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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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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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Drastic featured at EU Sustainable Construction event

On 6 May 2026, the Drastic Project participated in the Circular Construction & Materials Innovation session at the EU Sustainable Construction event in Brussels, Belgium. The discussion brought together policymakers, industry representatives, researchers and investors to explore the market conditions, policy frameworks and assessment approaches needed to support circular construction at scale across Europe.
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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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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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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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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 hosts Smart City Expo 2025 circularity roundtable

At this year’s Smart City Expo, held in Barcelona, Spain, members of the Drastic consortium hosted a special roundtable panel on Wednesday 5 November, which offered the chance to explore one of the most pressing challenges—and opportunities—in the sector: how to make circular construction a reality.
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