Constructive approach

摘要

Even in these depressed times, the construction industry is a significant contributor to the UK economy. It comprises more than 300,000 firms, ranging from the 'one man and his dog' outfits, which advertise availability for general jobbing work in the local free press, to much larger companies, who tender for contracts on a national and international basis.rnBetween them, these organisations employ in the order of two million people1 -about 7 per cent of the working population. These two million include itinerant labourers, as well as the traditional construction trades, such as bricklayers, operators of plant and machinery, joiners, plumbers, electricians, painters and decorators, heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration engineers, as well as members of professions, such as architects and surveyors.