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FeaturesThe rise of the BIM consultant
With its clear government backing and success stories in the press, construction firms realise that BIM is a Very Important Thing. The question is, how to do it? Thomas Lane meets the new wave of BIM consultants who may have the answer
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FeaturesAre we experiencing the second great depression? Into the vortex
Reports out this week warn of five more years of economic decline, soaring unemployment and the threat of widespread social unrest. Could we be experiencing a second Great Depression? Building travels back in time to predict construction’s future
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CommentMy Digital Life: Erland Rendall
A forward thinker, it’s not just apps and tweeting that gets Erland’s digital buzz going
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CommentHansom: hitting the big time
The lure of celebrity proves too much to resist as industry members rub shoulders with Strictly contestants, reveal their own love of performing and start morphing into famous figures themselves
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NewsFIT cuts threaten 25,000 jobs
Plans announced this week to reduce feed-in-tarrif to 21p per kWh
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Construction appointments 4 November 2011
Almacantar, the HCA, Pick Everard, Ernst & Young and Robertson Group have all made appointments this week.
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FeaturesThe consultancy sector: Little and large
Consolidation is now the name of the consultancy sector game - except some clients still like a more individual touch. Joey Gardiner asks if uneasiness over the new giants is spawning small startups
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NewsArabtec posts five-fold surge in profit and targets work abroad
UAE’s largest builder made a net profit of £6.6m in the three months to 30 September
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NewsHopkins' profit falls by half
Velodrome architect saw turnover fall 41% over the year ending 31 March 2011
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NewsUnited AG latest subbie to go bust on Olympic village
Project has seen failure of several subbies with others in talks with Galliford Try over financial disputes
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NewsUK must invest more in R&D, says ICE boss
Coackley stresses importance of increasing research and development investment in first interview as ICE president
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NewsSir Robert McAlpine faces £530,000 claim by hospital
Claim is for damaged flooring; while McAlpine’s insurers subsequently claim against subbie NG Bailey
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CommentSafety in numbers
Nobody is safe from the acquiring arms of foreign firms (apart from architects), but is this the grisly end of UK independence or just small companies fighting for survival?
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CommentBuilding buys a pint ... At construction rocks
This year our industry experts let their hair down in Camden
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NEC3 and the global market: World domination
Although Tony Bingham and others criticise the NEC3 for its administrative burden, in the global construction market it has a vital role to play in good project management
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FeaturesThe Tom Bloxham interview
For 20 years, renowned regeneration company Urban Splash grew and grew. Then in 2008 the bottom fell out of the market and soon after the firm found itself on the ‘brink of collapse’. Its founder tells Emily Wright how it changed everything - and nothing
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Inbox: On balance
This week, readers weigh up the arguments for and against PFI, decide the Green Construction Board is missing an academic voice and urge the Scottish government to reconsider its capital budget cuts
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FeaturesCost model: Small projects
With low availability of space and pressure to reduce costs, more small projects are being built - especially with high demand for affordable housing, care homes and office fit-out. Peter Fordham, Simon Hughes and Paul Donlen of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, cost it up
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CommentThe big time
You’ve got to be in it to win it, but who is going to win this consultant sector battle?
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NewsSt Mary's University's new wave of sports facilities
Morgan Sindall has completed a £6m sports centre for St Mary’s University College in Twickenham, south-west London.