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Modernisation of the power sector in Poland faces numerous barriers and tough challenges for investors

Due to long-standing underinvestment, the Polish power sector is facing a genuine need of finding up to €50bn on investments in new power-production capacity and transmission systems in the coming years. However, only part of the projects initially announced by investors will be actually implemented. Thus, the amount of around €25bn earmarked for capital investments in the power sector in 2010-2020 seems to be a more realistic figure. As state... [more]

UK construction activity continues to contract but at a slower rate

According to the latest CIPS/Markit UK Manufacturing PMI, UK construction activity has continued to fall during February. However, the rate of decline was one of the weakest during the current two-year period of contraction. The seasonally adjusted CIPS/Markit Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI®) posted 48.5 during February, which was only fractionally lower than the previous month’s 48.6. This signalled that the rate of contraction ... [more]

Recruitment activity remains steady for candidates with sustainability and energy efficiency experience

Despite difficult trading conditions employers' confidence is improving with positive signs for recruitment activity in the building services sector, especially for candidates with specialist skills, such as sustainability and energy efficiency experience. According to Hays Building Services, recruitment activity for jobs that require energy and sustainability expertise has remained steady across the public and private sectors, with employers ... [more]

iNet and Building Research Establishment offer advice on grants available to construction businesses at the Construction and Property Forum

Derbyshire property developers and construction companies looking to find out more about intelligent buildings and smart technologies are being told to act fast to secure places at the Construction & Property Forum – Intelligent Buildings event. Hosted by the Sustainable Construction Innovation Network (iNet), the free breakfast briefing is being held at City & Guilds, Alfreton on Thursday 28 January. Registration begins at 8.15 am and the eve... [more]

Amount of office space available to tenants in London has declined for the first time in two years

According to the RICS’ UK Commercial Property Survey, the amount of office space available to tenants in London declined for the first time in two years as the London economy started to lead the country out of recession. Demand for business property increased in the fourth quarter of 2009 with office space and industrial property proving particularly popular but demand for retail space continued to decline. Fourteen percent more chartered surv... [more]

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Industry: Construction employment bleaker than previously thought (The Salt Lake Tribune)
New monthly data from the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) suggests Utah's construction industry has lost a few more jobs than state officials calculate.

Construction employment shrinks nationwide (Central New York Business Journal)
The construction industry employed fewer people in every state and Washington, D.C. in January than it did 12 months earlier, an industry trade group said today.

VA clinic construction brings jobs to Cape Coral (Cape Coral Daily Breeze)
Bob Koenig, senior vice president and area manager for Kraft Construction, offered contractors a glimpse at the new Lee County VA Outpatient Clinic during a Cape Coral Construction Industry Association meeting Thursday night.

Construction Industry Hit Hard in Recession (KOLO 8 Reno)
The construction field, predominately a male industry, has lost more than a quarter of its workforce from January 2009 to 2010.

Former construction union boss faces fraud and forgery charges (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
MONTREAL - Criminal charges against a former high-ranking union official and allegations of intimidation of workers vaulted Quebec's much-maligned construction industry back into the spotlight Thursday.

Peru expects building industry to grow 10% in 2010 (People's Daily)
Peru expects its building industry to grow by 10 percent this year, the country's housing, construction and sanitation ministry said on Thursday. It would be an increase of almost 4 percentage points over last year when the building industry posted a 6.14-percent growth rate despite the global financial crisis. Ministry sources explained that overall improvement of the global economy is expected ...

Green strategy for construction sector to be developed (Business Times (Malaysia))
A GREEN strategy approach tailored to suit the country's construction industry is expected to be developed at an upcoming carbon neutral conference. This is in line with the Prime Minister's commitment for a 40 per cent Greenhouse gas reduction by 2020.

Business : Govt-led Investment Revives Construction Activity in ME (Khaleej Times)
DUBAI — The Middle East region has around $500 billion worth of building projects, of which only 20 per cent are on hold while five per cent had been cancelled in the wake of the downturn, according to a construction industry intelligence service.

Construction Firm Raided By District Attorney's Office (Gothamist)
The offices of Lehr Construction in the Flatiron District were raided by the Manhattan DA's office Wednesday morning. While Lehr employees were arriving for work, detectives with the DA's Construction Industry Strike Force acted on a search warrant as part of an ongoing investigation of the interior construction industry. They carted away over twenty cartons of documents and several computer ...