Ideas in action

摘要

Have there ever been so many factors combining to make a contractor's life difficult? Labour costs continue to rise, as does the price of fuel, making it ever more expensive to get the workforce and equipment to site and run the machinery once it is there. There's more paperwork, more health and safety issues and more regulations. Insurance premiums are up, as are landfill and aggregate taxes, and interest rates may also rise further. Then there are difficult contracts, difficult clients and, to topit all, the dry summer has meant parched ground, restrictions on water use and exhaustingly hot work conditions for crews.