Consultants Focus
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FeaturesStanding your ground: Mott MacDonald鈥檚 Cathy Travers on her plans for the engineering giant
Cathy Travers has risen to become global MD of the largest engineering firm in the UK. She discusses her optimism about growth, infrastructure strategy and improving inclusivity
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FeaturesA decade of Alinea: from birth to buyout
In the week T&T bought out Alinea, here is a compilation of key milestones in the cost consultant鈥檚 short but eventful life
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FeaturesWhy Alinea turned its back on independence and signed up with T&T
Set up a decade ago, the poster firm for start-up QSs in London decides reputation alone cannot make up for lack of heft
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FeaturesTop 150 Consultants 2022: with the economic heat rising, will things halt again?
This year鈥檚 Top 150 Consultants data shows activity has picked up after the pandemic -but is the industry coming out of the frying pan into the fire?
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FeaturesTop 150 Consultants 2022: where do firms stand on the big issues?
The biggest consultants in the UK on the impact of the war in Ukraine, Brexit, recruitment and building safety聽
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Features鈥榃e鈥檙e trained as cost consultants to reduce cost 鈥� why not do the same with carbon?鈥�
Turner & Townsend鈥檚 new embodied carbon calculator aims to put carbon mitigation into the hands of the cost manager
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FeaturesIn business with Beard鈥檚 Mike Hedges: 鈥楾here are opportunities out there鈥�
The director of the regional contractor talks about the advantages of not growing too big and how, even in turbulent times, there are grounds for optimism about聽the聽future
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FeaturesIn business with Frank Elkins: on guard at Travis Perkins
The boss of the UK鈥檚 biggest builders merchants tells Dave Rogers what soaring inflation and the squeeze on household budgets mean for his business
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FeaturesIn business with Exigere: Work is only hard when you鈥檙e not enjoying it
Founding partner Dan Fryer tells Dave Rogers about the challenges and opportunities of life as a QS in today鈥檚 turbulent market
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FeaturesFive things you should know about the RICS鈥� external reviewer
Michael Bichard was once tipped as a cabinet secretary and has a reputation for shaking things up. What does his appointment mean for the RICS?
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FeaturesIt鈥檚 takeover time in the UK consultancy market
The appetite of US giants for venerable UK brands shows no sign of abating. So who is next?
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FeaturesA good match? How T&T and CBRE compare
Following the announcement that T&T is selling a 60% stake to US giant CBRE, we measure up the two firms to see how good a fit they are
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FeaturesThe deal with CBRE has been lauded as a triumph but the difficult questions now start for T&T
Keeping staff happy and maintaining autonomy at listed US giant are the key challenges facing consultant鈥檚 UK bosses
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FeaturesIn Business: Alinea warns of aggressive bids in a slowing commercial market
Cost consultant鈥檚 Mark Lacey says contractors looking to replenish covid-hit order books are cutting prices
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FeaturesWe fought a shark鈥� and won: Rider Levett Bucknall talks to 黑洞社区
Sixteen years ago, venture capitalists tried to pick RLB clean.聽Dave Rogers聽asks three of its top team how it survived 鈥� and thrived
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FeaturesGoing it alone
Britain鈥檚 QS sector has changed dramatically, with the foreign takeover of big-name firms聽prompting entrepreneurial types to start up on their own.聽Have these challenger firms become the new establishment?
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FeaturesLondon drops down T&T's global costs league
Latest global markets report from Turner Towsend sees New York topple Zurich as the most expensive for property development
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FeaturesDrones: Something in the air
Put it this way: would you rather inspect the slipform of a tall tower by dangling off the 45th storey or by sending up a drone to do the job?
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FeaturesConsultants' salary survey 2017: The bold and the bountiful
Strong hiring intentions and employee caution post the Brexit vote mean those prepared to move jobs could be richly rewarded - as may firms prepared to be aggressive in sourcing new hires
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FeaturesTop 150 consultants 2016
Consultants grew their UK staff by 5% overall during the past year, but where was the biggest growth and are cuts on their way as the post-Brexit fall-out makes itself felt?