Fact Sheet

Official Show Name

International Construction and Utility Equipment Exposition

Purpose

The International Construction and Utility Equipment Exposition is also known as ICUEE and as The Demo Expo. The event features hands-on demonstrations of construction and utility equipment where attendees can operate the equipment themselves and explore the newest industry products and innovations. The broad spectrum of equipment available to operate is the ultimate in competitive comparisons. An extensive education program complements displays of the latest equipment technology and product innovations.

Dates and Location – Next Show

Held every two years, the next ICUEE is set for Tuesday, October 1 through Thursday, October 3, 2013 at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

Providing added value is co-location of the National Rural Water Association's (NRWA) H2O-XPO, targeting water and wastewater utility equipment and products (and NRWA's annual conference). This co-location provides a broader spectrum of attendee-exhibitor networking and learning opportunities as well as increased efficiencies for all participants.

Attendees

ICUEE attracts persons involved in the electric, phone/cable, sewer/water, gas, general construction, landscaping and public works segments.

Exhibits and Live Equipment Demonstrations

ICUEE covers more than one million net square feet of indoor and outdoor exhibits of equipment including, but not limited to: all-terrain carriers, attachments, components, earthmoving, environmental, light, overhead and maintenance, material handling, recycling, safety, testing, transportation, trenching, trenchless, trucks and utility materials/supplies. Machinery is exhibited in job-like conditions and attendees can experience first-hand equipment in action, working at ground level, underground and overhead.

Education

ICUEE education features extensive learning opportunities with leading industry experts on the latest safety, regulatory, operational and technological issues affecting the utility and construction industry.

Show Owner and Producer

Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) is the show owner and producer.

Background

The field demonstration concept was developed in 1964 to help solve an equipment evaluation and communications problem. Illinois Bell invited 12 trencher manufacturers to demonstrate equipment in the same field, on the same day in the summer of 1966. The show was recreated on a more formal basis and continued to grow in 1969 and 1972. Manufacturers of many kinds of equipment from across the country were invited to turn the farmland near Elburn, Illinois into a productive 3-day utility equipment show. The event moved to DuPage County Fairgrounds for 1975 and 1977. The show grew to such a level that Illinois Bell could no longer manage it. The show was turned over to a professional management firm in 1978 and moved to Kansas City for the 1979 show, and then to Louisville, Kentucky starting in 1987. AEM had provided industry direction and in the late 1980s became the show owner and producer.