Digital Construction North

Name: Digital Construction North
Start: 2026-11-18
End: 2026-11-18
Location: Manchester Central

Digital Construction North takes place on 18 November 2026 at Manchester Central, Manchester. B2DB lists 66 speakers and 57 sessions announced so far.

Digital Construction North is a one-day built environment expo and conference for AECO (architecture, engineering, construction and operations) professionals, brought to you by the team behind Digital Construction Week. It takes place on 18 November 2026 at Manchester Central, with talks, workshops and live demos across four theatres alongside an exhibition of 50+ brands.

Key facts

Dates	18 November 2026 (upcoming)
Venue	Manchester Central, Manchester, United Kingdom
Series	Digital Construction North
Speakers	66
Sessions	57
Stages	Innovation Stage, Information Management Stage, Transformation Hub, Tech Stage, DCN Meeting Hub
Sponsors	4
Official site	digitalconstructionnorth.com/events

Speakers (66)

Compiled from the published agenda; speakers can claim and verify their own entry.

Allister Lewis CEO, ADDD
Emma Hooper Head of Information Management Strategy / Head of Projects, RLB Digital / nima
Paul Woddy Head of Upskilling and Education, nima
Andrea Radlbeck Senior Product Manager, Bluebeam
Brett Smith Head of Digital & Software, Siemens
Thomas Flannery Group Digital Construction Manager, McLaren Construction Group
Nidaa Alazmeh Digital Project Delivery Lead, John Sisk & Son Ltd
Ryan Tennyson Visiting Lecturer & Project Supervisor, University of Strathclyde
Melanie Robinson Strategy Director, Okana
Anders Eklund Director Myloc Construction, Myloc AB
Andrew Cavey Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), Xperience
Andrew Waring Managing Director, Digital Guerrilla Consulting
Andy Beardsley MRICS TSA Council, Unity Charter Task Force Lead, Geospatial Survey Association
Anne-Marie Falano EMEA Bluebeam Success Manager, Bluebeam
Anthony Puma Product Specialist Sales Exec., Payapps - An Autodesk Company
Arun Sebastian Capital Programme Manager, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Arushan Mahendrakumar Director of Product, Procore Technologies
Ben Stone Group Sustainability Director, Kier Group
Bryn Turner Asset Management Lead, DIO Accommodation
Catharine Dass Architect, Property and Asset Strategy, Strategic Estates, UK Parliament
Charlotte Goodbody Senior Consultant, Rio
Chris Hickey Computational Scientist, Arup
Darren Edwards Chief Operations & Product Officer, Ageiro Ltd
Dean Tuhey Founder, PPAC Solutions
Doug Openshaw Managing Director Enterprise, Eque2 Ltd
Felix Hodson Chief Executive Officer, Planlab
Gareth Aitken VP Commercial Strategy, Preservica
Gareth Bennett Product Marketing Manager, Preservica
Garreth O’Connell Head of Strategy and Innovation, MyrusBuild
Gary Marshall Presales Manager, RedSky - Smarter Construction Software
George Smithies Co-Founder, innDex
Gwyn Frankland-Roberts Head of Digital Delivery (Associate Director), Donald Insall Associates
Hayden Day Digital Construction Coordinator, Skanska
Ian Yeo CEO PlanOps.ai, PlanOps.ai
James Wilkinson-Brown Head of Digital Manufacturing, Prodtex
James Wright-Zhang Co-founder, vBrief
John-Paul Bell Senior Solutions Consultant, Workday
Jonas Åslund Team Lead and Planning Specialist, CentiCM
Julie Gonzales BIM Coordinator, Evolve Consultancy
Junaid Mahroof SMB Account Executive, Bluebeam
Kayla Gray Product Director, 4PS by Hilti - UK
Keith Wilkinson Project Director, jmarchitects
Kevin Barker F.NALP Director, Immigration Compliance
Louis Gane Construction Software Product Manager, Hilti GB
Luca Duffy Head of Product, innDex
Mitch McPherson VP, 12d Synergy
Nicholas Bryan Business Development Director, Siemens
Nick Hutchinson Founder & Managing Partner, Glider Technology
Nick Tyrer Associate Director - BDP Pattern, BDP Pattern
Paul Shillcock Director, Operam Academy
Pavlina Nikolova AEC Practice Leader, EMEA, Egnyte
Poojan Vyas SMB Account Executive, Bluebeam
Ricky Cartwright Head of Technology, Prodtex
Robert Brent Chief Executive Officer, MSite by Infobric
Sagal Rooble Head of Digital, Chetwoods
Sean Allan Presales Manager, Eque2 Ltd
Seeja Sudhakaran Co-Founder, STUDIO EMERGENCE
Stephen Hamil Innovation Director, Hubexo
Steve Fewster Director & Consultant, tick9
Steven Naylor Research Lead, Health and Safety Executive
Stuart Blofeld Senior Training Manager for SmartSite, BRE
Thomas Whiting Managing Director & Founder, Amodal Limited
Tim Hedges Head of Department | IT, CPW
Tom Gothard Senior Digital Implementation Manager, McLaren Construction Group
Tom Harley-Tuffs AI Lead, Buildings UK, Ramboll
Valerie Williams Snr. Innovations & Consulting Manager, Siemens

