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Buro Four director resigns
Geoff Heppell, a director of consulting engineer Buro Four, is leaving to take up a post with Warwickshire-based developer and consultant Pettifer Group.
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CommentIm staying inside
Alex Smith settles down to EP’s guide to the best in urban design and then intrepidly explores a site that is campaigning to save Captain Scott’s ill-fated stab at polar architecture
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NewsBAA delays £9.5bn framework deal until March
Parent company Ferrovial set to muscle in on UK market with £1.5bn Heathrow East project
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NewsCostain seeks investment partner to finance PFI work
Andrew Wyllie, chief executive, looks for ‘strategic partnership’ after £3.3m loss in building arm
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NewsDo we make a difference?
They may not be GI Joes, but QSs have a huge role to play in driving forward green-issues, regenerating cities and reshaping the skyline, says a young cost manager at Turner & Townsend
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WYG resignation
White Young Green has announced that John Purvis has resigned with immediate effect from his position as a director of the consultant and its subsidiaries.
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London mayor set to review housebuilding targets …
Livingstone considers raising number of new homes in capital from 30,500 to 50,000
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NewsFaithful + Gould promotes Sean Lockie to director
New director responsible for pushing forward sustainability issues
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Faithful + Gould wins Royal Mail contract
Consultant QS, project manager and building surveyor on £95m scheme
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NewsView from my office: Andy Speight
We’re asking QSs from around the world what they can see from their window. First stop, Birmingham where our Faithful + Gould director guides us through the city’s regeneration
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NewsBAA delays £9.5bn framework deal until March
Parent company Ferrovial set to muscle in on UK market with £1.5bn Heathrow East project
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NewsTurner & Townsend cocktail party
Hundreds turned up last week at the Savoy to celebrate a successful year at T&T. Building reporter Dan Stewart was there camera in hand to record the event.
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CommentThere is no alternative
It is tempting to pronounce that lawyers should stay out of adjudication and let construction types untangle disputes. But too many arguments can be decided fairly only with specialist legal expertise
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NewsTurner & Townsend regroups to increase global reach
QS splits international division into six to speed up decision-making and prepare for expansion
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NewsCouncils offered grants in exchange for cheaper land
Housing Corporation to reward councils that release land for housing with slice of £8bn budget
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CommentGood design equals more homes
It’s an unlikely equation, but if developers and planners worried as much about quality as quantity, it would be easier to build Brown’s 3 million homes, argues Cabe’s Matt Bell
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NewsHousing sector bullish as shares start to recover
Housebuilders played down the impact of the global credit squeeze on the industry after the Northern Rock crisis led to fears of a meltdown in the mortgage market.
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NewsGreen standards to be reformed
BRE’s widely used BREEAM environmental rating system and the principal method of calculating Part L compliance are to be overhauled to take account of the drive towards zero-carbon buildings.