Market Reports & Surveys

5th September 2024

HCOB France Construction PMI: Downturn Persists with Residential Building Activity Plunging Again

Key Findings: Housing sector continues to weigh the most on construction activity New orders fall rapidly and business sentiment remains pessimistic Input price inflation accelerates to […]
5th September 2024

HCOB Italy Construction PMI: Sector Remains Stuck in a Downturn

Key Findings: Sustained, but softer contraction in total building activity Sharpest drop in new orders for two years Confidence moderates to lowest since August 2022 Italian […]
5th September 2024

HCOB Germany Construction PMI®: Sector Remains Mired in a Steep Downturn Midway Through Third Quarter

Key findings: Increased weakness in housing drives faster fall in total activity Job cuts deepen despite slower decline in new orders Input prices drop for fifth […]
4th September 2024

BMBI: Q2 Merchant Value Sales Down -5.8% on Q2 2023 – June Volumes Weak

The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report reveals builders’ merchants’ value sales for Q2 2024 were down -5.8% compared to Q2 2023, with volume sales […]
4th September 2024

PHMI: Q2 Value Sales Slip -1.8% v Q2 2023

The latest Plumbing & Heating Merchant Index (PHMI) report, published in August, shows Q2 2024 total value sales through specialist Plumbing & Heating merchants were -1.8% […]
3rd September 2024

Private Residential Performance Increase Lifts Construction Starts, According to Glenigan Index

Glenigan, one of the construction industry’s leading insight experts, has released the September 2024 edition of its Construction Index. The Index focuses on the three months […]
26th August 2024

AI Drives Energy Efficiency in Commercial Buildings and Building Automation Market is Expected to Grow at CAGR of 8.71%

A recently published market research report by Technavio reveals that the global building automation and control systems market is expected to expand by €28 billion until 2028, […]
23rd August 2024

RIBA Future Trends Survey: Architects Expect Higher Workloads and Staffing Levels Despite Slide in Optimism

In July, the RIBA Future Trends Workload Index fell by 3 points to +1, indicating that architects expect workloads to increase overall. Over the next three months, 23% […]
20th August 2024

Sustainable Strides: NBS Research Confirms Building Projects are Getting Greener

New research indicates around seven in ten construction projects now have sustainability targets Number of people achieving sustainability is also increasing – four in ten reach […]
15th August 2024

Glenigan Construction Review: Starts Outperform Last Year

New data from Glenigan shows overall growth compared to 2023, with starts on site up 8% Major projects (>£100 million) experienced a 42% increase in value, […]
15th August 2024

ONS Construction Output in Great Britain: Growth of 0.5% in June 2024

The main points: Construction output is estimated to have fallen by 0.1% in Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2024, compared with Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) […]
12th August 2024

BNP Paribas Real Estate Ireland Construction PMI®: Housing Activity Rises for Fifth Consecutive Month

Key points: Further solid rise in housing activity Sharpest rise in new orders since February 2022 Rate of job creation eases to eight-month low The headline […]