Your live guide to construction economics
The Building business barometer is your guide to construction related economics. Each month our interactive league tables are updated with the latest contract wins across the industry showing which firms are finding opportunities and where. The CPA/Barbour ABI Index shows the trends in contract wins over the last five years and our leading economists analyse what this means for the industry.
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Read our analysis and browse our tables to see how firms, sectors and areas are faring.
Latest results
Beginning to bounce back
Laing O’Rourke back on top as market seems to grow slightly after two consecutive months in decline
The Index
Analysis
Simon Rawlinson on … Q1 results
The standout result from Q1 is the poor performance of infrastructure - but this could be a temporary shortfall