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Futurebuild: Capturing sustainability conversations on the ground

Delivering onsite press office support, interviews and real-time content

Futurebuild 2026

The challenge

Futurebuild is the UK's longest running sustainability focused exhibition and conference in the built environment, held annually at Excel London.


The show was recently acquired by publishing group Media10. Strategically co-located with UK Construction Week London and the Stone & Surfaces Show to create one super event, the 2026 installment (12-14 May) brought the built environment together in a more connected way - generating buzz in the lead up to the event and driving footfall topping 20,000 attendees across the three days.


From a communications perspective, the challenge was sentiment and message control following the merger mid-campaign. Specifically ensuring Futurebuild’s identity as a purposeful platform for driving change in the space wasn’t diluted.


The solution

It started by carving out a clear set of messages the team needed to land in the build up and throughout the show. The decision was to go bolder than ever. While other events were veering away from Net Zero talk tracks, Futurebuild took the stance of ‘doubling down on sustainability’.


With a heavyweight speaker line-up the stage was set to face some uncomfortable sector truths in the main conference arena. Centred on resilience, reuse and regenerative design, these sessions helped secure high calibre industry personalities and Hattrick was on stand-by to capture content and facilitate conversations in real time. These interviews were framed to draw out soundbites that reinforced Futurebuild's role and relevance as an action-orientated space for industry changemakers beyond the event walls.


PR and thought leadership Editorial content for media Media relations Messaging Third party collaboration Content creation Client events Social Media

Content & activation

Hattrick ran the press office for Futurebuild, starting with media relations in the lead up to the event and delivering a live on-site presence for the full three days.


Press releases were drafted and distributed before and throughout the event to keep momentum going. The team ran live social media coverage and created content in real time, alongside filming video interviews with an assigned crew on the show floor.


One highlight was securing and coordinating exhibitor interviews with the host of The Wall Street Journal podcast. Another proof point of Futurebuild’s credibility as a go-to for trusted insight on sustainable sector developments.


The results

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The highlights

  • Ran a live onsite press office across three days at one of the built environment's biggest events

  • Supported live social media capturing and posting onsite, including content across LinkedIn and Instagram

  • Secured 6 x exhibitor interviews with The Wall Street Journal podcast

  • 40+ interviews with high profile industry and government representatives including UKGBC, DESNZ, RIBA, CIOB, NHDG and UKRI

"Three hours at Excel gave me more insights into the trends affecting the U.K. building sector than I could've gathered in days of calls and site visits."
Luke Vargas, the Wall Street Journal

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