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Towards a new generation of skilled professionals

The real estate, construction and rural sectors face a critical skills gap, exacerbated by an ageing workforce and limited awareness of career opportunities

Justin Sullivan FRICS30 January 2025

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From runway to work, rest and play – reimagining Singapore's airport

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From runway to work, rest and play – reimagining Singapore's airport

Singapore is running out of land. Could the redevelopment of an old air base not only provide crucial new homes and commercial spaces, but reset the culture of the city state?

Stephen Cousins 27 January 2025

A new tool to help solve construction's embodied carbon dilemma

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A new tool to help solve construction's embodied carbon dilemma

The construction sector isn’t cutting embodied emissions fast enough. Life Cycle Evaluator, a new tool from BCIS, could help surveyors reach an understanding of what they need to do

Adam Branson 26 January 2025

go to article Taking in the sea air: why pleasure piers prevailed

Mark Williams20 January 2025

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go to article Can Meta and Google go green with geothermal energy?

Stuart Watson13 January 2025

Data management

Energy

Environmental surveying

Geomatics

Land and resources

Sustainability

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go to article How Grimsby is winning the regeneration game

Karen Day06 January 2025

Cities and placemaking

Commercial property

Economics

Heritage and conservation

Property finance and investment

Residential

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go to article Shaping tomorrow's built and natural environment

Justin Sullivan FRICS03 January 2025

Project management

Quantity surveying and construction

Residential

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go to article The most shared articles on Modus this year

Mark Williams23 December 2024

Building surveying

Cities and placemaking

Facilities management

Housing

Projects and people

Valuation

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go to article What were the most-read Modus articles of 2024?

Mark Williams16 December 2024

Building surveying

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go to article How much water can your flat roof tolerate?

go to article Is shipping container construction lost at sea?

Stephen Cousins09 December 2024

Building surveying

Housing

Marine environments

Quantity surveying and construction

Residential

Sustainability

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go to article ‘A Built Environment GCSE would be transformative’

Tina Paillet FRICS05 December 2024

Building surveying

Diversity and inclusion

Land and resources

Learning and development

RICS standards and guidance

Valuation

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go to article Michael Baynes MRICS: pairing property and vineyards

Mark Williams02 December 2024

Residential valuation

Valuation

Modus editorial advisory group members

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Alice Graham MRICS MSc

Alice is a chartered quantity surveyor with six years of consultancy experience on public and private sector projects. Alice currently works at Procore Technologies, a construction technology company. In her role, she specialises in supporting clients to digitally transform their construction cost management processes.

Kevin Keane FRICS

Kevin is the quality and training manager at Allied Surveyors Scotland, a member of the RICS Scotland Board, Inspire Ambassador and Lionheart Ambassador and throughout all this is an advocate and champion for DE&I. Kevin is passionate about property, people and the development of the surveying profession.

Jomailyn Sanchez AssocRICS

Jomai is an assistant cost manager with five years' experience in infrastructure projects across the water, rail and road sectors. She has worked on major schemes for Southern Water, Transport for London and currently the TransPennine Route Upgrade. Jomai actively promotes RICS in the Philippines and champions global collaboration to foster diversity in engineering and quantity surveying.