Digital Construction Week 2026 welcomes over 9,000 professionals as industry looks to the future

Held at Excel London on 3–4 June, the event featured more than 230 CPD-accredited sessions, over 150 exhibitors and a host of interactive experiences, bringing together architects, engineers, contractors, consultants, clients, asset owners and technology providers from across the UK and beyond.

From artificial intelligence and digital twins to sustainability, information management and asset performance, DCW provided a platform for the conversations shaping the future of architecture, engineering, construction and operations (AECO). Yet the most notable theme running through the event was not the technology itself, but the industry's growing confidence in applying it.

A shift in conversation
Across the exhibition floor and seminar programme, one thing was clear: digital transformation has moved beyond ambition and into delivery.
Visitors explored everything from digital twins and reality capture to BIM platforms and AI-powered tools, but it was the conversations around them that revealed just how far the industry has come. Discussions were less about what's possible and more about what works, with attendees sharing real-world experiences, lessons learned and practical approaches to implementation.

"It's been a real step up in terms of understanding visitors," said Vicki Reynolds, ONE Creative Environments. "The conversations we were having over the last couple of years were much more foundational, and now people are coming in with real use cases. There's less scepticism and people are much more open to having genuine technical conversations about how they bring these technologies into their own environments."