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Amelia Woodley is ESG director at Speedy Hire Net-zero targets are fast becoming a top prerequisite in construction-project tenders as the sector works on cutting emissions to hit the UK Government target for net zero by 2050. However, there also needs to be a parallel focus on the important role…

Project-starts and detailed planning approvals fell against the previous year and the previous quarter. More positively, main contract awards grew on both the preceding three months and a year ago. Infrastructure overview Totalling £2.339bn, civil engineering work starting on site during the three months to December fell 49 per cent…

Main contract awards fell against the previous quarter. More positively, growth in project-starts and detailed planning approvals on both the preceding three months and 2022 figures provides a boost to the development pipeline. Community & amenity overview Community & amenity work starting on-site totalled £485m during the three months to…

Project-starts, main contract awards and detailed planning approvals all fell against both the previous quarter and last year. Education overview Totalling £782m, education work starting on site experienced a 46 per cent decrease on the preceding three months to stand 22 per cent down on the previous year. There were…

Project-starts and main contract awards decreased against both last year and the previous three months. More positively, detailed planning approvals grew on a year ago. Health overview Adding up to £467m, underlying health work starting on site (less than £100m in value) during the three months to December fell 37…

Project-starts suffered a decline on last year, while detailed planning approvals decreased against the previous three months. More positively, main contract awards experienced growth against both the preceding quarter and a year ago. Hotel & leisure overview Totalling £506m, hotel & leisure projects starting on site during the three months…

Main contract awards slipped back against the previous quarter and last year. In contrast, project-starts increased on 2022 levels, while detailed planning approvals grew against the preceding three months. Retail overview Totalling £324m, retail work starting on site during the three months to December fell 34 per cent against the…

Project-starts and main contract awards decreased against the preceding quarter and last year. More positively, growth in detailed planning approvals on the preceding quarter and last year provides a boost to the development pipeline. Offices overview Office work starting on site totalled £1.35bn during the three months to December, an…

Project-starts and main contract awards experienced declines against the previous quarter and last year. More positively, growth in detailed planning approvals on both the preceding three months and 2022 provides a boost to the development pipeline. Industrial overview During the three months to December, industrial project-starts fell 5 per cent…

Weak construction-starts performance continued during the three months to December with main contract awards also performing poorly.  Detailed planning approvals also experienced a poor performance when compared to the previous year and the preceding three months. Averaging £6.007bn per month, work commencing on-site during the three months to December experienced…