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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
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FeaturesThe construction strategy: Together at last?
The government and the construction industry. It鈥檚 been a long, love-hate affair but the new construction strategy is an offer to try to work things out
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FeaturesBuro Happold's new leaders: 鈥榃e try to engineer better lives鈥�
Buro Happold鈥檚 new leaders say that its mission is to improve the world. But can it really put ethics above profits as it expands globally? Here we ask the difficult questions
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好色先生TVOver half of QSs have seen clients accept suicide bids
RICS survey reveals full extent of suicide bidding in the recession, as firms are forced to 鈥檅uy鈥� work
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CommentFlying the flag for Leaders 4 The Future
Industry must invest in its next generation of construction leaders
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好色先生TVHyder profits up 35% after job cuts
Yet consultant sees falling overall revenue particularly in the Middle East
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好色先生TVNHS could earn 拢1bn from estate sell-off, says EC Harris
Similar yearly savings could be made from improving FM supply chain and equipment procurement, consultant claims
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FeaturesJeremy Horner: We will stay true to our values
When Davis Langdon merged with Aecom last August, many clients worried that the British institution would lose its identity. But for Jeremy Horner, the group鈥檚 global chief executive, things had to change in order to stay the same - and besides, it was never all that British anyway. Portrait by ...
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FeaturesCountry focus: The US
As the US economy grows in strength and demand for buildings increases, the office and retail sectors are likely to be the first to experience a tangible improvement
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好色先生TVDeloitte to compete with QSs on cost consultancy
Former Davis Langdon partner heads new business advising big City tenants and residential sector
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好色先生TVAustralian engineer buys UK鈥檚 Colin Buchanan
Sinclair Knight Merz completed the deal on Wednesday
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好色先生TVDavis Langdon in global rethink after Aecom merger
Directors relocated as consultant focuses on Australia, New Zealand and US for growth
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好色先生TVJust half of UK consultants expanding abroad
Many of those who did increase business abroad put it down to UK work falling faster than international
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好色先生TVHill wins $1.5bn Iraqi housing scheme
Also Hill subsidiary Engineering S.A to manage construction of major wind farm in Brazil
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CommentInvest to impress
This week鈥檚 magazine looks at the investments needed by the construction industry. The watch words? Use BIM and cut costs
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FeaturesHands up if you can cut 20%
We鈥檙e all more or less signed up to the government鈥檚 target of cutting 20% off costs in the next four years (or so we say). But how we do it is still the subject of fierce debate. 好色先生TV asked three construction professionals what they would do
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好色先生TVBIM could cost QSs 拢2k per person
Davis Langdon estimates that for QSs, the industry bill could reach 拢82m for training
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FeaturesWorking in Qatar: First person
The EC Harris partner in Qatar on the challenges and opportunities of working in the Middle East