All Market forecast articles – Page 4

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    Market Forecast: Depth Gauge

    2011-01-28T00:00:00Z

    It’s difficult to say whether we have reached the bottom of the pricing trough, says Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company. What’s sure is that material prices will rise

  • Investment has come to the secondary cities where investors have seen the potential of commercial developments such as this shopping centre
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    Country focus: Poland

    2011-01-07T00:00:00Z

    EU funding and infrastructure projects cushioned Poland from the downturn, but the public sector culture of always accepting lowest price tenders needs to change

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    Market forecast the depths of winter

    2010-10-29T00:00:00Z

    After the uplift in activity in the first half of this year and the swingeing cuts in the spending review, a long and difficult winter lies ahead, says Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon

  • WSP Cantor Seinuk was the structural engineer on Frank Gehry’s stainless steel-clad brain health centre in Las Vegas. The rise in steel prices has now begun to ease
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    Market forecast: On the level

    2010-07-23T00:00:00Z

    The brief rise in tender prices is over but so, it seems, are the sharp falls that characterised last year.

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    Market forecast: Chink of light

    2010-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Construction prices edged up in the first quarter of the year. So does that mean the industry recession is at an end? Sadly not, says Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon

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    Market forecast: Another tough year

    2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Now that 2009 has come into focus, we can clearly see what a disastrous year it was. Unfortunately, the process of recovering from it will not be quick, says Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon

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    Market forecast: Still a way to go

    2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

    Despite signs of recession abating in some quarters, 2010 will remain tough for the building industry, particularly with public sector work likely to shrink

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    Market forecast: A history lesson

    2009-07-24T00:00:00Z

    Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon presents the latest news of the blues, and an illuminating comparison between this recession and the previous three

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    Market forecast: Where are we now?

    2009-05-01T00:00:00Z

    The plunge in tender prices has ended and costs are falling, but the outlook is still gloomy, thanks in part to the decline in the value of the pound. Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon crunches the numbers

  • Will Bank of England governor Mervyn King cut interest rates to zero?
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    Market forecast: Two years to go …

    2009-01-30T00:00:00Z

    ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø prices plummeted 7.5% in the last quarter of 2008, and aren’t set to bottom out until 2011. Peter Fordham and Maren Baldauf-Cunnington of Davis Langdon deliver the latest grim predictions

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    Market forecast: Going down

    2008-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Continuing work has helped the industry survive so far, but that is about to change.

  • Global concern: world stock markets have plummeted
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    Market forecast: Cut-throat times

    2008-07-25T00:00:00Z

    Soaring materials costs have driven up building costs and tender prices, but the economic slowdown is set to apply the brakes. Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon reports

  • More than 34,000 jobs have gone on Wall Street during the credit crunch
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    Market forecast: Growth slips

    2008-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Tender prices are rising less rapidly as new orders slow, while growth could fall below 1% this year, warn Peter Fordham and Máren Bauldauf of Davis Langdon

  • Rainy days: the Bank of England says commercial property is a serious risk
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    Market forecast: Orders holding up

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Despite the pessimism all around, most contractors have strong order books and there are few reports of projects being cancelled or delayed. Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon reports

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    Market forecast: Credit crunch ahead

    2007-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Full order books mean the industry is likely to remain busy into 2008 but the impact of the credit crunch on new developments remains to be seen

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    Market forecast: Tender prices head up

    2007-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Tender prices are continuing to soar, especially in London, but the rise in the cost of building is set to slow over the next year

  • Foster’s Willis building in the City
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    Market forecast: Olympics swell boom

    2007-05-04T00:00:00Z

    The industry is booming, and with Olympics projects, retail work and office developments in the pipeline, there’s further growth in store

  • Activity is rising in London, as demonstrated by New Street Square
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    Market forecast: Buoyant mood

    2007-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Last year ended with the construction industry in a buoyant mood and all signs point to further growth in 2007

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    Market forecast: Gearing up for 2012

    2006-10-27T00:00:00Z

    Last year’s slight downturn in workload has reversed in 2006. But, says Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon, construction inflation can only keep growing as we gear up for the Olympics

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    Market forecast: Output recovering

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    In the latest quarterly focus on industry trends, Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon reveals that after a slow 2005, output is climbing back up – and prices with it. Plus, a look behind curtain walls