Engineering news
A wide range of suppliers offering civil engineering expertise, construction services and products, plant and equipment, geotechnical, tunnelling, consultancy and project management, and IT products and services will be converging on the state-of-the-art ExCeL London exhibition venue for Civil Infrastructure Technology & Equipment – CITE 2016 from 12 to 14 April.
Focusing on infrastructure for transport, utilities, communications, energy and flood management, the exhibition will bring together suppliers of the very latest technologies and services needed for building, equipping and maintaining these essential networks.
CITE 2016 will take place as significant investments are made in the UK’s national infrastructure. The last government’s National Infrastructure Plan 2014 identified projected spending of £466 billion on 263 projects between 2014-15 and 2020-21. Newly announced programmes included £15 billion for the strategic roads network and £2.3 billion for flood defences. Energy attracts the biggest slice of investment – £274.9 billion, while transport infrastructure accounts for £142.3 billion.
The NIP says infrastructure investment could support 5,000 construction jobs for every £1 billion spent, plus as many more in design, engineering and planning.
Exhibition Manager Kirsten Whitehouse said: “There are many great business opportunities for companies serving this sector. Our aim is to provide a highly professional event that provides those companies with a showcase for their capabilities, plus an environment in which valuable contacts can be made and possible future partnerships established.”
CITE will share its ExCeL venue with Infrarail 2016, the latest in a long-established series of highly successful shows covering railway infrastructure equipment, products and services. Together, the two events will create the UK’s largest exhibition covering the busy civil infrastructure sector, with visitors free to move between shows.
Extensive supporting programme
CITE will also feature an extensive programme of keynote speeches by industry leaders, technical seminars, project updates and discussions groups, creating a unique meeting place for everyone involved in constructing, equipping, operating or maintaining civil infrastructure networks.
In addition, further opportunities for developing business relationships will be provided by a networking reception for exhibitors and visitors and at the Infrarail & CITE Awards dinner, when independently judged achievements and innovations by exhibitors will be celebrated. The last of these popular events was hosted by footballing legend Kevin Keegan.
The first CITE exhibition in 2014 was also staged alongside Infrarail. Together the two shows attracted 6,600 industry professionals, with analysis revealing that 64% of those registered for CITE had purchasing authority. Approval ratings by exhibitors were consistently high. This second event in the series again aims to provide companies in the supply chain for the UK’s transport, construction, utilities and communications infrastructure sector with a unique showcase for their products and capabilities. And the selection of ExCeL as its new venue will offer exhibitors the extra space needed the show to grow.
CITE and Infrarail are both organised by Mack Brooks Exhibitions. To find out more please contact emma.preston@mackbrooks.co.uk or visit the show websites at www.cite-uk.com and www.infrarail.com