Staff cuts planned as managers take over BRE
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The Building Research Establishment is planning staff cuts following the successful management takeover bid. Around 115 jobs will go mainly in support areas, and chief executive and future deputy chairman and director, is hoping to achieve this through voluntary departures. There are also plans to change the emphasis of the BRE, although there will be no radical changes to its operation as an executive agency. There is conern from the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers that the privatisation could mean a fall in service.
Publication Name: Architects' Journal
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0003-8466
Year: 1997
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How to run your own projects: The pros and cons of an architect acting as his/her own construction manager are explained by one man who is doing it
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Architects who run their own projects can achieve considerable cost savings and improvements in quality. Selcuk Avci is running his practice in this way and he believes that the client feels more involved with such an approach. However he finds that construction management can often take him away from designing, and he has established a separate company, Space 3, to handle construction management.
Publication Name: Architects' Journal
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0003-8466
Year: 1998
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