Sentences with phrase «of construction sectors»

«It is crucial that policy makers appreciate the contribution of the construction sector: the decisions made today will be felt for decades and generations.»

A new dedicated training academy developed by the industry for the industry has been launched today by the Chartered Institute of Building to enhance excellence and boost the productivity of the construction sector.

The facade is the main constructive element of a building that allows us to meet the requirements of energy efficiency and interior comfort established in the national and international rules and directives of the construction sector.

The Divisional Court has overturned a decision of the Information and Privacy Commissioner requiring the trustees of a construction sector pension plan to provide a rival trade union with confidential financial documents.

Not exact matches

WESTERN Australia's construction sector is warning of impending labour shortages amid indications of a revival in the home building market.

«The biggest sectors of steel consumption are in the construction industry, the auto industry, oil and gas industry, all of which need these products to produce competitive products,» warns Yerxa.

Brookfield Multiplex has taken the top spot on the HIA - Cordell top 100 list of companies operating in the engineering construction, non-residential building and apartment sectors.

Construction Training Fund executive director Ralph Dawson said he had noticed definite signs of renewed life in the sector.

Spending on state and local government construction projects, which is the largest portion of the public sector segment, slipped 0.4 %.

The official purchasing managers» index released today for November jumped to beat economists» expectations, while a measure of non-manufacturing sectors of construction and consumer services hit its highest mark since mid-2014.

«The future of the company is to make sure that we diversify, go heavily into private sector work, and grow nationwide and internationally,» says the entrepreneur, who's been able to focus his talent for construction and engineering on building a thriving business.

Construction and material stocks were one of the better performing sectors Thursday after CRH sold its U.S. business for $ 2.63 billion in cash to Beacon Roofing, Reuters reported.

Economic activity decreased in several categories, including business investment, exports, construction and — most of all — the important resources sector, which sank 2.7 per cent compared to the previous quarter.

In the meantime, low commodity prices are a windfall for many companies in Europe, Japan and the U.S. Metals and other raw materials are at their lowest in years, which is the equivalent of a massive tax break for the construction and manufacturing sectors.

Contractors in the U.S. commercial construction industry report ongoing optimism about the current state and forward - looking health of the sector.

Upstate New York added relatively few jobs in housing - related sectors (e.g. construction and sales of consumer durable goods) during the boom years;

Retail spending remains subdued following the large increase last year, and commercial construction is weak outside of the boost from public - sector infrastructure spending.

In contrast, dwelling construction continues to pick up, the period of business - sector deleveraging looks like it has come to an end, and investment in the resources sector is at very high levels.

The goods production sector, which includes manufacturing, mining and construction, has seen a decline of similar magnitude.

Some of that drop was weather - related, as construction activity halted, but it also represented a slowing of housing gains as mortgage interest rates rose and the sector's postrecession rebound cooled.

«A successful guest worker program will help alleviate the current labor shortage in the residential construction sector, quicken the rebuilding efforts in Texas and support the overall economic growth of this nation,» said NAHB Chairman Granger MacDonald in a press release.

The real issue that was not addressed in the budget is the absence of any economic engine to spur a recovery in growth in 2014 and beyond, The household sector is deep in debt; housing construction has stalled; companies lack confidence and are not investing; the federal and provincial governments are in serious restraint mode; and the export sector is weak and deteriorating.

In a study undertaken for the Clean Energy Association of B.C., MNP Consulting found that private - sector clean energy companies have invested $ 8.6 billion in capital, creating 20,500 direct construction jobs.

Saeed Ghasseminejad, an economist, and the political scientist Emanuele Ottolenghi, writing in The Wall Street Journal, estimated that the Revolutionary Guards Corps controls about 20 percent of the market value of companies traded on Tehran's stock exchange, across the telecommunications, banking, construction, metals and mining, automotive and petrochemical sectors.

