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“2025 has witnessed an important momentum for the European Construction Industry Federation, its preparedness to multiple challenges and to new economic and political scenarios. And this is the year that marked FIEC’s 120th anniversary. This edition of the Annual Report mirrors achievements, milestones and actions that contribute shaping the future of the sector, its legacy, values and mission. 
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Piero Petrucco

FIEC President (2024-2026)

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY FIGURES IN 2025

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€ 1.821 BLN


Total construction investment
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+12 MLN


Workers
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10.6 %

of GDP EU-27
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+ 3 MLN


Enterprises

Our milestones in 2024-2025

Discover our selected highlights happened from November 2024 until October 2025. FIEC invites readers to click and explore additional content and topics in the other sections and files proposed by the Report. Navigate across the timeline to view the milestones!

NEXT FIEC ACTIONS IN FIGURES
November 2024
  • FIEC intervenes at “High-Level Stakeholder Roundtable on the future of the EU Construction Industry” hosted by the Consultative Commission on Industrial Change (CCMI) and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) – 04/11/2024. 

  • "Construction 2050 Alliance" (of which FIEC is member) sends letter to European Commission President, Ursula Von der Leyen – 05/11/2024. 

  • FIEC meets with European Commission (DG GROW) to discuss the issue of late payments – 07/11/2024.

  • FIEC in Warsaw at the Recovery Reconstruction Forum 3.0: the event is organised by the Confederation of Builders of Ukraine (CBU) with FIEC’s support – 13/11/2024. 
     
  • Workshop on “Labour and Skills shortages in the construction sector” in Bucharest (Romania) takes place in the framework of the DESOCO2 project – 14/11/2024.  
     
  • General Assembly of the MOBICCON-PRO project in Brussels – 19/11/2024. 

  • On behalf of FIEC, Flavio Monosilio (ANCE - Associazione Nazionale Costruttori Edili) speaks at EIB Workshop on Housing in Milan (Italy) – 19/11/2024. 

  • FIEC speaks at final conference of the Pact for Youth project in Brussels – 28/11/2024.
November 2024
December 2024

 

  • Joint meeting of the Boards of FIEC and EFBWW (European Federation of Wood Workers) – 04/12/2024. 

  • FIEC President Piero Petrucco meets with MEP Irene Tinagli (IT/S&D), Chair of the HOUS Committee, at the European Parliament - 04/12/2024. 

  • FIEC publishes its Position Paper on the Current EU Public Procurement Framework – 05/12/2024. 

  • FIEC General Assembly hosts Conference on the European Affordable Housing Plan. European Investment Bank representative among the keynote speakers – 05/12/2024. 

  • FIEC and EFBWW’s Joint Letter to the Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, Roxana Mînzatu – 06/12/2024. 

  • FIEC publishes Position Paper “Towards a European Affordable Housing Plan” – 16/12/2024. 

  • FIEC and EFBWW address a Joint Letter to the EU Polish Presidency on the revision of EU Social Security Regulations – 19/12/2024.
December 2024
January 2025
  • FIEC, EIC and EuDA send a Joint Letter to EU Commissioner Stephane Séjourné, calling for construction activities to be recognised as strategic – 23/01/2025. 
     
  • Participation in European Labour Authority outreach online event for Social Partners – 29/01/2025. 

  • FIEC meets with DG GROW (Construction Unit) to discuss housing-related issues – 30/01/2025. 
     
  • FIEC disseminates its Position Paper on the Simplification of Sustainability Reporting and Green Finance – 31/01/2025.
January 2025
February 2025
  • Start of the Erasmus+ project “EXCEL4HOUSING4.0: Centres of Vocational Excellence for Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Housing" – 01/02/2025. 

  • Participation in the Social Partners Hearing on the Union of Skills – 03/02/2025. 

  • FIEC President, Piero Petrucco, attends the Simplification Roundtable with EU Commissioner for Economy, Productivity, Implementation and Simplification, Valdis Dombrovskis – 06/02/2025. 

  • Participation in European Commission’s Social Partners’ hearing on the Single Market Strategy – 11/02/2025. 
     
  • European Labour Authority online event for social partners in the construction sector – 13/02/2025. 

  • FIEC meets Head of European Commission’s Task Force on Affordable Housing – 13/02/2025. 

  • FIEC participates in the Industrial Forum Workshop on Environmental Reporting and Simplification, organised by DG GROW – 13/02/2025. 

  • FIEC meets with European Commission (DG MOVE) to discuss infrastructure maintenance – 17/02/2025. 

  • FIEC attends the MOBICCON-PRO project conference “Building the future: EU / US perspectives on innovation, technology deployment, circular construction and sustainable energy” in Brussels – 17/02/2025. 

