17th May, 2020
In construction, we already have many methods of tracking our labour and workforce. Construction sites use timesheets and sign in […]
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26th January, 2022
BIM is a process that allows members of the project team to collaborate on the design elements of a 3D […]
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12th October, 2021
Quantity surveyors are responsible for managing the contractual and financial side of construction projects from early planning drawings through to […]
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16th August, 2021
Over the course of the past 15 months the UK construction industry has seen a widespread shortage of materials and […]
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22nd July, 2021
Blockchain technology is a revolutionary tool used to record transactions and link them together to form a ‘chain’ that is […]
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19th January, 2021
Competitive tendering is the most common method of procurement in the construction industry. The supplier or contractor makes a bid […]
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6th January, 2021
The US construction industry’s future looks bright, and the need for trained construction estimators is increasing. Not only is there […]
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17th December, 2020
Avoiding mistakes in Value Engineering When the time comes to value engineer a project there are mistakes that can be […]
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22nd November, 2020
The amount of embodied carbon pollution produced during the entire life cycle of constructing a building depends on the design […]
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15th November, 2020
We published this article last week about the increased requirement for modular construction to end the current UK housing crisis. Click […]
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2nd November, 2020
If COVID-19 has taught the professional construction estimator anything, it’s the importance of flexibility in scheduling, contingency planning, and having […]
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30th October, 2020
Every industry in the world has been impacted in one way or another by the global pandemic; but very few […]
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9th June, 2020
We have put together a list of the 10 most common reasons why construction tenders are unsuccessful : Human Error […]
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3rd June, 2020
Managing subcontractors properly is a particular skill which not all main contractors, project managers and quantity surveyors are capable of […]
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31st May, 2020
Value engineering is used to solve problems and identify and eliminate unwanted costs on a project. It can also improve […]
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17th May, 2020
In construction, we already have many methods of tracking our labour and workforce. Construction sites use timesheets and sign in […]
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10th May, 2020
As construction sites begin to slowly emerge from Lockdown, we look at the five short term outcomes of the COVID-19 […]
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3rd April, 2020
Estimating is one of the grey areas of the Quantity Surveying field, the very best make it seem like a […]
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19th March, 2020
As the news of COVID-19 broke from China in late January, one of the first images broadcast to the world […]
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21st February, 2020
In the past 50 years the profession has progressed at a rate that would have been unimaginable in 1970. Secretaries […]
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10th February, 2020
Since the early 19th Century a Bill of Quantities has been a staple of almost every medium-large construction project since. It […]
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24th January, 2020
A feasibility study is an early stage assessment into the viability of a project to meet the end needs of […]
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15th January, 2020
As the UK prepares to Brexit on 31st January 2020, there is a substantial question mark over the impact of […]
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20th November, 2019
A member the general public when faced with paying fees to a construction consultant for their new house or investment […]
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