All QS articles – Page 97
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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
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NewsTop firms nab 23% more work in May
Public sector boosts contractors’ workload, but performance is still worse than same period last year
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NewsRider Levett Bucknall scoops £5bn Saudi Arabian job
Cost consultant’s initial three-year deal is latest for its business in the country
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NewsGleeds completes work on Southampton maritime academy
Consultant acted as QS, project manager and CDM co-ordinator for Southampton Solent University
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NewsHill wins Romanian water contract
Consultant to manage the rehabilitation of water and wastewater infrastructure systems
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NewsMouchel orders hit by takeover attempts
Highways contractor says it is facing “very challenging” market conditions
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NewsOver half of QSs have seen clients accept suicide bids
RICS survey reveals full extent of suicide bidding in the recession, as firms are forced to ’buy’ work
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FeaturesBuro Happold's new leaders: ‘We try to engineer better lives’
Buro Happold’s new leaders say that its mission is to improve the world. But can it really put ethics above profits as it expands globally? Here we ask the difficult questions
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FeaturesThe construction strategy: Together at last?
The government and the construction industry. It’s been a long, love-hate affair but the new construction strategy is an offer to try to work things out
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FeaturesThe tracker: Slimming regime
Low tender enquiries have put pressure on construction firms and many are looking to cut their headcount. However, Experian Marketing Information Services reveals that bad weather, constraints on activity and finance were less of an issue this month
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CommentFlying the flag for Leaders 4 The Future
Industry must invest in its next generation of construction leaders
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NewsHyder profits up 35% after job cuts
Yet consultant sees falling overall revenue particularly in the Middle East
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NewsNHS could earn £1bn from estate sell-off, says EC Harris
Similar yearly savings could be made from improving FM supply chain and equipment procurement, consultant claims