Most represented companies

Bluebeam — 4 speakers
Eque2 Ltd — 2 speakers
innDex — 2 speakers
McLaren Construction Group — 2 speakers
Preservica — 2 speakers
Prodtex — 2 speakers
Siemens — 2 speakers

Agenda (57 sessions)

Day 1 — Wednesday 18 November 2026

Design agency in the age of AI: Rethinking concept optioneering for complex building typologies 10:00–10:30 · Innovation Stage — Seeja Sudhakaran
The wrong person in the wrong room 10:00–10:30 · Information Management Stage — Paul Shillcock
From Legislation to Site Gate: What October’s Right to Work Changes Mean for Construction 10:00–10:30 · Transformation Hub — Dean Tuhey, George Smithies, Kevin Barker F.NALP
Payment applications: Pain point or competitive advantage? 10:15–10:25 · Tech Stage — Anthony Puma
Everton Stadium: Rehearsing façade installation in virtual reality 10:30–11:00 · Innovation Stage — Ricky Cartwright
Automating the deterministic: AI, trust, and the new CDE 10:30–11:00 · Transformation Hub — Arushan Mahendrakumar
From requirements to assurance: Embedding UCL’s uplifted employer’s requirements across capital delivery 10:30–11:00 · Information Management Stage — Thomas Whiting
From AI hype to the job site: Building AI for the realities of construction 10:30–10:40 · Tech Stage — Kayla Gray, Louis Gane
Optimising construction profitability through real-time financial integration 10:45–11:05 · Tech Stage — Gary Marshall
Grange Hospital: Identifying a 29-Week Programme Saving through digital validation 11:00–11:30 · Innovation Stage — James Wilkinson-Brown
Building the golden thread: Site data capture and quality assurance on MCFC north stand extension 11:00–11:30 · Information Management Stage — Nidaa Alazmeh
The hidden asset identity crisis 11:00–11:30 · Transformation Hub — Andrew Waring
Architects Meet Up 11:00–12:00 · DCN Meeting Hub — Allister Lewis
Was the Common Data Environment never meant to be just one platform? 11:15–11:25 · Tech Stage — Mitch McPherson
Beyond data management: CPW’s path to AI-ready information 11:30–12:00 · Information Management Stage — Pavlina Nikolova, Tim Hedges
Creating radiologically informed intelligence with autonomous robotic patrol data 11:30–12:00 · Innovation Stage
One drawing, one source of truth: How Oktra standardised design reviews to reduce risk 11:30–12:00 · Transformation Hub — Junaid Mahroof, Poojan Vyas
Making digital change stick: Lessons from Chetwoods 11:30–11:40 · Tech Stage — Sagal Rooble
AI has a construction problem 11:45–11:55 · Tech Stage — Luca Duffy
Competence is data: Why digital competence management matters 12:00–12:30 · Innovation Stage — Garreth O’Connell
How 1,393 cubes helped prove IFC 4.3 is project ready! 12:00–12:30 · Information Management Stage — Hayden Day, Julie Gonzales
Smarter construction with Microsoft Copilot and Business Central 12:00–12:10 · Tech Stage — Andrew Cavey
Towards a public sector digital estate: Scotland’s lessons for clients, estates teams and the supply chain 12:00–12:30 · Transformation Hub — Ryan Tennyson, Melanie Robinson
Moving From collection to continuity with FARO INSIGHT 12:15–12:25 · Tech Stage
Back to the source: AI competency and the professional brain 12:30–13:00 · Transformation Hub — James Wright-Zhang
Can you prove it? A live vote on construction’s retrieval gap and what ISO 19650-6 just changed 12:30–13:00 · Information Management Stage — Emma Hooper, Gareth Aitken
Building on solid ground: Live demo of Workday’s unified financial & workforce tech for AECO 12:30–12:40 · Tech Stage — John-Paul Bell
The future of dynamic analysis: Unlocking faster insights for structural engineering 12:45–12:55 · Tech Stage — Chris Hickey
