UK&I QS & Construction Conference
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Overview
The UK&I QS & Construction Conference 2025, held at RICS HQ London, brought together hundreds of quantity surveyors, cost consultants, commercial managers, and construction leaders for a full day of high-impact learning and discussion.
The conference addressed one of the most complex periods the sector has experienced in recent years marked by persistent cost inflation, supply chain instability, tightening budgets, contractor insolvencies, and increasing expectations around productivity, digital adoption, and decarbonisation. The programme equipped professionals with the clarity, confidence, and commercial insight needed to navigate these pressures and strengthen decision-making.
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Key themes & takeaways from 2025
Economic outlook for construction and cost management - Latest trends in construction demand, tender price movements, inflation impacts, supply chain pressures, and how these factors influence cost planning and procurement for the year ahead.
Productivity and the Private Sector Construction Playbook - How cultural, commercial and behavioural change can drive higher productivity, better procurement outcomes, improved delivery performance and long-term value across the project lifecycle.
Future skills for the quantity surveying profession - The evolving capabilities required of modern QS professionals, including digital competency, data literacy, sustainability awareness, soft skills, and strategies for upskilling and talent development.
JCT 2024 and the new Target Cost Contract - Key changes introduced in JCT 2024, when and how to apply target cost mechanisms, managing incentives and risk, and practical considerations for improving commercial certainty.
AI for the QS: applications and risks - How AI, automation and digital tools are reshaping cost planning, tendering, measurement, forecasting and project controls alongside the ethical, commercial and data-related risks to manage.
Managing insolvency risk in a volatile market - Identifying early signs of financial distress within the supply chain, protecting project outcomes, strengthening contract negotiation, and implementing robust financial planning processes.
Net zero and cost certainty - Approaches to cost planning for net zero design and delivery, balancing performance with affordability, whole-life cost implications, and how procurement choices influence carbon outcomes.
Construction case law update - Recent developments in construction case law, including key judgments affecting contractual risk, dispute avoidance and commercial strategy.
Speakers
The conference showcased perspectives from across development, contracting, consultancy, sustainability, law and economics, including:
- Anthony Chudleigh, Founder, Edit Developments
- Helen Hare, Director of Projects, GPE
- Mark Lacey, Director, Turner & Townsend alinea
- Tom Walker, Project Director, Bovis Construction
- Brian Morrisroe, CEO, Morrisroe Group
- Tarrant Parsons, Head of Market Research & Analysis, RICS
- Chris Wright, Director, Head of Sustainability & Decarbonisation, Avison Young
- Lindy Patterson KC, Essex Chambers
- Lauren Lemcke, Senior Project Surveyor, AECOM
Expect an even broader line-up of technical experts, legal specialists, sector leaders and disruptors in 2026.
Looking ahead to 2026
To find out more about sponsoring our UK&I QS & Construction Conference, please contact: partnerships@rics.org
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