All QS articles – Page 46
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Features
Interview: Steve Morriss
The £2.3bn merger of US engineering giant Aecom with rival URS made it the UK’s second largest consultant. But where does it go from here and what does the merger mean for the UK? To find out, ɫTV talked to Aecom’s EMEA boss Steve Morriss
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Lack of female engineers a 'national embarrassment', says Miliband
Labour leader takes to Facebook to pledge to train more engineers
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ɫTV
Arcadis to make NY subway 'hurricane-proof'
Consultant appointed on major £17m contract to make New York submay flood proof
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ɫTV
Shard’s Sellar seeks design team for £600m job
Developer looking for people to work on £600m Paddington site development
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ɫTV
Young surveying talent celebrated in RICS awards
Faithful + Gould surveyor Aislinn Wood named overall young surveyor of the year
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Comment
Landlords - the new pariahs
The private rented sector gets a bad press, but it’s time to shine a little light into the darkness
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ɫTV
Broadway Malyan spin off posts £2m revenue in first year
Nexus Planning sets target to double turnover by 2017
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Mott MacDonald scoops NHS London frameworks
Consultancy secures right to bid for building services and advisory roles on projects in the capital
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Comment
Refurbishing Bush House
It’s a privilege to work on historically sensitive refurbishments and it takes the very best talent in our industry to do it well
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ɫTV
CH2M Hill set for £79m loss
Consultant discloses losses on four problem jobs as part of ongoing investigation into “accounting errors”
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ɫTV
Atkins' pre-tax profit falls 29%
Firm also reports fall in revenue that is mostly driven by disposals
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Comment
The price is not right
Despite the upturn, consultants are still making unrealistic, low-margin bids on new work. This must be reined in if the market is to truly gain strength
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ɫTV
Aecom hails ‘Europe strength’ in strong full-year results
Aecom’s consultancy division in Europe grows, offsetting weaker performance in the Americas
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Sweett 'not co-operating' with Serious Fraud Office investigation
SFO tells consultant it is not cooperating, while Sweett continues its own independent investigation into historic bribery allegations
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ɫTV
Consultants 'exasperated' after £750m framework scrapped
Bidders on UK SBS framework consider legal action to recoup their costs
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ɫTV
UK SBS cancels £750m public sector consultants framework
Decision taken following resolution of legal challenge by T T last month
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ɫTV
CH2M Hill to slash 100 UK jobs in global restructure
Exclusive: Engineer to axe jobs in UK buildings and urban programmes divisions while closing Edinburgh office
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CH2M Hill to take £53m hit on power station
Engineer’s Australian power station project running more than 30% over budget
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ɫTV
Sweett Group issues profit warning
Firm says challenging overseas markets will drag down its results for the year