Business Barometer
Your live guide to construction economics
The new Building business barometer is the home of construction related economics. It shows the key economic statistics of the day as well as analysis from leading economists, detailing the impact these figures have on the sector. Our interactive tables and charts will help you to view the data in new ways.
Analysis
Brian Green on … construction output
The sectors the industry are looking to for growth are stagnating - and the government needs to respond quickly
Barometer league tables
Willmott Dixon tops September barometer after big Tesco win
A £85.6m contract with Tesco in Woolwich saw Willmott Dixon leapfrog rivals to top September’s contractor league table
Balfour Beatty returns to top
Value of projects leapt 62% in August, with public and housing work boosting Balfour’s position
Kier knocks Balfour off top spot
Contractor wins £178m of work in June, ending Balfour Beatty’s three-month run in first place
Balfour Beatty stays on top
Big public sector job saves the firm from dropping out of the top 10 table altogether
Wates wins £160m to go top
Amount of work awarded in February dropped but big wins shuffle positions of top 10 contractors
Private sector steps in to fill gap left by public work
Business barometer: Willmott Dixon tops the chart buoyed by £41m public sector contract
Airports get firms off the ground as workloads dive
Business barometer: Balfour’s Heathrow win takes it clear of its rivals in quiet August
Sector buoyed by last-minute social housing scramble
Business barometer: Value of work tumbles but housing repairs put Apollo and Mulalley on top
Wates wins out as industry scrabbles for commercial work
Business barometer Less than 10% of firm’s income came from commercial sector in April
Bam bags the February top spot with Somerset schools win
Business barometer Education continues to be construction’s lifeblood as workload picks up
Wates has a happy Christmas with a flurry of contract wins
Business barometer Contractor takes the lion’s share of building work as Bam cashes in on civils
£200m of framework wins give Kier maximum security
Business barometer Contractor keeps top spot thanks to £181m Wolverhampton prison job
Bovis Lend Lease on top form with £250m of schools work
Business barometer: August league table leaves no doubt about importance of education sector
‘Boring’ sector brings in the cash for Kier in June
Business barometer Social housing shores up balance sheets as the commercial sector struggles
Balfour ends April fighting fit after £170m Fife hospital deal
Business barometer Contractor tops monthly table, but overall work is 24% down on last year
£174m social housing win puts Higgins on top in February
Business barometer Latest figures leave no doubt about the role of public sector in industry’s survival
Cloud of statistics darkens industry's outlook
New figures on construction output and activity point to long and deep recession
Kier is top of the class as industry workload plummets
Contractor’s education projects take it over the £200m mark
Citywatch: ‘Vanilla’ Barratt gets whipped
As the graph shows, Barratt and Taylor Wimpey continued to take the biggest hammering on the stock market last week thanks to their high debt.
Carillion tops leader board with 2012 media centre win
Business barometer — £350m Olympic job was one of 36 deals secured by contractor in August
Willmott Dixon storms ahead
Two education contracts helped firm beat July’s 15% decline in new work for top firms
Top firms nab 23% more work in May
Public sector boosts contractors’ workload, but performance is still worse than same period last year
Balfour Beatty wins first place
Firm takes advantage of rivals’ falling workloads despite only increasing wins by £25m
Bam Nuttall bags £500m civils
Crossrail contributes to positive start to the year as work goes 48% up on previous month to £2.6bn
Public works drought drags construction work down 22%
Business barometer Education work holds Willmott Dixon in top spot as government projects decline
Contractors drink the dregs as state work starts to dry up
Business barometer: Kier tops work table again, but with vastly reduced value
Morgan Sindall makes hay as the sun goes down
Public sector demand keeps contractors in work - for now
Bam & Co make most of school work before the bell goes
Business barometer £2.2bn is won in May as councils rush to let schools before Osborne’s Budget
Public sector props up industry in March as Balfour tops table
More than half of month’s £1.78bn total comes from public projects
Happy new year for Balfour as it dominates in January
Barometer: Blackburn schools win takes firm to top of construction list for first time in eight months
Kier maintains its lead with £110m Barnsley council deal
Business barometer Experts argue over whether repair and maintenance deal signals new boom
Kier bounces back from OFT verdict with £665m of work
Business barometer Fined contractor still manages to win three times more than second place BAM
July: A month of very public success for Laing O’Rourke
Business barometer: £1.1bn schools win takes contractor to top spot, as council work dominates lists
Balfour Beatty bucks the trend in meagre month of May
Business barometer UK’s biggest contractor wins £2.5bn M25 job, as others fight for the scraps
A hat-trick of hospital wins takes BAM to the top in March
Business barometer: Dutch firm beats Vinci to first place as total volume of work falls 23% on 2008
Laing O'Rourke gets top marks with £200m London BSF deal
Business barometer But January’s haul of £1.46bn of contracts is 39% down on last year
Rok takes top spot in December but work is half 2007 levels
Company wins £375m of contracts, but overall value of work falls by £1.8bn
Sir Robert McAlpine gets leading role in the office
Business barometer Contractor dominates October league thanks to big commercial wins
Carillion advances to front after string of military victories
Business barometer: Wates comes second, thanks to schools, shops and housing work
Brickonomics
Why is confidence rising in the construction industry when it appears set for recession?
There seems to be a surprisingly level of optimism at the moment – it could be well founded, but the chances appear slim
