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Construction industry’s ‘broken economic model’ under scrutiny in wake of ISG collapse

By 2024-09-23T08:47:00

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Consensus grows that contractors’ margin levels ‘not sustainable’ and more firms will go to wall unless current system changes

A former ISG employee has given a damning assessment of the industry’s “broken economic model” as the head of trade body Build UK said construction had to do things differently in the wake of the firm’s collapse last week.

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