Chicago Build Expo 2026

A F'nAround Review, Breakdown, and Full Roster

October 28-29, 2026 | Hall F2, West Building, Level 3, McCormick Place, 2301 S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60616

Hours: Wednesday, October 28, 9:30am to 5:30pm. Thursday, October 29, 9:30am to 4:30pm. Registration was free in advance, and $99 at the door.

1. The Review: A Construction Show That Knows How To Party

Chicago Build Expo 2026 is what happens when the entire business of building Chicago gets locked in one giant room at McCormick Place and somebody decides it should not feel like a punishment. On paper it is a trade show for architecture, engineering, and construction. On the floor it is half deal-making, half festival, and half somebody trying to sell you a machine that can lift a sheet of glass taller than you are.

Walk in and the first thing that hits you is scale. This is not a hotel ballroom with folding tables and sad coffee. This is Hall F2, big ceilings, red and blue carpet, booths stacked in every direction, and people in hard hats, suits, polos, and lanyards all moving with a purpose. Some of them are here to buy. Some are here to get bought. Some are clearly here because their boss sent them and they are just happy to be out of the office.

Then the weird, good stuff starts. Connie's Pizza is inside the hall, serving hot fresh pizza like this is a ballgame and not a construction expo. Robinson's No. 1 Ribs is right there too, slinging pulled pork, pulled chicken, and boneless rib sandwiches. Nothing says Chicago building like eating ribs while a guy next to you explains load-bearing walls. That is not a complaint. That is the whole point. You can close a deal, eat pizza, and smell barbecue at the same time, and nobody thinks that is strange.

The floor show is relentless. There is a dancing chipmunk walking around, which is exactly as unhinged as it sounds and exactly what a long trade show floor needs. There are guys on stilts, towering over the crowd like they are inspecting the ceiling for fun. There are DJ booths, plural, because apparently a construction expo in 2026 cannot just have background music, it needs a beat drop while you look at windows and doors.

The best flex on the floor is the Red Bull truck. It is not just a truck with a logo on it. It has a raised DJ booth on top, with speakers and a screen, parked right on the carpet like it owns the place. That is Red Bull understanding the assignment. Everyone else is handing out pens and stress balls. Red Bull brought a rolling party deck to a building show, and it worked.

Between the noise, the real Chicago stuff is hiding in plain sight. The Department of Water Management has a table out there, handing out canned water in colorful Chicago cans. That is a city agency, at a trade show, giving you water, while the people who build the pipes and the buildings that use that water walk past. It is boring on purpose, and that is why it matters. Water, permits, inspections, and infrastructure are not sexy until they fail, and then everybody suddenly cares.

Same story with the Smartlift machine on the floor. It is an orange glass-lifting machine, all arms and suction cups, built to move huge sheets of glass without breaking them or breaking a crew. Stand next to it and you get the whole expo in one object: heavy, precise, a little dangerous, and completely necessary if you want the shiny glass towers Chicago keeps approving.

So what is the verdict? Chicago Build Expo 2026 is big, loud, useful, and a little ridiculous, in the best Chicago way. It is a place where a commissioner, a contractor, a DJ on top of a truck, a dancing chipmunk, and a guy selling ribs can all be in the same hall, and somehow that makes sense. If you build, design, approve, fund, or write about building in this city, you should have been there. If you missed day one, day two is still worth the $99 at the door, if only to see what the people who shape the skyline actually talk about when they think nobody from the press is listening.

One watchdog note before the praise goes too far. The marketing numbers do not match the public lists. The site advertises 350 plus exhibitors, 450 plus speakers, and 15 plus networking parties. The public lists show 314 exhibitors, 324 speakers, and 13 networking events. That does not make the show small. It makes the brochure bigger than the room. F'nAround counts the room.

F'nAround rating, in the house style: this one earns a high score for scale, access, and pure Chicago chaos, with a point docked for the inflated headcount. Go for the people, stay for the pizza, and do not skip the government booths just because they do not have a DJ.

2. The Insight: What This Event Is For, and Who Is Really in the Room

Strip away the chipmunk and the DJ booths and Chicago Build Expo is a marketplace for permission, money, and labor. It exists because building in Chicago is not one job. It is a chain, and every link in that chain has to show up somewhere. This expo is that somewhere.

What the event is for

The event is for the AEC industry, which is shorthand for architecture, engineering, and construction. That covers contractors, architects, realtors, civil engineers, developers, government staff, house builders, and construction professionals. The site sorts attendees into lanes: construction and projects, architecture and design, engineering and technical, cost, estimating and buying, property and facilities, and business and leadership. In other words, if your job touches a building before, during, or after it goes up, there is a lane for you here.

The show is built around three things: an expo floor where companies show products and services, conference tracks and AIA CES approved workshops where speakers talk shop, and networking events where deals and introductions actually happen. Around that core, the organizers bolt on the Festival of Construction, with DJs, musicians, live performances, and food and drink tastings, plus an Architect's Hub with displays of upcoming projects from leading architects. The festival part is not decoration. It is how you get thousands of busy people to stay on the floor long enough to talk.

The government in the same hall as the vendors

This is the part that matters most for Chicago, and it is easy to miss if you only look at the flashy booths. The Chicago Department of Buildings is there. So is the Chicago Department of Aviation, the Chicago Transit Authority, and the Chicago Department of Water Management, the same department whose table was handing out canned water on the floor. Cook County is there through its Bureau of Asset Management and Department of Capital Planning and Policy. Illinois state agencies are there too, including the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, and the Illinois Department of Human Rights. OSHA is there.

Put that together and you have regulators, buyers, inspectors, and public owners in the same hall as the companies that want their work. That is not an accident. That is the business model. A contractor can talk to a city department in the morning, a supplier in the afternoon, and a potential partner at a networking party that night. A vendor can learn what the city actually needs, not just what a brochure says it needs. For a watchdog eye, that proximity is the story. Permits, procurement, safety rules, and public money all run through rooms like this, long before they show up as a headline or a ribbon cutting.

