All QS articles – Page 79
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Comment
Way out west
WSP’s decision to submit to the charms of an overseas suitor is not surprising given the chief executive’s belief that the firm needed to grow fast
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Features
Pension problems: Don't look now
Construction firms’ final salary pension liabilities of £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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Costly 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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Atkins boss says global work will bolster UK business
David Tonkin says international projects will bolster the engineer’s UK arm which was only region to see revenue shrink last year
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Sweett Group unveils luxury Hong Kong store
Consultant unveils images of Shanghai Tang Mansion store
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Mouchel pushes up cost-cutting target to £21m
Consultant will restructure into two divisions and close 13 offices
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My 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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WSP bought by Canadian consultant Genivar
Directors of UK engineer agree to £278m take-over
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Revealed: Currie & Brown in administration at time of sale
Pre-pack deal for holding company allowed buyer Dar Group to avoid taking on £31m pension deficit
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WYG slips into operating loss
Consultant says it is ahead of schedule following huge 2011 restructuring
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F+G wins work on Kuwaiti infrastructure programme
Consultant to review and redesign project managment of multibillion dollar programme
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Capita Symonds unveils perspex ‘BIM school’
Consultant releases images of distinctive school in Blackburn
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Consultants named for £800m Co-Op scheme
Co-Op appoints consultants and developers for major Manchester development
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John Lewis to cut 30% from spending on consultants
Retail’s Mr Nice Guy embarks on rationalisation drive but moots £600m work pipeline
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Mouchel poaches BT director
Consultant appoints Craig Apsey to head business services division
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Gleeds named QS on Serpentine Gallery Pavilion
Consultant is also Silver sponsor for temporary structure designed by Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei
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EC Harris appoints oil & gas expert for Asia-Pacific
New partner will lead the recently opened Perth office
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Cost of construction disputes rockets 35%
Disputes costing more and taking longer to resolve, EC Harris report finds
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Hill wins Iraq Ministry of Youth and Sports contract
Consultant will act as project manager on Al Risafa Sports Stadium in Baghdad