Utrecht, 27 February 2024 - A new trade event dedicated to digitisation in the construction and installation sector will take place this autumn: DigiBouw 2024. Digitalisation is necessary to make the Dutch construction sector safer, more efficient and more sustainable. Large construction and engineering companies have mostly made the step to digitalisation but the adoption of digitalisation lags behind. Reason enough for Royal Jaarbeurs, as market leader with its own trade titles BouwBeurs and VSK, to introduce the trade event DigiBouw. DigiBouw 2024 aims to promote digital adoption within the construction and installation sector. Jaarbeurs is organising DigiBouw in cooperation with digiGO. This is the platform for digital collaboration in the built environment. DigiBouw 2024 will take place on Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21 November 2024 at Royal Jaarbeurs.
Jeroen van Hooff, CEO Royal Jaarbeurs: "The success of digitisation lies mainly in whether professionals in the construction industry are ready for new techniques and ways of working. During BouwBeurs 2023, we noticed that a specific target group has a huge interest in digitalisation and its adoption. This is the reason for us to introduce the new event DigiBouw."
DigiBouw: the way to an efficient and sustainable construction sector
DigiBouw is the meeting place where construction and installation professionals get tools to accelerate digitalisation within their companies. With its knowledge and experience, the Netherlands is one of the frontrunners in Europe when it comes to digitalisation in the construction and installation sector. Jeroen van Hooff: "In recent years, we see that under the influence of sustainability and energy transition, the construction and installation sector is facing a major challenge. Legislation has also tightened up with the addition of the Building Quality Assurance Act (Wkb). However, we see that the adoption of digitalisation among construction and installation professionals can be improved. I am proud that from now on, in cooperation with digiGO, we can also offer a platform for the Dutch builder who wants to know all about digitalisation of his construction business." Pieter van Teeffelen, Director of Direction & Organisation, digiGO: "We are going to set the pack in motion towards more digital collaboration and that is why we are collaborating with Jaarbeurs on this new event: DigiBouw."
Leaders share knowledge and expertise on digitisation in construction
During DigiBouw, market leaders will share how they have digitised their business processes. Pieter Beuker, Management Member Sales & Customer Success at Pro4all and one of the frontrunners: "The construction industry is facing major challenges: newspapers are full of articles on nitrogen, the WKB and the housing shortage. But you never actually hear anything about work pressure, because the tough men and women of construction are used to it. While research by Berenschot recently showed that one in four UTA workers suffer from excessive work pressure. By deploying software to make construction processes run more smoothly, you reduce that workload and make room to tackle other major challenges. As a software provider, we are happy to contribute to that."
For more information, visit DigiBouw.co.uk
