All articles by Olivia Boyd – Page 21
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NewsUK and China forge green design partnership
Arup and Thames Gateway Institute sign up with Tongji University in environmental technologies initiative
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NewsKohn Pederson Fox designs first Malaysian project
US architect will work with Singaporean engineering consultant Web Structures on 30-storey tower
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NewsUrban Initiatives to masterplan 18ha regeneration in Kensington
Notting Barns South scheme is part of wider regeneration of poorer parts of the wealthy London borough
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NewsReport calls for new nuclear plants in Scotland
Salmond's preference for coal and renewables could lead to energy shortfall, warns Holyrood committee
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NewsCommercial property values plunge 26% in a year
IPD figures show 2008 registered the biggest ever recorded fall in values of UK commercial property
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NewsAnger as transport network crumbles under snow
Tories demand explanation for failure of UK transport infrastructure to cope with severe weather despite warnings
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NewsIndustry snubs RICS’ electronic tendering service
Institution ‘baffled’ after online bidding system is used by only 50 projects in 15 months
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NewsGleeds cuts pay 12.5% – but partners still draw profits
Consultant takes action ‘to prevent office closures and job cuts’, as Mace reviews all staff positions
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NewsEnergy firms given two months to nominate nuclear sites
Government criteria suggests that only existing sites will be used for new stations
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NewsAreva seeks suppliers for UK nuclear programme
Website aims to locate UK plant and engineering firms for nuclear alliance with Balfour Beatty
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NewsCaterpillar axes 20,000 jobs as profit slumps
Plant giant also plans factory closures as profit falls 32% despite record sales
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NewsBAA picks Balfour Beatty for Heathrow East contract
Contractor will provide advice and construction services on Eastern Campus Development Programme
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NewsCorus cuts 2,500 UK steel industry jobs
South Wales plant will be mothballed as company restructures in face of downturn
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NewsChinese property prices start to fall
First price falls since 2005 revealed as economic growth slows to lowest rate for seven years
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FeaturesSmall town China - QSs wanted
Its growth may have slowed from breakneck to merely spectacular, and some projects in the big cities look wobbly, but there’s still plenty of work in the people’s republic (especially for QSs). It’s just that you have to go to one-horse towns to find it – like Wuhan here, which ...
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NewsBuro Happold and Faber Maunsell plan swingeing job cuts
Crisis worsens in civil engineering sector, while SMEs express doubts over latest bank bail out
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Atkins tackles northern ‘fat towns'
Atkins has been drafted in by health officials in north-east England to tackle obesity caused by “traffic controller-designed” housing estates
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NewsRICS sets up fee transparency taskforce
Working group chaired by president will spend a year investigating the declaration of fees and commissions
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Danish engineering visionary Borge Ramboll dies
Founder of Nordic giant Ramboll, owner of Whitbybird, mourned as a 'friend of engineering'
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News£320m Scots road upgrade will create 500 jobs
Work starts on upgrading to motorway of 18km section of the A80 between Glasgow and Stirling