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NFRC Trade Survey Q4 2020
NFRC Trade Survey – Material shortages the top concern for roofing contractors in 2021 finds new industry survey When asked to rank their top three concerns for 2021, almost half of roofing and cladding contractors (48 per cent) put material shortages top, according to a brand new State of the Roofing Industry Survey, produced by […]
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UK Construction Prospects
Short Term Implications of Covid-19 As the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic impacts the industry, Glenigan research has identified a rising number of projects that have been put on hold as a direct result of the Coronavirus. At March 30 2020, work had been suspended on 1,924 building sites involving £89 billion-worth of work, The government is […]
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Industrial
Industrial Industrial – Overview Project-starts, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals experienced declines against the previous quarter and last year. However, underlying approvals experienced some growth. During the first quarter of 2023 industrial project-starts fell 42% against the preceding three months to stand 59% down on a year ago, totalling £1,107 million. Major […]
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Social Housing
Social Housing – Overview Project-starts, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals all decreased on the previous year. Totalling £1,487 million, social housing work starting on-site increased 19% during the three months to March to stand 54% down on the previous year. Major projects (£100 million or more) at £250 million increased on the […]
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Waterman Group plc
Last updated July 27th 2022 Waterman Group Waterman Group is one of the UK’s largest engineering and environmental consultancies. Founded in 1952, the firm’s services cover structures, building services, environmental, infrastructure and specialist secondment services and it has annual revenues of just under £120 million. The group”s shares were publicly quoted in London from 1988 […]
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Greystar Europe
Last updated 7 March 2023 Greystar Europe Holdings Greystar Europe is part of the Greystar Group, which was founded in 1993 by Bob Faith and is an active investor in build-to-let residential development. The group works across Europe, North and South America and Asia-Pacific. The group has 65 offices around the world, employs more than 21,000 […]
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North East
Overview Project-starts, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals all decreased on the previous quarter and last year’s levels. Totalling £919m, work starting on-site in the North East decreased 21 per cent during the three months to March and remained 34 per cent lower than a year ago. Major projects (£100m or more) starting […]
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Renew Holdings
Last updated 12 January 2023 Renew Holdings Plc Renew is a construction conglomerate with activities in main and specialist contracting. Origins at the Young James Lovell part of the business date back more than two centuries. The group later group consolidated and made a number of acquisitions that would comprise much of the main business for […]
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Vita Group
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Offices
Offices Offices – Overview While project starts and main contract awards fell against 2022 levels, detailed planning approvals increased on the previous year and preceding three months, to provide a boost to the development pipeline. Office work starting on-site totalled £1,920 million during the three months to March, a 26% increase compared with […]
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