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FeaturesInterview: Philip Youell, EC Harris
EC Harris tied the knot with Arcadis a year ago and since then its chief executive has used their combined strength to win work worth 拢40m. Philip Youell tells Iain Withers the secrets to a successful takeover and where he intends to pitch for work in the future
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FeaturesSean Tompkins: Chartering new territory
With the RICS鈥� overseas membership up to 35,000, chief executive Sean Tompkins isn鈥檛 about to be blown off course by parochial critics back home
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FeaturesConsultants in the regions: Two-speed Britain
Can consultants afford to keep their regional offices open?
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FeaturesTop 200 Consultants in 2012: Don't look now
There is little movement in this year鈥檚 Top 200 Consultants league tables, but don鈥檛 take that to mean the outlook is calm for the sector. On the contrary, the predictions are for more mergers, falling incomes and ever tighter margins
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FeaturesAnn Bentley: Stepping up
It would be understandable if Rider Levett Bucknall UK鈥檚 new chair felt intimidated by her predecessor鈥檚 legacy. But,as 黑洞社区 reports, Ann Bentley is ready to fill the role in her own way
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FeaturesThe missing apprentices
Why are there fewer apprentices in construction despite increased government spending on apprenticeships? 黑洞社区 investigates
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FeaturesCost of the Olympics: Was it worth it?
Everyone鈥檚 agreed that the Olympic park was hugely successful. But with questions raised over the cost of procuring the Games, is this a model other public sector projects should follow?
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FeaturesScots on the rocks: Construction in Scotland
Construction activity north of the border is expected to fall 7% this year, but does the Scottish government have better plans than Westminster for digging itself out of trouble?
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FeaturesBIM: The inside story one year on
黑洞社区 caught up with the team on the Manchester library refurb project to see if BIM was everything they hoped it would be
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FeaturesShould we work all hours?
Ray O鈥橰ourke has said a 35-hour week would make the industry more attractive to recruits. How realistic is a shorter working week is - and does anyone really want it?
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FeaturesOlympic marketing rights: Time鈥檚 running out
Is it too late for UK construction to benefit from the Olympics?
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FeaturesHyder power: Graham Reid
Graham Reid, Hyder鈥檚 UK managing director, explains how the firm has found itself with 500 vacancies to fill
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FeaturesCostly legal disputes: Everyone's a loser
The amount spent on legal disputes has jumped by a third in the UK over the past year. Why are construction firms still so keen to spend on litigation?
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FeaturesPension problems: Don't look now
Construction firms鈥� final salary pension liabilities of 拢33bn are set to attack their balance sheets, stop investment and hold back growth for years to come. Yet far from confronting the problem, many are simply ignoring it and hoping it will go away. Will Hurst reports
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FeaturesMy working day: Faithful+Gould consultant Alison Wring
The head of the Cambridge office spends her working day visiting clients all over East Anglia and London
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FeaturesThe state of play 02: Consultancy
In the second of our sector-by-sector reports, Ian Withers looks at the strategies consultants are adopting to meet the challenges of uncertain times
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FeaturesWhat's next for consultants?
Find out what five consultancy chief execs think the future holds for quantity surveyors and engineers
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FeaturesBIM: Nine experts on what they've learnt
To mark this week鈥檚 BIM Live event, nine experts tell Emily Wright what they have learnt over the past 12 months
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FeaturesHays International Salary Survey 2012: Rich in oil
Engineers, QSs and contractors can expect huge pay rises of up to 拢100k in the gas, oil and mineral mining sectors of the southern hemisphere and Canada. Emily Wright reports on the the multibillion-pound sectors fuelling construction as Hays International Salary Survey drills down into the data.
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Spring hasn鈥檛 sprung
Fears over the eurozone crisis may be subsiding, but construction is still in for a miserable year, with 拢5.4bn less work than 2011