All QS articles – Page 65
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CommentRevenge of the subcontractors - coming to a building site near you?
Yes, most commentators are upbeat about the construction market but we have new problems: lack of supply and rising prices
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NewsUK firms celebrate Dubai 2020 World Expo triumph
HOK and other UK-based consultants celebrate winning bid for multi-billion pound event
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CommentPPPs and global growth go hand in hand
The scale of global infrastructure projects, including those in the UK, means that finding private finance is essential
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CommentLearning lessons from past recoveries
We need clients and the industry to work together so that as prices rise they do so gradually and sustainably
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NewsSweett revenue increases 18%
Firm’s chair hails “disciplined approach” as the secret to Sweett’s success
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NewsWYG reports rise in profitability
Firm reports operating profit of £1.7m in the first half of 2013-14
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NewsMace picks new programme management boss
Mace has appointed a new boss of its global programme management business
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CommentConstruction cost outcomes - spending time where it really matters
Trying to second guess inflationary trends is less important than getting the basics right on making a project successful
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CommentThe importance of cost in design
Whole life costs are increasingly important drivers for clients expecting maximum return on good design
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NewsAecom's commercial team in new shake-up
Will MacDonald joins from Inhabit Group, while Paul Nash departs for Turner Townsend
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NewsSweett lands £200m Manchester engineering campus
Consultant will join Buro Four on Mancheter University’s largest ever project
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NewsG&T profit up for first time in four years
Consultant boosted by overseas growth but shrinks 9% in the UK
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NewsFormer DL partners to build ‘humane’ Qatar worker homes
Exclusive: Firm says housing will provide ‘dignified’ conditions as scrutiny grows on World Cup labour practices
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CommentLife in the labour camps
The working conditions in Qatar are becoming clearer as time goes on. Companies need to use their influence to improve standards
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NewsRICS launches specialist qualification for infrastructure skills
RICS Built Infrastructure Pathway will certify surveyors’ competency in skills including project and cost management, project finance, and BIM
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NewsWaterman increases engineering staff by 5%
Continued growth in the UK drives expansion for engineering and environmental consultant
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NewsAtkins buys US nuclear consultant
Global consultant says the acquisition is part of a strategy to become a world leading energy consultant
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FeaturesCan the government's consultant framework defy the critics?
A government framework worth £750m to construction consultants was finally re-tendered at the end of October - 10 months late. Can it be taken seriously after such a delay?
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NewsAecom poaches EFA design chief for global education role
Mairi Johnson leaves role at Education Funding Agency to head firm’s education consultancy
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NewsRLB bags £120m Barbados beach scheme
Firm appointed project manager and QS on residnetial complex