Construction Market Research Insights And Findings
Survey Finds Confidence Returning To The UK Construction Industry
October 2013
According KPMG’s Global Construction Survey 2013: Read for the Next Big Wave, almost three-quarters (73%) of construction companies in the UK are “positive” or “very positive” when asked to describe their medium-term outlook… Read more...
Survey Reveals that the UK Bribery Act is Ineffective for Construction
October 2013
Despite the introduction of a tough new Bribery Act in the UK in 2010, corruption is still common in the country’s construction industry, according to respondents from a survey by the Charted Institute of Building (CIOB). Results show that three in… Read more...
Irish Survey Finds 64% of Construction Companies Asked To Do a Job for Cash
September 2013
A new Construction Industry Federation (CIF) survey of the “black economy” found, that almost two thirds (64%) of construction companies have been asked to carry out work for an underhand payment, and that half (54%) have been approached by construction… Read more...
Survey Finds Three Quarters of Construction Firms Having Trouble Finding Qualified Workers
September 2013
According to research, published by the Associated General Contractors of America, three-quarters (74%) of construction firms across the US report they are having trouble finding qualified craft workers to fill key spots amid concerns that the labour shortages… Read more...
Research Shows Demand for Construction Apprenticeships Rises a Fifth
September 2013
New figures from the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) reveal that eleven people applied for each construction apprenticeship posted online during 2012/13. Over the past twelve months, 60,410 applications were made for apprenticeship vacancies in the… Read more...
Research Shows UAE Construction projects value to exceed $30bn in 2013
August 2013
KFH Research’s latest publication reveals that contracts in the UAE may exceed 30 billion USD; it is also scheduled that the UAE is set to replace some 12,500 houses that were built before the year 1990, at an estimated cost of 2.7 billion USD. Analysts’… Read more...
