All QS articles – Page 61
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CommentThe importance of cost in design
Whole life costs are increasingly important drivers for clients expecting maximum return on good design
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NewsAecom's commercial team in new shake-up
Will MacDonald joins from Inhabit Group, while Paul Nash departs for Turner Townsend
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NewsSweett lands £200m Manchester engineering campus
Consultant will join Buro Four on Mancheter University’s largest ever project
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NewsG&T profit up for first time in four years
Consultant boosted by overseas growth but shrinks 9% in the UK
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NewsRICS launches specialist qualification for infrastructure skills
RICS Built Infrastructure Pathway will certify surveyors’ competency in skills including project and cost management, project finance, and BIM
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CommentLife in the labour camps
The working conditions in Qatar are becoming clearer as time goes on. Companies need to use their influence to improve standards
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NewsFormer DL partners to build ‘humane’ Qatar worker homes
Exclusive: Firm says housing will provide ‘dignified’ conditions as scrutiny grows on World Cup labour practices
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NewsWaterman increases engineering staff by 5%
Continued growth in the UK drives expansion for engineering and environmental consultant
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NewsAtkins buys US nuclear consultant
Global consultant says the acquisition is part of a strategy to become a world leading energy consultant
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FeaturesCan the government's consultant framework defy the critics?
A government framework worth £750m to construction consultants was finally re-tendered at the end of October - 10 months late. Can it be taken seriously after such a delay?
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NewsAecom poaches EFA design chief for global education role
Mairi Johnson leaves role at Education Funding Agency to head firm’s education consultancy
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NewsRLB bags £120m Barbados beach scheme
Firm appointed project manager and QS on residnetial complex
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NewsAecom back in the black
Aecom returns to a full-year profit and reports “solid growth” in Europe
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NewsGovernment finally issues £750m consultants tender
Up to 31 firms could win places on repeatedly delayed framework
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CommentLet's seize the opportunities in Saudi Arabia
Infrastructure investment programmes for existing and new cities are on a different scale in the Kingdom
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NewsAecom launches programme management consulting arm
New business to be led by former Turner Townsend infrastructure director Paul Dyson
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CommentHS2: A compelling argument
Let’s stop the political bickering and get this project on the rails
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NewsRegional commercial property values return to growth
Value of offices, shops and warehouses outside London rose 0.8% in Q3
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CommentConsultants: start incentivising your staff
Smart companies (and 3-year-olds) understand the power of a tempting reward
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CommentLessons from Kabul
Not everyone necessarily wants us to do things for them, despite belief to the contrary – they want us to enable them to do things for themselves