When considering 21st-century real estate development, dense urban environments always present a huge degree of complexity. London, however, brings a particularly unique set of challenges for building engineers to overcome as they seek to unlock constrained sites for developers, with a significant shortage of available land and high costs alongside a host of other intricacies to consider.

Stepping back to look at the wider landscape, the UK’s acute housing crisis persists, with the government pledging to build 1.5 million new homes in five years and overhauling the planning system to accelerate those goals. Legislative changes such as the Planning and Infrastructure Bill underpin ambitions for a building boom as a key part of economic growth. London’s mayor, meanwhile, has been tasked by Labour to deliver approximately 80,000 new homes annually in the capital.