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Construction Rocks 2024
The event took place at Scala King's Cross on Wednesday 9 October 2024. This was the 17 year anniversary of it all starting in the German Gymnasium in 2007.
Four bands took part plus there was a surprise cameo appearance for one of the judges, Peter French of Leafhound.
The other judges were:
Gina Way of the Eel Pie Club
Chris Liddle of HLM Architects
Tim Hudson of Landaid
The trophies were awarded as follows:
Best new band and top fund raiser - Spagboll (Ramboll)
Best Band - South Crescendo - (Gardiner & Theobald)
Best performance - Zero Charm (Keller)
Runner up best performance - Morning Glory (KLH, Laing O'Rourke, Brookfield)
Construction Rocks 2023
Well Construction did indeed Rock on 23rd November 2023 as planned. This was our 16th anniversary.
The Water Rats venue was a little cosy and we think we had over 160 people present on the night. Our 5 bands played a 20 minute set each and they were all brilliant.
Stand out Best Band was WHO’S NEXT (KHL)
Best Performance went to newcomers PAPER JAM (SCOTCH PARTNERS)
Best Fund raiser was ZERO HARM (KELLER) who generated almost £4,000 for The Prince’s Trust and LandAid.
Overall the 2023 event raised almost £11,000 for good causes.
Bill Price and Marta Hostynska of WSP and Nigel Fraser of West One Management Consulting would like to thank the bands, audience, judges, MC (Chris Liddle of HLM), sponsors, Barry Perrin for the drum ‘breakables’, venue staff and photographer John Duke.
Construction Rocks 2023 Update
After some complications around securing a venue for Construction Rocks 2023, we have settled on:
The Water Rats
Close to Kings Cross on the Gray’s Inn Road.
The date for the diary is Thursday 23 November.
The Water Rats has bags of iconic and legendary character:
The venue has a prestigious history including Bob Dylan's first UK gig in 1962, The Pogues first gig in 1982 and Oasis' first London gig in 1994, along with a roll call of other household names throughout the years from Katy Perry to The Courteeners to Ra Ra Riot.
Further information from
Places at the event are running out so please return entry form and fee as soon as possible.
Construction Rocks 2023
Following another successful Construction Rocks in November 2022, we return with another extravaganza in November 2023.
The date set is Thursday 16th November in London, with the venue TBC.
Please enquire about attending or performing using the contact page.
Construction Rocks 2022
Winners on Monday:
The 1/3 Octave Band (Hydrock) - Best Fundraiser
Force Majeure (MACE, Deloitte, Stanhope, Dragados) - Best Performance
Canary Wolf (Canary Wharf Contractors) - Best Band
Winners on Tuesday:
Forge Lane (Wardell Armstrong) - Best Fundraiser - WA were the Headline Sponsor of the event with an additional donation of £2000 funnelled through to leas charity LandAid.
Propheads (KLH) - Best Performance - a fantastic effort all round with lead singer in a space blanket cape and mysterious off-stage start up routine.
Stairwidth to Heaven (Socatec) - Best Band - CR regulars and a great performance of some rock classics. They did outstay their welcome of the 15 minute time slot however the judges chose to overlook this in their final deliberations.
Make Music Day – 21st June 2022
Construction Rocks sponsors the establishment of the first Make Music Day festival at the Portway Annexe in Wells, Somerset. The event enabled 8 local acts to perform at a fund raiser for the newly established Wells Contemporary Music Centre, which is supported by sister organisation Wells Rocks (wellsrocks.org). This helped the city of Wells achieve recognition by the national organisers of Make Music Day as a “Great Music Place”.
Wells Rocks joins Construction Rocks.
Construction Rocks Returns!
Construction Rocks 2022 will take place on Monday 14th November and Tuesday 15th November at new venue Hall Two @ Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG
Construction Rocks 2021 Review
Construction Rocks 2021 turned out to be a vintage year. With fewer band than in 2019 due to rehearsal and band member availability, it was a more relaxed event. The bands all performed brilliantly and you could sense the friendship and their shared interest in performing. The fans also lingered well into the evening enjoying the effort everyone had put in.
The judges were on good form with a mixture of positive commentary on performances plus observations on clothing, stage antics and song choices.
The venue (Under the Bridge) was better than ever with new PA and a very helpful team attending to band requests and riders.
Fund raising for LandAid and other good causes was good especially by three particular bands who had secured company match funding and generally motivated their fans to donate generously. We will announce the total raised once all outgoings are finalised.
Construction Rocks 2021 Headline Sponsor
We are pleased to announce that this years headline sponsor is Wardell Armstrong.
Thank you Wardell Armstrong.
Construction Rocks 2021
We are pleased to say that Under the Bridge is now booked for Wednesday 6 and Thursday 7 October 2021.
Clearly its all subject to making continued progress with the exit from C19 and the 21 June ‘removal of all legal limits on social contact’ announced on Monday 22 February.
Our thoughts on what’s possible (although you must refer to government guidelines for up to date accurate information):
From 29 March, rule of 6, outdoors in a private garden could be a practice session?
