UK Construction Week releases main stage seminar schedule

UK Construction Week has released details of its main stage seminar schedule, with skills, investment and Brexit on the agenda.

The UK’s largest construction trade event, UK Construction Week, had released the details of its comprehensive main stage seminar schedule, with topics such as skills, investment and Brexit.

The event will be hosted by some of the biggest names in broadcasting including George Clarke, Steph McGovern and Victoria Fritz.

Architect and television presenter George Clarke will host day one of the event which will begin with a heavyweight panel discussion centred on Chancellor Goerge Osborne’s quote that the UK doesn’t “train enough or build enough”. Debating reasons for and solutions to the construction industry’s low productivity, investment and inability to attract sufficient new talent, some of the panellists already confirmed include Adrian Belton, Chief Executive of the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), Dr Diana Montgomery, Chief Executive of the Construction Products Association (CPA), Paul Nash FCIOB, President of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) and David Hancock, Head of Construction at the Cabinet Office.

Seminars entitled “A Tale of Three Cities” will be held throughout the week, which will highlight the opportunities, challenges and lessons to be learned from three of the UK’s most active cities: Birmingham, Manchester and London. The first instalment focuses on Birmingham and will include the views of the infrastructure, commercial and residential sectors plus developers, local authorities, architects and energy professionals.

On the second day of UK Construction Week, visitors will get to hear from industry leaders for the first time since the EU Referendum, where they will have the opportunity to hear about what’s in store for the sector. This will be hosted by business journalist Steph McGovern.

This first seminar is entitled ‘Keep Building; housing in post referendum Britain’ and will cover key challenges facing the UK’s house building market such as funding, planning permission, construction skills and incentives. Confirmed panellists for the debate include Allan Wilen, Economics Director and Head of Market Intelligence for Glenigan, Stephen Hodder, Immediate Past President and Client Ambassador for the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and David Cowans, Group Chief Executive at Places for People.

The second seminar will look at ‘How can we drive innovation in construction materials in post-Brexit Britain?’ and some of the confirmed speakers include representatives from the Timber Research and Development Association (TRADA), the Materials Council and infrastructure giant Amey.

Leaders from the BRE Academy, Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS), Arup UKMEA Region, Built by Her and Morgan Sindall Group will all offer their opinion and advice on the current skills shortage, and how to construction industry can help fill the gaps with new talent.

The final day of seminars will be hosted by television broadcaster and business journalist Victoria Fritz and will take a closer look at the impact of BIM six months on from the Government’s soft landing deadline. Has it worked in practice? And what support can the industry expect for level 3? Delving questions like these will be put to a senior line up of panellists from Balfour Beatty, Crossrail, RIBA Enterprises and the BRE.

 

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