The agenda is now live. Across three packed days, UK Construction Week Birmingham will bring together leading voices, experts and innovators from across the built environment to share fresh ideas, practical insights and real-world solutions.
From housing delivery, building safety and workforce skills to sustainability, digitalisation and AI, our CPD-accredited programme will explore the key challenges and opportunities shaping construction today. Whether you want to stay ahead of industry change, develop your knowledge or discover new ways of working, you’ll find sessions tailored to your role and interests.
Explore the stages below and start planning your visit.
Building Safety & Occupational Safety Stage
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Building Safety & Occupational Safety StageAs the construction industry faces increasing environmental challenges, organisations must adapt their approaches to protect people while continuing to improve environmental performance. This panel wi ...
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Building Safety & Occupational Safety StageA truly safe workplace is one where everyone feels respected, valued and able to speak up. This session will explore the critical role that diversity, equity and inclusion play in creating stronger sa ...
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Building Safety & Occupational Safety StageWhat does good organisational leadership and culture look like within a building safety context? Why does the sector need building safety champions? Benefits of effective organisational leadership and ...
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Building Safety & Occupational Safety StageBuilding safety depends on far more than regulatory compliance. It starts with eliminating the avoidable errors, rework and information failures that compromise quality throughout design and construct ...
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Building Safety & Occupational Safety StageAs the industry adapts to the Building Safety Act and Gateway regime, questions remain about how consistency is achieved across regulation, testing and building design. This panel will discuss the cha ...
Digitalisation & AI Stage
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Digitalisation & AI StageWhy do construction projects still struggle to access the sustainability data needed for net zero? Discover the root causes of disconnected information, learn how digital whole life thinking can bridg ...
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Digitalisation & AI StageThe rules of accountability in construction have changed. The Building Safety Act, tightening safety and environmental enforcement and the golden thread requirement have redefined what firms must prov ...
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Digitalisation & AI StageProject handover has long been one of construction's most fragmented and time-consuming stages, with critical information buried in emails, spreadsheets and disconnected systems. This session will sho ...
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Digitalisation & AI StageExploring practical low-friction ways to support supply chain partners in adopting AI. The discussion will focus on removing barriers for smaller suppliers by sharing tools, knowledge, and use cases t ...
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Digitalisation & AI StageDigital transformation is easy to talk about and hard to deliver — especially at Tier 1 scale. In this session, Colin Bell draws on real examples from Kier to show what digital transformation looks li ...
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Digitalisation & AI StageAI has the potential to transform every stage of the construction value chain, but knowing where to start is the key to delivering measurable business value rather than chasing the latest trend. This ...
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Digitalisation & AI StageThe most critical sustainability decisions are made at concept stage, yet the industry still relies on analysis and compliance checks that arrive too late to meaningfully shape those early decisions. ...
Building Envelope Stage
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Building Envelope StagePassivhaus is often seen as the gold standard for energy-efficient retrofit, but what does it actually involve and is it achievable for every building? This session explores the principles of Passivha ...
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Building Envelope StageWorking at height presents a particular challenge for safety teams: the most important risks often occur where supervisors cannot continuously observe them. This session will explore how purpose-built ...
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Building Envelope StageA healthy home is built on the performance of its fabric, with the building envelope playing a critical role in controlling moisture, ventilation, temperature and indoor air quality. This panel will e ...
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Building Envelope StageGovernment grants have played an important role in kickstarting retrofit, but they won't deliver the scale or pace of home upgrades the UK needs on their own. This session explores what comes next. Ho ...
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Building Envelope StageRetrofit isn't just about making homes more energy efficient. It's about creating healthier, more comfortable places to live, reducing household bills, supporting local jobs and building stronger comm ...
Building Safety & Occupational Safety Stage
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Building Safety & Occupational Safety StageThis technical session led by the Energy Storage Association will examine best practice for safely installing solar PV and battery systems, focusing on mitigating risks to building structure, fire saf ...
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Building Safety & Occupational Safety StageThe Building Safety Act marks a significant step in the evolution of building safety, placing greater emphasis on accountability, competence and demonstrating effective management of risk. More than 2 ...
