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Hays 2010 salary guide: Do we have to fight about it?
There’s no way to sugarcoat this: contractors’ pay is down and benefits are under threat, too. Roxane McMeeken looks at the figures in the Hays 2010 salary survey and asks how employers and employees can stick together through the hard times
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Domestic heat pumps: So you think this will do the job, then?
Given that the government seems bent on promoting heat pump technology to help it meet its carbon reduction targets, it’s odd that evidence for its effectiveness has been so thin on the ground. Now at last a study reveals the truth…
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Specialist costs: Off-site manufacture
Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon takes a look at how that sector can add greater value
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Airports get firms off the ground as workloads dive
Business barometer: Balfour’s Heathrow win takes it clear of its rivals in quiet August
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Cost update: Q2 2010
The quarterly analysis of construction industry costs and prices shows everything going up except wages and employment
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Procurement refurbishment
When budgets are tight, refurb can seem the ideal solution. But how do clients and contractors allocate risk and manage outcomes? Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon looks at the options
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Housing stats: New build sales and completions in July 2010
This month’s data reveals rises in private and housing association registrations, but sales are down
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Analysts cautious over industry output figures
The Construction Products association has urged caution rather than optimism over new industry stats
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Public housing and infrastructure are keeping construction’s nose above water, though the industrial sector’s 40% fall in new orders is a drag
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Construction redundancies drop 23%
The number of redundancies has dropped for the fourth succcessive quarter
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Construction output forecast to hit new low in 2011
The construction sector will reach its nadir in 2011 as public sector money dries up, according to new data
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International costs 2010
Now that the great global roller-coaster seems to be slowing down, where has it left tender prices? Paul Moore of EC Harris looks at how economies around the world have fared …
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Construction activity growth eases in July
Construction activity grew in July but contractors have started cutting staff in anticipation of the public spending squeeze, says CIPS
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Market forecast: On the level
The brief rise in tender prices is over but so, it seems, are the sharp falls that characterised last year.
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International salary survey 2010: Foreign office
As the UAE continues to struggle, other areas are emerging as career hotspots for workers who want to see the world
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Housing Stats: New build sales and completions in June 2010
This month’s data reveals a softening of the housing market as private completions drop on last yearRegional completions June 2010New-build, sales, registrations and completions
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Labour's final spending spree boosts output
Construction output in Spring was at highest level since start of recession
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The tracker: Back to reality
Hopes that increased activity at the start of the year would continue into the summer were dashed as the activity index fell to a six-month low
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Housing stats planning applications in June 2010
More projects at detailed planning than a year ago, except in Scotland; Morgan Sindall tops client list
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Lead times - April to June 2010
An increase in reported enquiries in many trades has not yet been converted to orders, but lead times are already creeping up in four areas compared with only one last quarter