Design and build event company Media 10 has launched UK Construction Week, which will bring together the newly acquired Build Show and the highly successful Grand Designs Live.

In addition, a further seven dedicated events will run alongside UK Construction Week to create the most comprehensive construction focused event in the UK. 

The dedicated week of industry dedicated events will be held at the Birmingham NEC from 6 to 11 October 2015 and will bring together the full spectrum of construction industry sectors under one roof.

The Build Show already has great support from a significant range of exhibitors, associations and media. Grand Designs Live, with over 24,000 trade attendees, and the portfolio of other construction related events gives UK Construction Week a projected trade attendance of 50,000.

Designed to promote construction at a time of renewed growth and optimism in the industry, UK Construction Week will be supported by the UK Government and a number of industry associations, as well as trade and consumer media, with the sole aim of increasing productivity and profit in a sector that employs 2.2 million people in the UK.

Each of the nine event sections at UK Construction Week will retain its own feature areas, and as well as a heavyweight seminar and debate programme. This will now be supplemented by new additional content in the expanded programme of event – which will include show homes, live building areas, CPD, political debate, skills workshops, heavy plant demos, materials and surfaces features, and smart building demonstrations.