All Building articles in Blogs – Page 15
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Qatar's World Cup will be a logistical nightmare
Qatar spend millions on PR to secure the 2022 World Cup, now it needs to spend billions on construction to make it happen
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Construction probably didn’t shrink 3.3% in the final quarter…at least we don’t know that it did
The government may have smart people but they’re making estimates on incomplete data from a volatile industry
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How do you solve a problem like the Olympic Stadium?
Poor decisions by the ODA leave legacy bosses with Hobson’s choice over future of the £496m stadium
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BSF 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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Is bigger really better?
Do large firms really have an advantage when compared to their smaller rivals? Probably not, it's cash that counts.
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Construction 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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Drop in homebuyers and sellers in December: was it snow or a change in climate?
Spring will tell whether there is new growth in housing prospects
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November construction output figures suggest it’s downhill from here
The industry contracted by 1.5% towards the end of 2010
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Some room for optimism to be found in the Experian forecast
Data is more upbeat about construction's medium-term prospects than other recent forecasts
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Is Iraq still scary?
With security improving more UK construction companies are considering moving in
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It's not looking good for house prices in 2011
House prices dropped by 1.6% in 2010 and will continue falling according to Halifax figures
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Seeing beyond Bovis
News that Lend Lease is poised to drop the 125-year-old Bovis brand will come as a shock, but perhaps it should have happened sooner
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A New Year a welter of New Challenges for Mr Shapps
House prices need to fall, but how can this be done with causing pain for construction
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Warning signs over construction cost inflation
Firms underpricing work now will be hit by rising costs later in the year
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Looking forward: Three numbers that might have significance for 2011
Data on mortgage rates, employment and online sales suggest 2011 could be a tricky year for construction
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Forecasters expect a fall in house prices in 2011
Most predictions see a drop next year, but they did last year and house prices rose 1% in 2010
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Future’s traders see long slump in house prices
City speculators see no recover in house prices until at least 2015
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Little cheer in public accounts or growth figures as construction prepare for the big squeeze of 2011
There's not much left in the xmas box for capital spending
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Imports figures support official stats showing a strong bounce back for construction in 2009
Brickonomics reveals new import data that offers some backing to the ONS's output figures
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Can the war on clutter ever be won?
Is no architecture safe from the march of the dreaded bollards - the latest to succumb to an ill-positioned lampost is a restored Victorian gem next door to St Pauls