{"id":136677,"date":"2024-02-01T13:44:03","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T13:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=136677"},"modified":"2024-02-01T13:44:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T13:44:03","slug":"confidence-rising-uk-construction-sector-rics-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/confidence-rising-uk-construction-sector-rics-reports\/136677\/","title":{"rendered":"Confidence rising in UK construction sector, RICS reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Despite ongoing financial constraints and the skills shortage, confidence in the UK construction sector seems to be cautiously growing, reports RICS<\/h2>\n<p>Hopes and confidence for the UK construction sector seem to be growing, as belief in a rate cut in 2024 appears to be supporting greater expectations for the future.<\/p>\n<p>According to the latest RICS UK Construction Monitor, Q4 2023, most key metrics show caution in the face of moderate upticks.<\/p>\n<p>Pessimism was alleviated by moderate growth in infrastructure workloads, but housing activity fell.<\/p>\n<h3>Private and public housing workloads deteriorated considerably in Q4<\/h3>\n<p>Year-long concerns about the housing market continue, with private housing workloads remaining in negative territory (-21%), and public housing dropping by -7% to -14% this quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Brightening work trends overall were observed, with headline figures now recording a -8% figure, which is marginally stronger than the -10% recorded in Q3. Infrastructure led the charge, with a +9% growth reading.<\/p>\n<h3>Rebalancing pressures around the skills shortage<\/h3>\n<p>The skills shortage remains a key obstacle to confidence in the UK construction sector.<\/p>\n<p>High numbers of those assessed reported problems recruiting sufficient skilled trade workers. Demand for quantity and building surveyors was also high.<\/p>\n<p>Apprenticeships, incentives and a Government-skills taskforce have all been proposed as targets for increased investment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/the-industry-do-more-attract-new-construction-talent\/134739\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">answer the skills shortage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Younger people specifically could benefit from a dedicated English Built Environment GCSE, which RICS is ready and willing to help develop.<\/p>\n<p>However, there are positive signs of the industry rising to the need for more training, with +19% report a rise in planned investment in training, which is slightly up on the +17% reported in Q3.<\/p>\n<h3>Anticipated interest rate cuts will also soften adverse conditions<\/h3>\n<p>Rate cuts in interest in 2024, speculated to be delivered by the Bank of England around the Spring Budget, have led to the<\/p>\n<p>RICS senior economist Tarrant Parsons said: \u201cAlthough current conditions across the UK construction industry remain relatively subdued, the latest survey feedback shows a gradual improvement in forward-looking sentiment. Supported by the prospect of easing interest rates later this year, overall workloads are anticipated to rise, with respondents anticipating this pick-up will be accompanied by a rise in employment levels across the industry. That said, the challenge around existing skills shortages remains a persistent theme in the Q4 results.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can read the RIC&#8217;s analysis of confidence in UK construction <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.roxhillmedia.com\/production\/email\/attachment\/1590001_1600000\/420a0ba92bf63f93bb87b8c38aaf438c4aa03d99.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite ongoing financial constraints and the skills shortage, confidence in the UK construction sector seems to be cautiously growing, reports RICS. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":136684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[908],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[172510],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-136677","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-planning-construction-news","8":"tag-economy","9":"stakeholder_rel_tag-rics"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Confidence rising in UK construction sector, RICS reports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Despite ongoing financial constraints and the skills shortage, confidence in the UK construction sector seems to be cautiously growing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/confidence-rising-uk-construction-sector-rics-reports\/136677\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Confidence rising in UK construction sector, RICS reports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Despite ongoing financial constraints and the skills shortage, confidence in the UK construction sector seems to be cautiously growing, reports RICS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/confidence-rising-uk-construction-sector-rics-reports\/136677\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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