All Data articles – Page 23
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CommentFixing the foundations
The follow-up document to the summer Budget has stronger implications for construction
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NewsCostain hits the top with contract haul worth £457m
A dozen projects, including a £152m Welsh road contract, boost contractor to top of this month’s league table
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FeaturesSpotlight: Residential fit-out
As the London residential market continues to boom, the ‘deliverability ceiling’ looms for the supply chain. Brian Moone examines the data
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FeaturesLead times: April - June 2015
With six packages increasing their lead times and widespread reports of increasing enquiries and workload, growth is holding steady. Brian Moone of Mace reports
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FeaturesEconomics: Market forecast
Revised figures for Q1 2015 saw market pricing volatility increase, with a project’s attractiveness playing a crucial role in this current trend. Michael Hubbard of Aecom reports
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NewsConstruction output falls 1.3% in May
Latest ONS figures shows continued drop in construction output
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FeaturesBuilding intelligence: Q1 2015
The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show that total construction output hit its highest year-on-year level since 2008. Experian Economics reports
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FeaturesTracker: May 2015
The construction activity index picked up again following a fallow April, while the number of respondents posting no construction activity constraints reached an all-time high
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FeaturesWhole-life carbon: Retrofit vs EnerPHit
Assessments show retrofit to EnerPHit level, the Passivhaus retrofit standard, can reduce whole-life carbon emissions by 40% compared to typical Part L
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FeaturesMarket review: Mixed signals
The construction sector is still thriving but according to economic indicators there was a fall in activity in services and manufacturing
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CommentThe ONS needs to figure out the problem
Following recent revisions to their data, the Office of National Statistics could benefit from listening to those who work in the industry day-to-day
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NewsConstruction set to break output records in 2015
Contracting authority Scape projects £34.4bn output for the sector this year
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CommentThe ONS revisions
Will the recent declines be a short term blip? Michael Dall on the ONS revisions
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NewsBalfour Beatty reclaims top contractors’ spot for May
Wins with University of Warwick and Great Ormond Street Hospital help make up £491m contract haul
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NewsBarbour ABI's June market review is out now
Barbour ABI’s Economic Construction Market Review for June is now available to download
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FeaturesSustainability: Life cycle carbon management
Usual depictions of a building’s carbon life cycle fail to consider the day-to-day running of the place. Reimagining a building’s life cycle could improve its carbon efficiency
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NewsUK commercial building activity hits five-month high
The UK commercial building sector has grown for the 32nd consecutive month led by the South East and London.
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FeaturesCost model: Car parks
While a concept relatively unchanged over the past 50 years, car parks can still have a dramatic impact on commercial space around them
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NewsHousing stats: New-build sales and completions in April 2015
Registrations and completions in both the private and public sector are higher than in April 2014
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FeaturesTracker: April 2015
Constraints on activity tightened in April and the orders index has stopped growing but there’s less worry about labour shortages even though employers look set to take on more workers