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Global Construction Industry Will Remain Flat through 2012
The latest construction trade survey from the Construction Products Association in the United Kingdom reported that construction output to fall by1.1% in 2011 and 3.6% in 2012, with no return to growth until 2014. The reason for this is the drop in public sector investment spending, coupled with the inability of the private sector to pick up the slack. These numbers are particularly surprising as the country prepares for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Ahuja Group. Redefining Lifestyles.
Produced by Rachel Allen Started by Mr. Jagdish Ahuja over 25 years ago, Ahuja Constructions today is one of India’s leading building and construction companies. The Ahuja Group was recently awarded the title of creating the “Best High-rise Architecture in India” at the Asia Pacific Property Awards. For almost the last two decades, the Ahuja [...]
U.S Housing shows Recovery; New Home Sales rise by 11.1%
Following three straight months of declining new home sales, the American housing market displayed a small recovery in the month of March, with an 11.1% rise in the number of new homes being bought in the world’s largest economy. The rise in the number of new homes sold in March was accompanied by a 2.9% [...]
Japan’s Construction Index surges on Reconstruction Demand Prospects
Kajima, Taisei see Record Highs Japan’s largest construction firm, Kajima, rose 22% to 259 yen, the biggest increase since Oct. 14, 2008, while the nation’s third-largest builder, Taisei Corp., climbed 20% to 223 yen, the largest jump since April 24, 2000. Advancing 6.4% as of the 3 p.m. close in Tokyo trading yesterday, Japan’s 95-member [...]
Housing Crisis? Prefabricated, Recycled Plastic could be the answer.
To alleviate the 80,000 units per annum estimated housing shortage in the U.K, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has identified the return of prefab as the most suitable solution! Team that with making these new prefab homes out of recycled plastic, and pricing them at as little as £20,000, and bingo! How many birds [...]
Larger than Life: Antilla Mumbai – The World’s MOST Expensive Home
Antilla, the new home of the world’s 5th richest man, Mukesh Ambani, currently figures as the world’s most expensive home – in fact, the world’s first-ever billion-dollar home! With an estimated value of £630 Million, Antilla Mumbai, a custom-built 27-storey towering mansion overtook Villa Leopolda, owned by Russian billionaire called Mikhail Proklhorov (24th richest man [...]
