The Guild
Guild
Housing Rehabilitation and Maintenance Commission: La RiME
The Commission for the Rehabilitation and Maintenance of Buildings of Catalonia (RiME) is a joint initiative of the Guild of Construction Builders of Barcelona and Counties and the Chamber of Construction Contractors of Catalonia (CCOC) aimed at promoting quality in this speciality of Construction. RiME started its activities in 2005 and has more than 300 companies affiliated to the Guild of Builders and Works of Barcelona i Comarques and/or the CCOC.
The objectives of the Commission's sessions are:
- Inform and discuss opportunities and challenges in the rehabilitation and reform sector. Collaborate with the administration and be an interlocutor in everything that affects rehabilitation
- . Promote the rehabilitation and reform sector through a constructive dialogue between companies, professionals and the administration.
- Promote the promotion of subsidies and aid by the
- administration.
- Promote the simplification and adaptation of conditions.
- Share experiences and recommendations derived from the activity of the participating companies of the Commission. Promote market transparency.
- Collaborate with the other agents involved in construction. Promote innovation in products, construction systems and
- management methods. Promote the
- use of new materials and collaborate with suppliers of rehabilitation. Advise on specific rehabilitation technologies .
- Promote adequate training of personnel.
- Recover and enhance traditional trades in order to incorporate them into current production processes.
Who can be a part?
Any company affiliated with the Guild of Builders of Works of Barcelona and Comarques and/or the Chamber of Contractors of Works of Catalonia. Being part of the RiME does not involve an economic cost
.Josep Martinez i Zaplana is the current president of the RiME Commission and moderator of the sessions
RiME, a meeting place with sectoral entities and administrations
Many of the sessions of the Committees are attended by members of entities in the construction sector as well as technicians and leaders of the different administrations. Some of the organizations and administrations that have been participating in the sessions for years are:
Administrations:
- Housing Agency of Catalonia -Metropolitan Housing Consortium -Municipal Institute of Housing and Rehabilitation of Barcelona
Entities:
- Catalan Waste Agency -Association of Promoters
- College of Architects -College of Estate Administrators
- College of Technical Architecture of Barcelona
- National Confederation of Construction
- Institute of Energy of Catalonia
- Institute of Technology in Construction