All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 556
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Archive TitlesHow F+A fits in Mott MacDonald
Franklin + Andrews is now a division within MM’s management economic and consultancy unit, which has a turnover of £70m and 800 staff.
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Stand up and be counted
I assume that I am not the only QS in the country to becoming increasingly frustrated at the misinformation regarding the ‘cost per unit’ of social housing which is being published by the national press and repeated unchallenged by the so called ‘technical’ press?
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Archive TitlesGardiner & Theobald cools inflation fears over Olympic project costs
Much work is already committed and other projects ending shortly will free capacity
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Tube modernisation sees consultancy tender fest
Project managers and QSs are among those needed for a London Underground framework deal expected to last five years.
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Archive TitlesCost consciousness
Bringing costs under control on a leading edge architectural design, such as the new building for Queen Mary’s Hospital, presented a particularly difficult challenge, as Graham Ridout found out from the project team involved
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Social housing costs comparisons unfair
I read with interest the article ‘Social housing costs a quarter more than private built homes,’ (QS News, 15 July 2005).
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Keep the magazine coming
I have read with interest the correspondence on measurement, having spotted the flaw in the original quiz answer but not having time or being anorak enough to dig out the tables and calculate the correct answer (my schoolboy mnemonic from the 1950s is Old Harry Sold Antonio His COAT – ...
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Archive TitlesHotel for former motor racing circuit is go
Plans for a hotel at the former Brooklands motor racing circuit in Esher, Surrey, have been given the go-ahead by Elmbridge Borough Council. Glasgow-based QS CBA is working on the job alongside lead consultant Terence O’Rourke.
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Archive TitlesRoyal Festival Hall refurbishment runs into trouble as budget soars
South Bank scheme goes £20m over budget and delayed by months due to asbsestos and structural complexities
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Archive TitlesWT Partnership completes Brum mixed-use job
WT Partnership acted as QS and employer’s agent on a recently completed £8m mixed-use development in Birmingham.
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Archive TitlesThe birth pangs are over
Guy Leonard, boss of Franklin + Andrews is out to prove doubters of the firm’s merger with engineering group Mott MacDonald wrong. He talks Phil Clark through the origins of the deal, its integration, and his own leadership ambitions at the £500m turnover group
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Health trusts to foot PFI bill
The two NHS trusts behind the collapsed £1bn PFI hospital planned for Paddington are liable for £6.4m of the £13.8m costs spent on the botched plans
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Small can be beautiful
It’s easy to ignore the smaller or medium sized QS or builder when the industry is dominated by mega projects such as the current Wembley stadium and Terminal 5 development, as well as the upcoming mega-project that is the Olympics.
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Housing QSs fights back
QSs have hit back at figures that show that social housing costs are a quarter more than private ones, claiming the comparison is unfair
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Archive TitlesMBO to grow Augmentis
Robert Osborne, former CEO of Partnerships for Schools, has led a management buyout of Augmentis, a firm specialising in dispute resolution and commercial and procurement consultancy.
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To get a proper B of Q, ask a proper QS
The success of any electronic measurement system relies on a the same common factor as the traditional trained QS.
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Archive TitlesFranklin + Andrews boss calls for RICS restructure
Guy Leonard proposes plan to split body into interest groups to appeal across membership
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Archive TitlesQS firms and contractors line up for City Academy tenders
A new wave of prestigious City Academy schools is getting underway across the UK
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Crossrail cost set to soar by 60% to £16bn
The costs of public projects were under the spotlight this week, with questions raised over the budgets for schemes such as Crossrail, the Channel Tunnel Rail Link and the Stonehenge road tunnel.