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Mike Collings is a partner in quantity surveyor, Turner and Townsend's London, England office. He joined the firm in 1986 and was instrumental in building up the London office. Collings studied while working at EC Harris which he joined after school in the mid 1970s. He worked in Indonesia after qualifying and returned to find his career ambitions frustrated. Unusually for a quantity surveoor, he changed firms twice in search of promotion. He became a partner at the age of 37. Collings specialises in procurement and is leading his office into project management work.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1992
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Neil Thomas is director of structural engineering firm, Atelier One. He founded the company in 1989 and it is slowly gaining recognition for its innovative designs and quality of work. Thomas trained in architectural engineering at Leeds University and had strong ideas of the type of firm he wanted to work for. He joined Buro Happold where he worked for six years before moving to Anthony Hunt Associates which he left to start Atelier One. Thomas gets satisfaction from seeing his designs built and from working on innovative structures.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1992
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Lorraine King is director of building contractor, Turners of Belgravia and also runs a freelance project management consultancy. King trained as an architect in the USA and became fascinated by project management techniques while working on the Defence Intelligence Agency scheme in Washington, DC. She has often had to learn new skills on the job but her talent has been encouraged by a series of managers. King worked for Heery International in London, England before setting up her present businesses.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1992
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