All Careers articles – Page 80
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Top 250 Consultants 2008: How to survive the downturn
You don’t have to be Charles Darwin to know that survival is about adapting to your circumstances better than your rivals. Roxane McMeeken looks at how firms have changed their strategies since our last consultants survey, when the market was booming
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Capita Symonds hires director of engineering and technology
Consultant also appoints new senior acoustic consultant
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EC Harris appoints new partner
New recruit leads communities and local government sector in the Midlands
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Cluttons appoints head of project and building consultancy
Consultant also promotes current head to managing partner and appoints new head of cost and management
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McBains Cooper introduces new service division
Project assessment and recovery service is in response to the credit crunch
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McAllister to bow out as chair of Network Rail
Sir Ian intends to hand over reins as 'company enters a new phase'
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Structural engineers name new chief exec
Martin Powell moves over from Concrete Society to replace Keith Eaton at Institution of Structural Engineers
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Dragon's Den: Paul Tinton's building-waste disposal business
At just 28, Paul Tinton braved the heat of the BBC’s Dragons’ Den and came out with a useful £200,000 to invest in his building-waste disposal business.
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Rising demand for 'green collar' workers puts pressure on domestic skills market
Royal Haskoning warns growing eco-consciousness reveals skills gap that will hit construction industries
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Credit crunch: reasons to be fearful
The crisis in the world’s financial system has left the construction industry facing its toughest challenges for a generation: salaries are falling, job cuts are predicted to reach 35,000 in the next two years in housebuilding alone, and all of a sudden nobody is talking about sustainability or partnering. Here, ...
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RIBA moves into Hong Kong, Singapore and the Gulf
Architects’ body to set up three new chapters over the next year after rise in expat membership
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Okay, so there’s a downturn, but it’s never a bad time to bolt on a few extra skills …
Despite the cloud hanging over the industry, students are continuing to pile into construction-related postgraduate courses. And, as Debika Ray discovers, it may not be as mad as it sounds
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Skanska UK names three new vice-presidents
Bill Hocking, Harvey Francis and Roger Bayliss to take leading roles on management team
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Barratt director heads for Northern Rock
Non-executive director at housebuilder takes up new role at bank
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UAE puts up £7.34bn to avoid property crash
Gulf state follows in footsteps of US and Europe in setting up emergency lending facility
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A game of musical jobs
This year’s Hays/ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Salary Guide shows that more and more candidates are chasing ever fewer vacancies, and we all know what the law of supply and demand says about that … Debika Ray reports
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New chair at RICS QS and construction faculty
Rider Hunt chair Michael Sullivan replaces Michael Byng at the RICS
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BDP hires new sustainability chief
Arup's Richard Buckingham joins international consultant in cross-sector role
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Double your winnings at 2008 Poker Kings
A winning hand can also be a helping hand at ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV's second charity poker tournament at the Grosvenor Hotel next month
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Dubai construction inflation hits 16% in nine months
Construction prices in Dubai have risen 15.8% in nine months, thanks to soaring materials costs and competition for suppliers.