All QS articles – Page 132
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NewsThe car in front is... a great way to find work in Dubai
Project manager who won fame by scrawling advert on Porsche gets a job – but his car gets impounded
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Features'Bomb disposal is very like risk management'
The Afghan desert is a long way from Cyril Sweett’s London office, but for Captain Louise Greenhalgh it’s just another day staying one step ahead of local hazards
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Capita appointed on new community sports facilities scheme
Consultant and S&P Architects appointed to a propose feasibility study for proposed Thames Gateway development
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NewsRICS E-tendering champion defends underused system
System was a 'bold' move to make electronic tendering free and available to all QSs
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NewsMoorfields Eye Hospital appoints advisor to £1.3m project
Manchester-based Property Tectonics will attempt to minimise disruption at London hospital
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NewsTender prices predicted to fall 10%
RICS report says tender price and construction output will full by about 10% over next two years
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NewsWYG reshuffles board again
David Wilton takes over as finance director from Bob Hartley, who becomes services director while remaining company secretary
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NewsQSs losing jobs faster than any other profession
Numbers from the profession joining dole queue quintupled from a year ago
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NewsRLB appointed on residential resort in St Lucia
Consultant is project manager on Jalousie Enclave luxury resort
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NewsMcBains Cooper wins £2m cricket pavilion job
Worcestershire cricket club's Graeme Hick Pavilion is scheduled to complete this year
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FeaturesMace's Stephen Pycroft: 'I don't do interviews'
Thirty years in construction, 16 at Mace – more than four of them as chief executive – but Stephen Pycroft has never given an interview… until now. Emily Wright talks to him about sale rumours and why he’s not sunning himself in the Bahamas
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NewsPycroft to step down as Mace boss in five years
Chief executive names trio of insiders in line to succeed him when he hands over the reigns
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NewsArcadis AYH becomes latest consultant to axe jobs
Arcadis AYH became the latest consultant to complete a redundancy consultation last week as the sector continued to make drastic cuts
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NewsBuilding Awards 2009 shortlist announced
The annual competition to win the construction industry's most prestigious and hotly-contested awards is on
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NewsNabarro to advise on 26ha Watford redevelopment
Grant Thornton and Drivers Jonas will also work on the scheme, which includes a £250m new hospital and 550 homes
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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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NewsBouygues UK signs £240m BSF schools contract
Programme for London's Tower Hamlets will transform 18 schools
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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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FeaturesWorking life: Life after redundancy
Kristina Smith meets three people who reinvented themselves after being made redundant (and found it far less painful than Martin Haake’s illustration would suggest)
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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