What's New for 2026:
Broader Market Coverage Across Complex Projects
With increased investment in data centres, infrastructure and industrial builds, 2026 expands beyond commercial construction to bring together a more diverse audience of owners, contractors and delivery partners. Gain insights from those delivering across heavy civil, infrastructure and complex facilities to understand how quality expectations are evolving across the entire project lifecycle.
Embedding Quality Earlier Through Design Integration
Explore how leading firms are integrating quality into design to prevent issues before they reach site. From improving constructability and aligning design intent with execution, to strengthening collaboration between design, preconstruction and delivery teams, learn how to shift quality left and eliminate downstream rework at its source.
More Technical & Field-Focused Content
This year introduces deeper, field-driven content to tackle real execution challenges, from inspection and testing risk to building envelope failures, water intrusion and concrete quality. With a stronger focus on superintendents, project teams and field execution, explore practical strategies to improve punch list management, work planning and smoother project turnover.
Enhanced Networking Designed for Real Conversations
New for 2026, benefit from extended, hour-long networking breaks and dedicated networking formats designed to move beyond surface-level conversations. Engage in more meaningful discussions, share challenges and build relationships with peers facing the same quality pressures across the industry.
Brand-New Companies Include:
Brand New Networking
Networking Opportunities
At Advancing Construction Quality 2026, networking isn’t just a break, it’s where the most valuable conversations happen.
With 500+ Quality, Operations, and Project Leaders from Contractors, Owners, Designers and Trades, this is your opportunity to build relationships with the people shaping how quality is delivered across North America’s most complex projects.
This year, we are reinventing how networking works, moving beyond traditional formats to create more structured, targeted, and meaningful interactions that help you connect with the right people, not just more
Networking Opportunities Include:
Speed Networking
Kickstart your experience with structured, high-impact introductions designed to connect you with peers facing similar quality challenges from day one.
Meet the Speakers
Engage directly with industry leaders delivering quality across heavy civil data centers, infrastructure and complex builds across the US and Canada. Ask questions, validate ideas, and build lasting connections.
Extended Networking Breaks (NEW for 2026)
Benefit from longer, dedicated networking sessions designed to go beyond surface-level conversations, giving you the time to build meaningful relationships and dive deeper into shared challenges.
Evening Networking Drinks
Unwind with peers and continue conversations in a more informal setting — where partnerships are formed and ideas are shared openly.