All QS articles – Page 107
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Comment
What do consultants actually do?
Consultants need to explain in simple terms what they do to avoid being blamed for job losses and cut downs
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Comment
A point of interest
The question for the Court: Whether the interest provided for within an amended JCT Contract for the late payment of a debt was a ‘substantial remedy’ pursuant to the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998
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News
Construction to fall back into recession
Latest CPA forecast shows industry output will fall for the rest of 2010 and into 2011
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Mouchel shrugs off gloom
Consultant Mouchel has said the outlook for its UK business is improving and has appointed a finance director
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Capita thwarted in move to buy Cyril Sweett
Consultant hunts for alternatives as Sweett’s £5.4m Chinese deal wrecks takeover talks
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Aecom eyes top architects as expansion plans grow
US giant on the hunt for ’the biggest or near biggest architect’ to add to global portfolio
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Bouygues cuts 2400 jobs after 'brutal' recession in Europe
French contractor’s road business is particularly hard hit by European public spending cuts according to reports
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Anshen + Allen bought by Canadian consultant
Healthcare architect to team up with multi-disciplinary firm Stantec
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Quentin Shears: Can you erect a tent without pegs?
The cladding contractor hit her brother with a tent pole. ’Children! You can’t fight. This is an NEC contract!’
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News
Colchester to sue T&T over Viñoly scheme
Colchester council hopes to recover “substantial funds” from Turner & Townsend over its role in the town’s disastrous Rafael Viñoly-designed art gallery
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Asian arm of Davis Langdon 'strong enough to go it alone'
Davis Langdon & Seah says it doesn’t need Aecom - but sources claim it had been eyeing a deal
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Features
RICS recession survey: The sum of all our fears
Well, the surveyors are worried, anyway. After a year of increasing optimism, they now predict more redundancies, less work and greater pressure on margins. So is construction heading for a double-dip recession
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News
Capita Symonds sponsors Bristol Rugby
Sponsorship sees Capita branding on team’s home and away shirt
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Capita Symonds opens new York office
Consultant announces its ambitions to expand in North Yorkshire
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John Rowan posts £6.79m rise in turnover
SME consultant warns many contracts were reliant on threatened public sector spending
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CSTT receives grant for 30 trainees
Government grant to help under-privileged youngsters enter construction
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Decreasing workloads will lead to more job losses, says RICS
Impending public spending cuts and economic uncertainty hit construction
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WSP expands Vietnamese office
Environmental building services arm WSP Lincolne Scott joins consultant’s office in Ho Chi Minh
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Cyril Sweett postpones bonus scheme as targets are missed
Cyril Sweett dropped plans to reintroduce an executive bonus scheme in 2010 after bosses failed to meet profit-related performance targets
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Top QSs fear drop in Aecom work after DL takeover
EC Harris, Cyril Sweett, T&T and G&T seek reassurances that they will not be frozen out of work