All Data articles – Page 23
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Features
Lead times: April - June 2015
With six packages increasing their lead times and widespread reports of increasing enquiries and workload, growth is holding steady. Brian Moone of Mace reports
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Features
Economics: Market forecast
Revised figures for Q1 2015 saw market pricing volatility increase, with a project’s attractiveness playing a crucial role in this current trend. Michael Hubbard of Aecom reports
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News
Construction output falls 1.3% in May
Latest ONS figures shows continued drop in construction output
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Features
ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø intelligence: Q1 2015
The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show that total construction output hit its highest year-on-year level since 2008. Experian Economics reports
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Features
Tracker: May 2015
The construction activity index picked up again following a fallow April, while the number of respondents posting no construction activity constraints reached an all-time high
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Features
Whole-life carbon: Retrofit vs EnerPHit
Assessments show retrofit to EnerPHit level, the Passivhaus retrofit standard, can reduce whole-life carbon emissions by 40% compared to typical Part L
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Features
Market review: Mixed signals
The construction sector is still thriving but according to economic indicators there was a fall in activity in services and manufacturing
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Comment
The ONS needs to figure out the problem
Following recent revisions to their data, the Office of National Statistics could benefit from listening to those who work in the industry day-to-day
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News
Construction set to break output records in 2015
Contracting authority Scape projects £34.4bn output for the sector this year
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Comment
The ONS revisions
Will the recent declines be a short term blip? Michael Dall on the ONS revisions
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News
Balfour Beatty reclaims top contractors’ spot for May
Wins with University of Warwick and Great Ormond Street Hospital help make up £491m contract haul
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News
Barbour ABI's June market review is out now
Barbour ABI’s Economic Construction Market Review for June is now available to download
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Features
Sustainability: Life cycle carbon management
Usual depictions of a building’s carbon life cycle fail to consider the day-to-day running of the place. Reimagining a building’s life cycle could improve its carbon efficiency
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News
UK commercial building activity hits five-month high
The UK commercial building sector has grown for the 32nd consecutive month led by the South East and London.
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Features
Cost model: Car parks
While a concept relatively unchanged over the past 50 years, car parks can still have a dramatic impact on commercial space around them
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News
Housing stats: New-build sales and completions in April 2015
Registrations and completions in both the private and public sector are higher than in April 2014
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Features
Tracker: April 2015
Constraints on activity tightened in April and the orders index has stopped growing but there’s less worry about labour shortages even though employers look set to take on more workers
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Features
Cost update Q1 2015
The consumer price inflation rate dips into negative territory on a single-month basis for the first time in recorded history
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Features
Market review: An unexpected drop
Construction activity increased in March against a backdrop of wider economic stability, with low inflation, low unemployment and forecasts for moderate growth
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News
Mace tops contractors’ league with £238m contract haul
Six major projects, including data centre and development in Camden Town, propel firm to top of the table