Careers
Careers news
Former Scots rugby star swaps scrum for surveying
Former international prop joins Scottish consultant as building surveyor
Sweett 'back to business as usual' as coup fails
Consultant to restart search for new institutional investors after takeover bid by Francis Ives failed
EC Harris stars quit to start own business
Exclusive: Richard Taylor and Mark Lacey to leave consultant’s commercial team to set up their own firm
More senior figures to leave Lend Lease amid shake-up
Exclusive: Two further senior figures are set to leave contractor Lend Lease following news that managing director Michael Dyke left his post
Industry advises caution over ‘bogus self-employed’
Concerns raised over any changes proposed by Labour party that could lead to increased costs for the industry
Careers advice
Sell yourself with your CV
Keeping your CV up-to-date is one of the best ways to be prepared for a career opportunity
Write the perfect cover letter
This is the most important document – take your time, don’t lie and proof read
Careers features
Finding work after study
How do university courses support students in finding employment? We spoke to four built environment schools to find out what they offer
Blacklisting: A history of distrust, disunity and discord
Is the cause of blacklisting a fundamental flaw in the relationship between workers and their bosses?
Appointments
Construction appointments: 24 May 2013
Ingleton Wood, WSP and Lovell are amongst the firm’s announcing appointments. Plus, a correction
Construction appointments: 10 May 2012
EC Harris, Lend Lease, and WSP are among the firms announcing appointments this week
Former Ramboll boss joins Pell Frischmann
Charles McBeath recruited by rival firm as operations director
Michael Dyke leaves role as Lend Lease boss
Exclusive: EMEA construction MD departs post with immediate effect as 90 jobs are put at risk
Interviews
A client's view: Great Portland Estates
Great Portland Estates’ head of projects on the firm’s pipeline and paying subcontractors on time
Salary survey
The 2013 consultant salary survey
This year’s Building/Hays Construction consultants’ salary survey shows there are at last a few signs of an economic thaw
Starting a business
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Knowles' knowledge: Downing tools and getting paid
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Knowles' knowledge: Improving your payment terms
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Knowles' knowledge: How to price variations
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Starting your own business, part 17: Taking on a permament employee
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Starting your own business, part 16: The cashflow challenge
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Starting your own business, part 15: An office of your own
Global markets
Market forecast: Mixed messages
The new year kicked off with fears of a triple-dip recession but with the markets bullish and most companies cautiously optimistic. Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, reports
Market forecast: Five years on …
Half a decade since the start of the economic crisis, output is still falling and tender prices continue to head south. Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, reports
