AECOM at UKREiiF 2026
AECOM is the global infrastructure leader, committed to delivering a better world. Our teams partner with public and private sector clients to create innovative, sustainable and resilient solutions throughout the project lifecycle.
Visit the AECOM Café in the yellow zone to connect with our team, exchange ideas and continue the conversation.
Join us for expert led sessions:
When: Tuesday 19 May, 3:35 – 4:35 PM
Where: AECOM Café & Meeting Space
This session explores how public–private partnerships, infrastructure led master planning and placemaking first design can turn housing led projects into thriving, enduring communities, not just large schemes that deliver numbers. The session will explore the evolution of housing delivery through the lens of Then, Now and Next, asking how lessons from past developments can shape the communities we build today and, in the future.
We will be joined on the panel by:
- Angela Barnicle, Director for City Development, Leeds City Council
- Rob Chesworth, Head of Strategic Land, The Crown Estate
- Naushabah Khan MP, Gillingham and Rainham, Labour Party
AECOM panel lead:
Patrick Clarke
Director, UK + I
Masterplanning Lead
When: Wednesday 20 May, 9:00-10:00 AM
Where: AECOM Café & Meeting Space
The panel will explore how collaborative approaches in live environments can deliver practical, affordable solutions while safeguarding heritage and traditional skills for future generations. Discussions will focus on adaptive reuse and pragmatic conservation as ways to unlock opportunity, strengthen identity, and respond to environmental and social change.
Case studies will include examples from across the UK.
We will be joined on the panel by:
- Christine Davis-Worth, Head of Heritage, BDP
- Tom Foxall, Regional Director, London and the South-East, Historic England
- Ken Sable, Technical Director, Historic Environment, AtkinsRealis
- Alasdair Travers, Design Partner, Purcell
AECOM panel lead:
When: Wednesday 20 May, 3:35–4:35 PM
Where: AECOM Café & Meeting Space
The next 18 months are crucial for Northern Powerhouse Rail to demonstrate its growth potential and deliverability. This panel will discuss the necessary choices for NPR to achieve promised growth across the north, including how city regions can maximize benefits through strategic investment, additional funding opportunities for a comprehensive solution that benefits all, and how scheme development can enhance confidence in future construction delivery.
We will be joined on the panel by:
- Gordon Kells, Chief Operating Officer, Transpennine Route Upgrade
- Lola McEvoy MP, Darlington, Labour Party
- Rosario Barcena, Rail Programme Director, Skanska
AECOM panel lead:
Megan Knights
Strategy & Growth Director
Transportation
AECOM at UKREiiF 2026
Tuesday 19th May
- 8:45 – 9.45 AM: Local authority and regions breakfast (AECOM Café)
- 3:35 – 4:35 PM: Building places to last: Placemaking and the New Towns agenda (AECOM Café)
Wednesday 20th May
- 8:00 – 9:00 AM: From shift to delivery: Infrastructure roundtable with ICE and senior infrastructure leaders (Tees Valley Boardroom, invite only)
- 9:00 – 10:00 AM Protecting heritage, powering renewal (AECOM Café)
- 3:35 – 4:35 PM: Maximising chemistry and streamlining delivery – getting Northern Powerhouse Rail to construction (AECOM Café)
- 4:45 – 7:30 PM : AECOM drinks reception (AECOM Café, invite only)
Thursday 21st May
- 09:00 – 10:00 AM: From vision to delivery: Making partnership models work on the ground. Oxford University Developments Roundtable (Tees Valley Boardroom, invite only)
- 09:30 – 10:30 AM: Prisoners building homes (AECOM Café)
Case studies
Meet our leaders
Managing Director, Buildings + Places, Europe & India
Managing Director Transportation, Europe & India
Managing Director, Strategy and Growth, Europe and India
- Jacqui Archer – VP, Commercial Management, Global Programme Management
- James Barton – Director, Head of Cost Management London + South East
- Neil Blagburn – Programme Delivery Director
- Duncan Bryant – Director – Rail, Structures and Ground Engineering
- Max Burdekin – Technician, Streets North
- Bevin Carey – Transport Planning Director South East
- Patrick Clarke – Director, UK + I Masterplanning Lead
- Paul Clarke – Client Development Director
- Ella Dickinson – Strategy and Growth Manager, Supplier Diversity
- Emelye Gill – Graduate Environmental Consultant, Impact Assessment
- Fiona Goddard – Director, Head of MEP UK & Ireland
- Richard Green – Director, Urbanism + Planning Lead UK+I
- Andy Harley – Regional Director – Defence, UK&I
- Ameet Heir – Regional Director, Head of Residential
- Steve Higham – Managing Director Transportation, Europe & India
- Sarah Horn – Head of Strategic Marketing
- Steven Jenkins – Director, Head of Education
- Aled Jenkins – Director – Cost Management
- Nick Jones – Director, Head of Commercial Sector UK&I, Europe & India
- Steve Keetley – Work Winning Director
- Megan Knights – Strategy and Growth Director – Transportation
- Chris Law – Central & Local Government Lead, Social Infrastructure, UK&I
- Ned Lincoln-Davis – Trainee Project Manager
- John Longthorne – Major Projects Director
- Richard Mann – Strategy and Growth Director, Buildings + Places UKI
- Simon Middleton – Rail Director
- Jon Moore – Director, Client Growth Lead
- Sophia Negus – Regional Director, Building Engineering, Buildings + Places
- Craig Owen – Justice Sector Lead
- Adam Parkes – Regional Director
- Bob Perkins – Regional Director, Advisory
- Vicky Presland – Head of Streets and Technology
- Jon Puddle – Managing Director, Strategy and Growth, Europe and India
- Helena Rivers – Energy Transition Lead
- Callum Slinger – Assistant Project Manager
- Mark Smith – Head of External Communications and Government Relations for EUR&I
- Jo Streeten – Managing Director, Buildings + Places, Europe & India
- Alison Wring – Director – Science /Tech Sector Lead
Our services
AECOM partners with clients to take on their most complex challenges and pioneer innovative solutions that make a positive, lasting impact.
As planners, designers, engineers, scientists, cost and project managers, we bring together diverse perspectives and trusted expertise from across the globe to solve urgent, complex challenges for our clients. We provide support through the entire lifecycle, from strategy and advisory to design and construction through to operations and asset management.
Digital is part of who we are, helping us solve ongoing challenges in smarter, faster ways.
Our reputation as a trusted partner stems from our ability to act as an integrator on critical infrastructure projects and programmes, our technical excellence, and the strong relationships we build with clients.
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