Don't Waste Buildings Retrofit Policy Roundtable Report

Don't Waste Buildings Retrofit Policy Roundtable Report

Don’t Waste Buildings, co-founded by Abyss MD, Richard Nelson, has released their Retrofit Policy Roundtable Report, following their invitation-only event on 27th November 2024. DWB gathered about 50 people representing a cross-section of government and industry to discuss ideas and proposals to achieve the introduction of policy clarity, sensible regulation and financial incentives around retrofit for the real estate and construction industry. Read all about it and download the report.

Adapting to challenges – human spirit will always prevail

Adapting to challenges – human spirit will always prevail

Richard Nelson, Founder and Managing Director of Abyss and Chair of the Institute of Directors Property and Built Environment Group, had the pleasure of being interviewed for this article, which originally appeared in the January 2022 issue of ‘All Things Business London’.

International Business Development in the Now Normal

International Business Development in the Now Normal

Many A/E/C (architecture, engineering and construction) businesses—along with their large corporate and manufacturing clients—have been expanding globally for the last five or six decades. But in the last decade, the global financial crisis (GFC), trade wars, geopolitics, and most recently the COVID-19 pandemic, have seriously damaged the open trade system that has powered the globalised economy since World War II.

The World Has Grown Smaller–But It's Still a Pretty Big Place

The World Has Grown Smaller–But It's Still a Pretty Big Place

One thing I love about visiting emerging markets (EMs) is the incredible enthusiasm people have in these countries for thinking big and getting things done. Perhaps it is because EMs are coming from a less well-developed base, and they are playing catch up with Europe, North America and Japan, but there is also a strong spirit of competition and entrepreneurialism operating in EMs.