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Building Safety & Occupational Safety StageTemporary works remain one of the highest-risk aspects of construction, making effective planning, coordination and oversight essential to keeping people safe on site. This session will examine the la ...
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Building Safety & Occupational Safety StageConstruction insurance has traditionally relied on fragmented information, but Project IIRIS is developing a new data-driven approach that could fundamentally change how project risk is assessed and p ...
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Building Safety & Occupational Safety StageMental health in construction is not just an individual issue. It is shaped by the way the industry works, from long hours and tight deadlines to job insecurity, workplace culture and supply chain pre ...
Digitalisation & AI Stage
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Digitalisation & AI StageAs digital twins become the benchmark for managing assets across their lifecycle, collaboration can no longer be treated as a project aspiration, it must become business as usual. This session will ex ...
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Digitalisation & AI StageTemporary works are still too often managed through disconnected documents, emails and paper-based processes, making it difficult to maintain clear oversight and increasing the risk of errors on site. ...
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Digitalisation & AI StageAs clients increasingly expect evidence of social value and sustainability, contractors need to show the real impact of their projects, beyond broad commitments. This session will demonstrate how benc ...
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Digitalisation & AI StageThe construction industry is starting to ask what the metaverse actually means beyond the buzzword. In this session, Rob Claridge from Laing O'Rourke shares a grounded, practitioner's view on where im ...
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Digitalisation & AI StageAI in construction has moved beyond early experimentation and the pace of change shows no sign of slowing. Andrew Johnson from Okana returns to the AI stage to look ahead at what's coming next: the em ...
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Digitalisation & AI StageMuch of the conversation around digitisation in construction is led by contractors, consultants and tech vendors: but what do clients actually want, and what's working for them?This panel brings toget ...
Building Envelope Stage
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Building Envelope StageThis practical presentation will explain how the NFRC Competent Person Scheme has been developed to demonstrate competence, improve quality assurance and support compliance with the Building Safety Ac ...
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Building Envelope StageWe’ll consider the challenges of delivering comfortable, healthy homes while responding to energy efficiency, changing regulations and the demands of a changing climate. Bringing together industry exp ...
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Building Envelope StageApproved Document B, Awaab's Law and the Future Homes Standard are converging on the roof. As fire safety rules tighten, repair timeframes shorten, and solar PV goes mainstream, membrane suitability i ...
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Building Envelope StageGreen roofs are evolving into biodiverse, site-specific habitats that deliver measurable benefits for climate resilience, urban cooling, water management and nature recovery. This panel will explore t ...
Building Safety & Occupational Safety Stage
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Building Safety & Occupational Safety StageMany architects, engineers, surveyors and consultants only visit site occasionally, but they still need the right knowledge to work safely and meet industry requirements. This session introduces the C ...
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Building Safety & Occupational Safety StageFalls from height remain one of construction’s biggest causes of serious and fatal injury, so what needs to change to make working at height genuinely safer? This panel will bring together contractors ...
Digitalisation & AI Stage
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Digitalisation & AI StageFinding the right projects at the right time is becoming a competitive advantage, and AI is transforming how manufacturers and contractors identify, qualify and act on opportunities. This practical se ...
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Digitalisation & AI StageConstruction generates more data than ever, but too little of it is governed well - leading to duplication, inconsistency, and information that can't be trusted or reused. Chaired by Henry Fenby-Taylo ...
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Building Envelope Stage
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Building Envelope StageThe opportunities and challenges for delivering low-carbon technologies are very different in new build and retrofit, with important implications for installers, manufacturers and the wider supply cha ...
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Building Envelope StageThe NHP façade strategy is using standardisation to create clearer rules for manufacturers and contractors, reducing uncertainty and avoiding costly surprises on site, while still giving architects th ...
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Building Envelope StageAs clients, investors and regulators increasingly expect credible net zero transition plans, construction businesses need to move beyond high-level commitments and develop practical, deliverable strat ...
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Building Envelope StageJoin this session to explore how well-designed, low-energy housing can deliver warm, healthy homes using the AECB’s CarbonLite New Build standard as a practical framework. It will show why clear stand ...
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