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New Law on waste and contaminated ground, key for ecological and digital transition
Sustainability is one of the most worrisome aspects in construction. This feeling has become stronger in recent years and as a result, the European Union has outlined some objectives concerning matters of prevention, collection, evaluation, reuse and recycling for 2025, 2030 and 2035. In order to comply with the established objectives, the Government has passed the Law 7/2022, of April 8, on waste and contaminated ground for the circular...
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Focusing on women’s training in construction
The City hall of L’Hospitalet de Llobregat has started, for the third consecutive year, the project ‘Women Build’, which includes the collaboration of the Fundación Laboral de la Construcción (Construction Labor Foundation)
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Tenders in Catalonia, far below the pre-crisis numbers
According to data from the Official Chamber of Building Contractors of Catalonia (Cambra Oficial de Contractistes d’Obres de Catalunya - CCOC), the number of bids of all the Public Administrations of Catalonia is way below those reached before the crisis of 2008. This downward trend was seen even before the health crisis of the coronavirus
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The IMF uses the Spanish credit bubble as an example to forecast economic crises
The report "Discerning good from bad credit booms: the role of construction" published by the IMF, analyzes the indicators of the credit bubble that burst in Spain in 2008. It could be concluded from this analysis that characteristics of the construction sector make an important reference to anticipate possible economic crises
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The number of construction workers reaches the high point of 2011
A study on the evolution of the construction sector carried out by the human resources firm, Randstad, shows how the creation of employment in this sector continues to grow, surpassing 1.3 million employees in 2019. This figures means a 5% growth in regards to 2018 and is the highest since 2011
