All Archive Titles articles – Page 530
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Archive TitlesScrutiny on the bounty
The public sector may not always have great access to funding, but it does have land.
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Byng’s blueprint
In his first interview since being made the RICS’ construction faculty chairman, Michael Byng talks to Phil Clark about his ambition to win back the hearts and minds of QSs
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Archive TitlesHalf the size but BBC offices are best of the best
The BBC came out on top at this week’s annual British Council for Offices Awards.
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Levett & Bailey seeks ties
Levett & Bailey, the Far East QS firm that broke its ties with Gardiner & Theobald this summer, is considering a European tie up with independent UK firm Rider Hunt
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Construction bounces back in third quarter, RICS survey finds
Despite regional differences, rate cut and Olympics is boosting confidence among surveyors
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Archive TitlesDBK Back recruitment spree continues as new work rolls in
Following MBO, bosses bring in new blood to work on schemes in London and Birmingham
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Archive TitlesLooks aren’t everything
In response to your article on the shortage of QSs (‘Wanted - 4,000 more QSs for extra housing plans’, QS News, 16 September), Capita Resourcing has been recruiting in this market for a number of years and we have noticed a worrying trend relating to an ever-decreasing number of graduates ...
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Going it alone for gold
The break-up of the global alliance struck between Gardiner & Theobald, Levett & Bailey and Rider Hunt nearly a decade ago is a salutary tale for our expansionist times.
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Archive TitlesAll to play for
Can you remember the fine detail of Charles Kennedy’s speech in Blackpool, Tony Blair’s speech in Brighton or even Michael Howard’s last week?
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Archive TitlesThe final account Construction’s last word on rail, rock and jilted fathers
The future of advertising MDA Consulting certainly knows when to time an event to maximise excitement for a gathering of the industry’s great and good.
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What to do about the car
Everyone knows that urban regeneration projects cannot rely on unfettered car usage. Yet the various ploys to get people to use other modes of transport have had mixed results to date. Peter Brett Associates says it’s time we stopped trying to force people to abandon the car and turned to ...
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Archive TitlesWhy are we waiting?
A not-very-funny thing happened on the way to the site – you wasted £3bn. That’s the amount poor logistics costs construction every year. Rod Sweet asks: what can be done about it?
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Archive TitlesThe White stuff
Bob White, one of the industry’s most ardent reformers, has landed his dream job at Constructing excellence. He told Olufunmi Majekodunmi what he plans to do with it
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Storm warning
As hurricanes caused panic, death, misery and damage along the Gulf Coast of the USA last month, there was an eerie sense that times really were changing.
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Sustainability review
The Sustainability Forum, in partnership with Constructing Excellence is to submit recommendations to the DTI in its review of the Strategy for Sustainable Construction.
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Archive TitlesRoad-testing for regulation
Looking around the industry and listening to what is being said about future regulation – not least in the pages of Security Management Today (‘When is a consultant not a consultant?’, SMT, September 2005, pp23-24) – is it timely to ask the question: ‘Should regulation of private investigators and consultants ...
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Archive TitlesRainbow in the reactor!
Special zoom lenses supplied by Rainbow CCTV are being deployed as part of the surveillance system at Oldbury Nuclear Power Station
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Unanswered questions
Once again, the government is tinkering with the industry’s tax regime – but this time it says it means it. So what will change, and how will we cope? Ceri Durham finds out