McLaren Construction's managing director for Yorkshire and the North East has spoken to Insider about the importance of UKREiiF in bringing together the public and private sectors and the company's plans for this year's event.
UKREiiF will take place from 20 to 22 May 2025 at the Royal Armouries Museum and New Dock. It is set to bring together more than 16,000 professionals from national and local government, investors, developers, end-users and the wider built environment industry together to drive investment and regeneration.
McLaren Construction launched its Yorkshire and North East division last year with the appointment of Andrew Beaumont as managing director for the region.
Beaumont told Insider about the importance of the conference to the new division.
"McLaren Construction has supported UKREiiF since its inception in 2022, where we were honoured to be chosen as Contractor of the Year," he said. "This year we’ll be out in force with attendees from our offices across the UK and with specialists in regeneration and construction management.
"It will be the first time the new Yorkshire & North East division is attending as a team. The event is on our home turf in Leeds, and we will take every advantage of the whole real estate industry converging in our city."
Beaumont said McLaren Construction would be "covering a lot of ground over the three days to strengthen and develop relationships".
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"McLaren is active in most sectors of the built environment, and we are very conscious of the demand across the UK for data centres, build to rent and student accommodation," he said.
"UKREiiF has always been great at bringing together public and private sectors. We know this region’s hospitals and schools need modernisation, so we’ll be talking to the clients to find out what’s in the pipeline.
"New Local Growth Plans covering York, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire are full of strong opportunities – for more homes, offices, sport and leisure and social infrastructure and UKREiiF is the perfect place to meet those shaping the future of the region.
"With a skilled team and broad experience across various sectors, we are well placed to deliver a great mix of projects and play a key role in contributing to the growth plans for the region. To aid this, we’ll be connecting with the local authorities and city regions driving change."
Beaumont added that the company would use UKREiiF as a platform to "showcase McLaren Construction as a true build partner with a proven track record of consistently delivering high-quality buildings for our customers and their communities".
"We will be sharing McLaren’s expertise in building some of the UK’s largest and most advanced data centres and its high-tech manufacturing plants," he said. "We’ll explain our comfort with the Building Safety Act and how this has evolved within our business to enable us to keep building residential towers.
"Our experience on some of the UK’s largest regeneration projects – at Kings Cross or Wembley – is exactly what’s needed as regeneration of major sites in Yorkshire gets underway."
The McLaren group of companies operates in construction, property, development and investment in the UK and UAE. It builds commercial offices, mixed-use, residential, retail, education, health, distribution and logistics, data centres, hotels and leisure, for both private and public sector customers.