TWO-SPEED BRITAIN

摘要

Gardiner & Theobald's decision to close a number of UK regional offices, as revealed in Building two weeks ago, highlights a growing geographical divide in the industry. More than ever, construction is split into a two-speed economy: while London is seeing skyscrapers - not least the Shard -take shape and streets dug up to make way for Crossrail, the life has all but drained from the wider UK market. And for consultants, who sit at the front end of projects, often with little visibility of their forward pipelines of work, the issue is even more acute.