Moving into Management: Quantity Surveying

Moving into Management: Quantity Surveying

Working in Hong Kong as a Quantity Surveyor can provide an excellent opportunity to develop your career and progress up the ladder. Let’s look at what it takes to move into a management role and

Hong Kong Construction Projects: Tuen Mun – Chek Lap Kok Link (TM-CLKL) and Tuen Mun Western Bypass (TMWB)

Hong Kong Construction Projects: Tuen Mun – Chek Lap Kok Link (TM-CLKL) and Tuen Mun Western Bypass (TMWB)

This month, I will look at the progress, cost and job opportunities that the Tuen Mun – Chek Lap Kok Link (TM-CLKL), together with the Tuen Mun Western Bypass (TMWB) will create. The project is

Hong Kong Rugby 7's: 28th-30th March 2014

Hong Kong Rugby 7's: 28th-30th March 2014

Firmly established as one of the most spectacular, exotic, well organized rugby events of its kind in the World, the Cathay Pacific Airways & HSBC 2014 Hong Kong Sevens steam rolls into Hong Kong

Hong Kong – The Ideal Place for Australian Construction Professionals

Hong Kong – The Ideal Place for Australian Construction Professionals

After initial signs of growth in Q4 last year the Australian construction industry contracted again in January (Source: Wall Street Journal). With the recent economic downturn in Australia many of its

The Rise of BIM in Hong Kong

The Rise of BIM in Hong Kong

Hong Kong has long been a centre of construction, and with its size come many sub-sectors of the industry including tunnels, roads, viaducts, highways, bridges and rail. Within this, there are even mo

Hong Kong Vision 2020 - A Way Forward

Hong Kong Vision 2020 - A Way Forward

2014 looks to be busy year in the construction industry for Hong Kong. But as another year passes how much closer to achieving the Hong Kong’s Construction Industry Group (CIG) Vision 2020 are w

Building a cleaner future: The Hong Kong construction industries attempts at combatting pollution levels.

Building a cleaner future: The Hong Kong construction industries attempts at combatting pollution levels.

The Hong Kong Government is reviewing changes to the levels of air quality required in the Special Administrative Region’s proposed project areas. These are arguably much needed modifications to a region rife with pollution

Chinese New Year: Engineering & Construction Job Merry Go Round in Hong Kong & Macau

Chinese New Year: Engineering & Construction Job Merry Go Round in Hong Kong & Macau

Every first quarter in China, and in my first hand experience in the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong & Macau, there is an incredible turnover of staff and consequent availability

Construction in Hong Kong/Macau - Key Trends and Opportunities 2014

Construction in Hong Kong/Macau - Key Trends and Opportunities 2014

Hong Kong's construction industry registered strong growth during 2013.  This was principally driven by a number of large infrastructure development projects undertaken and funded by the government

Tunnel Construction Methods and Tunnel Construction Projects in Hong Kong

Tunnel Construction Methods and Tunnel Construction Projects in Hong Kong

Tunnel construction makes up a significant portion of Hong Kong’s civil engineering industry. This includes all the different tunnel types that enable roads, rail, cable, drainage and sewage and

‘Movember’ 2013: The Launch of Maxim Mo-cruitment.

‘Movember’ 2013: The Launch of Maxim Mo-cruitment.

As you will see from the photo, the Maxim team have been working extra hard this month to grow moustaches for the annual ‘Movember’ campaign to raise awareness and money for men's health

Developing A Specialist Rail Desk At Maxim

Developing A Specialist Rail Desk At Maxim

I’ve been at Maxim Recruitment for a month now, and I would like to think I’m getting a good grasp of a new dedicated area of construction recruitment – that of the specialist rail