DIGITALbuilt

DIGITALbuilt is a Construction Digital Innovation HUB. I provides digital capacitation, inclusion, digitalization, and financing advice for SMEs and Public Administration (PA) Entities in the Construction, Mineral Resources, and Railway sectors. It was designed to contribute to the twin transition of Construction and according with the EC strategy for the DEP. It is supported by four pillars: competence and skill creation; innovation ecosystem and networking; support to find investment; and test before invest services. It will allow SMEs to acquire or access technologies across Europe, supporting the digital transition, to increase Europe’s global competitiveness and to minimize the blue-collar labour scarcity. This sectoral approach is innovative as it focusses in providing an applied approach to Artificial Intelligence considering its concrete applicability in construction-related challenges. DIGITALbuilt was also designed to provide digital maturity assessments and suggest actions accordingly. These assessments will allow to be more efficient assuring that the provided services are adapted to the needs. DIGITALbuilt is led by the Portuguese Construction Cluster together with the Mineral Resources and Railway Clusters that will assure, together, its coordination and connection with the Government and the most relevant networks. Several RTO partners, working closely and respectively with each Cluster will provide the several services that the DIGITALbuilt’s one-stop-shop has to offer. A member of the EEN consortia will provide the connection to a seamless service within local and regional ecosystems and will assume incubation services in coordination with Startup Europe. Two other companies will provide financial and market feasibility studies, support in finding investment and business consulting.