All Economics articles – Page 12

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    Cost update: May 2008

    2008-05-30T00:00:00Z

    Manufacturing input costs surge as oil and import prices drive inflation higher, although material cost pressures continue to ease, report Máren Baldauf and Jay Kotecha of Davis Langdon

  • Key differences and similarities between competitive dialogue and negotiation
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    Procurement: Competitive dialogue

    2008-05-23T00:00:00Z

    If your client’s public-sector scheme needs bidder input during procurement, then competitive dialogue is likely to be the best option. Now that some projects have been let using the process, Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon reviews the lessons learned

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    The tracker: On the cusp

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    There’s been negative sentiment in the construction industry for a while now, and Experian Business Strategies’ March survey does nothing to ease fears of a serious downturn

  • Bucholz McEvoy Architects’ £300m Elm Park is a mixed-use sustainable extension to Dublin.
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    Country focus: Ireland

    2008-05-09T00:00:00Z

    The Irish economy has doubled in the past decade, and construction has been an important part of that. The emphasis is now moving from housing to infrastructure, says Richard Fitzpatrick of EC Harris

  • More than 34,000 jobs have gone on Wall Street during the credit crunch
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    Market forecast: Growth slips

    2008-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Tender prices are rising less rapidly as new orders slow, while growth could fall below 1% this year, warn Peter Fordham and Máren Bauldauf of Davis Langdon

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    Cost model: Schools

    2008-04-25T00:00:00Z

    It’s a critical time for BSF. With the programme’s first schools just open and large-scale building starting, local authorities will begin to find out if the effort has been worthwhile. Simon Rawlinson and David Long of Davis Langdon review the issues of design and delivery

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    The tracker: Trouble on the horizon

    2008-04-18T00:00:00Z

    The industry is still going strong, but a drop in tender enquiries suggests that activity may slow in the future. Experian Business Strategies reports

  • Hasbro by Modus
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    Specialist cost update: Fit-outs

    2008-04-11T00:00:00Z

    Economic caution has led some office clients to put larger schemes on hold and internet shopping is taking its toll on the retail sector, but landscapers are seeing a rise in activity. Gardiner & Theobald reports

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    Lead times February-April 2008

    2008-04-04T00:00:00Z

    Only six packages reported any change this quarter as work loads stabilised, says Brian Moone of Mace. Overleaf, Mace Business School examines the skills crisis

  • The £200m Middlehaven development in Middlesbrough Dock, by Studio Egret West and BioRegional Quintain will include biomass technology
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    Sustainability: Biomass energy

    2008-03-28T00:00:00Z

    In this latest feature on the economics and feasibility of sustainable technologies, Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon examines the potential for biomass energy systems, considering the adequacy of the fuel supply and the viability of various system types at different scales

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    Cost update: March 2008

    2008-03-20T00:00:00Z

    Construction costs are rising twice as fast as consumer prices on the back of rising oil and import prices, but the annual rate of growth is slowing, reports Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon

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    The tracker: Cracks emerge

    2008-03-14T00:00:00Z

    Responses to this month’s survey were more downbeat than usual, with uncertainty in the wider market starting to make its presence felt, says Experian Business Strategies

  • Fosters + Partners masterplan in Santa Giulia on the outskirts of Milan will accommodate about 12,000 residents in 600 flats beside a 4.5ha private park
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    Country focus: Italy

    2008-03-14T00:00:00Z

    The Italian construction industry has played a central role in the growth of the economy in recent years. Although the global slowdown is now steadying the boom, new project finance rules and investment vehicles should help offset its effects. Roberto Talotta of EC Harris reports

  • Studio E Architects’ Sacred Heart Primary School in west London is built around a 120-year-old tree
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    Cost model update: Small projects

    2008-03-07T00:00:00Z

    Max Wilkes of Davis Langdon revisits industrial units, primary schools extensions and primary health care centres to investigate how recent changes to legislation, specifications and general price increases have affected building costs

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    International costs: 2008

    2008-02-29T00:00:00Z

    As inflation cools in western Europe and the US, it’s roaring away in eastern Europe. Gardiner & Theobald surveys the world and tells us what it sees

  • The 1,800m2 nanoscience centre at the University of Cambridge
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    Cost model: Laboratories

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Laboratories are probably the most demanding buildings that it is possible to build. Here, Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon examines the factors that their designers have to take into account, from the need to attract world-class talent to energy efficiency

  • This building at 122 Leadenhall Street is being demolished from the bottom up by contractor McGee
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    Spotlight on enabling works

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Those contractors involved in getting a site ready face an extremely complex market …

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    The tracker: Against all odds

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    You would think contractors would be feeling seasick given the current financial turmoil – but you would think wrong: things are still surprisingly upbeat, says Experian Business Strategies

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    Lead times November 2007-February 2008

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    For the first time since the construction boom began, lead times seem to be returning to normal, says Brian Moone of Mace.

  • Develop and construct was used on Oundle School's £7.9m SciTec Centre in Peterborough by Feilden Clegg Bradley and Willmott Dixon
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    Procurement: Develop and construct

    2008-02-08T00:00:00Z

    Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon describes a new twist to this procurement route that combines elements of two-stage tendering and collaborative working