Steve Watts

Steve Watts has over 35 years of experience as a cost consultant working for leading developers and investors from around the world, with world-class designers on a variety of tall, large and complex projects. Based in London, Steve is an expert in the economics of tall buildings and has delivered landmark buildings including The Shard, HSBC HQ Canary Wharf and 22 Bishopsgate, alongside current commissions like 18 Blackfriars (The Round), 99 Bishopsgate and One North Quay at Canary Wharf – set to become the world's tallest life sciences building. He has also worked on iconic schemes around the world, such as the award-winning Atria in Bogota, Colombia, and in recent years has supported local teams on The Line at NEOM, The Mukkaab at New Murabba, Riyadh and Hyundai Towers in Seoul, South Korea. Steve is the longest-serving Global Chair in the history of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (now rebranded as the Council on Vertical Urbanism). He has spent the last twenty