International Events · Korea · Carbon KOREA BUILD WEEK, the country's largest construction, architecture and interiors trade show, will run both of its 2027 editions under a single theme: 'Regenerative Architecture'. The first show opens at KINTEX in Goyang, just north-west of Seoul, from 17 to 20 February 2027, with a focus on cutting operational carbon. Organiser MESSE ES…
About 211 households were moved out of three residential blocks at Royal Gateway in Canning Town in the early hours of Friday 23 October, after engineers found a cracked transfer slab beneath the buildings. Managing agent Prime Property Management said there was an imminent risk to life associated with a transfer slab beneath the buildings . The three blocks are Sovereign Tower, Centurion Tower…
A man in his 20s died when a tree fell onto his moving car at the junction of Dollis Road and Abercorn Road in Mill Hill on Sunday 25 October, as Storm Boelo brought another weekend of strong winds and heavy rain to the UK. The Metropolitan Police were called at about 12.40pm. Ambulance crews, incident response officers, hazardous area response paramedics and a trauma team from London's A…
Two major south London regeneration programmes have been pushed back within days of each other, with British Land reportedly pausing the next phase of Canada Water and Landsec placing its Lewisham Shopping Centre redevelopment on hold. The decisions affect schemes that had both been expected to move into further construction from 2027. They also add to mounting evidence that London is struggl…
London construction sites are forecast to get a drier working window from Wednesday 28 October after a wet start to the week, with the Met Office currently showing dry or sunny conditions across the capital through much of Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The improvement follows the back-to-back passage of Storms Austen and Boelo. Monday will still begin wet and Tuesday brings another period o…
A future return to EU free movement could give London construction access to a larger labour pool, but the same policy could also add to housing demand in a city already planning for far fewer homes than its assessed need. Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he is open to an "honest discussion" about the UK's long-term relationship with the European Union, including options tha…
