Zentralverband Deutsches Baugewerbe
Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jan 2026 | Mehdi Hocine Head of Unit | Discussion on the future Construction Services Act | SRC |
| 13 Jan 2026 | Mehdi Hocine Head of Unit | Discussion on the future Construction Services Act | — |
| 03 Jul 2025 | Miguel Jose Garcia Jones Cabinet member | Potential of the Construction sector towards achieving the decarbonisation goals | — |
| 03 Jul 2025 | Matthieu Moulonguet Cabinet member | Exchange of views on climate and the construction sector | — |
| 03 Jul 2025 | Miguel Jose Garcia Jones Cabinet member | Potential of the Construction sector towards achieving the decarbonisation goals | SRC |
| 03 Jul 2025 | Matthieu Moulonguet Cabinet member | Exchange of views on climate and the construction sector | SRC |
| 02 Jul 2025 | Sven Gentner Head of Unit | Presentation on state of play on omnibus and ESRS revision | SRC |
| 02 Jul 2025 | Sven Gentner Head of Unit | Presentation on state of play on omnibus and ESRS revision | — |
| 01 Jul 2025 | Niels Ladefoged () | Preparatory talk for “AK Bau” event on 2 July and EPBD. | SRC |
| 01 Jul 2025 | Niels Ladefoged () | Preparatory talk for “AK Bau” event on 2 July and EPBD. | — |
| 17 Feb 2025 | Katharina Knapton-Vierlich Head of Unit | Exchange about housing and construction policy | — |
| 17 Feb 2025 | Katharina Knapton-Vierlich Head of Unit | Exchange about housing and construction policy | SRC |
| 05 Feb 2025 | Valentina Schaumburger Cabinet member | EU procurement directives | — |
| 05 Feb 2025 | Valentina Schaumburger Cabinet member | EU procurement directives | SRC |
| 06 Feb 2020 | Daniel Calleja Crespo Director-General | SMEs and European Green Deal | SRC |
| 06 Feb 2020 | Daniel Calleja Crespo Director-General | SMEs and European Green Deal | — |
Mission & Goals
The German Construction Confederation ZDB (Zentralverband Deutsches Baugewerbe) is the employers' and trade association of the medium-sized German construction industry. It represents the interests of about 35,000 small and medium-sized owner-operated construction companies occupying 70 % of all employees and apprentices of the construction industry. As the largest trade association in the sector, it represents the entire spectrum of the construction industry from clas-sical building construction, road construction and civil engineering to finishing work. ZDB brings together both small, owner-managed companies with a strong handicraft tradition and large medium-sized companies. ZDB is social partner.
EU Legislative Interests
Internal Market and its social components, public procurement, transport and infrastructure, technical harmonisation, Green Deal implementation (sustainability, energy, circular economy, renovation wave), Clean Industrial Deal initiatives, digitalisation, education, in particular: - Directive 2014/24/EU - revision of public procurement directives - Charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures (Eurovignette) - Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) - revision in Omnibus I initiative - Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) - implementation (delegated, implementing acts and guidances) - Construction Products Regulation - implementation - CPR Acquis Process - Circular economy act - Taxonomy (DNSH-Criteria) - Deforestation Regulation - Digital Omnibus - Environmental Omnibus - Social Security Coordination
Communication Activities
Positions: see https://www.zdb.de/positionen Publications: https://www.zdb.de/publikationen Events and Information: https://www.zdb.de/presse EU-Projects: Skills Blueprint in construction constructionblueprint.eu/ (No 600885-EPP-1-2018-1-ES-EPPKA2-SSA-B)
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
ZDB is member : - of FIEC, the European umbrella association of the construction industry TR ID 92221016212-42 http://www.fiec.eu/en/fiec/fiec-members.aspx - of ZDH - Zentralverband des Deutschen Handwerks TR ID 5189667783-94 https://www.zdh.de/organisationen-des-handwerks/zentralfachverbaende/adressen/?letter=b - of Bundesvereinigung Bauwirtschaft http://www.bv-bauwirtschaft.de/zdb-cms.nsf/id/mitglieder-bvb
Organisation Members
The following 32 member associations together with the guilds are the basis of ZDB: see https://www.zdb.de/der-verband/mitgliedsverbaende The sectors represented in our association are organised in the following federal expert groups: see https://www.zdb.de/der-verband/bundesfachgruppen - Fachverband Hoch- und Massivbau - Fachverband Fliesen und Naturstein - Bundesfachgruppe Feuerungs- und Schornsteinbau - Bundesfachgruppe Betonwerkstein, Fertigteile, Terrazzo und Naturstein - Bundesverband Ausbau und Fassade - Bundesfachgruppe Estrich und Belag - Holzbau Deutschland - Bund Deutscher Zimmermeister - Bundesfachgruppe Wärme-, Kälte-, Schall- und Brandschutz - Bundesfachgruppe Brunnenbau, Spezialtiefbau und Geotechnik - Straßen- und Tiefbaugewerbe