Latest RICS survey shows infrastructure is star performer as wider industry workloads remain flat

By Daniel Gayne2025-05-01T00:01:00

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Construction workloads remain stable in the UK with infrastructure expected to be the busiest sector in the year ahead, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

RICS today published its first quarter 2025 UK Construction Monitor today, which revealed that the overall headline net balance for workloads stood at -1%, mirroring the previous quarter’s reading.

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