22 Bishopsgate Reaches Practical Completion

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• Architecture09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Transforming London’s Broadgate: 100 Liverpool Street

  100 Liverpool Street, Broadgate, London, United KingdomBritish Land

  

  Starts 09/01/2020CONFIRMED84% CONFIDENCE6.1 years agoMultiple independent sources (Hopkins^[2] Architects’ own project page and New London Architecture) give the completion as September 2020, after this 2019 video was filmed mid-construction. Happened as dated, per the source^[1]: "an outstanding new benchmark for low-carbon commercial office redevelopment".

  British Land completed a stripped-back rebuild of an aging 1980s Broadgate office block into 100 Liverpool Street, a low-carbon commercial tower beside Liverpool Street station.

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  New Wharf Completed at Rothera Research Station, Antarctica

  Rothera Research Station, Adelaide Island, AntarcticaRoyal BAM Group

  

  Starts 04/16/2020CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE6.4 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "For the first time, polar ships have moored at a new £40 million wharf".

  BAM completed a new £40 million, 74-metre steel wharf at the British Antarctic Survey's Rothera Research Station so the new polar vessel RRS Sir David Attenborough could dock and resupply the base.

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• Infrastructure09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Consorzio Venezia Nuova Installs the Last of MOSE's 78 Flood Gates

  Malamocco Inlet, Venice Lagoon, ItalyConsorzio Venezia Nuova

  

  Starts 01/30/2019CONFIRMED78% CONFIDENCE7.6 years agoWikipedia's^[4] MOSE article states the last of the 78 gates was put in place on 30 January 2019.

  The consortium building Venice's MOSE flood-defence system put the last of its 78 mobile barrier gates into place across the lagoon's three inlets, nearly sixteen years after groundbreaking, though the system as a whole was still years from completion. Heavy-lift specialist Fagioli spent years floating and positioning the multi-tonne steel gates; individual gates were first raised in October 2013, and the first full test of all 78 followed on 10 July 2020.

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Sir William Arrol & Co.’s Forth Bridge Opens as the World’s Longest Cantilever Span

  Firth of Forth, South Queensferry, Scotland, United KingdomSir William Arrol & Co.

  

  Starts 03/04/1890CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE136.6 years agoNetwork Rail^[3] confirms the Prince of Wales formally opened the Forth Bridge on 4 March 1890.

  The Forth Bridge, a railway cantilever spanning the Firth of Forth in Scotland, was formally opened by the Prince of Wales on 4 March 1890, some months after the structure itself was finished in November 1889. Designed by John Fowler and Benjamin Baker and built by Sir William Arrol & Co., it was Britain's first major all-steel structure and the world's longest cantilever bridge span.

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• Infrastructure09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Afsluitdijk's Storm-Proofing Upgrade Wraps Up in the Netherlands

  Breezanddijk, Afsluitdijk, NetherlandsLevvel

  

  Starts 06/01/2023ESTIMATED64% CONFIDENCE3.3 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "completed the work in 2023."

  The Levvel consortium finished reinforcing the 32-kilometre Afsluitdijk sea wall with tens of thousands of custom concrete blocks so it can withstand a one-in-10,000-year storm.

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• Architecture09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  CityGate Tower Completed in Gothenburg

  Fabriksgatan 2, Gårda, Gothenburg, SwedenSkanska

  

  Starts 10/31/2022CONFIRMED86% CONFIDENCE3.9 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: Citygate "was developed and built by Skanska^[2] and was completed in the fall of 2022".

  Skanska's CityGate tower, the tallest office building in the Nordic region, was completed in Gothenburg in autumn 2022 as part of the city's long-term development plan.

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Gatwick Completes Main Runway Resurfacing

  London Gatwick Airport, Horley, United KingdomGatwick Airport

  

  Starts 09/30/2022CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE4.0 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: London Gatwick "has just completed (Sept 2022) an innovative plan to resurface its main runway".

  Gatwick Airport finished an overnight resurfacing of its main runway's busiest sections in September 2022, using a leaner method that cut the job to half the usual time and cost, using 70% less asphalt.

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• Property09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  Earls Court Redevelopment Starts on Site

  Earls Court, Kensington and Chelsea, London, EnglandEarls Court Development Company

  

  Starts 12/31/2026ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEin 99 daysThe developer's announcement says only that "early construction work is expected to begin in 2026", a year rather than a date.^[1]

  The 44-acre former exhibition site won consent from Hammersmith & Fulham on 26 November 2025 and Kensington & Chelsea on 16 December 2025, a decade after the exhibition halls came down. Phase one of the GBP 10bn masterplan covers the first 1,300 homes, offices, a cultural venue and a 4.5-acre park, with the whole site due to be finished by 2043.

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• Architecture09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  One Park Drive Opens in London's Wood Wharf

  One Park Drive, Wood Wharf, London E14, United KingdomCanary Wharf Group

  

  Starts 07/29/2021CONFIRMED86% CONFIDENCE5.2 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "Completed: 2021".

  Herzog & de Meuron's 205-metre One Park Drive tower, the centrepiece of Canary Wharf's new Wood Wharf district on reclaimed Thames-side land, opened to its first residents in London.

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Network Rail Completes the London Bridge Station Redevelopment

  London Bridge Station, London SE1 9SP, UKNetwork Rail

  

  Starts 05/09/2018CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCE8.4 years agoNetwork Rail's^[3] own history page states London Bridge station was officially reopened by the Duke of Cambridge on Wednesday 9 May 2018.

  Network Rail finished its five-year, roughly £1 billion rebuild of London Bridge station as part of the Thameslink Programme, and Prince William officially reopened the unified station on 9 May 2018. The project gave the station a single new concourse and step-free access to every platform.

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• Marine09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  The Houston Ship Channel's Project 11 Widening Finishes

  Houston Ship Channel, Galveston Bay reach near Morgans Point, TexasPort Houston

  

  Starts 12/31/2029ESTIMATED63% CONFIDENCEin 3.3 yearsPort Houston's project page describes "expediting the process to complete the work in 2029", a year rather than a day, so it sits at the end of that year.^[1]

  Project 11 widens the channel by 170 feet along its Galveston Bay reach, from 530 to 700 feet, and deepens upstream segments to 46.5 feet so the largest container ships can pass one another. Dredging began in 2022; Port Houston finished its own segments in October 2025 and the US Army Corps of Engineers is completing the rest, with the spoil building bird islands, marsh and oyster reef.

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• Marine09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Le Commandant Charcot Becomes First LNG-Powered Ship to Reach the North Pole

  Geographic North Pole, Arctic OceanPonant

  

  Starts 09/06/2021CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE5.0 years agoConfirmed by Cruise Industry News^[4] and Seatrade Cruise^[2], which both report Le Commandant Charcot reached the Geographic North Pole on 6 September 2021.

  Ponant's hybrid-electric icebreaker Le Commandant Charcot reached the Geographic North Pole on 6 September 2021, the first French vessel and the first LNG-propelled ship ever to do so.

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