All Data articles – Page 57
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FeaturesThe tracker: On the sunny side
Yes, the situation is still getting worse, but the rate of decline is slowing and non-residential is looking brighter for the first time in 21 months. Experian Business Strategies fills in the forecast
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NewsOrders have fallen £17bn since 2007
ONS figures reveal largest drop took place in commercial and private housing sectors
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Lead times: July - September 2009
There’s good news for anybody waiting impatiently for structural steel – it’s arriving three weeks earlier. Other packages are pretty static, and once again none have increased
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Activity falls at slowest rate in two years
UK construction activity fell at its slowest rate for almost two years last month, according to the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply
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FeaturesSpotlight on lifts
The complexity of lifts can vary immensely, which means that their lead times do the same. Here Brian Moone looks at what’s involved – with special reference to the lifts at one very special building …
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Market forecast: Another tough year
Now that 2009 has come into focus, we can clearly see what a disastrous year it was. Unfortunately, the process of recovering from it will not be quick, says Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon
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What it costs: Tiled cladding
Tiles, shingles and slate can provide traditional and thermally efficient covering for external walls. Peter Mayer of BLP Insurance considers the options
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Housing stats: New-build sales and completions December 2009
The monthly figures show some good news – private registrations are up 130% on last year
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Building intelligence - 22 January 2010
The worst of the slump may just be over, but we’re still becalmed in the doldrums. R&M, though, has done surprisingly well, says Experian Business Strategies
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FeaturesEurope’s big beasts: Top contractors on the prowl
Europe’s governments have been throwing bloody haunches to contractors to get them through the famine, says Michael Glackin, but soon they’re going to be hunting on their own
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The tracker: Key to the door?
Though the industry faces its 21st consecutive month of activity decline, the residential sector is looking positive and tender enquiries are up as well. Experian Business Strategies does the detail
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News‘We will have worked for a decade to get back to 2002’
Economic forecasts reveal ‘sickening’ fall in output for 2009 and a long struggle to regain lost ground
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FeaturesSustainability: Carbon reduction
The Carbon Reduction Commitment scheme launches in April, but what will it mean for your business? Richard Quartermaine and Steve Smith of Cyril Sweett talk you through it
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Housing stats: New build sales and completions in November 2009
Private registrations in the run-up to Christmas were up dramatically on 2008
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FeaturesCountry focus: Ireland
Ireland’s reliance on the property boom has seen it in a bad way since the economic crisis began, says Richard Fitzpatrick of EC Harris in Dublin. But can government action prompt a return to stability?
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NewsYear ends with 22nd consecutive monthly contraction
Data reveals little change since November, but chief executive of CIPS is upbeat about outlook
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The tracker: Feeling gloomy
Bad weather, falling activity indices and sharp declines in north-west England and the East Midlands marked October down as a month to forget. Experian Business Strategies reports
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Cost update: November 2009
The quarterly analysis of changes to costs and prices shows building costs falling year on year for the first time in four decades. Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon reports
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Year-on-year build costs in historic fall
The year-on-year costs of building materials and labour fell for the first time in 40 years in the third quarter of 2009, according to exclusive research for Building
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FeaturesCost model: Land remediation
Plenty of sites will need land remediation when the housing market recovers, and the slow market at the moment provides an opportunity to use innovative, sustainable techniques. Duncan Sanders and Derek Vernon of Davis Langdon take a look at the commercial drivers