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CommentDon't kid yourself
Our Top 250 consultants league table shows the harsh realities gripping the construction sector, and there鈥檚 no sign of improvement yet
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FeaturesInterview with WSP's Paul Dollin: Cheer leader
Paul Dollin, WSP鈥檚 enthusiastic new UK boss, has no intention of 鈥檞aking up American鈥�. So the former Atkins man intends to grow the UK business by pushing even harder into infrastructure, particularly rail and nuclear. Just don鈥檛 expect to see any more Shards going up
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精东影视Top 250: consultants on wafer-thin margins
More than one in 10 consultants are surviving on margins of less than 3%, according to 精东影视鈥檚 2010 survey of the top 250 consultants
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FeaturesTop 250 Consultants 2010: The Hungry Years
The year鈥檚 tables of the UK biggest consultants show that many of them have too many mouths to feed, which means they will face painful choices in the next 12 months. Roxane McMeeken looks at how they got into this position. To accompany the tables, which are will , we ...
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精东影视Atkins completes PBSJ acquisition
Consultant buys US business with 3,500 staff and 拢518m turnover
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精东影视UK construction grows but orders slow
CIPS survey shows growth for September but confidence at lowest since March 2009
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FeaturesThe master strategy: Can a QS be a management consultants
Davis Langdon wants to compete with McKinsey. But can it really find a place at the top table of global management consultancies? And will the rest of the quantity surveying industry follow it
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精东影视WYG runs the rule over acquisitions in SE Asia
Engineer looks at deals in emerging markets as part of six-year recovery plan
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FeaturesMarket overview: waste and water sectors
With regulation driving investment and resource efficiency in the waste and water sectors, Matthew Hicks and Andrew Wheeler of Davis Langdon examine how the UK鈥檚 obligations are going to be met, and what the opportunities are for consultants and contractors
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CommentNot with a bang but a whimper
We鈥檙e fighting our corner with all the eloquence and ferocity of a strangled budgie, and as yet more thousands are laid off, no one is there to so much as protest at our fate, says Richard Steer
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精东影视Davis Langdon aims to become 鈥榯he next McKinsey鈥�
QS to move into high-level management consultancy to offset lack of new construction work
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精东影视QS salaries fall by up to 8%
Salaries for construction professionals have fallen across the board with site agents suffering drops of 14% over the last year
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精东影视ChandlerKBS consultant on South Wales road scheme
Consultant provides cost advice on Church Village Bypass now open to public following 20 years of campaigning
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精东影视RICS launches specialist Online Academy
Virtual learning environment designed to make surveyor training more accessible
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FeaturesSpecialist costs: Off-site manufacture
Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon takes a look at how that sector can add greater value
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FeaturesCrouching tiger: Buying a business in China
Tempted to get a foothold in China by buying a business there? It鈥檚 a strategy that can pay dividends, but is strewn with hidden dangers
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Secret ballot of secret board elects David Bucknall RICS chair
David Bucknall, chairman of Rider Levett Bucknall, is also to chair the QS professional group in the RICS.He was elected by secret electronic ballot last Friday. The electorate was a board of 20 appointed by the RICS in July, whose identities are not yet known - even to each other.What ...
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FeaturesBack for seconds: David Nurser
David Nurser has a voracious appetite for risk-taking. First he set up the surveying firm CNP in a recession. And now he鈥檚 a year into his second venture, Paragon (more great timing)
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精东影视EC Harris bags consultancy role on 拢16bn Abu Dhabi transport plan
Consultant to advise city authorities on 20-year masterplan
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精东影视Surveyors increasingly pessimistic over house prices
RICS survey suggests more housing gloom to come as market stagnates and prices drop.