At the workshop's closing event, Mr Nadal, regional councilman for land policy and public works, defended the need to foster refurbishment, since that is the best sustainable policy. He added, however, "Civil engineering work will continue to be called upon to play a driving role in the economy's productivity, and the increase in the amount of infrastructure investment will be a guarantee of the creation of wealth and better employment rates".

During the workshop for construction model change, several technical statements were delivered. The presentation of the new innovative solutions applicable to the construction of public works, new buildings and the renovation and maintenance of existing buildings was handled by Antoni Massagué, industrial engineer and structural calculations expert, Antoni Ubach, architect, Javier Ainchil, FCC Construcción's technical manager in Cataluña, and Martí Bou, civil engineer.

Before the workshop was closed, Xavier Casas, chairman of GISA and of the award panel, gave out the CCOC 2009 Construction Safety Awards.