2020 vision: What do industry experts expect from construction this year?

By Jamie Harris2020-01-07T06:00:00

Not just a new year, but a new decade and perhaps this is why so many of our leading industry experts are thinking far into the future.

Brexit has dominated all three of our past annual previews. The industry’s prevailing mood has been one of deep uncertainty and trepidation. Firms have just been hoping to survive the political and economic volatility. But this year starts, dare we say it, with a sense of cautious optimism.

The tail-end of 2019 delivered a confident new government bolstered by a thumping majority, and last month’s Queen’s speech offered hope in the form of big plans for infrastructure investment, English devolution, a million new homes over the next parliament, and significant investment in research and development.

So at the start of 2020 what are the hopes, fears and dreams for construction’s leaders? And what surprises do they think are in store for us?

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