With just a week away from Floodex 2025 and the inaugural National Civils Show, there’s still time to register for both shows which will take place on at the ExCeL conference and exhibition centre in London on 26–27 November 2025.

The inaugural National Civils Show is UK’s only event 100% dedicated to the civils construction sector with around 170 exhibitors covering civils, drainage and flooding along with dozens of free to attend CPD accredited presentations to attend, as well as demos. The showcase of products, services, software and sustainability in civil engineering. will feature 8,000 sq. m. of products and services.

Now in its tenth year and accompanied by the National Drainage and Waterways Management shows, Floodex UK continues to go from strength to strengh and is now an important annual date on the wider water sector's event calendar.

The wide-ranging two day programme across all four shows includes presentations from National Highways and Lower Thames Crossing, Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) and the Chartered Institute of Highways & Transport (CIHT).

Caroline Douglass, Executive Director - Flood and Coastal Risk Management at the Environment Agency will make the keynote presentation on at 1pm on Wednesday 26 November on Growth and Resilience: Navigating Flood Risk in a Changing Landscape.

On 27 November Ben Goodwin, Director of Policy and Public Affairs will deliver a presentation on CECA Reflections on the Autumn Budget. The session will focus on the key announcements and commitments for the infrastructure sector following the Chancellor's Autumn Budget Statement. Goodwin will be looking particularly at the implications for the long-term funding and delivery of the UK's economic infrastructure networks.

Other presentations on current topics and issues across the wider water sector include:

Future Water - Water Dragons

Future Water CEO Paul Horton (Chair)

Now in its 18th Year, Water Dragons provides a unique opportunity for companies from across the globe to pitch product, service or process innovations to a panel of senior water company executives and industry specialists.

Designing SuDS for highway runoff

Jo Bradley - Stormwater Shepherds

Jo will set out the particular considerations that are important for the design of SuDS that are intended to treat highway runoff in urban areas. She will describe some easy solutions that can allow these highway SuDS to prevent water pollution and to contribute to better river health across the UK.

Nature based solutions to water resilience at a catchment scale

Ian Jelley, Director of Landscape Recovery - Warwickshire Wildlife Trusts

Management of Pollution to Reduce the Impact on the Environment

Charlotte Roe, Penny Fenton and Joanne Hankin - Anglian Water

Legislative and Regulatory Landscape’ for Ownership, Connections and Buildover to the Public Sewer.

Steve Williams - Network Protection & Enforcement Manager, Southern Water

Unlocking the benefits of Natural Flood Management

Kathryn Brown OBE, Director of Climate Change and Evidence, - Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts - Lizzie Hall, Community Project Manager, Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust - Alison Gardner, Head of Social Impact & ESG, Intact Insurance

Other topics explored in the extensive choice of free to attend seminars on offer include:

• AMP8, a Reflection on the Last 6 Months and What it Means For a Supplier
• Highways Standards and the New Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Works
• Dirty Politics, Clean Solutions: The Environmental Sector’s Role in Infrastructure
• Next Steps for Lower Thames Crossing - The Biggest Planning Application in UK History
• Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) and the Effective Use For PAS 2080
• Green vs Grey SuDS - Challenging Conventional Wisdom that Green is Always Best
• Accelerated Durability Testing for Infrastructure Projects
• The use of innovative Non-destructive Testing and Inspection Techniques
• Dig Smart, Revolutionising Underground Duct Route Design for Speed and Sustainability
• Managing Highways Runoff in a Changing Climate
• Leading Change in Civils: Practical Strategies for Digital Transformation
• Circular Economy in Civils Development and UK Supply Chain Resilience
• Future-Ready Skills: CIHT Learn - Digital Training for Civil Engineers

National Civils runs alongside Floodex, the National Drainage Show & Waterways Management Show, offering attendees the opportunity to hear from a host of experts in their field in the free to attend seminar theatres all under one roof, together with the chance to network with other industry professionals.

Show opening times are Wednesday 26th 10:00 – 17:00 and Thursday 27th 10:00 – 16:00.

Attendees can plan their visit by taking advantage of registering in advance for their free visitor badge.

WaterBriefing is supporting the upcoming Floodex & National Drainage Show which takes place in London on 26 – 27 November 2025 in London. Now in its tenth year, Floodex will run alongside the National Civils Show, opening the event up to whole new audience of thousands of interested civil engineers, contractors, developers and planners, involved in construction, utilities, highways, railway and coastal defence professionals.

Click here for more information about Floodex and to register for your free ticket to attend

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