  • Participation in European Labour Authority Stakeholders’ Group – 26/02/2025.
February 2025
March 2025
  • FIEC meets Cabinet of Executive Vice President, Roxana Mînzatu, to discuss forthcoming Fair Labour Mobility package – 04/03/2025. 

  • Publication of FIEC and EFBWW Joint Declaration on labour and skills shortages – 05/03/2025. 

  • FIEC President, Piero Petrucco, speaks about housing crisis and affordable housing at European Investment Bank Annual Forum – 06/03/2025. 
     
  • FIEC’s presentation at the European Commission Labour Migration Platform meeting – 12/03/2025. 

  • Workshop on “Third Country Nationals on the EU construction sector market” in Bratislava (Slovakia) in the framework of DESOCO2 project – 13/03/2025.


  • Oosterweel construction site visit with European Commission Executive Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu (Press Release & Watch video  story) – 14/03/2025. 

  • At 5th annual plenary meeting of the High-Level Construction Forum at the European Commission in Brussels, the “Construction 2050 Alliance” (of which FIEC is member) presents its Manifesto 2025 “An open request to EU institutions” to set a strategic vision for a sustainable, competitive, and resilient European construction sector – 25/03/2025.
March 2025
April 2025
  • Participation in European Labour Authority Forum on posting of workers – 01-02/04/2025. 

  • Publication of FIEC Position Paper on “How to approach mental health in the construction industry” – 07/04/2025. 

  • Chair of FIEC Working Group “Housing”, Joël Schons, speaks at European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) conference about the housing crisis and affordable housing – 08/04/2025. 

  • Chair of FIEC Working Group “Housing”, Joël Schons, speaks at European Federation of Builders and Wood Workers (EFBWW) event about housing crisis and affordable housing – 08/04/2025. 

  • Plenary meeting of European Labour Authority’s Platform against undeclared labour – 09/04/2025. 

  • FIEC participates at Eurobridge Conference 2025 (4th edition) held in Brussels – 11/04/2025. 

  • FIEC President, Piero Petrucco, takes part in the EU–Ukraine Business Summit – Road to the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC 2025) in Brussels – 11/04/2025. 

  • FIEC participates in a hearing with European Commission Executive Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu on the Quality Jobs Roadmap – 16/04/2025. 

  • FIEC co-sign a European Sectoral Employers Statement on the “EU Talent Pool” – 16/04/2025. 

  • FIEC at the European Commission’s Social Partners’ Hearing on Public Procurement – 23/04/2025.

  • Angela Martina, Chair of FIEC Subcommittee SOC-1 on Vocational Training, Education and Youth, speaks at the OECD Infrastructure Forum in Paris (France) – 24/04/2025.
April 2025
May 2025
  • EU Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva with FIEC Vice-President for Communication & Enlargement, Laurentiu Plosceanu, in Sofia (Bulgaria) attends ribbon-cutting ceremony of opening the first plant for recycled construction materials in South-eastern Europe. The initiative is part of MOBICCON-PRO project and the "Territorial Construction Circular Cluster” – Press Release - 03/05/2025. 

  • FIEC participates in the Social Partners’ Hearing on the Quality Jobs Roadmap – 05/05/2025. 

  • FIEC participates in a site visit at Oberhausen (Germany) for the European Commission Guide for the implementation of the Asbestos Directive – 07/05/2025. 

  • FIEC Annual Conference & General Assembly, “Building Tomorrow: Solutions for Water Resilience and Blue Infrastructure”, are hosted in Athens by PEDMEDE (Greek member federation), and opened by a keynote video-message by EU Commissioner, Jessica Roswall   video -  16/05/2025. 

  • Chair of FIEC Working Group “Housing”, Joël Schons, speaks at European Parliament’s public hearing on "EU Construction sector dynamics: sustainability, innovation and challenges for the future of Housing" – 20/05/2025. 

  • FIEC meets with the European Commission (DG GROW) to discuss the Single Market Strategy – 22/05/2025. 

 

  • Chair of FIEC Working Group “Housing”, Joël Schons, meets with Rapporteur of European Parliament HOUS Committee for the report on the housing crisis – 23/05/2025.
May 2025
June 2025
  • FIEC “Environment” sub-commission Chairperson, Stephanos Pierides, attends as speaker the CEMBUREAU Roundtable Discussion on “Driving competitiveness through circularity: Lead Markets for Low-Carbon Cement” – 03/06/2025. 

  • FIEC speaks at the EESC hearing on “How can an active and inclusive prevention approach contribute to better health and safety at the workplace" – 04/06/2025. 

  • Chair of FIEC Working Group “Housing” speaks at Concrete Europe conference on the housing crisis – 12/06/2025. 

  • FIEC meets with the European Commission (DG GROW – Construction Unit) to discuss housing-related issues – 12/06/2025. 

