UK Concrete Show

At the UK Concrete Show you can see concrete production, precast, reinforcement, transport, repair, sustainability, screeding and flooring in one two-day trade exhibition at NEC Birmingham, with free entry. The UK Concrete Show is held annually and organised by The QMJ Group, which describes it as the only UK exhibition dedicated to the concrete industry. The organiser lists over 200 brands at the 2026 edition.

Free entry and 2027 dates

You can visit the show and its floor seminars free on Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 March 2027 in Hall 17. Doors open from 09:00 to 17:00 on the Tuesday and from 09:00 to 16:00 on the Wednesday. You register in advance for an entry badge. Parking at the NEC is charged, and you can pre-pay online.

Who visits and what is on show

If you exhibit, the organiser says your audience is made up of professionals from the concrete and construction industry. As a visitor you can see products ranging from admixtures and decorative concrete to pumps and volumetric trucks, alongside equipment, materials and technologies. The organiser says many of the world’s leading product and equipment manufacturers, suppliers and service providers take part, and exhibitors quoted on the show website include Sicoma, Command Alkon and Danfords.

Features in the hall

You get free seminars, live demonstrations and a vote on new products in the hall.

• Concrete Connect Seminar Theatre, on the exhibition floor, with four free sessions across both days. 2026 topics included specification to site, sustainable concrete infrastructure, ternary and calcined clay concretes, and precast and concrete repair. Speakers came from The Concrete Society, The Concrete Centre, MPA UK Concrete, Skanska UK, Tarmac and the University of Leeds, with broadcaster Susannah Streeter hosting. Recordings of past sessions can be streamed from the show website.
• Live Demo Zone, first run in 2026 with sessions twice a day. Demonstrators included DEWALT, YB Fixings, Command Alkon, Best-Chem, Cloud Cycle, Kyocera and TechQuip. It returns on both days in 2027, with a limited number of slots for exhibitors.
• New Product Hub, where visitors vote for a New Product Award. In 2026 the award went to the Accu-Pour platform with more than 22% of visitor votes, ahead of LKAB Minerals’ calcined clay and Bay-Lynx’s Crewmix.
• Emerging Talent Awards for young people in the industry, presented at the show.
• Concrete Society Awards Gallery of award-winning projects.
• Find Your Community, a space for partner organisations offering advice.
• A social space where visitors and exhibitors can meet informally.

If you plan live kit on your stand, you may find our guide to choosing a venue for a product demonstration useful.

Recent editions

You can compare the 2027 dates with the last edition.

Edition	Dates	Venue	Exhibitors
2026	Wednesday 25 to Thursday 26 March	NEC Birmingham	More than 200 brands
2027	Tuesday 23 to Wednesday 24 March	NEC Birmingham, Hall 17

Exhibiting at the UK Concrete Show

You can judge the show from other exhibitors’ comments on the site, where Kelly Tanks says it has exhibited for 10 years, and JCB reports strong leads on its equipment. Exhibition packages are listed on the show website, and you contact the team through an exhibitor enquiry form. When weighing stand types, our guide to shell scheme or space only sets out the options.

Other construction shows

You can plan other construction visits around this one, as the show sits in our construction and built environment listings. Earlier in March 2027 the NEC hosts the National Homebuilding & Renovating Show from 11 March, and the Commercial Vehicle Show follows there from 20 April. In London, the National Civils Show opens at Excel London on 25 November 2026 and Futurebuild on 11 May 2027. More events at the NEC and elsewhere in the city are in our Birmingham trade shows list.

Getting there

You can arrive without a car, as the NEC is a five-minute walk from Birmingham International railway station, which is linked to Birmingham Airport by the free air-rail link. Drivers arrive via the M42, M40 and M6 and should follow event signs to the car park rather than the venue postcode, then take the free shuttle bus to the halls.

Source: concreteshow.co.uk, thenec.co.uk/events/uk-concrete-show-2027, concreteshow.co.uk/ukcs-news, thenec.co.uk/visitors/getting-here