The Transition Pathway for Construction is a European Commission initiative, not a standalone organization, launched as part of the EU's updated Industrial Strategy. Published on March 15, 2023, it emerged from a two-year co-creation process involving the High-Level Construction Forum (HLCF), which grew to over 1,100 members including companies, associations, national authorities, and academics.
The pathway builds on the 2012 Construction 2020 strategy, shifting focus to green, digital, and resilient transitions amid challenges like COVID-19 disruptions and the Ukraine war's supply shocks. It outlines six building blocks: competitiveness, enabling framework, skills and talent, technology and data, circularity, and finance.
Key facts include stakeholder consultations from December 2021 to March 2022, identifying 12 critical topics narrowed to four for deep dives. HLCF forums drew crowds—220 in September 2021, 190 in April 2022, 130 in March 2023 for the launch, and 215 combined in April 2024—tracking implementation.
Current activities center on thematic sessions covering decarbonization, BIM standardization, whole-life carbon roadmaps, and skills like a proposed New European Bauhaus Academy for circular economy training. Recommendations push for renovation over demolition, whole-life carbon disclosure via the Level(s) framework, reuse targets, and funding for heat pumps and solar panels, all coordinated from Brussels.[7][2][3][4][6]