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FeaturesCountry focus: China
China’s GDP outstrips almost everyone else’s, but, says Philip Darby from EC Harris, there are concerns about inflation, bank lending, house prices and construction safety
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NewsOctober contracts drop by 5%
Balfour Beatty tops contractor league as index reveals decline in overall sector workload
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NewsRecession looms despite upward revision of output
ONS revises construction output upwards from -0.6% to -0.2% for third quarter
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FeaturesThe tracker: Autumn wipe out
September offered little cause for cheer as activity declined across all three sectors: residential, non-residential and civil engineering. Experian Economics reveals the extent of the bad news
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NewsFalling demand and rising costs hit manufacturers' confidence
Construction Trade Survey shows 44% of heavy side firms expect sales to fall next year
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NewsConstruction PMI hits five month high
Purchasing managers index rebounds from stagnation in September despite weak outlook
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NewsConstruction shrinks by 0.6%
ONS figures show economy grew 0.5% in third quarter despite poor performance in construction
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Stuck in the mud
Prices have continued to stagnate in 2011, says Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company. And with the eurozone crisis and global unease, construction isn’t going anywhere fast
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NewsHousing stats: New build sales, starts and completions in September
Housing registrations in September fell 12% below August’s
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NewsPublic Health Index: PFI work dries up
Growth in the public health sector will only happen with a new pfi model
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CPA/Barbour ABI launch new index
Monthly measure of construction orders sees big fall off in PFI health work
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FeaturesLead times July-Sept 2011
Although lead times remain overwhelmingly stable, growth in tower construction in London will affect capacity in steel fabrication, vertical transportation and cladding.
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NewsFirms in critical financial stress up 41%
Number of construction companies suffering critical financial problems leapt to 1,214 in third quarter according to ‘red flag’ survey
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FeaturesThe tracker: August showers
Construction employment and activity remained downbeat in August, with orders below normal. However, the residential sector provided a chink in the clouds. Experian Economics reports
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FeaturesBuilding intelligence Q2 2011
Experian Economics’ analysis of the second quarter of 2011 shows that output was slightly down on the same period last year, and the full impact of spending cuts has not even filtered through yet
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FeaturesSustainability: Building structures
In-use energy consumption is well regulated, so should we now consider embodied carbon? Isabel McAllister and Anthony Mitchell of Cyril Sweett, Steve Webb and Anna Beckett of Webb Yates report
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NewsPlanning stats: Residential projects and approvals
Donald Trump’s Golf Links scheme topped the list with £1bn of housing approvals in September
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NewsConstruction output grows 1.1%
Second quarter growth recorded by the ONS follows a 2.7% fall in the first quarter
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NewsCompany failures jump 11%
Hard hit property and construction sectors saw 117 firms fall into administration in last quarter
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NewsConstruction activity stalled
Survey of purchasing managers reveals lowest level of construction activity for 19 months