Grim though it was, George Osbome's Comprehensive Spending Review was no bolt from the blue. For several months now the construction industry has been weighing its options and hoping that by the time the axe fell on public sector capital spending, the private sector may have begun to bounce back to take up some of the slack. The good news is that there are signs of life. Schemes restarting on site range from small projects through to mega-developments such as Land Securities' 20 Fenchurch Street in the City. But times are still tough and there is by no means enough work to go around - not yet anyhow. So, two years after the exodus from private sector work to what was perceived as the more reliable and solid public sector, it's now a race in the other direction.
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机译：尽管很严峻，但乔治·奥斯博姆（George Osbome）的《综合支出评论》并非一帆风顺。几个月来，建筑业一直在权衡其选择权，并希望当斧头削减公共部门资本支出时，私营部门可能已经开始反弹以弥补一些疲软。好消息是，有生命迹象。现场重新启动的计划范围从小型项目到大型开发项目，例如Land Securities位于纽约市Fenchurch Street 20的项目。但是时代仍然艰难，而且还没有足够的工作去做-仍然不是。因此，在从私营部门工作流向被认为是更可靠和更扎实的公共部门的两年后，现在是另一个方向的竞赛。
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