The big firms and the big brands

The firm list reads like a who's who of the buildings you already walk past. Gensler, AECOM, SOM, Perkins&Will, Stantec, Turner, Clayco, Mortenson, Gilbane, Pepper Construction, and Jacobs are all in the speaker and exhibitor orbit. Those are the firms that design towers, run job sites, manage programs, and set the tone for what gets built and how.

The brand list is just as broad. Autodesk anchors the AI and digital construction conversation. Dyson, GE Appliances, and Houzz bring the consumer and home side. Ring brings security. Nucor brings steel. James Hardie brings building products. ServiceTitan brings the software that runs trades businesses. Verizon Business brings connectivity. That mix tells you the show is not narrow. It covers the design file, the steel, the appliance, the lock, the software, and the phone signal that ties a job site together.

The zones, the hub, and the festival angle

The dedicated zones show where the industry thinks the money and the risk are going. The AI and Digital Construction Zone is about software, data, modeling, and automation changing how buildings get designed and built. The Fire Safety and Security Zone is about the systems that keep people alive when something goes wrong, and it is backed by NFPA, which is not a small name in that world. The HVACR Zone, powered by InstallerSHOW, is about heating, cooling, ventilation, and refrigeration, the unglamorous systems that decide whether a building is livable or miserable.

The Architect's Hub is the showoff corner, where upcoming projects get displayed and architects get to argue, politely, about what Chicago should look like next. The Festival of Construction is the pressure valve, with music, food, drink tastings, and entertainment to keep a two day show from feeling like a two day meeting. Both matter, because the hub is where the future gets previewed and the festival is where people actually relax enough to say what they think.

The networking events, and why the hosts matter

The site lists 13 networking events, 7 on day one and 6 on day two, at the Networking Hub and the Chicago Build Bar. The hosts are the tell. NABWIC hosts the Construction Industry Welcome. The Midwest Sustainability Network hosts Sustainable Futures. Builtworlds hosts the AI and Digital Construction Industry Mixer. PHCP Pros hosts the HVACR Networking Exchange. Chicagoland AGC hosts Diversity in Construction networking. NAWIC hosts Speakers X Ambassadors. IFMA hosts Connecting Real Estate and Facilities Leaders. AIBD hosts the Architecture and Design Community. IMI hosts Midwest Builders and Contractors Connect. CBC hosts the Ambassador Mixer. NFPA hosts Safe and Sound fire and security. PWC Chicago and NABWIC host Women in Construction networking. Plus the Chicago Build After Party.

Read those hosts as a map of power centers. Women in construction, Black women in construction, diversity in construction, sustainability, AI, HVACR, fire safety, real estate and facilities, architecture and design, and the big contractor associations are all running their own rooms inside the bigger room. If you want to know who is organizing, hiring, mentoring, and pushing policy in Chicago construction, follow the host list, not just the headliners.

The speaker power centers

The speaker directory is where the city meets the industry. City commissioners and deputy commissioners are on it, including the Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Buildings, plus officials from water management, aviation, planning and development, procurement, and transportation. Cook County and Illinois state officials are on it, from capital planning to the Office of Illinois Works. Federal presence shows up through OSHA and HUD. That is the public side.

The association side is just as strong. NABWIC, NAWIC, Professional Women in Construction, the National Association of Minority Contractors Chicago, the Association of Licensed Architects, the American Institute of Building Design, IFMA Chicago, and the Chicago Building Congress all have people speaking. That means the conversations are not just technical. They are about who gets work, who gets trained, who gets certified, and who gets a seat at the table.

The firm side brings the technical weight: sustainability leaders, VDC managers, digital delivery specialists, fire protection engineers, architects, and project executives from the major firms named above. The throughline is consistent: sustainability, AI and digital delivery, safety, workforce, and the future of the Midwest market.

Why this matters for Chicago, in F'nAround terms

Chicago does not get built by accident. It gets built by permits, procurement, safety inspections, labor, materials, and money, in that order, and usually in that order of pain. A show like this is where those pieces meet before they become a building, a delay, a cost overrun, or a scandal. If you care about housing, about who builds it, about whether it is safe, about whether small and minority firms actually get work, or about how AI is going to change job sites, this is a room you need to watch.

It also matters because the gap between marketing and reality is a Chicago story in itself. When a show says 350 plus and lists 314, or says 450 plus and lists 324, that is not a crime, but it is a habit. Big numbers sell tickets. Real lists tell you who actually showed up. F'nAround prefers the real list, which is why the full rosters are at the end of this document, not just the highlights.

Bottom line: Chicago Build Expo is a trade show, a conference, a job fair, a procurement mixer, and a party, all stacked on top of each other at McCormick Place. The food, the chipmunk, and the DJ on the Red Bull truck will get the photos. The permits, the procurement chiefs, the safety engineers, and the association leaders will decide what Chicago looks like in five years. Pay attention to both.

3. Lists

Exhibitors: all 314 publicly listed, with booth numbers

Featured and pinned exhibitors first, then alphabetical, as shown on the official exhibitor page.

· 20four7VA (946)

· Axis Communications (926)

· BSP Bracket System Poland (1347)

· Dyson (S6)

· Euro Work Wear (1065)

· FALK-PLI ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING (1328)

· Invisible Structures, Inc. (520)

· Islandaire (1337)

· Leica Geosystems (1330)

· Sky Centrics (1418)

· 4 Level Coach (1437)

· A USA Rentals (S33)

· ABOC (1256)

· Acelab (443)

· Adfast (720)

· Adornus Cabinetry (736)

· Advaiya Solutions Inc. (750)

· Aforma Design Studio (643)

· AI Nirvana (S32)

· Aktion Associates (950)

· Allfasteners (941)

· Angstrom Design & Build (1040)

· Aprilaire (473)

· ARC Document Solutions (651)

· ArchBuild AI (1222)

· Archiboost AI (461)

· ArtVidar Cabinetry (711)

· Association of Professional Builders (712)

· Asta America (927)

· Atlantis Rail Systems (1320)

· AUTOCALL (1415)

· Autodesk (1226)

· Avanti Interiors (1121)

· BA Solutions (1056)

· Bath Fitter (1243)

· Belladonna Media & Marketing Company (943)

· BidBlox (439)

· Bidding Enterprise LLC (744)

