Episode #43: Tom Willemen (Willemen Group)

In this episode, we speak with Tom Willemen, CEO of Willemen Group, one of the leading construction groups in Belgium that is active in the fields of infrastructure, real estate development, civil engineering and digital transformation. Tom is also chairman of Embuild's board of directors and an important voice in shaping the future of the Belgian construction ecosystem.

We discuss the major challenges the sector faces today, from productivity and labour shortages to rising costs and fragmented data, and explore how digitization, industrialization, BIM, circularity and AI can bring about meaningful change. We also delve deeper into leadership, innovation and Tom's vision of how the construction sector should develop by 2040.