Quantity Surveying & Construction Jobs
UK - Hong Kong - Canada - Worldwide
Quantity Surveying & Construction Jobs
UK - Hong Kong - Canada - Worldwide
20 August 2015
It is estimated that the £20bn Crossrail scheme would bring in just under 20,000 direct jobs at peak construction, and well over 1,000 permanent jobs once completed. This is more exciting news for Quantity Surveyors and all construction professionals
20 August 2015
It seems that Network Rail’s ambitious programme for the next five years is coming off the rails. Is there a benefit for UK Construction?
19 August 2015
Hong Kong’s employment market for construction professionals has shown strong growth in recent years. However, the market is changing and with it the types of professionals in demand change. Let’s take a brief look at where the job opportunities are in 2015 and where they are likely to be moving in to 2016.
19 August 2015
Unless you’ve been hiding in a cave for the past year or so, it’s no secret that this rail project has its controversies. But is it blown out of proportion? Here at Maxim Recruitment, HS2 is in our good books as one of the most exciting UK based Civil Engineering projects in the near future.
16 July 2015
This month saw a long awaited announcement regarding the ambitious Burj 2020 project, which had gone relatively quiet since late 2014. The iconic Dubai based tower, when constructed, will be the World's largest commercial tower
14 July 2015
Hong Kong ranks first in the world in terms of both skyscraper and high-rise building count. We are always in the process of building something - be it a highway, tunnel, new subway line or adding to the iconic skyline.
10 June 2015
We might be a recruitment agency but at Maxim Recruitment we pride ourselves on being up-to-the-minute. So we never ask that worn out interview question ‘where do you see yourselves in five years time?’ However it would be a question we would ask of the construction industry to see where it might be heading.
8 June 2015
Over this Ramadan holiday I will be shifting my Middle East focus to exciting UK job market which seems to be experiencing a national shortage of Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management talent. Find out why!
7 May 2015
Hong Kong Stadium is the main sports venue in Hong Kong. The stadium was redeveloped from the old Government Stadium and reopened in 1994. The stadium has a maximum seating capacity of 40,000 and regularly hosts international football matches and other large sporting events such as the ever popular Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament. But now there are plans to develop an even larger state of the art Sports stadium and complex in Hong Kong, Kai Tak Sports Stadium.
7 May 2015
The ‘Museum of the Future’, a title that would befit Dubai itself, was announced in fittingly contemporary fashion by his highness, via his official Twitter account. Following a string of tweets he concluded that the ‘Museum of the Future is a first step of many to come, marking the beginning of great achievements.’ The Museum’s function is to showcase the world’s latest inventions, with workshops and courses also running, acting as a stage for the most promising inventors and entrepreneurs.
7 May 2015
Hong Kong, as an international financial city, never stops developing its economy system to increase its competitiveness in the world. However, when we focus too munch on the financial world sometimes our culture and traditional history can be overlooked. In order to boost cultural and entertainment establishments in Hong Kong, a project called West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD) is proposed and currently under development.
31 March 2015
UK construction can brag some exciting projects in the current market, such as Crossrail, HS2, the Northern Line Extension, the plans for new residential towers in London, and the renewal of a variety of frameworks such as the beginning of AMP 6 that consists of various new build treatment plants and is of course the massive Thames Tideway Tunnel project. Here is a brief round up of some of the most exciting construction projects and frameworks within civil engineering/infrastructure and within building construction.