From 12 April, outdoor hospitality open and might enable an outdoor pub gig to happen?
From 17 May, rule of 6 indoors, hotels and hospitality, ‘most social contact rules lifted’, distanced indoor gig? Or small (not more than 30 people) street party? BBQ?
From 21 June, ‘legal limits on social contact removed’, reopen final sectors of the economy…
Construction Rocks Update
We hope to run Construction Rocks 2021 in October. We are in discussion again with our 2019 venue, Under the Bridge (Stamford Bridge) and expect to announce dates around Easter time.
In the meantime can you send us some Rockdown photos for our gallery showing how you have been continuing to make music in one way or another.
Summertime 2020, Rule of 6, Socially distanced outdoor practice.
COVID-19 Update
With the UK in a third Rockdown its been next to impossible to practice as a band or even be together. Hopefully some of you will have been able to form a musical bubble or manage some distanced outdoor activity in 2020.
We will be endeavouring to run the event in 2021 in the usual way and you should email for further information.
We are also sorry to say that in 2020, Construction Rocks did not happen in Australia, New Zealand, Washington or Gothenburg.
November 2019
Now available for your viewing pleasure, the videos taken from the last Construction Rocks extravaganza in 2019 at Under the The Bridge.
The videos have been kindly put together by JBingley Photography.
October 2019
Wednesday 16th October 2019
Best Fundraiser – The BG’s
Best Band – Panic! At the Disto
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Best Performance (Crowd vote) – Panic! At the Disto
Thursday 17th October 2019
Best Fundraiser – 1852
Best Band – The Elusive Butterflies of Rhythm
Best Performance (Crowd vote) – Stairwidth to Heaven
October 2019
If you can’t make Construction Rocks this year, there is another chance to see the winners at the event “We built this city on Rock n Roll” taking place at Bush Hall in Shepherds Bush.
The event gets underway at 6:30 pm on Wednesday 20th November with all proceeds going to Landaid.
August 2019
We can confirm that all the available spaces to perform at Construction Rocks 2019 have now been taken.
We thank you for the very high level of interest in this years event and look forward to seeing you all down the front.
July 2019
The Construction Rocks event takes place this year on Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th October.
Doors at 6.30pm
The venue is Under the Bridge, (beneath the Stamford Bridge stadium east stand, nearest tube Fulham Broadway, London Overground West Brompton or Imperial Wharf.
April 2019
Construction Rocks 2018 - £23,000 Raised for LandAid
Having finalised the Construction Rocks 2018 accounts we have been able to make a further donation to LandAid bringing our support for ending youth homelessness in the UK to the grand total of £23,000. Here the cheque is being handed over to Alice Lamb, Deputy Chief Executive of LandAid.
April 2019
Construction Rocks Gothenburg took place on Friday 5th April 2019. In all 7 bands took part at the Brewhouse just to the north of the city centre. Bill Price was one of the 3 judges enjoying an evening of great music and performances. In the end the band Owl Whisper (WSP) took the judges prize with the audience web based voting giving K21 the edge who won the event in 2018.
February 2019
We are ready to launch Construction Rocks 2019 and the event will take place in late October or early November. If you are ready to register an interest in performing please contact
January 2019
At our 2018 event the total raised for charity amounted to £35,000, taking the total figure since the inception of the event to £177,000. The money is donated to LandAid and The Lighthouse Club plus a range of other charities. For more information on the work that these charities do, please go to our charities page.
October 2018
Thursday 2018 Winners!
Thank you to all those who came to support across both nights.
**WINNERS**
Best band - Deloitte / Change Control to Major Tom
Best performance - Kier / Zero Charm
Best fundraiser - Willmott Dixon Interiors / 1852
Wednesday 2018 Winners!
What a night! Thank you to all those who came to support night one.
**WINNERS**
Best band - Max Fordham / Public M&E
Best performance - Canary Wharf Contractors / Canary Wolf
Best fundraiser - MACE / Force Majeure
September 2018
The Construction industry set to Rock out for another year.
Band entries for the construction industry’s one and only battle of the bands, Construction Rocks, are now almost closed with just two band places available. Tickets are still available.
In just under a month’s time, one of the biggest annual events on the construction industry’s calendar, will see bands from the construction and property sectors compete against each other in the name of charity. Construction Rocks, established by WSP Director, Bill Price and Nigel Fraser, West One Management Consulting has raised a total of £142,000 since its inception in 2008, topping at its record raising £32,000 in 2017 with majority proceeds going to UK property industry charity, LandAid.
“Construction Rocks is a unique event that is not only tremendous fun, but also gets the whole industry engaged for a great cause every year”, says Bill Price, Director at WSP. “Over 1200 people turned up over two nights last year as competitors, fundraisers and audience members at our biggest venue to date at Scala, King’s Cross London.We’re aiming for our highest fundraising total this year and we’ve no doubt we can do it with the industry’s support.”
Spread across two days at Scala, Kings Cross on 24th and 25th October, a total of 16 bands will compete to win ‘Best Band’, ‘Best Performer’ or ‘Best Fundraiser’ with the opportunity to win studio time at Kore Studios.