Publications

A range of publications and thought leadership is available to UK construction and housebuilding companies:

Infrastructure in India – a vast land of construction opportunity
Despite the global slowdown, India remains an opportunity for UK construction firms. This new PricewaterhouseCoopers report looks at the opportunities and challenges facing companies planning to operate on the sub-continent.

International Mobility in the Engineering & Construction Industry
This paper explores the major issues facing engineering and construction companies with a globally mobile employee population. Topics covered include the development of effective policies, tax compliance and the reward and retention of skilled workers who relocate to work outside their home country.

Rebuilding the Housebuilder
Operational restructuring of the housebuilding sector is well underway.  Management teams are moth-balling sites and reducing overheads.  Faced with a continued decline in sales, will these actions stem the need for new funds?

Global Economic Crime Survey - Engineering & Construction
Despite heightened efforts at regulation and companies' investments in controls, fraud remains a major threat to companies around the world. From simple theft to more complex schemes involving management and corruption, the threat continues regardless of a company's size, location or industry. This sector supplement compares and contrasts Engineering & Construction executives’ views with those of executives across all industries.

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Building New Europe's Infrastructure* - Public Private Partnerships in Central and Eastern Europe
This paper looks at the opportunities in Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) opened up by the unprecedented levels of activity in infrastructure development in the region. It highlights several major upcoming opportunities, gives practical suggestions for successful bidding and shares lessons on how to deliver.

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Building Knowledge - China
This, the latest of our 'Building Knowledge' papers, explores the opportunities - and challenges - of China in detail. China’s construction market has grown massively in recent years and the trend will certainly continue over the next decade.

UK Construction, Housebuilding and Building Products - case studies
A series of case study papers highlighting our work with construction, housebuilding and building products clients and demonstrating our commitment to the sector.

11th Annual CEO Survey - Engineering & Construction sector
Engineering & construction CEOs are significantly more confident about the prospects for revenue growth over the next 12 months than CEOs in other industries. This industry summary includes incisive analysis of such issues as cross-border mergers and acquisitions; the global regulatory environment, the evolving role of leadership; attracting, retaining and promoting talent, developing and managing secure supply chains and diversity.

Building Knowledge: capital project procurement
In an increasingly competitive business environment, with a recognised need for significantly improved up-front planning for capital investment, a key part of the planning phase is the formulation of an effective procurement strategy. Companies need to establish a strategy that is well suited to their organisation and in sympathy with the needs and circumstances of the project and market.

10th Annual CEO Survey: Engineering & Construction sector
This industry summary includes incisive analysis of such issues as cross-border mergers and acquisitions; the global regulatory environment, the evolving role of leadership; attracting, retaining and promoting talent, developing and managing secure supply chains and diversity.  It also shows that engineering & construction CEOs are significantly more confident about the prospects for revenue growth over the next 12 months than CEOs in other industries.

Partnering in Practice
With better public services at the heart of government agendas, the need for private sector involvement in their delivery and management has intensified.  The pioneering role of the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) brought the private sector into asset financing, procurement and management, while Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) have brought the private sector into areas of public sector business where more service provision and greater flexibility is required.

Transact: Foundations for growth
This publication looks at the increasing share of the market held by the top 5 majors and what the independents can do to deliver high sales growth.

Economic Crime in the Construction Industry
This is a construction industry-specific companion to the 2005 Global Economic Crime Survey. In this industry survey, we have examined responses from 180 E&C companies in 26 countries.