A joint professional development day for the team: they can gain hands-on experience of the latest developments in the construction industry on the ÉMW course

For a business, further training can only be truly beneficial if it does not merely expand the knowledge of individual staff members, but if the knowledge gained is also put to use within the team. Attending a professional event together provides an opportunity to do just that. Colleagues can learn about the same new developments and then share their experiences with one another.

This is the opportunity offered by HOMEINFO Építőipari, Faipari és Kertépítő Mester Workshow (ÉMW), which will welcome professionals on 16–17 October 2026 at the BOK Csarnok in Budapest. The event will take place across 16,000 square metres, featuring more than 120 exhibitors, over 150 brands and more than 50 specialist presentations.

The Workshow course not only allows participants to familiarise themselves with the latest tools, materials and technologies, but also provides an opportunity to gain practical experience in a real-world setting. Whilst a contractor, a site manager, a specialist or even a company director may view the same solution from different perspectives, these different viewpoints can be brought together during a joint visit.

Experience is important, but it is not always enough on its own

In the construction, timber or landscaping sectors, professional experience is invaluable. An experienced professional knows exactly what to look out for during a work process, what mistakes to avoid, and how to resolve an unexpected situation. At the same time, however, the environment in which they work is constantly changing.

New machines and tools are appearing, measurement and design capabilities are advancing, materials and technologies are changing, and an increasing number of solutions are becoming available that were not part of day-to-day work just a few years ago.

Up-to-date professional knowledge is therefore not only important for those starting out in their careers. Experienced professionals may equally need to familiarise themselves with new tools, technologies and working methods, particularly where these may affect day-to-day work processes or the efficiency of project delivery.

Practical knowledge begins where the catalogue ends

It is not enough to learn about new technologies and tools from a catalogue or product brochure. Practical knowledge only becomes truly valuable when professionals can see how a tool or technology works in a real-world working environment, ask questions about it, and have the opportunity to try it out.

Picking up a tool, seeing a piece of technology in action or asking an experienced professional provides a completely different kind of knowledge to simply reading a brochure about it. Personal experience can also help a business to assess more easily how a new solution can be integrated into its own work processes.

The Workshow places this practical approach at the heart of the industry event. As well as viewing the products and technologies on display, participants can also attend specialist presentations, enabling them to gain both theoretical and practical experience in one place.

The knowledge gained can also be put to good use in business

A company’s professional development is not solely a matter for individual staff members. If a team possesses up-to-date knowledge, this can be reflected in the organisation of work, the quality of execution and the introduction of new solutions.

This is precisely why it is worth ensuring that further training is not treated as the responsibility of just one member of staff. What may be of interest to one colleague because of a new machine or technology may be important to another colleague from the perspective of work processes or efficiency. And <stronggaining shared experience provides an opportunity for these different perspectives to come together in future work.

A joint professional day is therefore not just about getting to know the exhibitors and their products. Team members can ask questions, try things out and gain experience, and then apply the knowledge they have acquired at the event to their own work.