World of Concrete is the industry’s ONLY annual international event dedicated to the commercial concrete and masonry construction industries. The World of Concrete is an annual trade show for the commercial construction industry. It is held each year either in the months of January or February for four days in Las Vegas, Nevada.
World of Concrete 2019
This year World of Concrete was held on January 22th to January 25th 2019. Last year, World of Concrete was held on January 23-26th.
This is a show where resource, products, and information related to concrete construction are shared and displayed. More than 1,800 companies and suppliers from all over the world come together in the 900,000-square-foot Las Vegas Convention Center to show, demonstrate, do business, and answer questions about what they are showing.
Besides the vendors, there are demonstrations and seminars. The demonstrations are actual work site conditions where attendees can see the product that they are interested in put to the test. Seminars are held throughout the event. There are 90-minute or three-hour sessions to choose from. Some of the seminars are also certification programs where attendees can be certified in different targeted fields. Some examples of seminar topics include concrete production, concrete technology, and leadership & management.
History of World of Concrete
Introduced to the commercial construction industry in Houston, Texas in February 1975, World of Concrete presented 77 exhibiting companies in 22,200 net square feet of exhibit space with 1,560 construction industry professionals in attendance. Now, 43 years later, World of Concrete boasts more than 1,500 exhibiting companies and 58,000 registered industry professionals in more than 745,000 net square feet of exhibit space.
ConstructBuy at World of Concrete 2019
