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How often do you think about walking?

It is something you do every day. As a professional working in the built environment, it is highly relevant to your working life. But how often do you really think about walking? Asks Susan Claris, Associate Director of Transport Consulting at Arup.
FM needs ethics at its core

The recent IFMA-RICS Raising the Bar report found that FM as an industry is still focussed on cost and not adding the strategic value it can. Is this focus on cost driving unethical business practices? Is the Carillion collapse an indication of a fundamentally broken business model for outsourced service delivery?
Darlington rail plant is the North East’s Project of the Year

The Hitachi Rail Europe manufacturing and assembly plant in Newton Aycliffe took the overall, esteemed ‘Project of the Year, North East’ title at this year's RICS Awards, North East.