All QS articles – Page 125
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Davis Langdon to take plunge in Saudi Arabia
Davis Langdon is to open an office in Saudi Arabia to boost market share in the country
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News'Revolutionary' QS James Nisbet dies, aged 89
Industry figures gathered in Leatherhead, Surrey, on Monday for the funeral of James Nisbet, the “revolutionary” quantity surveyor who invented cost planning
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NewsShock as Cyril Sweett and Gleeds miss £800m deal
Top QSs refuse to rule out appealing OGC decision to leave them off project management framework
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NewsBouygyes UK fined £18,000 after carpenter's 5m fall
HSE slates contractor's 'poorly supervised and inadequately trained system of harnessing'
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NewsFirms named for £800m government project management framework
Mace, Capita Symonds, Faithful + Gould, Mott MacDonald and Rider Levett Bucknall are among those picked but Gleeds and Cyril Sweett excluded
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NewsJames Nisbet dies aged 89
Founder of James Nisbet & Partners developed the elemental cost plan as a QS
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CommentThinking caps: Employer's agents
When a QS acts as contract administrator, certifier, project manager and employer’s agent, it all ends up like a game of pass the hat. But some principles always apply
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NewsCapita scoops £3m Crossrail job
Capita Symonds has won a £3m contract to design the tunnel entrance for Crossrail where it goes underground in the Royal Oak area of west London.
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NewsCapita appointed on giant wheel scheme
Firm will provide health and safety consultancy for Great City Attractions
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ChandlerKBS project manager on Belfast Airport
Consultant is cost and project manage on £10m internal refurbishment scheme
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NewsConstruction workloads falling more slowly, reports RICS
Surveyors report housing workloads falling fastest, but overall rate of decline is slowing
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CommentContractors vs consultants: Rising claims
A contractor on a design-and-build job that gets duff advice and loses money may be tempted to sue whoever gave it that advice. Well, that’s easier said than done
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News'Massively overstretched' banks stall WYG rescue bid
Consulting engineer forced to wait to cut rescue deal with three lenders, as it slashes 300 more jobs
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NewsFormer CNP bosses fight to take over assets
Malcolm Hollis battles with former directors of collapsed consultant
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NewsTurner & Townsend axes 90 jobs in UK
Consultant cuts jobs this week following months of resisting redundancies
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NewsLatest QS appointments - 22 May 2009
F+G promotes two directors and FTI Brewer appoints two in the Middle East
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NewsCapita starts work on £2.6m landmark Welsh bridge
Consultant is designer and project manager on Pont Calzaghe Bridge in Newbridge
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NewsChandlerKBS moves Düsseldorf office
Firm is asset and property manager for the mixed use building
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NewsBouygues and Costain vie for nuclear work
Construction firms compete as EDF starts prequalification for two civils packages