Brexit bites into U.K. construction Britain's construction industry is «making the best of an uncertain moment» as building shows signs of slowing in London, but grows elsewhereIt's not clear how the U.K.'s trade arrangements will look at the end of the Brexit process — and the haze presents a challenge to the country's construction sector.

A decade ago, the real - estate sector, including construction and home furnishings, accounted for about 10 % of China's gross domestic product, according to Moody's Investors Service.

In addition, the capacity constraints in the building sector in the lead - up to the introduction of the GST may have resulted in borrowers obtaining finance for construction well before the work was completed and paid for.

To us, a PMI is a measure of health of companies around the world, because it includes output, new orders, employment and prices across manufacturing, construction, retail and service sectors.

Forward - looking indicators of labour demand in the construction sector suggest a significant decline from current levels, in line with the expected decline in construction activity noted above.

These prices continue to rise more rapidly than building - materials prices, suggesting that profit margins and / or labour costs in the residential construction sector have increased in response to the recent strength in demand for residential construction work and the rise in prices of established houses.

Labour cost pressures also remain firm in the construction sector; a recent survey by the Master Builders Association suggests that labour shortages remain most acute in trades exposed to the latter stages of the building process, contributing to ongoing pressure on rates for subcontractors.

In contrast, loans to investors for both new construction and existing houses (a sector likely to have been less affected by the introduction of the GST) have continued to grow at double - digit rates in year - ended terms.

The country's impressive growth in 2002 - 2006 has been importantly driven by construction, a sector that is a heavy user of metals and energy.

Spending here accounts for 30 % of total public sector construction activity.

While construction investment continues to be weighed down by the ongoing weakness in property markets throughout the region, the strength in the region's exports has led to the need for increased equipment investment in export - focused industries, despite the existence of excess capacity in other sectors.

The strength in the labour market is also apparent in liaison reports, which indicate strong demand for labour and shortages of skilled workers in a range of industries and sectors, from construction and engineering to accounting and information technology.

Pre-GST activity boosted output in the construction industry and, given the large amount of work yet to be done in the residential sector, this should support activity in the industry in the period ahead.

Machine learning (ML) is a paradigm shift across many sectors because it proposes the automatic construction of artificially intelligent systems that are human - like in ability to perform and adapt.

«As an example of the supply chain effect in light of the high response rate from the construction and real - estate industries, the increased costs to this sector could potentially translate to consumers.

We haven't seen levels this high since 2004 when we were at the peak of the housing bubble, the construction sector was booming, and we had high employment.

To date, NAMA has advanced over $ 1billion in development funding for the completion of construction projects currently in progress in Ireland and to develop new projects to meet prospective supply shortages in certain sectors.

In addition to its direct impact on financial sector output, this has contributed to weakness in non-mining construction and property turnover, as well as slower growth of retail spending (Lowe 2012 and Stevens 2012).

Included in this sector are companies that manufacture chemicals, construction materials, glass, paper, forest products and related packaging products, metals, minerals and mining companies, including producers of steel.

By: Jessica Oosthuizen 27th April 2018 The joint venture (JV) between Stefanutti Stocks Mechanical — part of construction group Stefanutti Stocks — and Australian industrial services operation the Dawsons Group of Companies is «ground - breaking and a first for the pan-African mining sector», says Stefanutti Stocks Mechanical MD Marius... →

With tens of thousands of jobs in construction and financial services tied to the market, the Bank of Canada has specifically cited Toronto's inflating condo sector as a potential source of concern.

The industrial sector, together with construction, accounts for the bulk of the variation in national output over the course of the business cycle.

Much of the overall growth in the non-farm economy has been accounted for by the goods sector (Graph 26), largely because of continued strength in the construction industry.

House purchase costs increased by 2 per cent in the June quarter and by 5 1/4 per cent over the year, as ongoing strength in the construction sector resulted in rising costs of materials and labour.

In particular, ongoing strength in the construction sector has led to significant increases in the cost of building materials and in house purchase costs.

Boral's CEO says the volume of work from high - rise apartment construction is «moderating slowly» but the infrastructure sector continues to strengthen.