Analytical skills, forecasting and being prepared to have difficult conversations are key skills for the senior cost manager.

Signs are beginning to show of the construction sector’s growth slowing, with Glenigan’s Construction Index demonstrating a 5% fall in the value of new work to Q2.

The construction sector recovery hangs in the balance unless companies act to boost productivity to counteract inflation.

Wates and Turner & Townsend have won a role to design and project manage the construction of a £450m car battery Gigafactory for Nissan and Sunderland City Council.

The assistant project manager in T&T’s Dubai Office talks to CM about his career in construction and working in the Middle East.

Consultant Turner & Townsend has revised its inflation forecast for real estate tender prices upwards to 5.5% in 2021.

CBRE Group has bought a 60% share in project and cost management consultancy Turner & Townsend for £960m.

The Infrastructure Projects Authority (IPA) has overhauled its Project Routemap, updating its guidance in response to the growing complexity of priorities for major programmes.