Agenda
A day focused on helping businesses in the building engineering services sector grow through innovation, sustainability and safety.
Two theatres focusing on developing our businesses and developing our people.
A new feature called "meet the experts" will be your opportunity to delve deeper into the areas you have questions, and need BESA's help on the answers. Experts will assist with questions on; the Building Safety Act, legal and commercial, employment and education, competence and compliance, Indoor Air Quality plus more.
Developing Our Business
Redefining Value: How do we move away from lowest cost and shift to outcome-based procurement. Improving collaboration and standardisation from design right through to operation to deliver whole life value.
Going for growth: How can we harness the government’s push for construction growth using building safety, quality, net zero and decarbonisation as drivers and motivators.
Is AI eating your lunch?: “AI won’t take your job but a company using it will”. Currently its use in M&E engineering is fairly narrow and restricted to tasks like estimating and project management, but we explore more possibilities.
Innovation in Water Treatment: Compromised water quality is widely regarded as one of the sector’s most challenging issues. This session will look at the practicalities of commissioning, the sustainability case for chemical free water treatment, and the importance of water quality in district heating systems.
Developing Our People
Building our future workforce: We have different audiences to satisfy, and the market is changing rapidly so we must ensure we are not just focused on ‘traditional’ skills. What competencies do we need, what skills do clients demand, and what impact will AI have?
Fixing a collective competence failure: A practical response to the barriers to progress, being created by the need to embed a new ‘safety first’ culture. Why are so many planning applications being rejected and how can we improve our submissions?
Transformation in construction: Explore 10 years of change with us. We'll be challenging the industry to build on progress in fair payment, streamlined pre-qualification, and safety standards. Reflecting on persistent confusion, urge greater accountability, and inspire fresh talent.
The building as a system: To achieve decarbonisation, safety and better energy performance construction will have to start seeing the building as a ‘system’. Architects and M&E specialists will explain how to improve collaboration on more projects.
