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Thank you for attending!

Whether you were able to join us for all or part of the day, we've created this page to host all the videos of the sessions, plus further reading around the important themes that were discussed.

The digital event for the digital future

At NBS, we believe in connecting construction information. It's a the heart of what we do, and The Construction Leader Summit: The Digital Future was about exactly that, inviting industry and our in-house experts to discuss and help you prepare for the coming changes in construction, and what that means in a post-COVID-19 world.

We hope you enjoyed it and found the speakers to be both valuable and insightful.We had a brilliant line up of speakers, each delivering fantastic presentations on some of the key themes within the construction industry, such as political and regulatory changes, the impact of COVID-19 and the rapid acceleration of digitisation - as well as the 'next normal' and what to expect in the coming months and years. Plus many more interesting and thought-provoking topics.

All the recordings of the speaker presentations are now available and you can now read our 'six key takeaways'. If you have any questions about the event or you are interested in any of our NBS products, then contact us at info@thenbs.com.

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Registrations

2,000+

Speakers

21

Countries participating

73

Social impressions

26.5m

Tweets/retweets

911

Social reach

623,697

In the press

The Construction Leaders' summit has made waves in the press, with 47 titles picking up the story including the Architects' Journal, Construction News, Building and an online readership of over 1.7m. The coverage is a testament to the importance of the topics that were discussed at the event. We've captured a few here for further reading:

- 'Change now if you want to survive the building safety regulator' - Building

- 'Hackitt says new building regs will ease architects’ insurance crisis' - Architects Journal

- 'What will be the construction sector's future after the pandemic?' - LLB

-'Dame Judith Hackitt calls for construction industry to put morals above the law' - Specification Online

 - 'Search for chief building safety inspector begins' - Construction News

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Presentations now available!

As promised, all the speaker presentations and panel discussions are now available for viewing. To view the insight from the day, remember to continue the discussion on Twitter or Linked In using the hashtag #CLS2020

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Quotes of the day:

Stop making excuses and start making changes, I know you can, and you know you can, and you know you should"

Dame Judith Hackitt
Chair of the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety

“The industry needs to take ownership, and recognise that the change needs to come from within and collaborate” 

Paul Morrell
Former Government Chief Construction Advisor

"Thanks NBS and all contributors for making this collective event happen. Very well balanced for all different players and supporters to our industry. Best of the many various seminar/ webinars attended last over 6 months."

Gio Vettori
Delegate, CLS 2020

"I registered and participated in this week's virtual 'Construction Product Leaders' Summit' which I found to be outstanding, great speakers and very informative and thought provoking"

Simon Rogers
Delegate, CLS 2020
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A wide range of interesting articles that help you make informed decisions and deliver the best projects for your clients authored by our team of NBS subject specialists and construction industry contributors.
A wide range of interesting articles that help you make informed decisions and deliver the best projects for your clients authored by our team of NBS subject specialists and construction industry contributors.
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Webinars and further reading:

22 September 2020
On 20th July 2020, the Government published the draft Building Safety Bill: the most radical proposed overhaul of building safety regulations for decades. In the wake of Grenfell, much work has been conducted under Dame Judith Hackitt’s leadership to propose a better, safer future for buildings and their occupants, defining responsibilities, and enabling the digital ‘golden thread of information’. Join Paul Swaddle, Head of Technical Solutions at NBS, for our next webinar to explore the draft Bill in more detail and understand what it could mean for specifiers.
22 October 2020 | by
Over 2000 construction professionals from across the industry registered for our first-ever two-day digital conference, 'The Construction Leaders' Summit: The Digital Future'. The summit aimed to bring together government and industry experts to discuss the political, legal and technological drivers for change as well as the impact of the pandemic. The event gained an incredible reaction and response over two days. Here are our key takeaways.
26 August 2020 | by
On the 20th July 2020, the Government published the ‘Draft Building Safety Bill’: the most radical proposed overhaul of building safety regulations for decades. In the wake of recent tragedies, much work has been conducted under Dame Judith Hackitt’s leadership to make way for a better, safer future for buildings and those who occupy them.
22 May 2020 | by
Sustainability is arguably the most expansive strategy in the RIBA Plan of Work 2020. It is also a topic that is being asked about increasingly when specifiers are reaching out to NBS to know more about how our technical content can help them achieve sustainable outcomes for their projects.