· BLDG Projects (846)

· Blue Line Security Solutions (1229)

· BlueTape (449)

· bp (843)

· BrandSafway (1311)

· Brock Industrial Services (920)

· Buckeye Power Sales (1001)

· BuiltWorlds (557)

· BUKU Branded (S21)

· Business Development Resources (670)

· C Corona Construction (1424)

· Cambium (1224)

· CCC Chicago Cabinets (910)

· Certified Fastener & Industrial Supply (748)

· Cezar (1351)

· Chi Renovation (611)

· Chicago Countertop (1250)

· Chicago Department of Aviation (657)

· Chicago Department of Buildings (655)

· Chicago FC (1301)

· Chicago Transit Authority (1519)

· Climate Guard (955)

· Climate Solutions Windows and Doors (913)

· CodeCheck Pro (444)

· Collars Inc. (445)

· College of Lake County (S22)

· ComEd Energy Efficiency Program (957)

· COMSLAB (635)

· Concordia (1201)

· Construction Whiteboard (S2)

· ConstructionOnline (648)

· ConTechIQ (448)

· Convergint (1404)

· Cook County / Bureau of Asset Management / Department of Capital Planning & Policy (754)

· Copper Home (1005)

· Cord-Tie (961)

· CRALY Tools (745)

· Crews & Co (1120)

· CRYSTALSTONE PVT LTD (S11)

· CTS Cement Manufacturing Corporation (1021)

· Cushing + Co (749)

· Cutco (1440)

· Dakam Windows Doors and more (S31)

· Darpet Doors & Trim (1213)

· Department of Water Management (854)

· Diamond Waste & Recycling Corp. (S25)

· Didge (560)

· Direct Hardware (1433)

· Dominion Designs & Media, LLC (849)

· Dormakaba (829)

· Drone as a Service (821)

· Duxor (437)

· Elevate (362)

· Eltek Group (819)

· Emme Controls (855)

· Endgap (S12)

· Engine (1047)

· Environmental Design Inc. (1156)

· Equator Advanced Appliances (746)

· Erosion & Construction Solutions (1218)

· Esto Gmbh (834)

· Etchwood (831)

· Expert Roofing & Guttering (847)

· Ezzy and Associates, LLC (710)

· Ezzy Manufacturing (810)

· Fabral (935)

· Falk Panel (721)

· Farren International (954)

· Feeney, Inc (841)

· Ferguson Home (963)

· Field24 (446)

· FieldPulse (562)

· FODS (1255)

· Forensic Analytical Consulting Services, Inc. (1530)

· Fortera (1146)

· FreeAxez (1209)

· Gastineau Log Homes (820)

· GE Appliances (575)

· General HVAC Solutions America, Inc. (678)

· GKD Metal Fabrics (925)

· Glace Bay Trading Company (716)

· GLASSTYLE INC (1003)

· Goodnotes (554)

· Gordian Staffing (1062)

· GRANITESS CORP (1417)

· Green Link, Inc. (581)

· Greenery CHI (1436)

· HAP System (571)

· Hartley Botanic (615)

· Hinsdale Law Group (1028)

· Homelike Flooring LLC (1325)

· Horeca NYC (1353)

· Houzz (1024)

· IGC (1019)

· IICRC (931)

· Illinois Black Chamber of Commerce Corporation (850)

· Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity (856)

· Illinois Department of Human Rights (757)

· Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (756)

· Inaba Denko America (481)

· INDIRAP (1428)

· Industrial Painting USA/Commercial Painting USA (1007)

· Infinity Brokers (S16)

· Informa Connect (1259)

· INNOVA (1101)

· Innovation DuPage (S4)

· INOX by Unison Hardware (1114)

· Install Geothermal (372)

· International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers (940)

· IvyGro (S8)

· James Hardie Building Products (1124)

· Kidde Commercial (1309)

· Kimsun Group Co., Ltd. (1312)

· Kinth (545)

· Knotwood (1160)

· Knowify (556)

· KODDIZ (848)

· Leadership In Environmental Opportunities (LEO) (S24)

· Leaf Home (S15)

· Locinox (1027)

· LodgeLink (1439)

· Longboard Architectural Products (857)

· Loss Prevention Solution (1307)

· LRS (640)

· Lumbridge LLC (644)

· Lumini Windows And Doors Inc (1112)

· LuxZone (1155)

· m5d (549)

· Magicolor High-Tech Wire & Cable Co. Ltd (S14)

· Mango Languages (S5)

· Margraf (924)

· Matter Services (S29)

· MedTech International Group (1442)

· Metalmaster Roofmaster (1420)

· Metalunic (852)

· MicroCAD Training & Consulting (451)

· Milesi Wood Coatings (S20)

· MIS Corporation (S27)

· Mitrex (815)

· Mitsubishi Chemical America ALPOLIC Division (1319)

· Miwa Lock Company (1412)

· Moasure (548)

· Mobile Video Guard (956)

· Moda Floors (1219)

· Modernfold Chicago (617)

· More Smiles of Beverly (811)

· Morris Jordan Realty Group LLC (516)

· Movember (1348)

· MSI (1046)

· Muro AI (455)

· NAHICA (1327)

· National Rent-A-Fence (1410)

· National Safety Consulting (1413)

· National Safety Council (1321)

· NAWIC (639)

· NEO Building Systems (1162)

· NETC Industrial INC (1341)

· NewTechWood (1318)

· NexTec Group (928)

· NextLM (S7)

· Nexus Accounting & Tax Advisors (531)

· NH Creative (637)

· Norgas (929)

· Northern Illinois Fire Sprinkler Advisory Board (1411)

· Notion Providers (555)

· NuCedar (719)

· Nucor (1251)

· Oasis Day Spa (1354)

· Office Furniture Resources (613)

· Open Door Photography (740)

· ORR Protection (1313)

· Osborne Wood Products Inc. (1431)

· OSHA (755)

· OZ Lifting Products (1342)

· Pabco Gypsum (1154)

· Pacific Stair (1246)

· Painted Paper (530)

· PANDAROSE (547)

· Panoramic Doors LLC (1331)

· Parallel Architectural Products (619)

