20 biggest Construction Conferences for 2025
20 Construction Conferences to Attend in 2025
The construction industry is constantly evolving and adapting to changing times. Whether it’s technology, policy or buyer preferences, it’s a market that never stays still.
If you work in construction, building, design or related industry, you cannot stay still either.
Which is where construction conferences come in.
They are a valuable resource for professionals seeking to address industry challenges, enhance their skills, network with peers and gain a competitive edge.
If you’re planning your schedule for 2025, we recommend attending as many of these 20 construction, building, and design-related conferences as you can!
CONEXPO-CON/AGG
- Host City: Las Vegas, NV
- Dates: March 3-7, 2026 (no 2025 event)
- Estimated Attendance: Over 150,000
- Venue: Las Vegas Convention Center
CONEXPO-CON/AGG markets itself as the largest construction show in north America and it might just be.
It has over 2,000 exhibitors, hosts over 150 training sessions and manufacturers from across construction, architecture and design.
You can try new tools and equipment, see demonstrations of new techniques, listen to discussions and meet peers in the industry.
One reason for its success is that it’s for businesses of all sizes. From small outfits of 10 people or more, all the way to multinationals. It’s as inclusive as it is informative, which is why it’s so popular.
International Builders' Show (IBS)
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- Host City: Las Vegas, NV
- Dates: February 25th - 27th, 2025
- Estimated Attendance: Over 70,000
- Venue: Las Vegas Convention Center
The 2025 NAHB International Builders' Show also markets itself as the largest of its kind in the world. This time, it’s light residential construction rather than the entire industry.
The show is where small to large building firms come to connect, learn, watch, meet, greet and network.
There are thousands of attendees and hundreds of exhibitors from across the residential construction industry.
The schedule is a mix of meetings, talks, training sessions, symposiums and exhibits. There’s also a chance to unwind at the end of each day with parties and mixers so it’s not all hard work!
World of Concrete
- Host City: Las Vegas, NV
- Dates: January 20th - 23rd, 2025
- Estimated Attendance: Over 60,000 (view World of Concrete lodging options)
- Venue: Las Vegas Convention Center
The enigmatically named World of Concrete is a tradeshow all about one of the world’s oldest construction materials. It’s the only conference dedicated to concrete, mortar and related industries.
The schedule is made up of indoor and outdoor exhibits, demonstrations, education, talks, events and more. A dedicated New Product Zone ensures you’re fully up to speed about what’s coming.
Topics are many and wide ranging, including technology, application, new developments and business strategies, to name a few.
The World of Concrete is about more than just a conference, it’s a year-long campaign to educate and develop the industry.
The Design-Build Conference & Expo
- Host City: National Harbor, MD
- Dates: November 5th - 7th 2025
- Estimated Attendance: Several thousand
- Venue: Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center
The 2025 Design-Build Conference & Expo is for building designers and builders and brings the two together seamlessly in one well-attended show.
It typically attracts over 2,000 attendees and hundreds of exhibitors from across the design-build industry. Typical attendees include architects, design studios, building firms and anyone in the residential building industry.
The schedule is a mixture of demonstrations, exhibitors, meetings, talks, sessions and networking opportunities.
Not much detail has been released yet for the 2025 conference, but if last year is anything to go by, it’s a must-see for anyone in the design-build industry.
AIA Conference on Architecture
- Host City: Boston, IL
- Dates: June 4th - 7th, 2025
- Estimated Attendance: Over 20,000
- Venue: Boston Convention and Exhibition Center
The AIA Conference on Architecture & Design 2025 is being held in Boston and will welcome over 15,000 attendees and 600 exhibitors in June.
The conference offers architect-led tours of building projects in Boston, meet and greets with local building firms, design firms and other relevant businesses, which makes it somewhat unique.
There will also be speakers, networking opportunities between AIA and AEC members, over 300 educational sessions that qualify for HSW, GBCI, RIBA, and AIA LU credits, and an expo of over 500 brands.
If you’re in either architecture or design and are looking for a construction-related conference to attend, this is the one for you!
Associated General Contractors (AGC) Annual Convention
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- Host City: Columbus, OH
- Dates: April 8-10, 2025
- Estimated Attendance: 5,000+
- Venue: Hilton Columbus, Columbus, Ohio
The Associated General Contractors (AGC) Annual Convention 2025 is the largest construction trade show in America and gathers together professionals from every part of the industry.
It is typically attended by construction professionals, construction superintendents, project managers, senior executives, and company owners that want to connect, learn and develop.
The schedule typically involves sessions covering finance management, business development, transportation, infrastructure, insurance and liability, health and safety, technical innovation, workforce development and similar topics.
Details are thin on the ground right now but the events are usually packed full of industry figures, leading providers and big brand exhibitors.
Greenbuild International Conference + Expo
- Host City: Loa Angeles, CA
- Dates: November 4-7, 2025
- Estimated Attendance: 20,000+
- Venue: Los Angeles Convention Center
The Greenbuild International Conference + Expo is for anyone in the construction industry interested in building standards, policies, partnerships, sustainability and other big picture areas.
