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Growth predicted for European construction

Management consultant Bain & Company predicts a recovery in some of Europe’s biggest construction markets in 2025 after a two-year slump over 2023-24. Its analysis covers the UK, the Nordics,…

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A construction site in Hamburg. Germany is one of the main victims of higher energy costs caused by the war in Ukraine (Bennet Robin Fabian/Unsplash)

Gloomy forecast for EU construction sector

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The pool of unemployed, experienced jobseekers keeps shrinking for the construction sector, says the AGC (Josh Olalde/Unsplash)

US contractors group urges more immigration and training as vacancies soar

Mitsubishi Heavy Industry’s image of its hydrogen gas turbine

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Foster + Partners’ Lusail Stadium will be a centrepiece of the newly built Lusail City (AFL Architects/CC BY 3.0)

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Tehran, the capital of Iran. Fitch predicts construction will grow 8.4% in Iran this year, but that’s contingent on the revival of the Iran nuclear deal (Hansueli Krapf/CC BY-SA 3.0)

MENA construction growth to outstrip world’s this year, Fitch says

Cord Landsmann and Musabbeh Al Kaabi signing the agreement in Abu Dhabi this week (ADNOC)

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