Construction sector performance

How are the sectors you work in performing against the last two years?

Housing

Project-starts remained low in the second quarter but strong growth in underlying main contract awards and detailed planning approvals provides the sector with optimism.

Industrial

Project-starts fell after a strong first quarter but consistent growth in detailed planning approvals boosts the development pipeline further.

Offices

Detailed planning approvals remained strong despite a consistent decline over the last twelve months. Positively, project-starts and main contract awards continued to rise.

Retail

Underlying project-starts and detailed planning approvals increased significantly in the second quarter, while main contract awards still lag behind 2019 levels.

Hotel & Leisure

Major projects boost both project-starts and main contract awards in Q2 2021. Detailed planning approvals weaken overall, but underlying approvals perform relatively well.

Health

An absence of major-projects holds back project-starts in the second quarter, but the development pipeline remains firm.

Education

Project-starts and main contract awards remain considerably lower than 2019 levels but strong growth in detailed planning approvals boosts the development pipeline.

Community & Amenity

Project-starts, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals all improved on the previous year but remained firmly behind 2019 levels.

Civil Engineering

Major-projects largely influenced growth in both project-starts and main contract awards in Q2 2021. Detailed planning approvals remained relatively low.