| Scaling up in new digital initiatives and technologies Large construction and engineering companies have mostly made the step to digitalization but the adoption of digitalization lags behind. For Royal Jaarbeurs the reason to introduce, as market leader with its own trade titles BouwBeurs and VSK, the trade event DigiBouw. DigiBouw is the meeting place where construction and installation professionals get tools to accelerate digitization within their company. Tom van der Zwaag: "The challenges for the coming years in the sector are as great as ever. The question of whether it should be more efficient is no longer the most relevant, but how are we as a market going to scale up the use of new digital initiatives and technologies? The conditions for standardization are being created and many good and innovative things are already happening on the digital front. To raise digital maturity levels even further across the sector, we need to take people with us, bring added value into focus and show what is already possible." During DigiBouw 2024, design, construction and engineering professionals will gain valuable insights into today's opportunities for companies to take the next step on that road to a digitally driven construction process. Techniek Nederland presents research on impact of new technologies |
Utrecht, October 23, 2024 - Royal Jaarbeurs and digiGO, the platform for digital collaboration in the built environment, are launching a new trade event DigiBouw. DigiBouw 2024 aims to promote digital adoption within the construction and installation sector. Tom van der Zwaag: " Digitization is necessary to make the Dutch construction sector safer, more efficient and more sustainable. Therefore, during DigiBouw we offer a program for design, construction and engineering professionals with inspiring top speakers and speakers from the construction industry. For example, during the event, Techniek Nederland will present its research on the impact of new technologies such as AI, robotization and industrialization on the sector." DigiBouw 2024 will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 20 and Thursday, Nov. 21, at Royal Jaarbeurs.
Jaarbeurs and the construction & installation sector
Jaarbeurs is the centerpiece of the Construction & Installation sector and has organized the largest trade fairs BouwBeurs and VSK for many years. Every year Jaarbeurs hosts many guest events for this sector. In 2023, Jaarbeurs launched the online platform the Construction and Installation Hub; the content platform for the construction and installation sector with the aim of strengthening cooperation within the construction and installation sector, sharing knowledge and accelerating sustainable growth. In May 2025, Jaarbeurs launched a new European trade event for the facade industry: Future Facade.
