The UK’s biggest construction event

The UK's largest built environment event, UK Construction Week took place at London’s ExCeL from 7-9 May 2024.

UK Construction Week London ran for the first time in London’s ExCeL in 2022, as the only event designed to cater for the whole construction supply chain, and attracted over 20,000, alongside Concrete Expo, The Offsite Show and Grand Designs Live. This made it the largest construction trade show in London.

With leading construction products, all the major construction professional bodies, international pavilions, industry, and government leaders, and plenty of entertainment over the 3 days, this show was deemed the must attend event for construction professionals from all over the UK and beyond.

Highlights this year included sessions from George Clarke, Architect, broadcaster, writer, and campaigner - Channel 4, MOBIE, a Health & Wellbeing in Construction Seminar in the Skills & Training Hub and Future-Proof Your Buildings - Mastering the Building Safety Act in the Culture Change Hub.

The multi award-winning show saw the debut of a new Live Demo Theatre; Skills and Training Hub; a construction-specific Recruitment Zone; new C-Suite Summits; a ‘Gumball Rally’ which finished at UKCW London; as well as a host of international exhibitors housed in pavilions from India, China, Turkey, Italy, Spain, Germany and France.

UKCW London was once again co-located with Concrete Expo and The Offsite Show, as well as the UK’s premier event for the selfbuild sector, Grand Designs Live.

This year, visitors attended talks and panels hosted by high-profile speakers including former England international footballer Trevor Steven and Andrew Lewer MP to name but a few.

Trevor Steven, whose distinguished playing career ran from 1980-1997 and included 36 England caps, is now a Mental Health Ambassador at Causeway Technologies, and spoke on Day 1 of UKCW London (May 7th).

Also in the line-up was Andrew Lewer, Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for SME Housebuilders and LUHC Select Committee, who discussed his plans for a ‘Builders’ Manifesto’.

The London show returns to London’s ExCeL next year from 7-9 May 2025, and is complemented by its sister event, UKCW Birmingham, which takes place at the NEC from October 1-3 2024. This is our pick of the best exhibitors from this year’s London event, listed here in alphabetical order: O’Reilly Precast. Further details can be found on this page and the next.

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