Digital Construction Week

I’ve spent more hours than I’d like to admit playing city-building games. Click on any building and you get exactly what you need: energy demand, population impact, infrastructure dependencies. Upgrade a road and the effect ripples across the city in real time. What makes those games work is that the entire system is built around what the city is trying to achieve. Every data point is there for a reason. You aren’t shown all the data, only what matters for the decision at hand.

Digital Construction Week (DCW) returns to Excel London on 3–4 June, and the seminar programme is now out. Across ten stages and 230+ CPD-accredited sessions, the agenda tackles the questions AECO professionals are wrestling with right now – from net-zero design and AI integration to data interoperability, heritage digitisation and the future of asset management. Visitors will have the chance to learn from the teams behind leading companies across the built environment.

Movar is a digital project controls and data consultancy focused on helping major infrastructure organisations make better decisions, faster. Across construction and infrastructure, there is no shortage of data. The real challenge is turning that data into insight that leaders can trust and act on. Too often information sits across disconnected systems, spreadsheets and reports, with teams spending more time preparing data than analysing it.

Historically, many companies (especially small and midsized operations) have viewed digital project management tools as out of reach due to the cost or complexity. Now, the ProjectSight solution by Trimble removes these barriers, offering a scalable solution that combines powerful data handling with an intuitive user interface.

2025 will go down as the year construction finally went all-in on AI. Every conference, every podcast and I’m sure every boardroom conversation seemed to have the same message: “AI is going to change everything.” And it will. But many teams learned a brutal lesson along the way: AI only works when the data behind it is strong. The American’s have a great saying “Garbage in, garbage out” and that is never been more true than when applied to AI.

The European Union (EU) is currently undergoing a transformative infrastructure overhaul, propelled by multiple funding frameworks targeting energy, transport, water, and digital networks – with the Connecting Europe Facility at the forefront of these efforts. While Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) funding remains a vital catalyst, the window for execution is narrowing.

Across Europe, the construction sector is at a crossroads. It is tasked with delivering on ambitious infrastructure goals, from the energy transition and transport modernization to water resilience and digital connectivity. Yet, it is constrained by acute skills shortages, cost volatility, and fragmented supply chains. To overcome this gap between ambition and reality, the industry must evolve.

Clarity and confidence, not capability. Many women don’t get a visible “on-ramp” into digital roles, so they’re left guessing what the job actually involves, what skills are expected, and how to translate what they already know into a digital pathway. When the route is unclear, confidence drops and people self-select out. Clear learning pathways, practical exposure, and supportive networks change that quickly.

Across industries, one of the most widely discussed applications of AI is augmentation: helping people work faster, automate repetitive tasks, and save time. That is valuable, and construction is beginning to see the benefits in areas like scheduling, reporting, and safety monitoring. But I think there is an equally important application that is largely overlooked: AI’s ability to help people articulate what they know, by asking the right questions.

With 150+ brands on display, Digital Construction Week is where breakthrough tech meets real-world application. The exhibitor list is shaping up nicely, with confirmed names including 4PS Construction Solutions, Autodesk, Bentley Systems, Bluebeam, Buildots UK, Elecosoft, Glider Technology, Nemetschek, OpenSpace, Revizto and Sage.