Projects

My graduate job... restoring Nelson’s Column

A celebratory dinner at the top of Nelson’s column? Just one of the highlights of graduate building surveyor Charlie Tosswill’s job restoring and cleaning the iconic London landmark.

Their graduate jobs... managing £100m costs on the Blackfriars station

Building a solar-panelled station on a bridge spanning the Thames is no mean feat. A graduate QS and an undergraduate placement student manage the costs as the project comes to life in front of them.

My graduate job... helping cost the Grand Museum of Egypt

How much does it cost to build a centre for Egyptology with a grand staircase and views of the pyramids? Graduate quantity surveyor Clare Nugent had the job of finding out.

My graduate job... refurbishing the British Architectural Library

A 1930s grade II listed building, fragile books and fabrics and a tight schedule to complete the job made refurbishing the RIBA library a good challenge for graduate building surveyor Nick Myers.

My graduate job... managing costs on the Al Raha Beach project

Sun, sea, sand and surveying... graduate Andrew Williamson moved to the United Arab Emirates for a job working on a swanky beach front development along the highway to Dubai.

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