Construction Events
What we monitor

Every meaningful UK construction event, from 53+ sources.

Construction Events pulls events from the national trade bodies, the leading industry publications, the major exhibition venues, and the regional drinks clubs that keep the industry connected. The full list of names is below.

National trade bodies

The professional institutions and chartered bodies whose members make up the UK built-environment industry. Their events range from CPD seminars and regional drinks to flagship conferences and awards dinners.

  • Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
  • Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
  • Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
  • Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
  • Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)
  • Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE)
  • Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE)
  • Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT)
  • British Council for Offices (BCO)
  • British Constructional Steelwork Association (BCSA)
  • UK Green Building Council (UKGBC)
  • Federation of Master Builders (FMB)
  • Concrete Society
  • Constructing Excellence (and its regional clubs)
  • IHEEM (Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management)

Diversity and inclusion networks

Membership organisations championing diversity in the UK construction industry.

  • Women in Property (and its UK regional branches)
  • National Association of Women in Construction UK (NAWIC)

Major UK exhibition venues

The exhibition centres that host the big trade shows. We monitor each venue’s full programme and surface only the construction-relevant events.

  • ExCeL London
  • NEC Birmingham
  • Manchester Central
  • Olympia London
  • Coventry Building Society Arena
  • Farnborough International

Trade publications

Industry magazines whose own events calendars often include conferences, awards, and roundtables we wouldn’t find anywhere else.

  • Construction News
  • Building
  • Building Design
  • Architects’ Journal
  • New Civil Engineer
  • Housing Today
  • Ground Engineering

Flagship trade shows

The annual or biennial gatherings that anchor the UK construction calendar.

  • UK Construction Week (London + Birmingham)
  • Futurebuild
  • Digital Construction Week
  • UKREiiF
  • MIPIM UK
  • Healthcare Estates
  • Highways UK
  • Rail Live
  • Hillhead
  • Solar & Storage Live UK

Regional networking clubs

The informal drinks clubs, breakfast groups, and curry nights that hold the regional construction scene together. These rarely make industry magazines — but they’re where deals get done.

  • First Thursday Club Bristol
  • First Thursday Club Nottingham
  • Last Friday Club Sheffield
  • Cambridge Property Drinks
  • London Built Environment
  • Property Deal Network20+ UK cities
  • Property ConnectManchester, Leeds, Cardiff, Bristol…
  • Property NexusLondon, Birmingham, Manchester
  • Property Investors Network (PIN)40+ UK cities
  • Propertyface2face Curry ClubEast Midlands + London
  • SustainabuildGlasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, London
  • Scottish Property Podcast LiveGlasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee
  • Plus 30+ smaller city-specific groups
Missing something?

Tell us who we should be watching.

If you run a UK construction event or regional networking club we don't list, send us the link to your events page and we'll add it to the daily scan.

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