· Perry Weather (930)

· Pink Tool Project (S34)

· Piper AI (457)

· Planera (747)

· PlanRadar (551)

· Porch Windows Direct (1324)

· Premier Construction Software (654)

· Prime Fuels (1057)

· Procured (S18)

· Project Management Institute Chicagoland (1329)

· ProjectFlowLive (ProjectFlow Technologies) (442)

· Projeto Aluminio Ltda (1015)

· ProPatch Systems (S10)

· Pulse Studio LLC (441)

· Pulse Technology (621)

· Purtrack (S17)

· Quantum Reality Capture (QRC) (1434)

· Quotr.ai (450)

· RAM Companies (S9)

· Rectorseal (1157)

· Red Bull (901)

· Renovations Delivered (1335)

· Revy Partners (435)

· REXI Industries Co. Ltd. (1147)

· Ring (1402)

· RP Rents (1336)

· Sabater Wellness (948)

· Safety Design (546)

· Sagiper North America (1346)

· Schluter Systems (1144)

· Sea Pac Engineering (918)

· Sendoe (738)

· ServiceTitan (656)

· SERVPRO Extreme Team Nitzsche (1406)

· Shamrock Fire Protection (1340)

· ShapeConnect (S26)

· SHENZHEN PRIMA INDUSTRY CO., LTD (1235)

· SHINING PASS (851)

· SICCOM (376)

· Signa System (S19)

· Signature Truck Center (801)

· Silicone Depot (1050)

· Simple Machines Marketing (650)

· Simpro Software (479)

· Site Precision (1151)

· Smartlift US INC (1051)

· SMG Security (1303)

· Soake Pools (1116)

· Solvo Global (1013)

· SONOpan (713)

· South Suburban Land Bank (1518)

· Spark Business Works (646)

· SSA Metal (1108)

· Stratacraft (827)

· Structured AI (642)

· Studio5253 (647)

· SUBLAM CUSTOM (751)

· Sugatsune America, Inc. (835)

· Sunlighten (825)

· Sunrun (1517)

· SupplyAxis (S30)

· Surfacing Solution (1118)

· Taza Construction (816)

· TekMark Inc (433)

· Terravise, LLC (S23)

· Terrazzo & Marble Supply Companies (818)

· Test Products International (674)

· The Dryer Drawer (S28)

· The Malco Group (574)

· The Permit Connection (1349)

· Timberpeg (714)

· Togal.AI (550)

· Tolutions Supply (1228)

· TradeKart (463)

· TwinMaster (544)

· UEi Test Instruments (475)

· UMS Metal Building Systems USA LLC (947)

· University of Michigan (S13)

· US Federal Contractor Registration (734)

· VBXPRO (842)

· VCM (S3)

· Verizon Business/Verizon Connect (1343)

· VERSATEX (951)

· Vibrant Health Systems, Inc (1055)

· Viega (482)

· Volanti Displays (934)

· Walking Visions Photography (1326)

· Waterfurnace (485)

· Westwood enterprise (1516)

· Whole Cubes (1060)

· WMC, INC (1430)

· Wolf Property Security (S1)

· Xinruichen technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (1061)

· Xstep ltd (844)

· Yellowstone Landscape (1334)

· Your Body Support (1421)

Exhibitor count check: 10 featured plus 304 alphabetical equals 314 publicly listed entries.

Sponsors: named sponsorship assets

The site uses named sponsorship assets rather than Gold, Silver, or Bronze tiers. No tier labels are shown on the site.

· Show Bag: Union of Roofers

· Lanyard: FreeAxez

· Chicago Build Bar: Engine

· AI and Digital Construction Zone: Autodesk

· Fire Safety and Security Zone: NFPA

· Registration Sponsor: Tolutions Supply

· Networking Hub: Lumbridge

· VIP Lounge: Mid-American Carpenters

· Accommodation: Hotel Planner

· Future of Midwest Stage: Ram Companies

· Badge Sponsor: Innova

Featured sponsors: 26

· 20four7VA

· Advaiya

· Association of Professional Builders

· Commonwealth Associates

· ConTech IQ.AI B & V Contracting

· Crews & Co

· Dormakaba US

· Endgap

· Ephoca

· Epic Inspired

· Houzz

· Illinois Engineered Products

· Inaba Denko America

· Kingpan

· Knotwood

· Loss Prevention Solution

· Moasure

· National Safety Consulting

· PrimeFuels

· Quotr

· Sky Centrics

· SmartPM

· SMG Security

· Tracflo

· Venom Steel

· WMC

Event partners: 75 entries

No tiers shown. NAWIC's logo appears twice on the source page, as noted in the research, so the entry count below follows the source list as captured.

· 1905 New Media

· ADF Web Magazine

· AEC Business

· American Concrete Institute

· American Society of Interior Designers, Illinois Chapter

· American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP)

· APA, The Engineered Wood Association

· Asian Indian Women in Architecture

· Association of Licensed Architects

· Breakthrough

· Build Australia

· Builtworlds

· Center for Sustainability and Excellence

· Chicago Association of Realtors

· Chicago Building Congress

· Chicago Fire FC

· Chicagoland Associated General Contractors (AGC)

· CIOB

· CIOReview

· Cleveland Uprising

· Construct UK

· Construction Links

· Construction Review Online

· Construction Tech Review

· Council on Vertical Urbanism

· Dominion Designs & Media, LLC

· Elevator World

· ESCO Group

· Fire Middle East

· German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest

· Girls Garage

· Girls With Grit

· Green Home Institute

· Greenery NYC

· Highways Today

· Home Builders & Remodelers Metro East Association

· HSE People

· Illinois Concrete Pavement Association (ILCPA)

· INDIRAP

· Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA)

· Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure

· International Masonry Institute

· International Trade Club of Chicago

· International WELL Building Institute

· Manufacturing Renaissance

· Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC)

· Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA)

· Midwest Sustainability Network

· Midwest Wall and Ceiling Contractors

· Movember

· National Association of Black Women in Construction

· National Association of Minority Contractors (NAMC)

· National Association of Women in Construction

· National Hispanic Contractors Association

· National Ready Mixed Concrete Association

· Natural Stone Institute

· NeighborScapes

· NH Creative

· North American Modern Building Alliance

· Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

· Open Door Photography

· PHC Pros

· Plant & Equipment

· Polish American Chamber of Commerce

· Professional Women in Construction Chicago Chapter

· The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)

· The National Forum For Black Public Administrators

· Tradeshow Executive

· U.S. Green Building Council

· UpSpring PR

· Urban Land Institute

· Walking Visions Photography

· Women in BIM

· Women in Planning & Development

· Women in Renewable Energy

Speakers: all 324 from the directory, in site order

Page 1, A to R, 250 entries in site order, followed by page 2, R to Z, 74 entries. Roles and companies are as listed on the site, with dashes used for separators and a few titles truncated on the site itself, as flagged in the notes at the end.

