Market Data
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FeaturesMarket forecast: On the up and up
Acute inflation in the sector is pushing up tender prices, and with no end in sight to the pressures, this could continue well beyond 2022
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Market forecast: Bouncing back
Rising demand and tightening supply are driving up both costs and tender prices. How much of this is just a spike rather than an underlying upward economic trend?
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Market forecast: High hopes
While sentiment is high for a recovery, new orders are not fully mirroring this optimism, and a supply crunch is hitting the materials chain hard
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Market forecast: Uncertainty looms
There are signs of an increase in output, but ongoing uncertainty around covid lockdowns and Brexit red tape make the future harder to predict
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Market forecast: A slow recovery
Construction output and sentiment have regained much ground after their collapse amid the initial lockdown, but ongoing uncertainty means recovery is wobbly
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Lead times: July–September 2020
No changes were seen in lead times this quarter, as availability issues with materials and labour caused by the pandemic were balanced out by falling demand related to Brexit
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Market forecast: Rising, but for how long?
While the initial bounce-back looks to be V-shaped, there are strong reasons to believe that could change in the medium term as downside risks materialise
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Market forecast: Recovery scenarios
Our regular market forecasts on output, activity, costs and tender prices include an analysis of three different scenarios for recovery from the pandemic’s economic impact
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Market forecast: Output rises
New work output expanded in the latest quarter to a year-on-year figure of 4%
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Lead Times: October - December 2019
There was minimal movement in lead times despite some packages experiencing a change in enquiry levels and workloads
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Building intelligence: Q3 2019
A slowing global economy and Brexit uncertainty continue to press down on economic growth
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Market forecast: New work grows – just
New work output saw a little expansion in Q2, but, year-on-year, new orders slipped after a minor rebound in Q1 as Brexit uncertainty continues to make itself felt
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Tracker: September 2019
The residential activity index decreased while the non-residential sector index moved up. The civil engineering index saw a fall
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Lead Times: July-September 2019
The past quarter has again shown little movement, with lead times static for all but three packages
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Tracker: August 2019
Activity dropped into negative space after three months of expansion, with non-residential activity seeing a 26-point fall into negative territory
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Building intelligence: Q2 2019
Office construction will continue to decline this year and next in a volatile environment
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Tracker: July 2019
Among dramatic ups and downs in activity and orders, tender growth slowed across the board, with non-residential flatlining at 50
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Market forecast Q2 2019: Slowing down
All construction work output experienced a fillip in Q1 2019, while tender prices increased over the year at Q2 2019
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Tracker: June 2019
Overall activity continued to gather momentum in June, and all sectoral activity indices reflected expansionary tendencies
