Beneath the Surface, Beyond the Future.

On Tuesday 24 March, Ground Engineering hosted the 18th Basements and Underground Structures Conference, a pivotal gathering showcasing technical resilience, adaptive reuse, and the futureproofing of subterranean infrastructure.

Spanning infrastructure, commercial, and residential projects, this year’s event brought together UK and international case studies, revealing the engineering, sequencing, monitoring, and waterproofing strategies driving success in the most constrained urban environments. Delegates gained insight into landmark projects like CERN’s Future Circular Collider, explore the latest in subsurface mapping and digital twins, and engage directly with the Building Safety Regulator on compliance challenges reshaping project delivery.

Across the day, sessions covered sustainability and embodied carbon reduction, adaptive reuse of heritage basements, innovations in monitoring and ground data transformation, and visionary futures such as geothermal energy, data centres, and underground living. Networking opportunities with asset owners, Tier 1 contractors, consulting engineers, specialists, and suppliers ensure valuable connections that can shape upcoming tenders and collaborations.

This programme was designed to give you the knowledge, insights, and partnerships needed to thrive in today’s fast-changing market.

By attending this conference, you can earn CPD points towards your professional development. This event has been assessed by The CPD Group.

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We are seeking visionary engineers, designers, and innovators to submit ground breaking ideas that push the boundaries of underground engineering.

This Call for Innovation invites submissions that demonstrate creativity, technical excellence, and future-focused solutions in the design, construction, and reuse of deep basements and subterranean infrastructure.


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Very well organised and interesting event covering a number of very interesting projects as well as subjects considering the future of the industry in a wider context.

Interesting presentations, promoting best practice case studies, and prompting discussion in the panels / refreshment breaks, all making for worthwhile conference

The event was well organised and good balance of presentations from client, consultant and construction industry representatives.

Excellent Event! Giving a good insight and update into all geotechnical issues needed for managing Infrastructure Assets.

150+
attendees
30+
speakers
10+
exhibitors
18
years of advancing underground innovation

Exhibiting and speaker opportunities

If you’re looking to reach our audience of construction and engineering consultants in the ground engineering sector, we’re on hand to create cost-effective packages, tailored to meet your needs.

Whether you are interested in gaining brand awareness, lead generation or positioning your organisation as thought leaders, please contact:

Ben Davidson
+44 (0) 203 953 2653
ben.davidson@emap.com


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The teams will be given a geotechnical challenge to solve and will be guided throughout by mentors from the wider industry. This will be a unique opportunity for early career individuals and students to inspire each other and collaborate, while gaining intelligence from senior leaders in the industry.

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