· Aaron Beyers: Associate Principal, Architecture Design Lead, Building+Places, U.S. West Region, AECOM

· Adam Jeckel, AIA, NCARB: Principal, NORR

· Adam Jeffries: Founder, Safety Design

· Alaina Harkness: Chief Executive Officer (also CEO and Principal Investigator, Great Lakes RENEW), Current

· Alan Lee: Supply Chain Manager, Jacobs

· Alana Spencer: Co-Executive Director, Midwest Sustainability Network

· Alex Tanguay: R&D Manager II, Barton Malow

· Alex Zivnuska: Principal, FCIA

· Ali Borrelli: Senior VDC Manager, Leopardo Construction

· Alice Jordan: Principal Agent, Compass

· Alicia Ponce: Board Member, Professional Women in Construction

· Alicia Rucinski: Vice President, Design & Strategy, Article Student Living

· Amanda Glandon: Regional Marketing & Communications Director, Gensler

· Amy Collins: Senior Marketing Communications Manager, GFT

· Anabel Immordino: Resource & Operations Leader, Large Tractor and Crop Production, CNH

· Anders Rustin: Partner & director of strategy, OKW Architects

· Andrew Cooper: VDC Project Manager, AECOM Hunt Construction

· Andrew Unger: Director of IT, Lumbridge Consulting

· Andrew WIse: Design Phase Manager II, Mortenson

· Anica Landreneau: Global Director of Sustainability, HOK

· Ann Kalayil: Board of Director, Chicago Transit Authority

· Ann Marie Krol: Design Director, Vocon

· Ann McNeill: Founder, National Association of Black Women in Construction (NABWIC)

· Anna Kick: Architect, GFT

· Anthony Cinnamon: Associate Principal, WJE

· Anthony Falada: Deputy Commissioner, Chicago Department of Water Management

· Anthony Hardy: Executive Director, kw commerical

· Antonio Holguin: Director of A&D Technology, Acelab

· Armaan Shah: VP of Customer Experience, AECO, Acelab

· Ashley Knight: Senior Bid Credit Program Manager, Office of Illinois Works, Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity

· Ashley Rogow: Technical Designer and Building Transformation Leader, Gensler

· Ati Rahimpour, AIA, NOMA, LEED AP: Vice President, HKS

· Audrey Wennink: Senior Director, Metropolitan Planning Council

· Bill Dunaway: Senior Director of Data Engineering and Operations, Clayco

· Bill O'Brein: Senior Associate, WJE

· Blake Jackson: Director, Sustainability, NORR

· Blake MacGregor: Vice President, Project Development & Preconstruction, Bulley & Andrews

· Bob Armbrister: President and CEO, SPARK Business Works

· Brandon Clokey: President, American Institute of Building Design

· Brandon Dorsey: Chief Technology Officer, Vocon

· Brett Pletzke: Board Member, Vice President, IFMA Chicago

· Brian Hacker, AICP: Supervising Planner, West Region, City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development (DPD)

· Brian O'Connor: Senior Technical Services Engineer, NFPA

· Bridget Booker: Founder and CEO, Reign Construction LLC

· Bruce Montgomery: Commissioner, Illinois Commission on Equity and Inclusion

· Cameron Jahn: Senior Director of Product Marketing, Houzz

· Candace Small: Senior Design Phase Manager, Mortenson

· Carl Baldassarra: Senior Principal and Unit Manager, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates

· Catherine vanVonno: CEO, 20four7VA

· Charles Swanson, NCARB: Senior Design Leader, Managing Partner Development, NCARB, BKV Group

· Chealon Shears: Deputy Director, Cook County Department of Capital Planning and Policy

· Cheri Molfese: COO, Collars

· Chloe Dye: Project Manager and Lighting Designer, Stantec

· Chris Hamer: CEO / President, Aria Group Architecture + Design

· Chris Hendrickson: Founder & President, Hendrickson Construction

· Chris Riccobono: Senior Consultant, Technology Consulting, JLL

· Christopher Nixon: Vice President of Sales, SMG Security Holdings LLC

· Clarence A. Carson: Principal, CCRS Group

· Clifton Beck: Director of Digital Media, ESCO Institute

· Cole Gagnon: President, OKW Architects

· Collete English Dixon: Advisory Board Member, Waterton

· Coretta Sweet: Chicago Quantum Campus, Owner's Representative, Jacobs

· Corey Hannahs: Technical Lead, Electrical, NFPA

· Corey Zussman: QA/QC Vice President, AECOM Hunt

· Cornelius Griggs: President/CEO, GMA Construction

· Craig Cernek: President, Association of Licensed Architects

· Craig O'Halloran, FCIAT, AIA: Global Professional Services Practice Leader, Gensler

· Curtis Thompson: President, National Association of Minority Contractors Chicago

· Dale Lewis: Director of Development, Data Centers / Mission Critical, The Boldt Company

· Dan Martinez: Senior Pre-Apprenticeship Program Manager, Office of Illinois Works, Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity

· Daniel Wood: Natural Stone and Material Consultant, Natural Stone Institute Past President, Past Education Chairperson

· Darnell Crenshaw, CSP: Assistant Regional Administrator, OSHA

· David Belzak: Associate Partner, Syska Hennessy Group, Member, IFMA Chicago

· David Bromberg: Project Manager, Sea Pac Engineering

· David Meyers, AIA, PMP, CxA: Director, Burns & McDonnell

· Dawveed Scully, AIA, AICP, NOMA: Cities & Urban Design Strategy Leader, Gensler

