The Big Five Dubai 2022. What is New in this year’s Exhibition?

The Big Five is one of the biggest business exhibitions in the World. The Big Five Dubai 2022 Exhibition makes together different construction companies that make their projects public from the beginning to the very end for costumers and industry partners. Big Five is a big shell for these businesses to connect with the clients, explain their projects to a higher audience, build partnerships and secure economic development inside and outside the industry.

This exhibition is the biggest of his kind in Middle East, Africa and South Asia. It makes together buyers and suppliers, to explain projects and explore opportunities. This event in general is searching for innovative solutions that can boost business activities, educate highly trained engineers and professionals and put in play the best practices to develop existing sectors.

Co-located in six different areas this project offers workshops, sales opportunities, business proposals and various ways of business interacting where all the participants can profit knowledges and insights from the latest practices in construction field and not only.

Big Five 2022

Big Five is a B2B platform and the 2022 edition gathers together 55 000 participants from the best companies from 150 participating countries. Having such large number of attendees from a big geography area brings together different practices of doing business and different experiences to share in an environment that is eager for new ways of operating in construction industry.

Business innovation is the key for more than 90 CPD talks this year. Speakers will cover different topics in this year’s presentations and 2000 exhibitors will host and organize what’s necessary for summits, for the businesses and the guests. Emirates Steel, Bostik, Carrier, Honeywell, RAKtherm, Thermex, Besser and other companies will be presented in Big Five 2022 Dubai and will have a main role in this exhibition maintenance and sponsorship.

Global Leaders Construction Summit

With their moto ‘Engaging Leaders, Empowering Opportunities’, this years Big Five Global Leaders Construction will be focused in establishing collaborative practices and partnerships in order to speed up the industry transformation. Advisory board members for this year will be Anas Bataw, Chris Seymour, Pierre Santoni, Saeed Al Abbar, Olivier Crasson, Rami Alturki and You Tao.

Dr. Anas Bataw has a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from The University of Manchester. Working as Director of CESC at Heriot-Watt University, he leads collaborative initiatives focused on innovation. He has great entrepreneurial leadership skills in identifying, developing, and implementing smart initiatives and AEC innovations that help fast-growing businesses to achieve more success and find new ways of operating in their fields.

Christopher Seymour is a Regional Director for Middle East, Africa and South Asia working at Mott MacDonald and also Chairman of RICS MEA World Regional World.

Pierre Santoni stepped into Parsons new president back in 2020 and under his surveillance company has achieved tremendous progress. Parsons is involved in many construction projects in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

Saeed Al Abbar is the Managing Director at AESG, a firm that is covering consultancy and advisory services in the Middle East, Africa, Europe and it is profiled in the provision of the specialized engineers. AESG has offices in Dubai, London, Abu Dhabi and Riyadh and Al Abbar experience and education (Mechanical Engineering in the University of Bath) helps the company improve its services especially in consultancy.

Olivier Crasson is the chairman advisor at Modern Leading Builders and has finished his studies at London Business School.

Rami Khalid Alturki is the President and CEO of Alturki Group. He is also the chairman of subsidiary companies including companies like Velosi Saudi Arabia and Element Saudi Arabia. Rami Alturki has a bachelor degree in Economics from William College, Williamstown, Massachusetts in the United States.

You Tao is the President and CEO of China State Construction Engeneering Corporation Middle East and has participated in Amy public events across the Middle East.

Topics Covered

Advisory Board Members will drive debate over inspiration of young engineers and new projects across the field. New leadership ideas and initiatives that are inspired by existing projects will be part of the discussion. Proposals on what can be better and advisors experience will be also shared in order to get what it is called the main feedback from different topics and projects created by the inspiration of young engineers and designers.

