All contractors articles – Page 3
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NewsStockholm bids to attract UK construction expertise
UK companies wanted to work on multi-billion pound projects in Swedish capital
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NewsNetwork Rail calls for input on how to keep projects on track
Rail authority asks suppliers and contractors for input on its ‘standards’
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NewsCoventry council looking for contractors for £11m railway job
Firms have until the end of March to bid
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CommentONS correction to new orders data adds more black eyeliner to a Gothic horror show
A statistical error shows that in fact contractors are winning work at the slowest rate since the 1980s
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CommentThe Financial Times, Barbour ABI and construction prospects
The data shows value of contracts awarded to 50 contractors - they don’t include a large slice of housebuilding work
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CommentWhy construction's making the headlines
The reasons behind the reported big drop in orders for Top 50 contractors
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CommentWhat do the ONS figures really mean?
There’s a lag in the data produced by ONS – and it’s a big headache for researchers and policy makers
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Comment
Is China really that important?
In a word, yes. Growth in China can't be ignored and it has implications for industries and economies all round the world.
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CommentSeeing 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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Why are architects posh, but contractors aren’t?
Last night I met the industry’s cycling clique at a reunion for those who rode to MIPIM for charity (which doesn't include me). I learnt three things:1) Cycling is hard. After a 500m sprint on the stationary bike I had to lie down for half ...
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Contractors are bagging a third less new work than at peak
The latest new orders figures provide a sobering injection of reality after the barrage of "it's okay the recession is over" talk that seems rife.Yes the rate of collapse has slowed. But it's the level that really matters at the moment.Forgetting seasonal adjusted constant price measures, if we compare the ...
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Contractors face a £24 billion drop in new work
UK contractors should prepare themselves for a £24 billion drop in the annual cash value of new work coming through as the recession reaches its expected bottom in 2011.Shrinking volumes and plunging prices threaten to drag the cash spent on buying new construction work down from £70 billion in 2007 ...
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