Local government leaders in central London have called for urgent action to kick-start a retrofit skills revolution.

Four giant bolts which are key to Tower Bridge’s opening-and-closing mechanism have been replaced during overnight maintenance work.

Developer Hines has submitted a planning application for a mixed development by the river Thames designed by Foster and Partners and consultants Lipton Rogers Developments.

Arup and the Mayor of London have published new research highlighting the benefits of retrofitting roofs with solar or reflective panels to make London more resilient to increasing temperatures.

Commercial property developer Landsec has been given the green light to start the next phase of its net-zero redevelopment in London’s Bankside.

A London council has rejected newspaper claims that it would not be possible to build housing in parts of west London because of power supply constraints as “scaremongering”.

Contractor Ringway has adopted an electrically powered cargo bike for use in its Transport for London highways maintenance work in the capital.

RMD Kwikform has supported the construction of huge concrete shafts for the Thames Tideway super sewer in King George’s Park and Dormay Street in London.

Developer confidence in the London office market is returning strongly, according to Deloitte’s Winter 2021 London Office Crane Survey, which shows a pipeline of significantly larger schemes than before the pandemic.