All QS articles – Page 94
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NewsF+G is project manager on Renzo Piano’s Athens project
Consultant and British Embassy celebrate start of project and highlight construction opportunities in Greece
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NewsCapita consultant on Cumbrian Roman visitor centre
Firm is lead consultant and architect on the £10.7m Roman Maryport Development
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NewsRICS outline guide to accelerating construction
Report provides advice on how projects can be delivered ahead of schedule
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FeaturesCost model: Global manufacturing
With manufacturing in many countries showing strong signs of recovery, the development of new manufacturing facilities is required to keep pace with contemporary process and technologies, say Mike Wilcock and Miles Jenkins of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company
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CommentWe’re not a bunch of incompetents
UK managers have been in the firing line of late, but the Olympics will be a great opportunity to show off our skills - and building information modelling could help us do that
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FeaturesRise of the machines: BIM and QSs
With building information modelling now carrying out many traditional QS functions, are quantity surveyors and their slide rules about to meet a sticky end? Or can man and machine live (and work) happily alongside each other?
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NewsBIM project to show savings
A commercial building will be developed using BIM from start to finish, with the hope of showing how 50% savings can be made
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NewsEC Harris in merger talks ahead of flotation
Chief executive confirms company has held talks with ’a number’ of firms amid pressure to expand
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NewsRLF plans to expand in the Med and Africa
Consultant will grow its business from its Malta base in the Mediterranean and Africa
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CommentWe’ve done it all before
Paul Morrell’s construction strategy? Looks familiar to our QS blogger
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EC Harris hires new sustainability head
Nick Hayes joins from BRE to expand consultant’s green work
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NewsRider Levett Bucknall scoops £5bn Saudi Arabian job
Cost consultant’s initial three-year deal is latest for its business in the country
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NewsTop firms nab 23% more work in May
Public sector boosts contractors’ workload, but performance is still worse than same period last year
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FeaturesInternational salary survey 2011: Expect the exodus
With growth in the UK still sluggish and the Middle East showing no sign of revival, it’s the dominions - New Zealand, Australia and Canada - that offer the best overseas opportunities, as this year’s Hays Salary Survey shows
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NewsGleeds completes work on Southampton maritime academy
Consultant acted as QS, project manager and CDM co-ordinator for Southampton Solent University
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NewsHill wins Romanian water contract
Consultant to manage the rehabilitation of water and wastewater infrastructure systems
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NewsMouchel orders hit by takeover attempts
Highways contractor says it is facing “very challenging” market conditions
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FeaturesThe tracker: Slimming regime
Low tender enquiries have put pressure on construction firms and many are looking to cut their headcount. However, Experian Marketing Information Services reveals that bad weather, constraints on activity and finance were less of an issue this month