Constructing the nordic region’s tallest building: A megaproject case study on karlatornet 13:00–13:30 · Transformation Hub — Anders Eklund, Jonas Åslund
What if geospatial surveyors stopped tomorrow – Are you already taking that risk? 13:00–13:30 · Innovation Stage — Andy Beardsley MRICS
nima IMI projects – joining the dots to unite the built environment 13:30–14:00 · Information Management Stage — Emma Hooper
AI, data and the connected project: Turning digital investment into measurable business value 13:30–14:00 · Innovation Stage — Andrea Radlbeck
Meet Bluebeam Max: AI powered design review and workflow automations 13:30–13:40 · Tech Stage — Anne-Marie Falano
While you were sleeping: Watching a live project overnight 13:45–13:55 · Tech Stage — Darren Edwards
Uniclass in practice – does it actually work? 14:00–14:30 · Information Management Stage — Melanie Robinson, Keith Wilkinson, Stephen Hamil
Hill Dickinson Stadium; DfMA on the dock 14:00–14:30 · Transformation Hub — Nick Tyrer
Information Management Initiative Meet Up 14:00–15:00 · DCN Meeting Hub — Emma Hooper, Paul Woddy
AI coworkers for project controls 14:00–14:20 · Tech Stage — Felix Hodson
Say goodbye to final account surprises: a live demo of Foundations 14:30–14:40 · Tech Stage — Steve Fewster
Cloister to COBie: Structuring seven centuries of heritage data 14:30–15:00 · Information Management Stage — Catharine Dass, Gwyn Frankland-Roberts
One boulder, one big headache: Connected construction in action 14:30–15:00 · Innovation Stage
Reporting to reducing carbon emissions: Kier group case study 14:30–15:00 · Transformation Hub — Ben Stone, Charlotte Goodbody
From inboxes to insight: How digital supply chains improve commercial performance 14:45–14:55 · Tech Stage — Doug Openshaw, Sean Allan
SmartWaste Scan: Closing the supply chain data gap with AI-powered site data capture. 15:00–15:10 · Tech Stage — Stuart Blofeld
Smart hospitals without the new build: A practical digital twin journey for legacy healthcare estates 15:00–15:30 · Transformation Hub — Arun Sebastian
nima education strategy update and how you can get involved 15:00–15:30 · Information Management Stage — Paul Woddy
HSE’s discovering safety research programme – supporting the UK construction industry in meeting health & safety legal duties through intelligent use of data and digital tools 15:00–15:30 · Innovation Stage — Steven Naylor
Construction Technology: What's Actually Working? 15:00–16:00 · DCN Meeting Hub
The records retrieval gap, fixed! A live look at provable, defensible information 15:15–15:25 · Tech Stage — Gareth Bennett
AI productivity is breaking the consultancy fee model 15:30–16:00 · Transformation Hub — Tom Harley-Tuffs
A common case of the Golden Thread Part Six Syndrome 15:30–16:00 · Information Management Stage — Emma Hooper
Tendered to win, delivered to lose: Why profit disappears after award 15:30–15:40 · Tech Stage
Scaling site robotics: McLaren Construction’s FieldAI journey 15:30–16:00 · Innovation Stage — Thomas Flannery, Tom Gothard
Your supply chain, your liability: The financial, legal and reputational risk principal contractors can no longer ignore 15:45–15:55 · Tech Stage — Robert Brent
Who owns the decision? Governance for autonomous building systems 16:00–16:30 · Innovation Stage — Brett Smith, Nicholas Bryan, Valerie Williams
The compliance challenge nobody wants: Managing damp, mould, fire and asbestos across 48,000 homes 16:00–16:30 · Transformation Hub — Bryn Turner, Nick Hutchinson
AI without a record is a liability 16:00–16:30 · Information Management Stage — Ian Yeo

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