These conferences are mainly around improving the industry for those that work within it and sustainable building. Think energy-saving, new technologies and so on.
The program includes talks, keynotes, sessions, training and exhibits and demonstrations from leading brands. There are usually tours of local projects but they haven’t been announced for 2025 year.
Attendees are from across the construction industry, mainly those concerned with sustainability, green technology and the future of construction.
Autodesk University
- Host City: Las Vegas, NV
- Dates: Not confirmed for 2025, usually November
- Estimated Attendance: Over 10,000
- Venue: The Venetian Convention and Expo Center
Autodesk University is a construction-related conference for building designers and those that support design. It’s attended by over 10,000 people from across the industry.
If 2024 was anything to go by, the conference will be full of keynotes, sessions, demonstrations and opportunities to meet and greet.
While much of the content has an Autodesk feature, it isn’t a multi-day marketing event. It is genuinely concerned with pushing design forward and offering lots of resources to help.
Topics typically revolve around Autodesk and how to use it for specific use cases, but also covers AI, technology, building and design innovations and methodologies and similar topics.
NASTT No-Dig Show
- Host City: Denver, CO
- Dates: March 30 – April 3, 2025
- Estimated Attendance: Over 2,000
- Venue: Colorado Convention Center
The NASTT No-Dig Show is a niche construction conference for ‘trenchless products and service companies’ in the US. If you work in utilities, this is your show.
The conference is for businesses and individuals that work with underground utilities, either for installation, repair or maintenance.
The conference schedule is packed from 7am until 11pm. It includes breakfasts, sessions, talks, demonstrations, discussions on new technology, open meetings, chapter meetings, paper sessions, lunches and evening entertainment.
Speakers and sponsors have yet to be announced but you can expect to hear from leading voices in trenchless technology and the big brands representing the industry.
Lean Construction Institute (LCI) Congress
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- Host City: Arlington, Texas
- Dates: 21-24 October 2025
- Estimated Attendance: Around 2,000
- Venue: TBA, Arlington, Texas
The Lean Construction Institute (LCI) Congress is for anyone interested in or working within lean construction. The goal is to minimize waste, increase profit and innovate, and this is where it begins.
The congress brings together architects, designers, general contractors, trade partners and anyone that uses lean construction methodology. It’s a chance to meet, greet, learn, discuss and push the industry forward.
The exhibit hall is full of businesses that support lean construction but also other industries that have embraced lean methodologies.
The schedule is a mix of talks, sessions, breakfasts, meetings, labs and more. There’s also golf, drinks and a chance to meet peers and network.
Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Convention
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- Host City: Las Vegas, NV
- Dates: February 25th - 27th, 2025
- Estimated Attendance: Several thousand
- Venue: Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino
The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Convention hits Las Vegas in 2025 and is set to be one of the biggest yet!
If you work in the construction industry and are an ABC member, this is your event. It’s 3 days full of meetings, breakfasts, sessions, talks and exhibits from across the sector.
The convention also includes the National Craft Championships, the Construction Management Competition, the National Excellence in Construction® Awards and the Construction Workforce Awards.
Speakers include Erik Wahl Artist, TED speaker, bestselling author, Justin Wren Wrestler, author and CEO of Fight for the Forgotten and Anirban Basu Chief Economist at Sage.
Procore Groundbreak
- Host City: Houston, TX
- Dates: October 2025
- Estimated Attendance: Several thousand
- Venue: Houston - TBD
As well as having a very cool name, Procore Groundbreak, is a very popular construction conference held every year in the US.
The program is filled with meetings, over 80 sessions, keynotes, demonstrations, training, networking opportunities and chances to learn and develop.
There’s also the Groundbreaker Award and the chance to meet sponsors, check out the latest innovations and meet peers within the construction industry.
The exact program and list of speakers has yet to be announced, but the 2024 edition went down very well so we expect the same from this year’s conference.
National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) Convention
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- Host City: Chicago, IL
- Dates: September 12th - 15th, 2025
- Estimated Attendance: Over 5,000
- Venue: McCormick Place
The 3 day National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) Convention is the largest of its kind for the electrical side of construction.
It’s a trade show with hundreds of manufacturers and exhibitors showcasing the latest technology and solutions.
The show also includes keynotes, sessions, training, meetings and networking opportunities for anyone who works as an electrical contractor or runs a business.
Typical products and topics of discussion cover power supply, security systems, integrated building systems, lighting and controls, automated buildings, fire safety systems, wiring and cabling and related topics.
Buildings Show
- Host City: Las Vegas, Nevada
- Dates: November 25th - 27th, 2025
- Estimated Attendance: Over 25,000 across various shows
- Venue: Las Vegas Convention Center
The Buildings Show covers the entire construction industry, so is well worth checking out.
The Buildings Show is the umbrella for four different areas, property management, concrete and building materials, everything ICI construction and homebuilding and renovation.
Each has its own area, exhibits, speakers, meetings, sessions, training, demonstrations and opportunities to meet peers in the industry.
It’s a big show with a lot going on. Held over two and a half days, there are over 500 exhibitors and typically over 18,000 attendees.