Talent will be another key point of the discussion to determine what is really worthy for the industry. Talent comes out of many choices and options. Choices that derive from everyday decisions to hire, promote, and of course put priorities on what is profitable for companies. All this is seen by the eyes of advisors and CEO-s of different companies to create a colorful debate on what is new talent and what are the chances of talented units to come first in projects.

Transformation to a Circular Economy will be another topic that will be discussed and shared with the public. Everything is connected nowadays and markets are becoming one. Construction is the field that contributes more in the United Arab Economy and the evolution of Dubai is obvious throughout the years. But the most important aspect is that construction is connected with communication, online presence to be more close with the client. This adding the spread of money and the way investments impact several parts of the economy at the same time will clarify the concept of circular economy and ROI you get by investing on Construction.

Future Proofing Business Growth is not only a meeting slogan or something from you can add some empty down. All the contrary, construction business not only is the first most profitable occupation in Dubai and UAE, but creates millestones of commercial buildings that are the engine of trade in Dubai and UAE.

Global Construction Green Stability Summit

One of the goals of the Exhibition is to empower Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance ESG for less impact of the construction industry on nature. Speakers, delegates, and business partners are committed to integrating net zero practices into their businesses. All corporates are willing to join and fulfill the ambitious region’s target, Zero impact on the Environment.

Themes to be discussed are advancing net zero in the construction industry, leadership in ESG for construction, accelerating change through scaling and solution collaboration, zero waste and increasing the use of substitute materials, reporting on ESG metrics and construction industry.

Advancing net zero in the construction industry is one the main objectives of the companies working in the region. Fast growth of the cities like Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Riyadh and more comes with environmental costs. Ideas how these costs can be nullified will be part of intense converting and views exchanging.

Leadership in ESG for construction will decide on hows of a business investment. So people want do decide themselves how to spend their money and following that way, a businessman want to invest his money in that construction areas that secure him more incomes. The policies are changing inside and outside a certain corporate and the way a company implement ESG is very important for the position that will keep with different actors in the market. Sharing ideas and views to make difficult choices sometimes will wake up even the outside curiosity, but surely will be fruitful for the organizations organizing the debate. 

Acceleration change through scaling up solutions and collaboration can be translated as the concrete benefit that organizations will take and absorb from the debate. Which are the ways to develop partnerships that share the same company goals and secure high incomes? Time discussion for this theme will answer this question with realistic ideas that can lead to possible collaborations and provide positive solutions for the industry actors.

Zero waste and increasing the use of substitute materials is more than a problem, is a way of doing business. Different companies obtain different policies on the first fuel and the materials used for construction. Sharing experiences helps cure the problem but of course equips each one of the representatives with new, fresh information about best practices.

Reporting on ESG metrics and construction industry will be a good time to learn from each business the insights that make them successful in the market. Each company has its own specifications that can serve as good examples of work organizing and tactic implementations can be exchanged.

Big Five 2022 Advisory Board members will be Jeffery Beyer, Hanife Ymer, Katarina Uherova Hasbani. Their experience on Environmental issues and ESG will help the debate and offer expertise relating to aspects of each discussion.

Technology Enablement Summit

The future of the business is surely digital. Most of the costimers are online and that means that business organizations should follow them. By following them not only secure a digital presence but understand your costumers needs and behaviors. The construction industry is evolving with time. Embracing technology not only will bring new qualities on working and diversify industry and also make her more sustainable. Technology is not only on digital evolvement, but also investing on research projects, transformation of the staff and knowledge sharing between stakeholders. 

Topics

Mobilising the construction technology ecosystem is about putting into work the big machine of construction technologies. That means that the key moments of this topic will be the explanation of ways of working in a company covering all construction steps. Business owners and speakers will exchange ideas on how to combine different technologies to work faster and have more productivity.

Accelerating sustainable development through technology can give real updates on policies that companies implement for fast growth. That means from the material suppliers to finished projects, to describe the entire road a company follows to work faster with advanced tools and give better results. Of course intense exchanging of views will help participants to master new tactics that will help them in future projects.