· Desiree Denoyer: Midwest Sales Manager, Hartley Botanic

· Dharmesh Godha: President & CTO, Advaiya Solutions Inc

· Dhruti Patel: Vice President, ESG, Cabot Properties

· Divya Singh: Senior Vice President, Transportation Business Leader for IL, WSP USA

· Donn Thompson: Senior Director, Building Innovations, National Ready Mixed Concrete Association

· Dorcas Nthoki Nyamai: Researcher, Technische Universitat Dortmund

· Dr. Lukas Stevens: Researcher, Aschaffenburg University of Applied Science

· Duey Stroebel: Regional Administrator, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

· Desiree M. Otkins: Deputy Director, Business Enterprise Development, Cook County Government

· Eamonn Connolly: Director of Engineering, McHugh Concrete Construction Inc.

· Ebonie Davis: Public Contracts Unit Administrator, State of Illinois Department of Human Rights

· Ed Curley: Senior Vice President Director of Business Development and Marketing, Epstein

· Eli Lechter: Principal, LJC

· Elizabeth Cisneros Tlaxcala: Designer III, Perkins&Will

· Ely LaBerge: Senior Associate, Principal Engineer, Dewberry

· Emerson Dority: Lean Manager, Turner Construction

· Emmett Smith: Technical Specialist, Autodesk

· Enisa Jakupovic: Senior Career Services Manager, Office of Illinois Works, Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity

· Enza Parrella: Principal, Horn Design

· Eric Carlson: Principal, Senior Engineer, TLC Engineering Solutions, Inc.

· Eric Crews: President & Founder, Crews & Co.

· Eric Vallejo: Director of Civil Engineering, IMEG

· Erin Schoop: Project Director, Vocon

· Fabrice Bonvoisin: President, International Trade Club of Chicago (ITCC)

· Frances Park-Steskal: Sustainability Analyst, Greystar

· Francisco Lasta: Inclusive Design Leader, GFT

· Frank Grimaldi: Deputy Commissioner, Design & Construction, City of Chicago

· Gabi Dwyer: Associate, Sustainability Analyst, HLW

· Gabriel Wilcox: Director of Sustainable Design, Krueck Sexton Partners

· George Phillips Sorich: Vice President, Residential, North America, NORR

· Georgios Kontominas, AIA, NCARB, ARB, TEE-TCG: Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Archiboost AI

· Grace Rappe: Managing Principal / Vice President, HDR

· Grant Heppes CDT, CSI, DHI: Architectural Sales Representative Chicago, Dormakaba Americas

· Gretchen Toshach: Sr Project Manager, Gilbane

· Hannah Slodounik: Project Director, Sustainability, Energy and Climate Change, WSP USA

· Hanyang Liu: CEO, Quotr.ai

· Heath Cowan: Senior Project Director, Clayco

· Henry Patricy: Marketing Manager, RAM Companies

· Ido Gedanken: CEO & Co-Founder, Piper AI

· Ivan Zziwa: Cybersecurity & AI Trainer, CBRE

· Ivaylo Lazarov: Asst. Deputy Bureau Chief, Cook County Government

· Jacquelyn Miller: Engineered Wood Specialist, APA, The Engineered Wood Association

· Jake Schupbach: Senior Project Manager, Redmond Construction

· James McInerney: Sr. Vice President of Construction, BOWA Construction

· James Woodall: Sustainability Lead, Associate Principal, SOM

· Jana Williams: Deputy Commissioner, City of Chicago

· Jarod Kurzner, AIA: Industrial and Logistics Practice Leader, Gensler

· Jason Obrzut: Director of Industry Standards and Relations, ESCO Institute

· Jason Smith: Senior Principal, Architect, SmithGroup

· Jason Strharsky: Technical Services Manager, Cushman & Wakefield, Global Occupier Services (title truncated on site)

· Jeannette Lenear Peruchini: Vice President, Managing Principal, Great Lakes, AECOM

· Jeff Saad: Design Principal, BSA

· Jeffrey Kocinski: Senior Transit Facilities Architect, CDM Smith

· Jen Deem: listed under Professional Women in Construction

· Jenna Donoghue: Director of Enterprise Sales & AI Transformation Leader, Microsoft

· Jenna Hille: National Director of Strategy and Operations, Coldwell Banker Commercial

· Jennifer DiFranco: Chief Human Resources Officer, Vocon

· Jennifer Hesser: Operations Manager, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)

· Jennifer Kuether: Associate Partner, Syska Hennessy Group, Board Member, Chair of Membership Committee, IFMA Chicago

· Jeremy Mitchell: Deputy Fire Marshal, Champaign (IL) Fire Department

· Jeremy Poling: Senior Associate, Sustainability Team Leader, Stantec

· Jesper Dalskov: Principal and Residential Market Leader, Stantec

· Jesse Sanders: Director of IT Operational Excellence, Clayco

· Jessica Gracey, NCIDQ: Design Director, Gensler

· Jessica Haberstock: Associate, Buildings Sustainability Leader, TYLin

· Jin-wook Lee: Principal Design Architect, GFT

· Jodi Wiemerslage: President, NAWIC

· Joe Cliggott: Principal, HKS

· Joe Cobb: Director of Operations, RAM Companies

· Joel Ahearne-Ray: Senior Materials Specialist, Turner Construction

· John Barrett, CEI: Area Manager of Vertical Transportation, GFT

· John Burke: Senior Vice President, Newmark

· John Gallagher: Managing Deputy Commissioner, City of Chicago Department of Water Management

· John Jurewicz: Senior SME Data Centers and Power, Jacobs

· John Navarro: Chief Financial Officer, John Burns Construction Company

· John Valiulis: Technical Director, International Firestop Council (IFC)

