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100			_aRyder, B.
245			_aLearning difficulties
260			_c2001
490			_aBuilding _v266(8188) 8 June 2001, 38-41(4)
520			_aDiscusses the findings of a new report, "Standardisation and skills: a transnational study of skills, education and training for prefabrication in housing", by the University of Westminster, which reveals that the UK construction industry is the least innovative in Europe and that fragmentation, lack of training and poor investment threaten the Egan reforms. The report finds there are fewer skilled workers, that construction is slower and that efficiency is lower in the UK than in either Germany or Denmark. It also warns that increased emphasis on standardisation and prefabrication does not compensate for a poorly trained workforce. Tables, diagrams, graphs.
590			_aABS
650			_aCONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
650			_aDENMARK
650			_aEFFICIENCY
650			_aEUROPE
650			_aGERMANY
650			_aNETHERLANDS
650			_aSKILLS
650			_aCAREERS, EDUCATION AND TRAINING
650			_aWORKFORCE
690			_aBUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION-ECONOMICS
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