All construction articles – Page 8
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CommentLike mathematics, it’s cool not to understand construction, until it’s seen as important
Ignorance of construction economics means policy makers are being misinformed
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CommentA new-look Middle East: threat or opportunity?
Could a rise in people power prompt a shift in what is built in the Middle East?
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CommentBSF legal battle: learn the lessons
This week’s court fight over the scrapping of BSF should sound a note of caution to the government over its future school building policy
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CommentConstruction folk take more than a fair share of pain as prices rise and pay falls
Since November 2007 construction wages have dropped by 1.1% compared to a 5% rise across the economy
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CommentMixed messages and some worries as payment delays in construction grow again
Over last quarter both construction and property sectors have taken longer to pay
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CommentBSF: In defence of Tim Byles
Some government officials look like they may be attempting to pin blame for the latest BSF fiasco on Tim Byles. If they do, they could be making a huge mistake.
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Victim of construction's mass redundancies?
Here’s a story: A woman called Amy Betts-Priddy was made redundant by Turner & Townsend last year. Rather than just accept it, she took the firm to an employment tribunal last week, claiming unfair dismissal, racial discrimination and sex discrimination. At the hearing she told the tribunal panel:- She was ...
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Another one for the file marked "Gloom": What do you mean you haven't got one yet?
Many thanks to Mel Budd of Leading Edge who sent me the consultancy's latest forecast. For simplicity's sake I have put the base figures for output in a graph with the other industry forecasts.What is striking is the growing consensus that things are looking horrid and there is a lot ...
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Green shoots?
RICS commercial property survey shows that the pace of decline has slowed and demand is marginally increasing in the office market. Of those surveyed, just 13% said new sales and lettings had fallen, compared with 71% two quarters ago, but any fall at all is still bad news.The rise in ...
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Stop kicking Dubai
I am fed up of people gloating about Dubai going belly up. Rod Liddle’s piece in the Times this weekend said nothing new and got certain facts wrong. The piece is a prime example of the Dubai baiting that’s been done to death lately.The worst thing about the article is ...
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There may be trouble ahead
How worried should we be about the the findings by the surveyors body RICS in its latest construction market survey showing that the outlook for the industry is at its worst for a decade?The short answer is seriously concerned. But that is only a partial answer. It certainly does not ...