Everything bar local codes and government policy will be relevant to visitors from south of the border, which is why we’re featuring this show.
ENR FutureTech
- Host City: San Francisco, CA
- Dates: May 6th - 7th, 2025
- Estimated Attendance: Thousands
- Venue: Hilton San Francisco
The ENR FutureTech conference looks ever forward and is where you go to see what the future of the construction industry holds.
It’s where you’ll get to see the new equipment, discover new innovations and building techniques, meet manufacturers and other construction firms.
The conference also covers business-related tech such as office IT, communications, security, engineering, health and safety, fire technology and loads more.
Typical attendees include leaders in construction from CEOs, CTOs, directors, owners, managers, consultants and decision makers from across the industry.
The speaker list has yet to be announced but the 2024 conference included Erol Ahmed, Brian Arnold, Geoffrey Bell, Jacob Boyd, Sarah Buchner and many others.
Design-Build for Water / Wastewater Conference
- Host City: National Harbor, MD
- Dates: March 19th - 21st, 2025
- Estimated Attendance: Several hundred to a thousand
- Venue: Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center
The Design-Build for Water/Wastewater Conference is 3 days of discussions, talks, sessions, demonstrations, exhibits and networking opportunities for the industry.
Nothing much happens without water and handling waste is essential. While not the most glamorous of topics, nothing happens in construction without water!
The conference is attended by people from across the industry, from designers and architects to CEOs of multinationals. There are also manufacturers and big brands showcasing tools and techniques.
The conference is also attended by clients, which makes it a very useful place to meet potential new contacts. If you’re looking for Continuing Education Hours for your DBIA certification, you’ll get those too.
Design-Build for Transportation/Aviation Conference
- Host City: National Harbor, MD
- Dates: March 17-19, 2025
- Estimated Attendance: Several hundred to a thousand
- Venue: Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center
The Design-Build for Transportation/Aviation Conference concerns itself with infrastructure projects and is typically attended by those that work in large scale construction.
Infrastructure is a huge topic and this conference covers a lot of ground. From planning to investment, technology to workforce development, it’s all here.
There are 4 tracks this year, From Runway to Reality, Foundations for the Future: Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure, Ctrl+Alt+Construct – Rebooting Design-Build with Smart Tools and Technology and Project Partners & Procurement Power-Ups – Leveling Up Owner Readiness.
The program includes forums, talks, sessions, training, demonstrations, discussions, keynotes and opportunities to network and relax at the end of each day.
Construct Canada
- Host City: Toronto, ON, Canada (Note: Canadian event)
- Dates: November 27-29, 2025
- Estimated Attendance: Part of Buildings Show, total over 25,000
- Venue: Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Construct Canada is a unique area within the larger Buildings Show held each year in Canada. This show covers the Institutional, Commercial and Industrial (ICI) construction industry.
It’s a chance to meet suppliers, manufacturers, industry leaders, engineers, designers and others from within the industry to share ideas, network and learn.
Four sessions have been announced so far, including International Architectural Roundtable: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - Innovations in Adaptive Reuse, Navigating the AI Revolution's Impact on Architecture, Strategies for Strengthening a Construction Business and Retrofitting and Renovating Existing Commercial Buildings.
The speaker and attendee list has yet to be announced, but you can expect the full range of leaders, academics and industry movers and shakers.
Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) Summit
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- Host City: Orlando, FL
- Dates: January 15th - 17th, 2025
- Estimated Attendance: Several hundred
- Venue: Hyatt Regency Orlando
The Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) Summit is for heavy machinery manufacturers, dealers and anyone that supports them.
It’s a niche event that’s a must-see if you’re involved in heavy plant. Anyone from dealers to wholesalers, suppliers to parts specialists will want to attend.
It’s a chance to meet and greet manufacturers, suppliers and dealers on equal terms. Those who buy heavy machinery also attend so it’s a golden opportunity to seal a deal or two while you’re there.
The program and speaker list have yet to be announced, but you can expect a program full of exhibits, demonstrations, talks, sessions and networking opportunities.
Groundbreaking Women in Construction (GWIC) Conference
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- Host City: San Diego, CA
- Dates: June 8th - 10th, 2025
- Estimated Attendance: Growing, several hundred
- Venue: San Diego Convention Center
The Groundbreaking Women in Construction (GWIC) Conference is happening twice, once in New York on February 24-25 and once San Diego on Jun 8-10.
As the name implies, this construction conference celebrates women in the industry and seeks to increase equality by providing training, development and networking opportunities.
The event is attended by people from across the board, from CEOs to designers, vendors to legal experts and everyone in-between.
The program is typically made up of breakfasts, sessions, keynotes, panels and exhibitors. Each covers different aspects of women in construction in a positive way to make it more equal.
Largest construction conferences in 2025
So, there you have it. The largest construction conferences we know of so far for 2025.
There’s something there for every part of the industry, covering just about every niche you can think of, and some you probably couldn’t.
If you work in the industry, in any capacity, there’s a conference for you here!
Please note, some specific dates and exact attendance numbers for 2025 might not be available yet, as these are based on historical data or announced plans. Always check the official conference website for the most current information.
