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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?

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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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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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Project partner Sorigue presents Drastic at Smart City Expo World Congress 2025

Sorigué explored how R&D&I can support the circular economy in construction at Smart City Expo World Congress 2025.
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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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Spanish Demonstrator begins testing of innovative circular steel and cement products

Drastic’s Spanish Demonstrator has been hard at work in recent months, using its first phase of development to test both steel and concrete products aimed at increasing circularity and reducing carbon emissions across the European built environment.
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Project partners in Barcelona, Spain, for the General Assembly.

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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A timber barn being dismantled for re-use, as part of Drastic’s Norwegian Demonstrator project.

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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Eero Nigumann wins Young Civil Engineer 2024 prize

Eero Nigumann, project manager at Timbeco (one of Drastic’s Estonian project partners) was awarded the the Young Civil Engineer 2024 prize by the Estonian Civil Engineers Union at the Ehitus 2025+: "New or Old?" Conference on 27 November 2024.
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