{"id":132682,"date":"2023-09-20T15:09:24","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T14:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=132682"},"modified":"2023-09-20T15:09:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T14:09:24","slug":"ukcw-birmingham-shines-spotlight-midlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/ukcw-birmingham-shines-spotlight-midlands\/132682\/","title":{"rendered":"UKCW Birmingham shines\u00a0spotlight on the Midlands"},"content":{"rendered":"

With just a month to go until the doors open, UK Construction Week Birmingham will feature a dedicated focus on the sector on its very doorstep – the Midlands<\/h2>\n

From 3-5 October, visitors to the NEC can expect to see the West Midlands\u2019 finest construction and manufacturing companies not only exhibiting but also hosting networking events, holding demonstrations and staging seminars at UKCW Birmingham.<\/p>\n

Nathan Garnett, show director, commented: \u201cWe want to be able to give visitors and exhibitors as much access to education, resources and innovation as possible.<\/p>\n

“The great thing about the Birmingham show is we have so many incredible businesses and professionals in the West Midlands that we are able to shine a real spotlight on local authorities in the construction and manufacturing industries.\u201d<\/p>\n

Networking events will be hosted at this year’s UKCW<\/h3>\n

FinditinBirmingham are one of this year\u2019s show partners, an online search engine that connects global organisations to local businesses allowing them to engage with the local supply chain.<\/p>\n

This year they will host two networking events that take place before doors open to UKCW Birmingham itself, allowing visitors and exhibitors to meet local contractors and specialists.<\/p>\n

The first event takes place on Wednesday, 5 October, in collaboration with Lendlease, a global construction and real estate company. The second event will take place on Thursday, 6 October, with West Midlands Housing. Both networking events will be held between 8-10 am.<\/p>\n

Register your interest on the FinditinBirmingham website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The MTC (Manufacturing Technology Center), based in Coventry, will be holding live demonstrations of the work it has done with large-scale ground-penetrating radar (GPR).<\/p>\n

This yellow, wedged-shaped object assists with infrastructure asset management and scanning structures such as bridges and rail tunnels to inspect for subsurface defects with the help of the automation of data processing.<\/p>\n

This aims to improve the quality, speed, and safety of inspection, which provides greater objective insight into asset conditions and reduces time spent by examiners in hazardous environments.<\/p>\n

In the Offsite Alliance Hub, Birmingham Housing Week will be launching the city-wide MOBIE Schools Challenge with TV presenter and architect George Clarke.<\/p>\n

To coincide with this, they will be running Hackathon workshops across the day to get their creative thinking started. Professionals and students will work with each group to help them collate and present their ideas in short group thinking and design workshops.<\/p>\n

Involving young people in UKCW Birmingham<\/h3>\n

They will be asking the city\u2019s young people, as future designers and creators of Birmingham\u2019s next generation of housing, \u2018What do you want from the future homes and communities in Birmingham?\u2019 and exploring a range of topics and questions, including:<\/p>\n