If you're in real estate, construction, or the built environment, this one's for you.
Belgian construction has 16,576 open vacancies, a 7.07% vacancy rate, the highest of any sector. 87% of hiring companies struggle to find people. In Flanders, site managers and construction estimators are on the official list of 227 bottleneck professions. In Wallonia, Le Forem expects open construction jobs to climb from about 6,000 to as many as 30,000 as energy renovation takes off.
And yet the sector lost 2,500 jobs in 12 months, while Belgium needs about 35,000 more homes a year by 2030.
Fewer people. More work. An ageing workforce. That's not a shortage. It's a cliff.
On 22 April, we're hosting "Construction Labor Cliff". One evening. A curated room. Contractors, developers, training providers, HR leaders and tech players, working out who will actually build Belgium's next decade.
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When: Thursday 22 April | 18:00 โ 21:00
๐ Where: [Venue name, full address], Brussels, Belgium
๐๏ธ Open to everyone
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*Non-members pay a small fee for this event: โฌ20 (excl. VAT).
The session will explore how to build more with fewer hands: attracting and retaining talent, training and reskilling, offsite and robotics, digital tools on site, and what it takes to make construction a career young people actually choose.
Why people show up:
โ Direct conversations: no noise, no fluff
โ People open to partnerships, pilots, and new ideas
โ Access to speakers: not just listening, but exchanging
The companies that solve their people problem will win the next decade of projects. Hear how the best are doing it.
Spots are limited.
Free for members. A small number of external tickets are available.
Once we're full, registration closes.
If your projects depend on people you can't find, this is the room.
