Yesterday, as part of the 28th edition of Futuro Direzione Nord, entitled “Prospects in the Balance”, discussions focused on the major transformations that are reshaping the country’s future: energy, transport, construction, data centres and urban regeneration.

During the panel discussion “Building the future between Infrastructure 5.0 and the construction industry”, Riccardo Garrè, CEO of Impresa Pizzarotti & C. S.p.A., made a clear point: sustainability in construction can no longer be regarded as a secondary or reputational issue, but as a genuine industrial and competitive factor. Today, construction and demolition waste accounts for around 51% of the special waste produced in Italy: a figure that highlights just how central materials management is to the sector’s future.

For this reason, at Impresa Pizzarotti & C. S.p.A., innovation means:
• investing in the traceability of materials and recycling streams throughout the supply chain;
• developing certified solutions with a low environmental impact;
• promoting circular economy models, transforming waste into new resources;
• accelerating the industrialisation of the sector through innovative technologies such as 3D Construction Printing;
• making construction sites increasingly safe through the use of smart systems and artificial intelligence.

Among the projects mentioned is CASA-Ecoconcrete, an initiative dedicated to the development of new sustainable concretes produced using recycled materials sourced from local supply chains.

“Innovating with materials means changing the very way we build: not just making better choices, but using less, reusing more and designing for the entire life cycle of the material.”