Sustainability in the Industry

Construction Industry

Impacts, Risks and Opportunities

Sustainability in Construction Industry

As buyers of building materials and designers of buildings, roads, bridges and tunnels, construction companies are the “makers” of the construction transition. Transformation takes into account the later consumption of resources in the operational phase of the structures right from the planning stage, pays attention to the selection of sustainable and recyclable building materials and materials, goes through smart, safe and partly automated construction processes and ends with the sustainable organization of the construction site itself.

Waste of building materials is avoided, dust development is minimized, construction waste is reduced and individual components are dismantled for recycling during dismantling. Climate-positive construction projects in production and operation and innovative concepts for climate resilience offer enormous potential. Cooperations with colleges and universities are important building blocks for advancing transformation in the construction sector.
After 100 years of minor changes, the future of construction will become more digital, standardized, circular – and therefore more sustainable. One example is the digitization of processes and data via Building Information Modeling (BIM). Industrial prefabrication in building construction also offers transformative potential, including the use of circular, modular components that move work steps from the construction site to the factory floor, as well as 3D printing of buildings. Processes are simplified and shortened.

The industry includes, for example, civil engineering, the construction of prefabricated houses, prefabricated components, roads, cycle paths, railway lines, bridges, tunnels, pipelines, wells, sewage treatment plants, cable network lines as well as the general construction industry, preparatory construction site work and other supporting construction activities.

Industry Materiality

Key Fields and Topics in the Industry 

 

Sustainability is different by industry. Learn key material filed and topics in Construction Industry.

 

Climate

Climate protection

Resources

Circular economy

Value Chain

Employees

Value Chain

Supply chain

EU NACE Classification 

Industry NACE Classes

Unsure if the industry is the right one? A comparison with the EU’s granular NACE classification Rev. 2.1 provides clarity.

Included NACE classes in the industry

F 41.0 Construction of residential and non-residential buildings
F 41.00 Construction of residential and non-residential buildings
F 42.1 Construction of roads and railways
F 42.11 Construction of roads and motorways
F 42.12 Construction of railways and underground railways
F 42.13 Construction of bridges and tunnels
F 42.2 Construction of utility projects
F 42.21 Construction of utility projects for fluids
F 42.22 Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications
F 42.9 Construction of other civil engineering projects
F 42.91 Construction of water projects
F 42.99 Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
F 43.1 Demolition and site preparation
F 43.11 Demolition
F 43.12 Site preparation
F 43.13 Test drilling and boring

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