News

05.05.08 - Transfesa to invest 17m EUR in new UK facility - Property EU
Spanish logistics group Transfesa is investing £13.4mln (EUR 17mln) in the development of a new distribution centre in the British town of Kent...
29.04.08 - Unite: project bank accounts will iron out disputes - Builder & Engineer
Project bank accounts for the construction industry will iron out one of the industry's biggest fault lines, Unite said yesterday...
28.04.08 - Barclays bank launches project bank Account - Building
Second high street bank to offer construction industry a central payment system...
25.04.08 - Rider Levett Bucknall's pukka deal - QS Week
Rider Levett Bucknall has been appointed to provide access consultancy services to the restaurants designer, Martin Brudnizki Design as part of Jamie Oliver's new restaurant chain...
22.04.08 - Beswick regeneration project named UK's 'most considerate' construction site - 24dash.com
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A construction project in Beswick has been named the UK's "Most Considerate Site" out of 6,500 eligible sites at the 2008 National Considerate Constructors Scheme Awards...
11.04.08 - Health And Safety In The Frame At Rider Levett Bucknall
In an industry leading partnership, Liverpool University has joined forces with Rider Levett Bucknall to ensure that safety is first on all of its construction projects...
04.04.08 - Rider Levett Bucknall oversees £30m refurbishment for UK pub operator Young's - PropertyEU
Property and construction consultancy Rider Levett Bucknall said it has been appointed to manage a £30 mln (EUR 38mln), three-year refurbishment programme at Young's, the oldest brewer in the UK...
10.04.08 - Capital Gains For RLB With Waitrose In Wales
In Cardiff Construction and Property Consultant Rider Levett Bucknall is working with leading supermarket Waitrose in the fitting out of an industrial shell to construct a new branch...
25.03.08 - Rider Levett Bucknall Voted Top UK Employer!
IT'S official! Rider Levett Bucknall is the best property and construction consultancy to work for...
14.03.08 - RLB Project Manage on Cheltenham Flood victim - Building
Consultant hired to help rebuild leisure@cheltenham damaged by 2007 floods...
13.03.08 - Bucknall challenges Birmingham to do even better - Response Source
Project consultants Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) today praised Team Birmingham's presence at the international property conference at MIPIM in Cannes and threw down a challenge to the city and its developer partners.
11.03.08 - RLB appointed on Marston's New Leisure Brands - Building
Consultant project manager and QS on concepts Coaching Inn and Bluu...
11.03.08 - Digging for gold - Insider Media Ltd
What happens when you promote a man who sleeps four hours a night to chief executive of a top property and construction consultancies? Well your profits rise by 50 per cent six months after a management buyout. Sam Metcalf meets the almost superhuman Lance Taylor of Rider Levett Bucknall...
09.03.08 - Rider Levett Bucknall voted top QS boss in the U.K. - Building
Consultant Rider Levett Bucknall has become the only QS to be ranked in both The Sunday Times and the Guardian's UK top employers awards for 2008...
29.02.08 - RLB wins at Manchester Met - QS Week
Rider Levett Bucknall has fended off five rivals to win the QS contract on a new facility for Manchester Metropolitan University's business school...
29.02.08 - Money in the bank - Building
As the originators of the project bank account (PBA) model, my colleagues at Rider Levett Bucknall and I were delighted to see your legal columnists giving a positive welcome to the PBA (8 January, pages 62-65)...
18.02.08 - The Evolving QS - Building
With flotation looking distinctly iffy - as Turner & Townsend realised last week - cost consultants are looking for other ways to expand and survive...
14.02.08 - Declaring Peace - Building
Last year the Office of Government Commerce launched its Guide to Best Fair Payment Practices. It came into force on 1 January this year and applies to all public sector works contracts...
08.02.08 - Rider Levett Bucknall Powers Hilti's Development in Ireland
In the Republic of Ireland, Hilti (Fastening System) Ltd is relocating its Dublin Head Office from Glasnevin to a new site close to the M50 on the outskirts of the city, and RLB have been centrally involved in this move...
08.02.08 - Rider Levett Bucknall in the Frame after Double Win
Two of the world's premier investment houses are banking on Rider Levett Bucknall to help deliver their further expansion into the UK market...
01.02.08 - Rider Levett Bucknall QS on £400m Australian Hospital - Building
Consultant Rider Levett Bucknall has been appointed QS on the £400m Sunshine Coast Hospital in Queensland, Australia.
30.01.08 - Banks back Project Accounts in the U.K.
Barclays and Bank of Scotland have both unveiled accounts that will hold all the money on a scheme to be paid to the main contractor and all subcontractors over the course of a project...
23.01.08 - International Architects vote RLB as Partner of Choice - BD Magazine
The new edition of Building Design magazine 'World Architecture 100' reveals the world's largest practices, explores views on economic prospects of construction around the globe and gives the low-down on what market sectors are set to grow in which region...
18.01.08 - OGC starts payment charter review - Building
The Office of Government Commerce has asked Rider Levett Bucknall to review payment practices so it can monitor the impact of its Fair Payment Charter...
18.01.08 - Paragon of Virtue - Contract Journal
Rider Levett Bucknall has been awarded a contract to deliver an office development in Bristol city centre. The practice has been appointed by regional developer Cubex to project manage The Paragon development on Victoria Street...
17.01.08 - RLB involved in £36m Shopping Centre Deal in Germany - Property EU
Henderson Global Investors has acquired the Ooz shopping centre in the German spa town of Baden Baden from the developer of the scheme for some £36 mln (EUR 118 mln).
14.01.08 - The Social Cost of Sustainable Housing in the U.K - QS Week
In December last year the government raised the bar in its demands for more sustainable homes to be delivered in the UK and revealed the final outline version of its new Code for Sustainable Homes strategy...