· Johnny Maghzal: Head of Growth, Togal.AI

· Jonathan Doshna: Vice President, Hunt Construction Group

· Jonathan Hart, PE: Technical Lead, Fire Protection Engineering, NFPA

· Joseph Duke: Director of Cybersecurity & Infrastructure, Gresham Smith

· Joseph Huang: Principal Architect & Design Supervisor, Stantec

· Josh Brown: President and CEO, Brown Design and Construction

· Juan Villafane: Partner, Krueck Sexton Partners

· Julia Manion: Sustainable Design Advisor II, Perkins&Will

· Julian Tillotson: Founder & CEO, INDIRAP

· Julide Bozoglu: Director, Technology, Goettsch Partners

· Julie Gauthier: Associate Principal, Interiors, Perkins&Will

· Julius Hughes: Chief Technology Officer, The McShane Companies

· Jun Wang: Senior Associate, Gensler

· Kailey Eldredge: Verification Director, Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure

· Kaitlin Streyle: Principal Architect / Studio Manager, GFT

· Kalyan Gautham: Co-founder & CEO, Muro AI

· Kassie Chapel: Director of People & Culture, LG Group

· Kate Buczek: Energy Manager, Cook County Bureau of Asset Management

· Kate Stewart: CDT, LEED Green Associate, Knotwood USA

· Kelly Powers Baria: Executive Vice President, POWERS & SONS CONSTRUCTION

· Kelsey Ellis: Procurement Director High Density, PulteGroup

· Kemena Brooks: Chief of Staff, Chicago Housing Authority

· Kenneth Griffin: Vice President, Sustainability and Resilience, Thornton Tomasetti

· Khayyan Valentine-Johnson: Legislative Committee Team Lead, NABWIC Chicago Chapter

· Kimle Nailer: President, Nail-Rite Construction

· Kit Wong: Principal and Resilience/Sustainable Lead, GFT

· Kolja Wetzel: CEO, Scanrgy

· Krista Weir: Associate Partner, Director of Historic Preservation, HARTSHORNE PLUNKARD

· Kristen Nelson: Account Executive, SmartPM

· Kristin Cerutti: Associate Principal, Regional Design Leader, NELSON Worldwide

· Kristine Tiangco: President, American Society of Safety Professionals

· Kwame Amuh: Executive and Program Director, NeighborScapes

· L. Randall Buescher: Senior Vice President Director of Client Services, Epstein

· Lark Jackson: Director, Chicago Women in Trades' Equity Resource Center

· Laszlo Andrasi: Associate, Perkins&Will

· Laura Rebbe: Vice President Director of Architecture and Interiors, Epstein

· Lauren Ashley Allan: Female Founder & CEO, Lauren Ashley Allan

· Leah Royalty: Manager of Strategic Initiatives, The Haskell Company

· Leah Ward: Executive Business Coach, The Association of Professional Builders (APB)

· Lee Kaiser: Vice President of Engineering and Training, ORR Protection

· Lisa Ladson: Regional Manager, South/Southeastern US, Hartley Botanic

· Lisa Laws: VP, Chicago Operations and Market Growth, Transportation, Water, Buildings, Jacobs

· Lisa Mohapatra: Cofounder & CEO, Bidblox

· Liz Corrigan: Team Lead, Renewable Energy, Stantec

· Lokesh Mani: Senior VDC Manager, RG Construction

· Lori Chandler: Director of Architecture, Food & Beverage, Ryan Companies

· Lourdes Gonzalez: Senior Vice President, Primera Engineers

· Luis Puig Jr.: President, ALL Construction Group/ALL Masonry

· Luther Lampkin: Sr. Virtual Design Construction Manager, Metcon, Inc.

· Mac Blessing: Sales Specialist, Construction, Autodesk

· Maggie Marlin, IIDA: Designer, Gensler

· Malek Abdulsamad: Director, Greenstone Partners

· Manish Godha: Founder & CEO, Advaiya

· Maria Perez: Senior Apprenticeship Initiative Program Manager, Office of Illinois Works, Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity

· Marieclaire Monasterio: Sustainable Designer, Associate, HKS

· Marina Berrones: Associate Director, Cumming-Group

· Mark Dabler: CEO & Founder, Lumbridge Consulting

· Mark Dudasik: Vice President, Capital Projects, Golub & Company

· Mark Slonina: Fire Protection Engineer, Jensen Hughes

· Marlene Hopkins: Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Buildings, City of Chicago

· Matthew O'Hare, CDCS: Managing Director, Data Structures Group, Power Construction

· Mayank Sharma: Director Virtual Design and Construction, Mazzetti

· Megan Zack: Chief Sustainability Officer, Wight & Company

· Michael Bartkowski: Business Development / Consultant, Bartkowski Strategic Contracting

· Michael Rhodes: Manager of Technical Advocacy, Polyisocyanurate Insulation Manufacturers Association, NAMBA

· Michelle Palys: Vice President of Performance Excellence, Grraycor

· Mike Barger: Clinical Assistant Professor of Business Administration (title truncated on site)

· Mike Emerson: Principal, American Structurepoint

· Mike Lecy: Business Development Manager, Midwest Region, Knotwood

· Mikel Mays: Chair of the Future Leaders Committee, The Chicago Building Congress

· Misty Brown: Sr. Manager, Outreach Programs, Chicago Transit Authority

· Monica Bricker: Associate Principal, AECOM

· Munjal Patel: Founder and CEO of Simple, Simple

· Nancy Kohout: Principal, Buro Happold

· Narayanan Raghupathi: Vice President, WSP USA

· Natalia Alvarez: Project Manager of High Performance and Sustainable Construction, Pepper Construction

· Natalia Quintanilla: Sustainability Director, Gensler

· Natalya Lee: Senior Associate, Architect, Stantec

· Neel Patel: Founding Member and Product Lead, ConTechIQ

· Neetika Wahi: Vice President, HKS

· Neil Schneider: Director of Design, HOK

· Nelson Francis: Director of Business Development, Clune Construction

· Nick Walden: Manager, Product Operations, Link Logistics

· Nicole Mandeville: Deputy Chief Procurement Officer, Cook County

· Norman Ruano: Deputy Director, Office of Illinois Works, Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity

· Pamela Villanueva: Owner / Managing Director, Villa Nueva ESG Real Estate Advisors

· Patrick Carata: Vice President / Architecture Design Director, Epstein

· Patrick Green: Partner & Vice President of Strategic Partnership, Reed Construction