Reimagining the future is a general topic where managers will try to expand their vision and values into an environment that is changed drastically in the recent years. This will help each company representer to know more about competition values and what their agenda is all about.

Advisory board members for this summit are Manal Al Shamlan, Dr. Salah Al Dilimi, Ali Ismail, Dr. Anas Bataw, Damir Jaksic, Prakash Senghani, John Shenton, Naji Atallah, Nour H. Kassassir, Tatiana Antonelli Abella and Tim Shelton. Seeing that the topic is very important, the panel of advisors is bigger.

Big Five Construction Impact Awards

A jury has chosen among hundreds of participants, the finalists for Big Five Construction Impact Awards. Prices and honoring ceremonies will be held during the Big 5 event days and will be hosted by Brandy Scott.

Judges for these awards are Alison Watson, Dr. Anas Bataw, Andy Shaw, Ann Rosenberg, Caroline Gumble, Cynthia Corby, Dianne Dainties, Dr. Elie Metri, Hanane Arif, JoAnna Esty, Michael Kokele, Mohamed Mousa, Ollie Morris and Raje Hattar. CEO-s, mangers and partners will for the jury that will judge each project based on different metrics and differentiate the winners.

Technology and the Future

Digital technologies not only bring the future closer but in some way are shaping the way we behave today. Construction must take advantage of these changes and implement the best technologies possible for fast evolvement and quality constructions. Advanced Software and artificial intelligence are impacting the industry now and will do more in the future. 

Start Up City

At Start Up City the most innovative players in the market highlight technologies that will change the industry drastically. A collection of new ideas and new market project Start Up City is a mixture of technology and brave leadership. All start ups can exhibit even which are considered small companies.

Businesses here have the opportunity to get qualified leads and meet with global actors. They can build relationships that can force their presence in the market. Each business can get fresh insights about the markets in Middle East, Africa and South Asia. Test the market and validating your product by conducting researches related with other business presence and data that exhibition can offer.

Everything Architecture

Everything Architecture is a exclusive event designed for architects, interior designers and property developers to explore a selected range of new products, materials for your projects. Products will be presented in this exhibition and their function in different projects will be explained.

The Big Five is the place for conversations that lead to knowledge at Architecture and Design Talks. These talks include Q&A sessions so you can earn CPD (Continuing Professional Development) points during the talks and conversations. Also, participants can be part of the community where everybody can relax and drink a cup of coffee and exchange views, and give insights and ideas while watching the workshops.

The advisory panel of Everything Architecture is made up of highly professional experts like Ahmed Bukhash, Andy Shaw, Benjamin Piper, Georges Kachamy, and Jennie Binchy. These experts will guide you to several product categories and other specifications. Product categories you will find at the show are facades, flooring and coverings, interiors, kitchen and bath, lighting, and also outdoor.  

Women’s Big Five

One of the purposes of the exhibition is promoting diversity to transform the construction industry. This includes eleminateing discrimination against females. Another big objective is to balance the number of female workers with the number of males in the industry. This will push the companies forward in equality and representation.

Womens will in center of this 2022 Big five with two different programs; Women in Construction Ambassadors and Women’s Empowerment Principles. The Women in construction Ambassador program is a powerful platform for strengthening women’s role in the industry by promoting diversity and inclusion in the built environment. Meanwhile Women’s Enpowerment Principles (WEP) in an initiative by UN Women and the UN Global Compact, the largest sustainability network in the entire world. It gives seven principles for gender equality in workplace, community and market place.

Summary

The Big five Dubai 2022 edition covers each aspect of the construction starting from globally and giving attention to the smallest details of architecture. This year will be a challenging year for the industry that is facing immense growth in the Middle East and overpassing challenges such as conflicts in some corners of the world and other obstacles.

This edition represents a spectacular promotion of world brands in the industry and provides a unique experience for guests and other followers from each corner of the world.