FM & BE Trade Dinner

Last Updated on 16/06/2026

This year’s Facilities Management and Built Environment Trade Dinner will take place on 16th September 2026 at Painter-Stainers’ Hall, so please save the date now.

The dinner for the FM and the Built Environment is the annual black-tie livery dinner held by the Pattenmakers to celebrate the people, projects and concepts and innovations leading the way in property and Facilities Management – its available to all, so whether you are a Pattenmakers or not, we welcome anyone that is involved in the sector. It also constitutes a lovely way to discover the fellowship and philanthropy that the livery movement offers.

We are delighted to have a pre-dinner presentation this year entitled: ‘Behind the Games – Delivering the Commonwealth Games’. An insider’s look at how the Glasgow Commonwealth Games were planned, mobilised and delivered, from operations, infrastructure and logistics to workforce, venues and the thousands of hours required to bring a major international event to life. Fascinating insights for all to learn about.

Our after-dinner speech will be by Paul May – Chair and Co-Founder of Trivandi, the organisation that have facilitated the FM at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and have been involved in other mega events such as the London Olympics.

We far too often consider FM simply in terms of the office workplace and ignore all the work that happens in other sectors such Healthcare, Transportation, Education and Stadiums, up and down the country. Paul will provide a forward thinking reflection on the power of mega events to shape cities, inspire people and leave a lasting legacy. Drawing on the lessons from the Glasgow Games and the transformative impact of the 2012 Summer Olympics, he’ll ask ‘what makes a great host city?’ and reflect on a future Olympic bid too.

Join the Pattenmakers and their guests on the 16th September 2026, to celebrate what makes FM & the Built Environment such a fantastic sector to work in.