{"id":42769,"date":"2018-06-21T14:21:48","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T13:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=42769"},"modified":"2018-06-21T14:21:48","modified_gmt":"2018-06-21T13:21:48","slug":"construction-contracts-struggle-as-new-work-dips-to-five-year-low","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/construction-contracts-struggle-as-new-work-dips-to-five-year-low\/42769\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction contracts struggle as new work dips to five year low"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The value of new construction contracts in May reached \u00a34.5bn, a decrease of almost 10% compared to April and the lowest amount for over five years<\/h2>\n<p>The two largest sectors in construction; residential and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/figures-reveal-record-low-for-infrastructure-construction\/40543\/\">infrastructure<\/a>, both saw a decline as the industry continues its slump this year so far.<\/p>\n<p>The latest edition of the Economic &amp; Construction Market Review from industry analysts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barbour-abi.com\/\">Barbour ABI<\/a> reveals levels of construction contract values awarded across Great Britain. The largest project by value across the month was the \u00a3130m Wembley Stadium Station housing development (see figure 1.1). The residential sector saw a dip in activity of 5.7% compared to the previous month but still managed to claim the top spot as May\u2019s largest project by value.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42770\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42770\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-42770 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Construction-contracts-struggle-as-new-work-dips-to-five-year-low-1024x536.jpg\" alt=\"construction contracts\" width=\"696\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Construction-contracts-struggle-as-new-work-dips-to-five-year-low-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Construction-contracts-struggle-as-new-work-dips-to-five-year-low-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Construction-contracts-struggle-as-new-work-dips-to-five-year-low-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Construction-contracts-struggle-as-new-work-dips-to-five-year-low-696x364.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Construction-contracts-struggle-as-new-work-dips-to-five-year-low-1068x559.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Construction-contracts-struggle-as-new-work-dips-to-five-year-low-803x420.jpg 803w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Construction-contracts-struggle-as-new-work-dips-to-five-year-low-1920x1005.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Construction-contracts-struggle-as-new-work-dips-to-five-year-low.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 1.1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Across the rest of construction, industrial and education were the only sectors in May that produced positive growth in contract values, increasing by 2.2% and 4.6% respectively compared to the previous month. The biggest decrease came from commercial and retail construction, which despite having the largest project of the month, fell by almost 30% when compared to April figures.<\/p>\n<p>Regionally, London had the largest share of contract awards value in April with 18.8% of the total, with four of the largest ten projects across May. The capital was then followed by the East of England with 14% and the North West with 13.5% cent.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the figures, Michael Dall, Lead Economist at Barbour ABI, said: \u201cAcross May we continued to see the decline in housing and infrastructure construction, with the value of new work in construction reaching its lowest point since January 2013. Whilst it\u2019s encouraging that the industrial and education sectors saw contract values increase, the deficit was too large to make up the shortfall, with both housing and infrastructure continuing in their slump.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The value of new construction contracts in May reached \u00a34.5bn, a decrease of almost 10% compared to April and the lowest amount for over five years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"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":[825,676],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-42769","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-barbour-abi","8":"tag-construction"},"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>Construction contracts struggle as new work dips to five year low | Planning, Building &amp; 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