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Exclusive: Middle East firm buys UK's historic Currie & Brown
The 136-year-old consultant Currie & Brown has been sold to Middle East-based Dar Group
Mace and EC Harris bag £72m Qatar deal
Joint venture will project manage infrastructure improvements over five years
Arcadis drops Davis from Langdon & Seah brand
Dutch engineer rebrands Asian QS following acquisition
QS Focus
The state of play 02: Consultancy
In the second of our sector-by-sector reports, Ian Withers looks at the strategies consultants are adopting to meet the challenges of uncertain times
BIM: Nine experts on what they've learnt
To mark this week’s BIM Live event, nine experts tell Emily Wright what they have learnt over the past 12 months
Hays International Salary Survey 2012: Rich in oil
Engineers, QSs and contractors can expect huge pay rises of up to £100k in the gas, oil and mineral mining sectors of the southern hemisphere and Canada. Emily Wright reports on the the multibillion-pound sectors fuelling construction as Hays International Salary Survey drills down into the data.
Whole-life carbon: Prestige offices
Using the example of a building in the City of London, Gareth Roberts of Sturgis Carbon Profiling explains how new European standards for whole-life carbon assessment can make big savings
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QS comment
Which consultants will thrive?
Simon Rawlinson on the opportunities and challenges facing quantity surveyors and engineers and why the middle man may get squeezed out
Surveyors on Twitter
Full list: The 100 most influential surveyors on Twitter
Every month Building will reveal the tCn and RICS list of top surveying Tweeters
Interview: The most influential surveyor on Twitter
Ben Muir of chartered building surveyor Avalon topped the first tCnRICS100 list of most influential users of Twitter
Building Awards
Construction Consultant or Surveyor of the Year
Davis Langdon has assumed its habitual position on the winner's rostrum, despite stiff competition, particularly from Turner & Townsend
