The second half of 2025 is packed with high-impact gatherings that bring together owners, contractors, designers, and technology providers to tackle the industry’s most pressing challenges—from workforce shortages and supply chain volatility to decarbonization and AI-driven project delivery. The following roundup spotlights the year’s remaining conferences and expos, detailing when and where they take place, the themes shaping their programs, and the practical takeaways attendees can expect. Whether you’re looking to earn last-minute CE credits, forge partnerships for 2026 bids, or get hands-on with emerging tech, these events offer timely opportunities to sharpen your competitive edge before the end of the year.
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Top Construction Conferences Coming Soon in 2025
Groundbreaking Women in Construction Conference
Date: June 8-10
Location: San Diego, CA
Website: https://www.enr.com/groundbreaking-women-in-construction
This premier event celebrates and empowers women in the construction industry, offering invaluable insights, networking opportunities, and professional development. Engage with industry leaders and trailblazers who have shattered glass ceilings in construction. Attend thought-provoking panel sessions addressing topics such as workforce diversity, leadership strategies, and navigating challenges unique to women in construction. Celebrate outstanding achievements in the industry with awards honoring women who have made significant contributions to construction and community development.
Build Expo – Houston 2025
Date: June 11-12
Location: Houston, TX (NRG Park Center, Hall D)
Website: https://buildexpousa.com/houston-build-expo
With over 150 exhibitors, you’ll have the opportunity to discover innovative solutions that can enhance your projects and business operations. (Exhibit hours: 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., both days.) Attend educational seminars starting at 9:30 a.m. each day, covering a range of topics, including QuickBooks for contractors, construction cost estimating, AI tools for construction, and strategies for finding and retaining talent in today’s workforce. Connect with industry leaders, potential partners, and peers. Admission is complimentary for industry professionals, but registration is required. Build Expo – Houston is part of a series of regional trade shows in cities across the U.S., including:
- Build Expo – Atlanta
Date: July 23-24
Website: https://buildexpousa.com/atlanta-build-expo - Build Expo – Los Angeles
Date: August 27-28
Website: https://buildexpousa.com/los-angeles-build-expo - Build Expo – Charlotte
Date: October 15-16
Website: https://buildexpousa.com/charlotte-build-expo
The Utility Expo
Date: October 7-9
Location: Louisville, KY (Kentucky Exposition Center)
Website: https://www.theutilityexpo.com/
Held every other year, the Utility Expo is North America’s largest trade show devoted to the people, equipment, and technology that keep water flowing, power humming, and data moving.
Expect interactive demos, test drives, educational sessions, job-site safety training, and specialized tours. It’s an excellent chance to network and learn about topics like grid modernization, microgrids, and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The event slogan is “Where the utility industry goes to grow.”
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Convention
Date: October 8-11
Location: Seattle, WA (Seattle Convention Center)
Website: https://convention.asce.org/
The American Society of Civil Engineers’ flagship annual gathering returns to the Pacific Northwest this fall, challenging attendees to reimagine how the built environment can be safer, smarter, and more climate-resilient. Content is organized into a dozen tracks, including Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Emerging Technologies, Future World Vision, Significant
Projects, Systems Failures & Recovery, Strategic Issues/Public Policy, Standards, and History & Heritage. Whether you design bridges, manage megaprojects, write standards, or teach the next generation of engineers, the ASCE 2025 Convention is your forum to swap insights, sharpen skills, and help shape infrastructure’s future.
Procore Groundbreak
Date: October 14-16
Location: Houston, TX (George R. Brown Convention Center)
Website: https://www.procore.com/groundbreak
Groundbreak is Procore’s annual global innovation conference, designed to unite owners, general contractors, specialty contractors, architects, engineers, and technologists who are pushing construction forward. Expect thousands of “Groundbreakers” on-site, representing every project role and market segment, all eager to exchange ideas, demo emerging tech, and shape Procore’s product roadmap. With more than 70 breakout sessions focused on operational excellence, hands-on labs for test-driving new AI tools, panels and workshops addressing talent shortages and promoting safer, more inclusive job sites, and an Expo Hall with 100+ partners, Groundbreak is the place to be if you’re serious about connected construction.
Construction Management Association of America Annual Conference
Date: October 19-21
Location: Nashville, TN (Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center)
Website: https://www.cmaanet.org/conferences
Choose from 50-plus technical sessions, workshops, and roundtables addressing everything from decarbonized materials to AI-driven claims avoidance. If you manage programs, lead project teams, or supply the technologies that keep capital projects on track, CMAA 2025 offers the knowledge, contacts, and inspiration you’ll need to thrive in the year ahead.
SMACNA Annual Convention
Date: October 26-29
Location: Maui, HI (Grand Wailea & Wailea Beach Resort)
Website: https://www.smacna.org/education-events/2025-smacna-annual-convention
The Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association’s annual convention unites contractors, fabricators, chapter executives, labor partners, and industry innovators for educational sessions, networking opportunities, and exhibits highlighting advancements in HVAC and sheet metal technologies.
November 2025
Greenbuild International Conference & Expo
Date: November 4-7
Location: Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles Convention Center)
Website: https://informaconnect.com/greenbuild/
Sponsored by the U.S. Green Building Council, the expo highlights sustainability in construction and green building practices, featuring the latest breakthroughs in decarbonization, wellness, resilience, and equitable development. The educational tracks include Policy & Advocacy; Design, Innovation & Application; Health & Well-Being; Net Zero; Community Development; Materials; Finance & Investment; Resilience; and Circularity. Exhibitors will showcase solutions that slash operational and embodied carbon. If you design, build, finance, or operate buildings that must meet tomorrow’s climate, health, and equity expectations, Greenbuild 2025 is your essential launchpad.
Urban Land Institute (ULI) Fall Meeting
Date: November 4-6
Location: San Francisco, CA (Moscone West Convention Center)
Website: https://fall.uli.org/
Real estate and land use professionals convene in San Francisco this year for discussions on urban development trends. If you influence land-use decisions—or need to understand the capital, technology, and policy forces reshaping them—the ULI 2025 Fall Meeting delivers the people, projects, and perspectives that will define real estate’s next cycle.
Design-Build Conference & Expo 2025
Date: November 5-7
Location: Las Vegas, NV (MGM Grand Conference Center)
Website: https://dbia.org/design-build-conference-expo/
Hosted by the Design-Build Institute of America and drawing more than 2,100 owners, builders, architects, engineers, attorneys, and technology providers, the Design-Build Conference and Expo is the largest national gathering focused solely on design-build project delivery.
Trimble Dimensions
Date: November 10-12
Location: Las Vegas, NV (The Venetian Resort)
Website: https://www.trimble.com/en/our-company/events/dimensions/overview
Dimensions is Trimble’s showcase of connected workflows across construction, geospatial, civil engineering, transportation, agriculture, and beyond. After drawing a record-setting 7,000 attendees in 2024, the 2025 edition is poised to be the biggest yet, with hands-on tech labs, expert-led classes, and an expo humming with mixed-reality demos, autonomous equipment, and AI-powered analytics
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