About the event

The NCE Tunnelling Conference will bring together the tunnelling community for an interactive and immersive day of case studies, debate and future project updates.

Whether you are designing a challenging shaft, delivering a complex transport tunnel or seeking to raise the profile of your solutions, the event is a great place to network, be inspired and learn.

Who's in the room in 2026

The people who fund, procure, design and build the UK's underground infrastructure — national programme clients and their investors, through to the contractors and specialists on the drives.

124 organisations represented. Seven in ten delegates sit at senior manager, director level or above; around one in five is client-side.

124
Organisations
70%
Senior director or above
Client-side
Owners, investors & regulators
Covering
Water, energy, nuclear & transport
Leadership layer Focus What they own Job titles Share
Executive & client leadership
Ferrovial, Cintra, Invesis, Riverlinx, Sizewell C, EDF
 Strategy & investment Investment decisions, concession and asset ownership, UK market entry, JV formation ahead of bid Managing Director, CEO, COO, Director of Infrastructure & Energy, Country Manager, Partner 19%
Programme & project leadership
HS2, Lower Thames Crossing, TfL, National Highways, Thames Water
 Delivery & governance Client-side sponsorship of major schemes, contract governance, cost and schedule accountability, framework strategy Project Director, Programme Director, Contracts Director, Delivery Director, Lead Sponsor 9%
Technical & design leadership
Arup, Mott MacDonald, Jacobs, WSP, AECOM, Dr Sauer & Partners
 Engineering authority Design assurance and standards, ground risk and settlement, TBM and SCL method selection Technical Director, Chief Tunnel Engineer, Head of Specialism – Tunnels, Principal Engineer 15%
Site & delivery management
Balfour Beatty VINCI, Bouygues TP, J. Murphy & Sons, SCS Railways, Align JV
 Construction delivery Delivery of drives, shafts and temporary works; logistics, labour and plant; new methods on live sites Project Manager, Tunnel Manager, Senior Works Manager, Agent, Contracts Manager 26%
Engineering & specialist practitioners
Fugro, Keller, Bachy Soletanche, BAM Ground Engineering, Maxwell GeoSystems
 Ground, digital & sustainability Ground investigation and instrumentation, monitoring and survey, digital engineering, materials and carbon Senior Tunnel Engineer, Geotechnical Engineer, Digital Engineering Specialist, Carbon Manager 22%
Commercial & supply chain
Herrenknecht, Normet, Mapei UTT, Sika, Doka, Leica Geosystems
 Growth & procurement Bidding and pre-construction, framework positioning, account management, bringing products to market Commercial Director, Head of Commercial, Head of Pre-Construction, Procurement Lead 8%
Clients, owners, regulators & investors
Transport for London HS2 National Highways Lower Thames Crossing East West Rail Network Rail Hounslow Highways Thames Water Severn Trent Southern Water United Utilities Anglian Water Scottish Water Water Resources South East Ofwat National Grid National Gas Sizewell C EDF Ferrovial Cintra Invesis Riverlinx Aberdeen Investment Trusts SK ecoplant Kent County Council Leeds City Council Sheffield City Council London Borough of Camden London Borough of Haringey Urban&Civic Metroselskabet Norwegian Public Roads Administration Tunnel Euralpin Lyon Turin CEDD, Hong Kong
Contractors & joint ventures
Balfour Beatty Balfour Beatty VINCI Bouygues Travaux Publics Bouygues TP – Murphy JV J. Murphy & Sons Hochtief UK Construction Sir Robert McAlpine Taylor Woodrow BAM Ground Engineering Bachy Soletanche Joseph Gallagher Barhale Avove SCS Railways Align JV Dragages Hong Kong HB Tunnelling TG Tunnelling Keystone Tunnelling BeMo Tunnelling Bessac A.Hak UK
Consultants, designers & ground specialists
Arup Mott MacDonald Ramboll Jacobs WSP AECOM AtkinsRéalis Stantec COWI Aurecon Turner & Townsend Amentum Fugro Keller Dr Sauer & Partners Geotechnical Consulting Group London Bridge Associates SLR Consulting IDOM Rendel British Geological Survey
Suppliers, plant & technology
Herrenknecht Doka Normet Mapei UTT Sika Master Builders Solutions Hexagon Leica Geosystems Maxwell GeoSystems Murphy Geospatial 12D UK ALICE Technologies OTB Concrete Specialist Plant SCCS Re-flow
Secure your place

Venue

Hilton Bankside, London
2-8 Great Suffolk St
London
SE1 0UG

 

Accommodation
We have partnered with the accommodation agency PRIORITY to offer our attendees discounted accommodation at nearby hotels. Booking via the link below will allow you to access these discounts.

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS DISCOUNTED ACCOMMODATION using the event passcode: EMAP036

Alternatively please feel free to call PRIORITY direct on 0845 6123 611 or +44 1473 550 620 and quote the Event Code: EMAP036 23

We regret that you are unable to book accommodation directly through emap, you must do so with PRIORITY.