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    The tracker: Slim pickings

    2011-07-15T00:00:00Z

    Though activity, orders and employment are down, firms are relatively upbeat about tender prices, which are at a three-year high. Experian Marketing Information Services brings the latest figures

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    Specialist costs: M&E

    2011-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Legislative, economic and technological changes are presenting both challenges and opportunities to M&E firms. Erland Rendall of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, reports

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    Cost model: Global manufacturing

    2011-06-24T00:00:00Z

    With manufacturing in many countries showing strong signs of recovery, the development of new manufacturing facilities is required to keep pace with contemporary process and technologies, say Mike Wilcock and Miles Jenkins of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company

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    Cost model: City of London offices

    2011-05-06T00:00:00Z

    With uncertain prospects for finance, recovery in office development is likely to remain cautious. Refurbishment and reuse will remain alternatives but the low-carbon agenda will transform both these and new build, say Iain Parker and Graham Jones of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company

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    Which domestic renewables incentive is best?

    2011-04-15T00:00:00Z

    Adam Mactavish of Cyril Sweett provides a brief review of the incentive schemes for domestic renewables

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    Cost model: small projects

    2011-03-25T00:00:00Z

    In these difficult economic times, small projects are not to be sniffed at. David Holmes and Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, cost up some of the most common kinds

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    CPA warns on rising costs

    2011-03-01T10:43:00Z

    2011 is shaping up to be a tough year as rising costs can not be passed on to customers

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    Market Forecast: Depth Gauge

    2011-01-28T00:00:00Z

    It鈥檚 difficult to say whether we have reached the bottom of the pricing trough, says Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company. What鈥檚 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
    Features

    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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    The tracker: That sinking feeling

    2010-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Construction workload is expected to keep falling over the next three months, but the pace of decline should begin to ease, according to Experian Marketing Information Services

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    好色先生TV Intelligence Q2 2010: Surprisingly buoyant

    2010-10-15T00:00:00Z

    The gloomy forecast in the Tracker is in stark contrast to a surprisingly buoyant second quarter. Now, the good news, from Experian Marketing Information Services

  • The financial case for fitting energy-efficient lighting becomes much stronger once the benefits from ECAs are factored in
    Features

    Sustainability: Tax incentives

    2010-10-08T00:00:00Z

    The government wants to encourage energy-efficient investment. Steve Smith and Richard Quartermaine of Cyril Sweett look at what tax incentives are available

  • The Frankfurt skyline 鈥� the investment focus in 2010 is expected to be on residential, retail and office buildings
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    Country focus: Germany

    2010-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Overall the outlook for Germany is reasonably bright, but construction will feel the pain as the effect of the economic stimulus measures wears off

  • OSM accounts for between 6% and 10% of the value of the UK construction industry. But innovations are coming through to improve the inherent limitations to designs based on modules and so reduce our reliance on more expensive on-site work
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    Specialist costs: Off-site manufacture

    2010-09-17T00:00:00Z

    Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon takes a look at how that sector can add greater value

  • Bahrain World Trade Centre, designed by Atkins. The Gulf state is the most expensive in the region, with prices running at about 11% above the UK
    Features

    International costs 2010

    2010-08-06T00:00:00Z

    Now that the great global roller-coaster seems to be slowing down, where has it left tender prices? Paul Moore of EC Harris looks at how economies around the world have fared 鈥�

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    What it costs: Flooring

    2010-03-26T00:00:00Z

    Level access showers can improve quality of life for disabled users. Peter Mayer of BLP Insurance looks at the design options and lifecycle costs for retrofitting them into existing floors

  • Designed by JM Architects and engineered by Gifford, the 拢8m refurbishment and remodelling of Elm Court school in south London (pictured here and throughout) gave a new lease of life to an Edwardian school building
    Features

    Cost model: School refurbishment

    2010-02-19T00:00:00Z

    Continuing this week鈥檚 focus on the renewal of the school estate, Simon Rawlinson and Paul Zuccherelli of Davis Langdon review one of the biggest challenges facing the BSF programme

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    Cost model: Access control systems

    2009-08-23T00:00:00Z

    This month Davis Langdon Engineering Services compares the features of various methods of access control for both people and vehicles

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    Cost model: 好色先生TV in the Middle East

    2009-06-21T00:00:00Z

    This month Davis Langdon Engineering Services looks at the unique environmental challenges posed by projects in the Middle East.

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    Cost model: green retail refits

    2009-03-17T00:00:00Z

    Green retail refurbishments can be good for business as well as the planet. Davis Langdon Engineering Services explains the options