· Paul Alessandro: Partner, Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture

· Peggy Kenealy Newquist: Director, VP Learning & Development, Clune Construction

· Phil Lazarus: VDC Leader: Sports & Assembly, Turner Construction Company

· Prof. Dr. Michael Simon: Professor, Managing Director, simon+savas / Hochschule RheinMain

· Rachael Frank: Associate Principal, SOM

· Rachael Stoner: Senior Associate Lighting Designer, EXP

· Rada Doytcheva: Principal, Head of Design, RADA Architects

· Randy Stanbury: Founder, 4 Level Coach

· Rebecca Bullene: Founder, Greenery CHI

· Rick Dunlap: Vice President of Innovation and Strategic Growth, BrandSafway

· Rick Kintigh: Vice President, Architecture, Sterling Bay

· Ritika Sharma: Digital Delivery/BIM Architect, Jacobs

· Rob Martinelli: Executive Vice President, Illinois, Pepper Construction

· Rob Olden: Building Engineering Services IL/IN Area Business Group Manager, HDR

· Rob van het Hof: Director of Technology, Becknell Industrial

· Robert Brice: Assistant Deputy Director, Office of Illinois Works, Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity

· Robert Jimenez: Principal, RJ Design Group

· Robert Rescot: Executive Director, Illinois Concrete Pavement Association

· Roger (Yingchun) Hsu: Director of Strategic Technology Alliances, GFT

· Ron Zaum: Founding Solutions Architect, Structured AI

· Ryan Keesbury: Northbrook Facilities Area Lead, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.

· Sagar Kanchi: Associate Principal, LJC

· Sandra Mengel: Managing Founder, Mengel & Cie. Real Estate Advisors

· Sara Beardsley: Associate Principal, Director of Technical Design, SCB

· Sara Owens: Human Resources Director, Gilbane Building Company

· Sara Urizar: Chicago Board Member, Professional Women in Construction

· Sarah Graham: Senior Career Services Manager, Office of Illinois Works, Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity

· Sarah Terzic: President, UpSpring

· Sayeh Amirshaghaghi: Executive Infrastructure Leader, Chief Water Engineer, City of Chicago Department of Water

· Scott Cherney: Associate Principal, SOM

· Scott Conwell: Architect and Director of Industry Development, International Masonry Institute

· Scott Delano: Principal, Workplace & Commercial, Stantec

· Scott Sannes: President, RAM Companies

· Scott Workman, MPA, CPP, PSP, CHPA: Senior Principal Analyst, Security and Safety, GFT

· Sean Murphy: Energy Policy Researcher, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

· Sean O'Gorman, RA, LEED AP: Global Residential Practice Leader, Gensler

· Sean Toolan: Operation Manager, Alston Construction

· Sean Twomey: Vice President, Healthcare, Leopardo Construction

· Sergio Terreros: President and CEO, NAHICA

· Shannon Sterne: Associate, Design Leader, Aria Group

· Sharla Roberts: Chief Procurement Officer, City of Chicago

· Sharon Love-Bates: Director of Emerging Technology, National Association of REALTORS

· Shawn Mahoney, PE: Senior Technical Services Engineer, NFPA

· Simon C: Founder and Owner, Epic Inspired

· Soliman Khudeira: Section Chief, Major Projects, Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT)

· Sonja Flint: Associate Director, bklarchitecture

· Sophie Bidek: Studio Director, Chicago, Vocon

· Spencer Woods: Sustainability Design Manager, Ryan Companies

· Steph Smothers: Head of Design, Sterling Bay

· Stephanie Hunt: Director of Marketing & Business Development, Hoerr Schaudt

· Stephanie McDermott: RetroFIT+ Business Development Manager, Belimo

· Stephen Sise: Chief Operating Officer, Golub & Company

· Steve Nargang: Principal, Practice Leader, Healthcare, S+T, Stantec

· Sushmitha Rajarethinam: Senior VDC Engineer, Ryan Companies US, Inc.

· Suzanne Provanzana: Principal, US Structures Discipline Lead, Buro Happold

· Tamara Larson: Interior Project Manager, Workplace, Perkins&Wills

· Tammy Kelly: Project Manager, Walsh Construction

· Tania Kadakia: Chicago Plan Commission (Voluntary), City of Chicago

· Tashna-Loy Donaldson: Senior Director, CBRE

· Ted Gibbs: Director and Counsel for Administrative Hearings, Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias

· Ted Glick: Chief Ticketing Officer, SVP of Stadium Programming & Events, Chicago Fire Football Club

· Teena Lorie Harris: Member, National Forum for Black Public Administrators

· Tejashri Varpe: Associate, Stantec

· Thomas Longhi, AIA - AAH: Principal, Health Sector, Stantec Architecture

· Thomas McClure: Senior Director, Simon-Kucher & Partners

· Tiffany Jordan, RWA: Vice President, NABWIC Detroit Chapter

· Tim Jed: Supply Chain Leader, DPR Construction

· Tim Magner: Associate, Arda Design

· Tim Wolfe: Firmwide Interior Design Director, Principal, Perkins&Will

· Tobi Fagbule: Sustainable Architecture Designer, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

· Tristan de Frondeville: CEO, Sky Centrics

· Valeria Wright: Project Director, JA Watts; Immediate Past President, NAWIC

· Valerie Jardon: Managing Director, Principal, IA, Interior Architects

· Vikram Sami: Director of Building Performance, Olson Kundig

· Vladislav Torskiy: Health Principal, HDR

· Wes LeBlanc: Member, Urban Land Institute

· Will Lange: Director, Utility Engagement, WaterFurnace

· Yolanda Fields: Executive Director, Breakthrough

· Yolanda Martin: Legislative Leader, NABWIC Chicago Chapter

· Yugene Cha: Partner, Krueck Sexton Partners

· Zach Baughman: Managing Deputy Commissioner, Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA)

· Zach Yarnoff: Managing Director, Cushman & Wakefield

· Zhexiong Chai: Sr. Computational Designer, Vice President, HKS

· Zubair Ghafoor: Associate, Technical Services Division, CDM Smith

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