All Analysis articles – Page 9

  • News analysis
    Features

    M&E firms: The heat is on

    2012-08-02T09:53:00Z

    Why have M&Es been hit so hard this year and can anything be done to stop more of them going under?

  • News analysis
    Features

    Investing in infrastructure: Safe bet

    2012-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Questions remain over how the government’s £40bn infrastructure initiative will work - and whether it will unlock the pension funds’ billions

  • News analysis
    Features

    Should we work all hours?

    2012-07-20T00:00:00Z

    Ray O’Rourke has said a 35-hour week would make the industry more attractive to recruits. How realistic is a shorter working week is - and does anyone really want it?

  • Olympic Stadium
    Features

    Olympic marketing rights: Time’s running out

    2012-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Is it too late for UK construction to benefit from the Olympics?

  • Maude at GCS
    Comment

    Warm words, cold comfort?

    2012-07-06T00:00:00Z

    This week’s Government Construction Summit was the government’s chance to show what it was doing to get construction out of recession. But was its package of proposals enough to make up for the huge cuts in spending?

  • Construction site
    Features

    Are contractors not up to the job?

    2012-06-29T00:00:00Z

    ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø’s survey shows clients are having trouble finding contractors with the skills they need. Joey Gardiner asks why

  • Euro
    Features

    The shadow of the euro crisis

    2012-06-28T00:00:00Z

    Uncertainty over the euro is crippling the British construction sector’s chances of recovery. How bad could things could get for UK firms and how much longer can it go on?

  • NA
    Features

    Supermarkets: What's in store?

    2012-06-22T00:00:00Z

    Supermarkets are preparing to shake up their framework agreements and plump for new ways of procuring work. So what will the new supply chain be expected to deliver? Emily Wright reports

  • Gorilla
    Features

    Pension problems: Don't look now

    2012-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Construction firms’ final salary pension liabilities of £33bn are set to attack their balance sheets, stop investment and hold back growth for years to come. Yet far from confronting the problem, many are simply ignoring it and hoping it will go away. Will Hurst reports

  • Serpenine5
    Comment

    Subterranean Serpentine strikes hollow note

    2012-06-07T07:00:00Z

    The Serpentine Gallery’s latest pavilion is high in concept but unconvincing in practice

  • NA
    Comment

    Priority schools: what now?

    2012-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The cheer the constructon industry got from the release of the list of the 261 schools to be included in the Priority Schools ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Programme has been tempered by uncertainty about how the initiative will actually work

  • Housing
    Features

    Where are the homes?

    2012-05-25T00:00:00Z

    After a tough few years, things are looking up for housebuilders, judging from their profit figures. So why are we still in the middle of a housing crisis?

  • mel Starrs
    Comment

    We need a zero carbon definition now,
    Mr Shapps

    2012-05-18T11:36:00Z

    Projects are going ahead with little idea of how they will meet the zero carbon standard when they are built in four years time

  • Legal
    Features

    Legal challenges to HS2: Destination High Court

    2012-05-18T00:00:00Z

    High Speed 2 holds out the prospect of a much-needed boost to UK construction. But the legal challenges the project faces means it could hit the buffers before it’s even left the platform. Allister Hayman reports

  • Infrastructure
    Features

    Resuscitating construction: Alternative medicine

    2012-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Last week ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø looked at the government’s failure to resuscitate construction. This week, Joey Gardiner looks at where treatment is most urgently needed for construction to make a swift recovery

  • pills
    Comment

    The UK economy: Kill or cure

    2012-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Recent figures show the UK economy is back in recession - and it’s the construction sector that put it there. In the first of a two-part look at the handling of the economic situation Joey Gardiner examines why the government’s course of treatment is failing to deliver a recovery

  • money nw ld
    Features

    Contractors' pay: The 30 days war

    2012-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Eighteen months after the government introduced its Prompt Payment Code, ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø’s Specialists White Paper has revealed that 83% of contractors are still waiting more than 30 days to be paid. Vern Pitt reports on one of the industry’s longest-running battles

  • Asia
    Features

    Working in Asia: Rush to the East

    2012-04-20T00:00:00Z

    Suddenly Asia is the place to be - witness Arcadis’ dramatic expansion into the area with its purchase of Davis Langdon & Seah last week. But with so many players moving into the market, what can they do to ensure they survive? Iain Withers reports

  • Scottish Parliament
    Comment

    Whatever happened to RMJM?

    2012-04-13T00:00:00Z

    Disastrous cash flow, unpaid staff, an exodus of talent and now under investigation by the Pensions Regulator, even RMJM’s chief executive is appalled by the scars the last few years have left. Will Hurst looks at what went wrong

  • News analysis
    Comment

    New asbestos regulations: The risks

    2012-04-05T00:00:00Z

    From tomorrow stricter regulations will govern even low-risk asbestos work, triggering new obligations for contractors and property owners. ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø reports on the risks for the industry if it doesn’t follow the legislation to the letter