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‘It was never dying.’ Canary Wharf’s development director on the resurgence of the Docklands estate

2026-04-13T06:00:00+01:00

A few years ago, it was supposed to be on its last legs as tenants downsized and moved out. Now it’s going to be home to the biggest office building in London. ’It was all rubbish,’ Tom Venner tells Dave Rogers

Women in Construction Special 2026

  • A quietly radical housing project: Metropolitan Workshop’s resident‑led Passivhaus scheme

  • Such buildings can change lives… Regenerating safe spaces that young people can call their own

  • From stranded asset to grade A office: how a facsimile facade made all the difference for a failing, listed Manchester building

  • Inside Hornsey Town Hall: a brilliantly conceived and highly sensitive – if mildly eccentric – restoration

  • Could 2026 be the start of a new stone age?

  • Birdcage of Paradise: Inside Three Chamberlain Square in Birmingham

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Open Doors: Shaping London’s skyline

2026-04-09T06:00:00+01:00By

Build UK’s Open Doors event last month offered a behind-the-scenes look at Sir Robert McAlpine’s 2 Finsbury Avenue, the final building in British Land’s decade-long Broadgate redevelopment. Visitors explored the 36-storey office tower’s construction process

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Building Systems Thinking: A make or break moment for UK infrastructure

2026-04-02T07:00:00+01:00By Andrew Mylius

Achieving the government’s £725bn infrastructure strategy requires a host of complex challenges to be overcome, warns the Institution of Civil Engineers in its State of the Nation 2026 report

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Building Systems Thinking: An end to the blame game

2026-04-02T07:00:00+01:00By Emma Langman-Maher

Engineering education now embeds systems thinking to prepare graduates for complex challenges like decarbonisation, resilience, and the circular economy

  • Infrastructure update: Developing the UK’s flexible grid

  • Market forecast: Industry steadies, but high input costs show no signs of easing

  • Cost model: Converting office buildings to hotel use

  • Market forecast: Strong order books drive tender inflation as smaller firms struggle

  • Top 150 Contractors & Housebuilders 2025: The main table

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