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FeaturesIP fraud: Could you spot the fake?
China has a reputation for counterfeit goods but now its most inventive fraudsters have a new target - consultants鈥� intellectual property
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NewsEC Harris to help set up Toby Young鈥檚 school
EC Harris has won contracts to work on three of the government鈥檚 flagship free schools
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FeaturesSustainability Awards 2010: The winners and runners up
Who are the clients, contractors, designers and manufacturers leading the way in boosting green construction? Well, many of them are right here. Here we list the winners and runners-up in this year鈥檚 Sustainability Awards
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NewsCapita Symonds: we鈥檒l be No 1 in property management
Consultant will overtake CBRE and Jones Lang LaSalle in UK property management turnover
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EC Harris appoints new head of commercial property
Former Davis Langdon consultant is an expert in shopping centre and office development and retail investment programmes
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Two more senior figures walk out on Davis Langdon
A further two senior staff members have left Davis Langdon in the latest round of high-profile departures since the QS was bought by US engineering giant Aecom.
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NewsCapita and DTZ sign up for free schools programme
Consultants join law firm Dickinson Dees in taking roles on first wave of controversial scheme
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NewsAtkins revenue hit by delays in rail contracts
Profit falls by 10% as half-year results reveal 16% drop in turnover in rail sector
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NewsDavis Langdon director Richard Baldwin joins Derwent
Baldwin will start as Derwent鈥檚 head of development in January 2011
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Hill consultant on Berlin skyscraper
Consultant will help manage construction of Zoofenster skyscraper
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NewsHill acquires US firm TCM
Acquisition strengthens consultant鈥檚 infrastructure practice in the region
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NewsEducation Now: second day
Look out for our free online event for construction professionals working in education this Wednesday and Thursday
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CommentWhat鈥檚 going on?
The 鈥檙esurgence in construction activity鈥� is proving difficult to detect in the real world. And even if growth does take off, it鈥檒l be a long time before we feel the benefit
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CommentQuentin Shears: Evolve or die!
For almost my entire career, we quantity surveyors have been told that we must evolve or die. This has never really bothered me, although I鈥檇 hate to think of the chain ending with me and Richard Steer.
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FeaturesCountry focus: France
Investors remain prudent, but France is weathering the economic storm pretty well - and offering opportunities that need to be acted on now. Patrick Leniston of EC Harris reports
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CommentAre contractors putting the squeeze on the supply chain?
In a disturbing trend subcontractors are being asked to reduce costs and even make upfront payments or risk being removed from main contractors鈥� supplier lists. Coercion or market reality?
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CommentBenefits of QS work placements
The young QS started life as a geography student, but a summer placement with a construction contractor changed his career direction