Construction Trade Shows

The construction trade shows worth knowing

Construction shows split by trade more than by size. A concrete contractor, a home builder, a roofer and an HVAC engineer all work on buildings, and each would still pick a different show. Here are the main ones by type, with who each is built for. Dates for all of them are in the list above.

Heavy equipment, concrete & roadbuilding

• CONEXPO-CON/AGG (Las Vegas, March 2029). Best for: contractors and producers buying earthmoving, lifting, asphalt, aggregates and concrete equipment. The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) runs it every three years at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
• World of Concrete (Las Vegas, January). Best for: commercial concrete and masonry contractors. Its organiser calls it the industry's only annual international trade show dedicated to commercial concrete and masonry construction, with indoor and outdoor exhibits and live equipment demonstrations.
• World of Asphalt (New Orleans, March). Best for: asphalt producers, paving contractors and road maintenance crews. AGG1, the aggregates show, shares the floor.
• bauma (Munich, April 2028) and INTERMAT (Paris, April 2027). Best for: the international construction machinery market. Messe München calls bauma the world's leading trade fair for construction machinery; both are held every three years.
• The Utility Expo (Louisville, October 2027) and the NASTT No-Dig Show (Raleigh, March). Best for: utility and underground construction. AEM's Utility Expo is built around working equipment demonstrations; No-Dig covers trenchless installation and rehabilitation.
• The ARA Show (New Orleans, February). Best for: equipment and event rental companies. It's the American Rental Association's convention and trade show.
• Canadian Concrete Expo (Mississauga, February), the Alberta Equipment Expo (Edmonton, April), Expo Grands Travaux (Saint-Hyacinthe, April) and the National Heavy Equipment Show (Mississauga, April 2028). Best for: Canadian contractors, producers and municipal crews looking at concrete, roadbuilding and heavy equipment close to home.

Home building & remodeling

• NAHB International Builders' Show (Las Vegas, February). Best for: home builders, remodelers and the manufacturers who supply them. NAHB calls it the largest annual light construction show in the world. It runs alongside KBIS, the kitchen and bath show, as Design & Construction Week.
• JLC LIVE New England (Providence, March). Best for: remodelers and residential tradespeople who learn by watching. Live on-floor building clinics cover framing, decks, drywall, roofing and trim.
• Southeast Building Conference (Orlando, July) and the Sunbelt Builders Show (Houston, August 2027). Best for: home builders in the Southeast and Texas. The Florida Home Builders Association and the Texas Association of Builders produce them.
• Pool Spa Patio Expo (New Orleans, November) and Equip Exposition (Louisville, October). Best for: pool builders and service techs at PSP, where Deck Expo runs alongside; landscape, hardscape and outdoor power equipment professionals at Equip.

Commercial construction & specialty trades

• AGC Annual Convention (Phoenix, April). Best for: general contractors. It's the Associated General Contractors of America's yearly meeting on education, networking and industry policy.
• International Roofing Expo (Las Vegas, February) and the Western Roofing Expo (Las Vegas, September 2027). Best for: roofing contractors, distributors and manufacturers. Much of IRE's education is about running a roofing business.
• METALCON (Louisville, October 2027) and GlassBuild America (Orlando, October 2027). Best for: the building envelope: metal construction at METALCON, and glass, windows and doors at the National Glass Association's GlassBuild.
• Coverings (Orlando, April) and The International Surface Event (Las Vegas, February). Best for: tile, stone and flooring distributors, retailers, installers and designers.
• AWCI Convention & INTEX Expo (Grapevine, April), the NDA Convention & Expo (Fort Worth, February) and the NAEC Convention (St. Louis, September 2027). Best for: wall and ceiling contractors, demolition contractors and elevator contractors respectively, each at its own association's show.
• The NECA Convention & Trade Show. Best for: electrical contractors and the manufacturers selling to them. The National Electrical Contractors Association holds it each year in a different US city; the next one has not been announced.
• STAFDA (November; Anaheim in 2026, Orlando in 2027) and Trimble Dimensions (Las Vegas, November). Best for: specialty tool and fastener distributors at STAFDA, and contractors looking at digital and autonomous construction technology at Dimensions.

HVAC & plumbing

• AHR Expo (Chicago, January). Best for: HVACR contractors, engineers, distributors and facility teams seeing new equipment, controls and tools. ASHRAE and AHRI co-sponsor it, and the ASHRAE Winter Conference runs the same week. More on the HVAC trade shows page.
• ISH (Frankfurt, March 2027). Best for: the European heating, ventilation and plumbing market. Messe Frankfurt calls it the world's leading trade fair for HVAC and water. It alternates years with MCE in Milan; refrigeration and heat pumps have their own show in Chillventa (Nuremberg, October 2028).
• ACCA Conference & Expo (National Harbor, March), Service World Expo (Las Vegas, November) and PHCC CONNECT (each October, in a different city). Best for: owners and managers of contracting businesses. The programmes are about pricing, hiring and running the company more than installation.
• HARDI Annual Conference (San Diego, December). Best for: HVACR wholesale distributors and their vendors.
• InstallerSHOW New York (March), Flow Expo (Pomona, March) and MCEE (Montreal, April). Best for: HVAC technicians, plumbers and mechanical contractors who want a regional floor. Flow Expo is a free one-day show.

Architecture, design & sustainable building

• AIA Conference on Architecture & Design (Philadelphia, May). Best for: architects earning continuing-education credit. The American Institute of Architects runs it in a different city each year.
• Greenbuild (each autumn, in a different US city). Best for: people who design, certify and operate sustainable buildings. The U.S. Green Building Council runs it with Informa, and calls it the world's largest annual event for green building professionals.
• International Mass Timber Conference (Portland, March). Best for: timber producers, architects, engineers and developers working with cross-laminated timber and other engineered wood.
• Light + Intelligent Building North America (Las Vegas, March) and the ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture (Chicago, September 2027). Best for: lighting designers and specifiers, and landscape architects.
• New York Build (March), The Buildings Show (Toronto, December) and BUILDEX Vancouver (February). Best for: contractors, architects, engineers and developers in those markets. New York Build is free to attend and shares its floor with InstallerSHOW.
• Expo CIHAC (Mexico City). Best for: the Mexican construction market. Informa Markets runs it. The 2026 show was in October, and the next dates have not been announced.

Building owners & facilities

• BOMA International Conference & Expo (Nashville, June) and PM Springfest (Toronto, April). Best for: commercial building owners, property managers and building engineers.
• ISSA Show North America (Las Vegas, November). Best for: cleaning distributors, building service contractors and facility managers.
• HealthSpaces, RetailSpaces and the Higher Ed Facilities Forum. Best for: senior design, construction and facilities leaders at health systems, retailers and universities. They're small invitation-only retreats built around pre-scheduled vendor meetings.

Home shows for homeowners

• Regional home and remodeling shows from L&L Exhibition Management and Marketplace Events, such as the Northwest Remodeling Expo (Seattle, January), the Columbus Building & Renovation Expo (January) and the Pittsburgh Remodeling Expo (February). Best for: homeowners planning a project, and the local remodelers, builders and landscapers who want to meet them. Unlike most of the shows on this page, these are open to the public.