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245 _aShort-term deals preferred
260 _c2004
490 _aContract Journal
_v425 (6489) 18 August 2004 (1)
520 _aAccording to initial details, released in advance of full publication of a survey by the Civil Engineering Contractors' Association, construction clients appear to be cooling in their attitudes towards frameworks. They are looking for shorter agreements and letting additional work out separately as they realise that long-term frameworks may cause many local contractors to fold as they are effectively frozen out of work. Many small and medium-sized contractors have been concerned over losses in work due to lengthy frameworks.
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650 _aBUILDING CONTRACTORS
650 _aCONSULTANTS
650 _aFRAMEWORK AGREEMENTS
690 _aBUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION-PROCUREMENT, PARTNERING, TENDERING
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