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.

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.

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.

This paper evaluates the use of X-ray computed tomography (CT) scanning and computational mechanics to assess the quality of reclaimed timber elements.

It’s been some time since we last heard from Drastic’s French contingent, but fear not, this Demonstrator has been busy working away behind the scenes with some exciting updates to be shared in the coming months! 

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.

Welcome to the winter 2025 edition of the Drastic project newsletter.

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.