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CommentCompany restructures: Wake up and shake up
Some of the UK鈥檚 biggest contractors are restructuring 鈥� but the drive for efficiency goes beyond cutting staff numbers
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CommentPlaytime's over
Most government initiatives identified as a way of boosting the economy through the construction has floundered in the execution
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CommentTick tock, tick tock
The Green Deal doesn鈥檛 have long to secure cash from private lenders and there鈥檚 still lots to sort out
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CommentLicence to skill
Economic rebound might give firms more headroom to employ apprentices yet also increase demand for skilled workers
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CommentAfter the party
As the dust settles on London 2012, Team GB鈥檚 athletes aren鈥檛 the only ones who should be proud of themselves. We look at how UK construction made the Games great
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CommentBe inspired
It will be vital to look at the Olympic construction programme and assess why it was successful 鈥� and if it could have been even better
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CommentA singular voice
Making the industry work more successfully will be the biggest challenge facing new construction adviser Peter Hansford
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CommentA job well done
The Olympic build is a massive achievement for the industry 鈥� let鈥檚 hope its passing is not the end of a golden age
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CommentShovels at the ready
New government initiatives show plans to attract private investment to the industry have not worked out as hoped
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CommentBacking UK construction: The 拢1 campaign
The UKCG campaign is a chance to make a clear case for investment in construction
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CommentReform all round
With the first Government Construction Summit taking place this week, we take a hard look at the industry鈥檚 relationship with Whitehall
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CommentMake a change
One year on, has the public sector engaged with the government Construction Strategy?
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CommentSay it louder
Are the construction minister鈥檚 comments about PFI cause for concern about the government鈥檚 immediate agenda to help construction?
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CommentWay out west
WSP鈥檚 decision to submit to the charms of an overseas suitor is not surprising given the chief executive鈥檚 belief that the firm needed to grow fast
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CommentWhen the levy breaks
Planning reform is a vital part of the government鈥檚 pro-growth agenda but now development in London is in danger of stagnating
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CommentMaking Priority Schools add up
Gove鈥檚 announcement secures precious funding for some schools, but there are still questions about how the procurement will work
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CommentProfit and loss
We are currently building half the homes we need in the UK. But if the housebuilder won鈥檛 jump in to fill the hole, who will?
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CommentKept on their toes
Consultants are having to become more dynamic and flexible to take advantage of new opportunities
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CommentYou were warned
The double-dip is upon us so what can government, and companies themselves, do to help in this hour of need?
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CommentTime for change
The government鈥檚 policies for economic recovery aren鈥檛 working, and if 鈥榞etting Britain building鈥� is the answer, a new course of action is needed now