All QS articles – Page 111
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NewsBouygues cuts 2400 jobs after 'brutal' recession in Europe
French contractor’s road business is particularly hard hit by European public spending cuts according to reports
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NewsAnshen + Allen bought by Canadian consultant
Healthcare architect to team up with multi-disciplinary firm Stantec
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FeaturesRICS recession survey: The sum of all our fears
Well, the surveyors are worried, anyway. After a year of increasing optimism, they now predict more redundancies, less work and greater pressure on margins. So is construction heading for a double-dip recession
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NewsAsian arm of Davis Langdon 'strong enough to go it alone'
Davis Langdon & Seah says it doesn’t need Aecom - but sources claim it had been eyeing a deal
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NewsColchester to sue T&T over Viñoly scheme
Colchester council hopes to recover “substantial funds” from Turner & Townsend over its role in the town’s disastrous Rafael Viñoly-designed art gallery
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CommentQuentin Shears: Can you erect a tent without pegs?
The cladding contractor hit her brother with a tent pole. ’Children! You can’t fight. This is an NEC contract!’
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NewsCapita Symonds sponsors Bristol Rugby
Sponsorship sees Capita branding on team’s home and away shirt
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NewsCapita Symonds opens new York office
Consultant announces its ambitions to expand in North Yorkshire
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NewsJohn Rowan posts £6.79m rise in turnover
SME consultant warns many contracts were reliant on threatened public sector spending
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NewsCSTT receives grant for 30 trainees
Government grant to help under-privileged youngsters enter construction
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NewsDecreasing workloads will lead to more job losses, says RICS
Impending public spending cuts and economic uncertainty hit construction
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NewsWSP expands Vietnamese office
Environmental building services arm WSP Lincolne Scott joins consultant’s office in Ho Chi Minh
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CommentBSF collapse: Acrimony, angst and anger
The collapse of Building Schools for the Future has left a lot of bad feeling, but in some ways the programme deserved to die - and we now have the chance to do it better
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NewsTop QSs fear drop in Aecom work after DL takeover
EC Harris, Cyril Sweett, T&T and G&T seek reassurances that they will not be frozen out of work
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NewsClients wary of Davis Langdon deal with Aecom
Clients have reacted with a mixture of scepticism and anger to Aecom’s £204m takeover of Davis Langdon, with one senior figure labelling the move “unfortunate” and a “pity”
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CommentDavis Langdon - An Aecom company
One of the best known and respected consultants in the UK has been bought by a US firm 10 times its size. Here, Tom Bill asks whether DL was forced into a marriage with Aecom, and what will happen to the 91-year-old brand once two become one
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NewsCyril Sweett postpones bonus scheme as targets are missed
Cyril Sweett dropped plans to reintroduce an executive bonus scheme in 2010 after bosses failed to meet profit-related performance targets
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NewsWYG opens in South Africa and Croatia
Engineering consultant also reorganises business around four skill areas
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CommentKnowles' knowledge: Downing tools and getting paid
Contractors and subbies are entitled to walk off site if they haven’t been paid, but they have to stick to the rules…
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NewsRICS reports first house price falls for a year
Surveyors inccreasingly pessimistic over future home prices