As the European Commission moves closer to adopting the EU Circular Economy Act 2026 (note that you will be able to provide your expert feedback on the Circular Economy Act to the European Commission from 1 August 2025), the regulatory environment for construction and demolition waste (CDW) is rapidly evolving. At the centre of this change is the reuse of materials, transparent data flows and digital traceability — all topics that are fully supported by the BIM4D project.
🧱 What’s Changing in EU Policy?
The upcoming Circular Economy Act will form a binding legal framework to:
- Mandate minimum recycled content in construction products,
- Enable digital waste tracking and classification across EU borders,
- Support the use of secondary raw materials,
- Require digital product passports for traceability,
- Link all this to green finance via the EU Taxonomy Regulation.
As a key enabler, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) published draft EU-wide End-of-Waste (EoW) criteria for mineral construction waste. This important milestone defines when CDW – such as crushed concrete, tiles, and clean soil – becomes a product, not waste.
👉 These changes aim to bring legal clarity, reduce environmental impact, and encourage industrial resilience and circularity.
🔗 Where Does BIM4D Fit In?
The BIM4D project is designed to support this very transformation by:
- Training deconstruction professionals to use Building Information Modelling (BIM) for the C1 phase (deconstruction),
- Enhancing digital documentation of material flows, crucial for future waste tracking systems,
- Supporting data-based assessments aligned with CEN/TC 350 standards and the environmental criteria in EU Delegated Regulation 2023/2486,
- Promoting green VET pathways for EQF 4–5 workers in sustainable construction practices.
By preparing the workforce for BIM-supported circular deconstruction, BIM4D helps implement the upcoming legal frameworks in practice.
What’s Next?
BIM4D partners are currently:
- Finalising the BIM4D training platform (LEARNDASH), sept 2025!
- Developing training materials for six thematic modules on digital and green skills, sept 2025!
- Preparing national pilot tests with 20–30 participants per country, sept 2025! sept 2025!
