All QS articles – Page 84
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India White Paper available now
Indepth report offers guide to opportunities in a country with a booming construction industry
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Features
Mott Macdonald's Keith Howells: 'It's a bit like star wars'
How should the UK’s largest independent consultant respond to the ‘evil Empire’ of consolidated corporations taking over the market? Mott MacDonald chairman Keith Howells tells ɫTV about the company’s plans to strike back. Tom Campbell photography
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Cost model: Standardised schools
As the James Review made clear, the future of schoolbuilding lies with low-cost standard solutions, much as it did in the fifties. Darren Talbot and Stuart Francis of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, offer an overview of this burgeoning market and consider the costs
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Comment
Where should the government spend to drive growth?
With the Budget just six weeks away, the chancellor must ensure that what money he has to invest will lead to growth - and not in 20 years’ time either
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Consultants will get less work on government major projects
Consultants have been in a “very green paddock for a long while”, says government’s major projects supremo
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Opportunities for UK in Asian 'smart cities'
UKTI cites ‘immediate and sustainable’ opportunities for UK construction in rapidly growing cities in Asia
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Whitehall cuts construction costs by up to 7%
Data shows government making progress towards efficiency targets for the first time
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CH2M Hill wins £5bn Qatar World Cup
UK firms Mace, Arup and T&T thought to be among those to lose out
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Man at centre of RICS probe lands job at rival
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators employs Wajid Khan, who RICS accuses of ‘inappropriate behaviour’
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Osborne's infrastructure push 'will fail' surveyors predict
RICS survey casts doubt on plan to boost institutional investment in infrastructure
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Majority of government's biggest projects 'over time and budget'
Major projects supremo admits that less than half of the government’s biggest projects are being delivered ‘effectively’
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BIM adoption rocketing, survey finds
NBS industry survey shows almost a third of professionals now using BIM
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Comment
Legal issues with electronic documents
Lawyers are increasingly dealing with electronic documents. But for this data to have any authority, it needs to be carefully stored and managed
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Comment
We can deliver cost-effective schools while keeping BREEAM
The subtext to the debate over scrapping the BREEAM standard for school buildings is that it costs too much, but, says Sean Lockie, that ignores our ability to deliver schools efficiently
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Arcadis chief executive steps down
Leader of EC Harris deal Harrie Noy to depart after 37 years at the firm
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Market forecast: That sinking feeling
Construction output looks set to fall by 5% in 2012 as new work dries up and the UK, like the rest of Europe, slips back into recession. Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon, an AECOM company, reports
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Sweett Group completes rebrand and continues to diversify
Chief executive says firm will continue to target new markets and sectors
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RICS fee rise sparks social media backlash
Members took to LinkedIn, Twitter and ɫTV’s website to complain about increased RICS fees and Sean Tompkin’s £98,700 bonus
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DL appoints new Europe boss
Steve Waltho will replace John Hicks following an internal restructure