Events
Join Abyss Founder & MD and Don’t Waste Buildings Co-Founder, Richard Nelson, as he speaks at this year’s Futurebuild on a panel entitled ‘Circular Economy: Mapping Exercise’, organised by the Architect’s Climate Action Network (ACAN).
Join Abyss Founder & MD, Richard Nelson, as he chairs this event on 13 May 2026 for the IoD Property and Built Environment Group at FOOTPRINT+, looking as the socio-economic impact and opportunities of Net Zero.
Join Abyss Founder & MD, Richard Nelson, and the rest of the Institute of Directors Property and Built Environment board at our March Social at The Fence pub, located near Farringdon Station.
Abyss Founder & MD, Richard Nelson, will be attending the annual Passenger Terminal Expo & Conference in London from 17-19 March. (Image of Heathrow West courtesy of Scott Brownrigg)
Abyss Founder & MD, Richard Nelson, will be heading to the annual MIPIM event in Cannes, France, from 9-12 March. Please get in touch if you’d like to arrange a meeting.
Abyss Founder & MD, Richard Nelson, will be representing Don’t Waste Buildings at this year’s Queen's University’s annual Sustainable Construction Conference 2026.
Join Don’t Waste Buildings as we head to Hastings to see one of the UK’s most inspiring examples of community-led regeneration.
Richard Nelson, Founder & MD of Abyss, will be at this year’s EXPO REAL in Munich from 6-8 October.
Join Abyss Founder & MD and IoD Property & Built Environment Group Board Member, Richard Nelson, for their Q3 Economic Update event, kindly hosted by BDO.
Join IoD Property and Built Environment Group Board Member and Abyss Founder & MD, Richard Nelson, the PBE August Social on 19th August at The Admiralty Trafalgar Square.
Join the Institute of Directors Property and Built Environment Group for their June Social on 24 June 2025, 5-8PM, at The Admiralty Trafalgar Square.
Richard Nelson will be at DCW 2025 along with our client, Scott Brownrigg and their Digital Twin Unit.
Join Don’t Waste Buildings in central London on 27th May for our next general update meeting and planning session, to be followed by networking with drinks and nibbles on Scott Brownrigg’s lovely terrace (weather permitting).
Don’t Waste Buildings co-founders Richard Nelson, Leanne Tritton and Will Hurst will be leading this panel discussion at FOOTPRINT+ along with retrofit developer Steve Sanham, Director of Common Projects, and consultant Becci Taylor, Director/Retrofit at Scale Lead of ARUP, exploring the policy and financial challenges of making retrofit more profitable.
Join the IoD Property and Built Environment Group for their first Learn and Network Soiree of 2025 to delve deeper into the impacts of the Building Safety Act on the construction industry.
Richard Nelson will be joining the next Concrete Communities panel discussion on behalf of Don’t Waste Buildings at the recently retrofitted Space House in London. The discussion will focus on ‘reuse’, and will also feature the launch of this year’s C20 Risk List.
Join the IoD Property and Built Environment Group for their first Economic Outlook event of the year as we explore the critical role of the built environment in fostering social value and community well-being.
After suffering a damaging fire in 2013, Walworth Town Hall has been sensitively restored and given a new life as a hub for local SMEs and community groups.
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