  • FIEC attends joint Stakeholders’ Group and Management Board meeting of the European Labour Authority – 16/06/2025. 

  • FIEC publishes Position Paper on the e-declaration for the posting of workers – 16/06/2025. 

  • FIEC and EFBWW’s joint conference on the construction industry's key challenges, at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in Brussels – Press Release - 24/06/2025.
June 2025
July 2025
  • FIEC publishes its Position Paper on the Quality Jobs Roadmap – 01/07/2025. 

  • FIEC meets MEP Loucas Fourlas in charge of the Own-Initiative Report on subcontracting and labour intermediaries – 03/07/2025. 

  • FIEC participates in the Social Partners Hearing on the Pillar of Social Rights – 10/07/2025. 

  • Conference on “Circular solutions for the construction industry” in the framework of the MOBICCON-PRO project in Pirot (Serbia) – 10/07/2025. 

  • FIEC attends the EU Taxonomy Implementation Dialogue with EU Commissioner for Financial Services and the Savings and Investments Union, Maria Luís Albuquerque – 10/07/2025. 

  • FIEC Position Paper on Industrial Decarbonisation and Lead Markets published – 11/07/2025. 

July 2025
August 2025
  • FIEC’s contribution to the work of the European Commission (JRC) on defining EU-wide End-of-Waste criteria for mineral construction & demolition waste – 22/08/2025. 

  • FIEC sends letters to Members of the European Parliament expressing concerns about the draft Own-Initiative Report on Public Procurement, notably regarding a possible mandatory division into lots at the EU level – 28/08/2025.
August 2025
September 2025
  • FIEC “Environment” sub-commission Chairperson Stephanos Pierides (CY-OSEOK), presents Water Resilience Priorities to the EU Commissioner for Energy & Housing Dan Jørgensen – 02/09/2025. 

  • FIEC President, Piero Petrucco, meets EU Commissioner Dan Jørgensen to discuss housing crisis and affordable housing – 15/09/2025. 

  • FIEC co-signs EU Data Act - Joint Statement: European business associations urge strong and ambitious implementation of the Act – 15/09/2025. 

  • FIEC adopts Position Paper on subcontracting in construction – 16/09/2025. 

  • FIEC participates in the Industrial Forum “Towards a European Competitiveness Fund”, and contributes to the gap analysis and future avenues – 19/09/2025. 

  • FIEC Policy Officer, Benedikt Fischer, is elected as 2nd Vice-President of ECCREDI (European Council for Construction Research, Development and Innovation) – 24/09/2025.
September 2025
October 2025
  • FIEC and EurEau (European Federation of National Associations of Water Services) co-sign a Joint Letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in support of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme under the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD) – 13/10/2025. 

  • FIEC participates in European Labour Authority Stakeholders’ Group meeting – 14/10/2025. 

  • FIEC co-signs Joint Statement “Construction Sector as competitiveness asset for Europe” released by the European Construction and sustainable built environment Technology Platform (ECTP) – 17/10/2025. 

  • FIEC Position Paper on Water Resilience is published – 20/10/2025. 

  • FIEC Position Paper on the Simplification of Environmental Legislation, incl. Permitting Procedures and Land Use published – 27/10/2025. 

  • Workshop on “Asbestos in Construction” in the framework of the DESOCO3 project in Copenhagen (Denmark) – 30/10/2025. 

  • Publication of a Feasibility Study on the adoption of social ID cards and their potential interoperability in the EU construction sector, within the framework of the SIDE-CIC project – November 2025.
October 2025

FIEC actions in figures

Over the last 12 months

89


Meetings with EU representatives & key stakeholders

54


Meetings related to social dialogue

5000


Almost 5000 Followers on FIEC social media

63


headlines and mentions in news stories and press articles

20


Position Papers

46


Newsletters

Commissions & Working Groups

Browse the main topics and dossiers managed by FIEC’s Commissions and Working Groups. We thank all the contractors and colleagues from our national member federations for their active contribution to the ongoing work to promote the interests of the Construction industry in all areas.

ECO
Economic and Legal Commission
SOC
Social Affairs Commission
TEC
Technical and Environmental Commission

Other initiatives

Housing
Sustainability
Construction 4.0
Task Force "Ukraine"
Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (MEDA)

Projects

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SIDE-CIC

Social Identity Cards in Construction – Social Dialogue Project
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CONSTRUCTION BLUEPRINT 2

Strategic Alliance for skills development under the Pact for Skills for the Construction sector
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DESOCO 3

Follow up of Decentralised Thematic Social Dialogue for the Construction Industry – Social Dialogue Project
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MOBICCON-PRO

Mobile and Innovative Circularity for Construction Products
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EXCEL 4 HOUSING

Centres of Vocational Excellence for Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Housing