If there was one sliver of comfort in the Budget, it was that there were no further cuts to infrastructure spending. Victoria Jackson of Davis Langdon surveys the work that will be on offer in the years ahead.

M&E specialists are still in a contracting market, and face an ever-expanding set of challenges. Simon Rawlinson and Andy Dedman of Davis Langdon Engineering Services review the costs

Many shopping centres hit by the recession need to reposition themselves to be fit for the upturn. Richard Taylor and Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon look at the options.

There are almost as many treatment solutions as sources of waste. Simon Rawlinson and Matthew Hicks of Davis Langdon weigh up the costs and the risks of options, including incineration, in this Cost Model.

The brief rise in tender prices is over but so, it seems, are the sharp falls that characterised last year. Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon reports

The quarterly analysis of changes to costs and prices shows the industry in general on an upward curve, as consumer price inflation continues to rise.

Building performance relies on the skills of building envelope specialists to deliver high quality, cost-effective solutions. Steve Mudie and Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon see how it can be done.

Simon Rawlinson and Mark Lacey examine how specialist
contractors and the supply chain in the structures trades have faced up to the challenges of the recession