing a sustainable future starts today: how the Drastic project can help delay Earth Overshoot Day
Horizon Europe’s Drastic project is playing a key part in the drive to delay Earth Overshoot Day via its groundbreaking new Design Guidance and Assessment Framework and multiple European Demonstrator projects.
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