UK Construction Week Preview

UKCW 2022

UK CONSTRUCTION WEEK BIRMINGHAM ANNOUNCES PACKED PROGRAMME OF SEMINARS AND CPD SESSIONS

Details of a packed programme of seminars, CPD talks and careers presentations has been announced for UK Construction Week Birmingham (UKCW Birmingham), the UK’s largest event for the built environment, which returns to Birmingham’s NEC from 4th to 6th October 2022.

Seminars at UKCW will focus on a myriad of topics including skills, social value, business, innovation and regulation, major projects, procurement and housing - complemented by 20 dedicated CPD sessions across the three days, covering everything from Supply Chain Resilience to the Building Safety Act.

Officially opened by architect and Channel 4 presenter George Clarke, UKCW Birmingham is the must-attend construction event this Autumn and is expecting around 25,000 attendees.

UKCW Birmingham will see over 6,000 products on display from over 300 exciting exhibitors including Bosch, Schneider Electric, Google, Graco Distribution, Wavin, Cemex, Hanson Plywood and many more. This year, the multi award-winning show has also attracted an abundance of overseas exhibitors, including brands from as far afield as Australia, India, Norway, Turkey and the UAE.

The 2022 show has an even stronger emphasis on future development in the industry and this year’s theme is Celebrating Culture Change in Construction that will be present throughout the show, which is backed by all the industry’s leading organisations, including AICO, Bosch, Hanson, Northgate and Quadrant Building.

Seminar highlights include:

DAY ONE:

• Skills: UKCW Birmingham will look at the skills agenda, and on the solutions that have been found by industry leaders, such as Rick Lee OBE, Chief People Person at Willmott Dixon, who was instrumental in securing the RICS Inclusive Employer Quality Mark for the Tier One Contractor.

DAY TWO:

• Business, Innovation and Regulation: Including the new Building Safety Act, the ongoing digital revolution, and the challenges facing the supply chain brought about by the pandemic and war in Ukraine.

DAY THREE:

• Major projects, procurement and housing: bringing together the solutions from the conference programme to the biggest challenges of the day. These include retrofitting the majority of UK housing stock, creating net infrastructure, and a look into the regional opportunities in the West Midlands region enabled by HS2 and its satellite projects. informative talks aimed at those interested in a career in construction, whether that be graduates, students in further education, or those looking at a career change.

To register for UKCW Birmingham for free, go to https://ukcw-birmingham-2022.reg.buzz/pr

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JACKON SETS OUT A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR BUILDING SYSTEMS

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Visit JACKON’s stand at UK Construction Week and find out how the sustainable houses of the future will be built.

JACKON offers two building systems - JACKODUR® Atlas and THERMOMUR® Insulated Concrete Formwork (ICF) - which between them are set to revolutionise UK house construction in the coming years. This housebuilding technology is growing in the UK at a time when the Government’s Future Homes Standard is set to be a key feature of the construction industry going forward, underpinning the green recovery of the housebuilding market.

JACKON’s building systems help developers to meet and surpass the requirements of all the latest regulations, including the recent change to the Part L regulations, which have meant that from June this year, all new homes must produce 31% less CO2 emissions, compared to what was acceptable under the previous Part L regulations. This puts the responsibility for achieving improved energy performance on to the developers of new dwellings.

For further information visit www.jackon.co.uk