Iconic project: Maggie’s Centre, West London

Architect: Richard Rogers – Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners  Year built: 2008  What is Maggie’s?  Maggie’s is a charity, offering help, advice, and a safe space for those suffering from cancer with the centres around the UK, and globally. Maggie’s does exceptional work.   The first Maggie’s Centre opened in Edinburgh in 1996. Founder Maggie Keswick …

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Celebrating the Winter Solstice

Stonehenge Winter Solstice

What is the winter solstice?  The Winter Solstice is the shortest day with the longest night each year in the Northern Hemisphere. It marks the official start of winter.  But what does it mean?  The Earth tilts at an angle where the sun appears at its lowest point. For many cultures, this is the ‘death’ of the sun, as the daylight is decreasing. However, when daylight …

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Outsourcing Work to India – Should I be doing it?

Taj Mahal and outsourcing work in India

Outsourcing work to India Various businesses throughout the UK and the world, are outsourcing work to India. Some companies depend on outsourcing their work, while others do it all in-house. It works for some and not for others, but don’t feel pressured into doing it because everyone else is. What is outsourcing? A definition of …

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Powers welcomes new appointments to the team

Powers new appointments

Paul Birtles joins as Operations Manager, Cameron Kinch as Data Scientist, Mateusz Sutor as a Land and Measured Building Surveyor, and Millie McGuirk as Marketing Executive. Paul brings extensive experience to his new role, having spent 23 years in the industry across different sectors, including Rail, Construction, Geotechnical, Oil and Gas in the in the UK …

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Powers provides ‘spooktacular’ service for local cemetery

Halloween - cemetery

In March 2018, Powers was commissioned to design and project manage the extension of a rural cemetery in Nantwich, Cheshire. The project involved the conversion of former agricultural land, opposite an existing cemetery. This was to form an extended cemetery, with a new parking area. We provided a topographic survey, mapping the layout of the …

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With a skills shortage in the construction business, what will the future hold for the industry?

industry skills shortage

The state of the industry Amongst some of the jobs in the industry, surveying and geospatial data capture are amongst the areas which have been affected. This is due to both areas not being highlighted enough to those at school-leaver age, or some institutions not suggesting surveying as a suitable job. However, neither job have been put on the Shortage Occupation List (SOL) …

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Are 20-minute neighbourhoods a realistic vision of the future for us all?

20-minute neighbourhoods

Across the globe there is growing interest in creating places where people’s day to day needs can be met within a distance short enough to walk or cycle. If people become more physically active, their mental and physical health improves. Traffic decreases and the quality of the air we all breathe gets better. Local services …

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