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13 March 2026
Richard Nelson
Richard Nelson contributes to Connected Capital ...

Richard Nelson, Founder & MD of Abyss Global Ltd., contributed to Connected Capital: London and the World’s Built Environment, new research from NLA highlighting the scale and global reach of the UK’s built environment sector.

Richard Nelson contributes to Connected Capital research report
21 September 2025
Richard Nelson
Economic Confidence: Have we finally bottomed ...

The latest Property and Built Environment Directors' Economic Confidence Index (PBE DECI) survey from the Institute of Directors Property and Built Environment Group shows a very pessimistic industry indeed.

Economic Confidence: Have we finally bottomed out?
31 July 2025
Richard Nelson
Bristol Retrofit Tour

More than 20 people came together with Don’t Waste Buildings in Bristol on 13 June to explore some of the city's recent retrofit projects in a tour and roundtable discussion aimed at tackling the environmental and policy challenges facing building reuse in the UK. (Downloads available.)

Bristol Retrofit Tour
14 March 2025
Richard Nelson
Don't Waste Buildings Retrofit Policy ...

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.

Don't Waste Buildings Retrofit Policy Roundtable Report
13 March 2025
Richard Nelson
It was just a blip

The rise in property and built environment director confidence that we saw in January was just a blip, as confidence receded again in February, according to the IoD Property and Built Environment Group, for which Abyss MD, Richard Nelson, serves on the board.

It was just a blip
Richard Nelson
8 January 2015

The international opportunity for AEC firms

Richard Nelson
8 January 2015
The international opportunity for AEC firms

Have you set realistic targets for this year, and does international work factor into your plans? It seemed that the world’s leading economies were into a next stage of growth in 2014 after spending the previous six years in the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. The evidence so far shows that it is not all smooth sailing though.

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Richard Nelson
15 October 2014

When is the best time to expand internationally?

Richard Nelson
15 October 2014
When is the best time to expand internationally?

Now that many of the world’s economies are growing again following the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, many firms in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry are considering—or reconsidering—whether the time is right to expand internationally.

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