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Inbox: pointing the finger
It鈥檚 a matter of accountability this week, as readers blame the ONS for overestimating and distorting statistics, columnists for failing to give the full story, and arsonists - not timber - for being a fire risk
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CommentRocky financial markets: Tread carefully
The turbulence of the financial markets will rock construction when what it most needs is stability - but with sovereign debt crises in Europe and the US, how likely is that?
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CommentWonders and Blunders with Ann Gray
锘緼nn Gray compares two very similar buidings this week - with very different conclusions. The Disney concert hall in LA makes her heart sing but there鈥檚 more than one bum note in Seattle
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CommentAn unfair fight
This week we鈥檙e looking at contracts - subbies being squeezed and public private partnerships
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CommentSkills crisis: Train to win
With a maturing workforce and negative perception among young people, the industry is facing a future skills crisis. We must act now to stop this time bomb
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CommentFeel the burn
If this worker was pushing the car, perhaps this much effort would be justified. But a lamp? He鈥檚 not going to win the World鈥檚 Strongest Man competition like this. Thanks to David King for the photo
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CommentPlant hire prices remain flat and subdued
Construction forecasts suggest hire firms will struggle in months to come
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CommentThe PFI alternatives may be hard to swallow
MPs are wary of PFI but the alternatives could see the government having to take on more risk
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CommentPFI doesn't have to be 'poor value'
PFI is 鈥檖oor value鈥� say MPs but they ignore the benefits such as risk transfer, predictability and maintenance of the public sector estate
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CommentDon鈥檛 read scare stories into the housing figures 鈥� we already know things are bad
The latest CLG housebuilding figures are in
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CommentLocal Enterprise Zones: The South finally gets a look-in
Labour was guilty of ignoring areas of deprivation in the South East that were in dire need of regeneration
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CommentLet鈥檚 not waste this crisis of confidence over the construction output figures
We need a proper review of new and old figures for construction output 鈥� not least as it鈥檚 used as a basis for policy making
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CommentPre-recession construction industry 7% bigger than we thought 鈥� statistically speaking anyway
Revised figures mean history looks different than it did a week ago 鈥� and it impacts on how we view today and tomorrow
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Fitness for purpose: Baylis Farms Limited vs R B Dymott Builders Ltd
This case concerns a blocked drain following completion of works that was not 鈥渇it for purpose鈥�
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CommentLacklustre construction output figures point to decline
Hopes of significant growth in Q2 were dashed after ONS admitted getting its sums wrong
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CommentSummertime blues
Riots and fresh economic uncertainty were the last things the industry needed this week
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CommentMid-sized construction firms are being hit hardest financially according to Experian
Research suggests firms with 51-100 employees are faring worse in recession
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CommentHansom:聽sincerest form of flattery
The world at large is finally giving the construction industry the respect it deserves: Gleeds the musical, QSs making it onto the high street and the Sunday Telegraph basically trying to be 星空传媒
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CommentThe tracker: signs of life
Overall activity is static and prices continue to be reduced, but enquiries and orders are higher than last month. Experian Economics examines the latest figures