All QS articles – Page 95
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NewsCapita Symonds wins Airbus contract
Consultant will provide design and management for new and refurbished buildings on campus development.
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NewsNew markets boost Cyril Sweett revenue by 11%
Encouraging results are last to be released under the group’s current name
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Comment
Consultant strategy: Super size me
WSP is latest consultant is latest to consider growth by consolidation following profit warning
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FeaturesConsultant growth strategies: Eyes on the prize
If the top UK consultants want to stay at the top they need fast ways to grow, and that’s not easy in a stagnant market. So the hunt is on to find suitable mergers, acquisitions and overseas ventures. Building reports on the latest manoeuvres in the sector
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FeaturesSpecialist costs: M&E
Legislative, economic and technological changes are presenting both challenges and opportunities to M&E firms. Erland Rendall of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, reports
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NewsF+G is project manager on Renzo Piano’s Athens project
Consultant and British Embassy celebrate start of project and highlight construction opportunities in Greece
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NewsCapita consultant on Cumbrian Roman visitor centre
Firm is lead consultant and architect on the £10.7m Roman Maryport Development
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NewsRICS outline guide to accelerating construction
Report provides advice on how projects can be delivered ahead of schedule
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NewsRLF plans to expand in the Med and Africa
Consultant will grow its business from its Malta base in the Mediterranean and Africa
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NewsEC Harris in merger talks ahead of flotation
Chief executive confirms company has held talks with ’a number’ of firms amid pressure to expand
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FeaturesRise of the machines: BIM and QSs
With building information modelling now carrying out many traditional QS functions, are quantity surveyors and their slide rules about to meet a sticky end? Or can man and machine live (and work) happily alongside each other?
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NewsBIM project to show savings
A commercial building will be developed using BIM from start to finish, with the hope of showing how 50% savings can be made
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CommentWe’re not a bunch of incompetents
UK managers have been in the firing line of late, but the Olympics will be a great opportunity to show off our skills - and building information modelling could help us do that
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FeaturesCost model: Global manufacturing
With manufacturing in many countries showing strong signs of recovery, the development of new manufacturing facilities is required to keep pace with contemporary process and technologies, say Mike Wilcock and Miles Jenkins of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company
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CommentWe’ve done it all before
Paul Morrell’s construction strategy? Looks familiar to our QS blogger
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EC Harris hires new sustainability head
Nick Hayes joins from BRE to expand consultant’s green work
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FeaturesInternational salary survey 2011: Expect the exodus
With growth in the UK still sluggish and the Middle East showing no sign of revival, it’s the dominions - New Zealand, Australia and Canada - that offer the best overseas opportunities, as this year’s Hays Salary Survey shows