Quantity Surveying & Construction Jobs
UK - Hong Kong - Canada - Worldwide
Quantity Surveying & Construction Jobs
UK - Hong Kong - Canada - Worldwide
31 March 2015
Hong Kong, as an international city with strong public finance and highly capable professionals, is full of construction engineering marvels. Over the past few years, Hong Kong has built extended railway and public transport networks, cross-harbor bridges and tunnels and sky-high towers. These projects not only create wealth, but they also contribute to quality of life, create job opportunities and improve Hong Kong’s image and reputation as a must-go city for tourists. But are all these projects being build as efficiently as possible and are they being completed on time and on budget?
31 March 2015
At Maxim we endeavour to offer added value to our clients and a first rate experience for all of the candidates we deal with. One way in which we do this is by assigning consultants to a specialist niche desk within the construction sector. Giving our consultants a specialist field to ply their trade, enables them to learn in-depth their particular area of the market, as they are speaking to and networking with relevant construction professionals throughout every day.
31 March 2015
The rather controversial 2022 World Cup will, if you didn’t already know (!) be held in Qatar. If you have ever visited Qatar during the summer months, you will see why this has puzzled many. Nonetheless, it has just been announced that the World Cup Final will be held on December 18th in Lusail City at the Lusail Iconic Stadium. However, like most of Qatar’s future cities, it has yet to be built.
3 March 2015
One of the reasons I love the Middle East region is for the ambitious and innovative projects that Developers continually seem to churn out. It seems that cities like Dubai rarely build anything that cannot be described as spectacular. I'm sure this is a common driver to expatriate staff flocking to live and work in the region also. There are few; if any other locations in the world where you will find such volume of interesting and large scale construction projects at the moment.
3 March 2015
UK market is buoyant and there are a number of opportunities for returning expatriates as well as for overseas nationals
3 March 2015
The construction industry has around 350,000 firms, varying in size from small/medium family owned firms to multi millions pound companies. The sector makes up for around 10.5% of UK employment which is around 3.1 Million people. Construction is seen as a “jobs creator” the sector is over three times more labour intensive than financial services and can provide jobs for people from all educational backgrounds.
28 February 2015
The roles of a planning engineer start right from the earliest stage of a project. Before other parties start working on the project, planners have to create plans and schedules, investigating what equipment and materials are needed, and also estimating the labour cost and manpower needed.
28 February 2015
2014 was a good year for the Engineering and Construction industry. In 2003, Hong Kong’s construction sector experienced some down time. But over the past year, it has been booming. Data from the Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department indicates that the city's construction sector achieved positive growth in 2014. Real growth for construction industry value grew by 3.1% in real terms in Q1 2014.
28 February 2015
Where are plans and construction of the World Expo site currently at over a year after the bid was victorious? What benefits will the Expo bring to Dubai and the UAE?
28 February 2015
With tourism always on the increase in the Middle East, thanks in main to contributing factors including Qatar being awarded prestigious sporting events, Dubai securing the 2020 expo games and Oman’s
28 February 2015
Demand for infrastructure and civil projects will be high in 2015, and the number of high profile projects has increased noticeably leading to a somewhat of a resurgence of the construction industry in Hong Kong.
28 February 2015
On 17th Jan I went to the MTR 903 site visit organized by APM (Association for Project Management). MTR Contract 903 is a part of South Island Line (East). The line aligns Admiralty to South Horizons